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Probably has something to do with a retooled mold and the designs.

Not an expert or anyone with inside info so there is probably someone far more qualified to say than me, but I'm just hazarding a guess.

Well how old was the the last Marine box set?

Nice write up. Where about in HK is this place? I am heading back over this christmas to see the GFs family would like to check the place out.

It is not in Hong Kong, it is on the mainland so you need a separate visa and it is about 2-3 hours of travel to get there.

Hi
Your projects are amazing. Oh here I can’t help sharing some experience of fabrication after designs done.
We are working with a Injection Moulding vendor in China the name is Zetar Industry (http://www.zetarmold.com), Located in Shanghai China (a very big modern city). They are really good.Moving fast and very professional. They helped me with my new design. I asked them to do the injection mold, then plastic injection molding mass production. I was surprised by their rich experience in Injectin Molding and punched lead time. Guys in Zetar deserve every good word just as you are.

Here are 2 videos of WGF's machines in action. The first shows 6 of their CNC milling machines actively making molds (for Secret Weapon's Tablescape tiles). The second is a shorter video showing one of the Tablescapes tiles actually being injection molded, it's pretty sweet!

 Harriticus wrote:
Underneath the factory I imagine it went a lot like this

The song is "Underground" by Tom Waits... educate yourself, heathen! ;P

I would have to say that wargames factories production capabilities are far and away the best when it comes to wargamining miniatures, GW really can't touch them (sorry, but WF uses slide-core tooling and AFAIK/can tell GW doesnt, forget about 2-part molds, WF is doing 3+ allowing for details that GW simply cannot match), still I would never use them for the simple fact that they are a Chinese company. Not that I dislike the Chinese, but I would prefer to keep it in the US, you pay a bit more up front, but you'll end up paying roughly the same via Chinese production by virtue of shipping costs and import fees in the long run. On top of that, China has this whole piracy thing going on... and then theres the simple fact that there are certain advantages to having production relatively nearby vs. an ocean away.