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Nuprol/LCT Partnership
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EvilMonkee
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They have the deal with E&L as well. But yet I am still not seeing an increase in E&Ls in UK stores. Who do they actually supply?
EvilMonkee
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I was thinking the same thing...all these partnerships..but nothing to buy! Wouldn't mind a E&L AK at some point.
Gunfire have a decent stock atm prices arent too bad either. For AKs in the UK Fire Support do some really good prices on LCTs
CES_williamson
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Its more so us retailers have access to them if a customer wants one but they aren't cheap so probably why shops aren't stocking them
EvilMonkee
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I suppose it is a niche gun that probably doesn't command the same level of demand as say yet another TM Recoil would.
second this, just got an LCT RPK off firesupport for not much more than a cyma would have cost me
emilianoksa
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A lot of the old stock of LCT AKs at Fire Support has now gone.
Some new stock has arrived, but at new prices. I think my TX-s74UN cost me £249 last year. New ones are £309.
This may be solely due to the weakness of the pound.
Don't know if it has anything to do with Nuprol's alleged involvement.
Some new stock has arrived, but at new prices. I think my TX-s74UN cost me £249 last year. New ones are £309.
This may be solely due to the weakness of the pound.
Don't know if it has anything to do with Nuprol's alleged involvement.
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FreeFrag.UK
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Perhaps it is just coincidence but since Nuprol took over stock availability for LCT in the UK has been significantly worse than before and, as highlighted emilia, the prices have risen sharply.
I wouldn't mind so much if Nuprol had really improved availability and injected more competition into the market but unfortunately this isn't the case.
I wouldn't mind so much if Nuprol had really improved availability and injected more competition into the market but unfortunately this isn't the case.
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The stock availability has been a problem for months if not a year or two now - it was impossible to find LCT AKS-74Us in the UK from mid-2018, IIRC. I think that problem probably predates this partnership - maybe it happened when the relationship with the previous distributor broke down?
As you say the price increase is a real kick in the teeth. FireSupport had some LCTs almost as cheap as Evike. A few years ago I bought a 'Forecore' (E&L) AKS-74U on sale from Gunfire for £150. IIRC these days they’re double that, if not more.
emilianoksa
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I paid about £239 for each of my two LCT AKs from Fire Support in spring 2018. I must admit I thought they were underpriced so I am not surprised the price has gone up. It was mainly because of the low price that I bought two.
Now that the prices have gone up Fire Support still seems to have the best offers. The price there for new stock of one of my models is £309.
Quite a big jump it is true, but In view of what other retailers are charging, Fire Support's price seems reasonable. This shop tends to be my go to place. The service is very good and if they have it in stock, I buy from them.
Another UK retailer is selling the same LCT for £349.
That's a very big jump in price after just over a year.
Glad I bought when I did.
Now that the prices have gone up Fire Support still seems to have the best offers. The price there for new stock of one of my models is £309.
Quite a big jump it is true, but In view of what other retailers are charging, Fire Support's price seems reasonable. This shop tends to be my go to place. The service is very good and if they have it in stock, I buy from them.
Another UK retailer is selling the same LCT for £349.
That's a very big jump in price after just over a year.
Glad I bought when I did.
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FreeFrag.UK
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@PureSilver - As far as availability goes I saw them being restocked through Fire-Support on average every 3 - 6 months depending on stock levels up until a month or so before the Nuprol news broke.
The price side of things is a fair observation. The quality (admittedly their QC has dipped recently) out shines the other AK's on the market and as Emilia noted, Fire-Support are being somewhat more reasonable in comparison to certain retailers which shall remain nameless.
Admittedly it's not outside the realm of possibility to attribute some of the increase in price to instability within the economy as opposed to purely blaming Nuprol but the timing is somewhat coincidental. To be honest the price increase would bother me a whole lot less if there were signs of stock availability improving significantly. Admittedly one unknown aspect of this will relate to retailers and the orders they are placing.
The price side of things is a fair observation. The quality (admittedly their QC has dipped recently) out shines the other AK's on the market and as Emilia noted, Fire-Support are being somewhat more reasonable in comparison to certain retailers which shall remain nameless.
Admittedly it's not outside the realm of possibility to attribute some of the increase in price to instability within the economy as opposed to purely blaming Nuprol but the timing is somewhat coincidental. To be honest the price increase would bother me a whole lot less if there were signs of stock availability improving significantly. Admittedly one unknown aspect of this will relate to retailers and the orders they are placing.
emilianoksa
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Yes, I noticed that too.
Fire Support were able to get hold of plenty of LCTs, and their prices were very good. The shop has had a big turnover of LCT products in the past.
Who owns Nuprol? Is it a Chinese company , British, American or European?. Does it actually make the things that carry its label?
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DrAlexanderTobacco
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As I understand it, Nuprol started out as a subsidiary of WE/WE Europe but my memory's hazy. There was a thread about it on ArniesAirsoft years ago which I haven't been able to find. Not sure if they're affiliated anymore but the branding I remember from Nuprol is roughly in line with WE still at least.
emilianoksa
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Thanks.
I just wondered where they hail from.
Most people know that Cybergun is a French company, ASG Danish and Umarex German.
What about Nuprol?
I just wondered where they hail from.
Most people know that Cybergun is a French company, ASG Danish and Umarex German.
What about Nuprol?
M_P
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UK based, I used to have mutual friends with a few of the guys who worked for both Nuprol/WE Europe, which both seem are effectively one company. WE Europe was the original name, now changed to Nuprol
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