Update on my dealings with foundry (see above post 1465 and onwards):
I ordered all the re-released renaissance orcs/ogres. There was a minor cockup with my order; they could not find the moulds for some of the orcs posted on the website, 4 out of 16 I think. I was a bit disappointed of course, but my god was I compensated....in the end I received models for about 220 euros for free - all the orcs they could find moulds for and some other stuff. Communication was very good through the entire process, and I honestly think they went bit TOO far. They do have to make money after all.
In the future, I will order more stuff. I feel I have been treated very well by them.
Sadly, the re-released ones were withdrawn from the shop. This is because they did not want to risk any further incidents; they will be put back on. Below is part of an email from Marcus Ansell:
I took the orcs off the website again because some of the ones that had been discontinued are either scattered around the factory randomly or the models themselves are on the wrong moulds. I’ll have to wait until I have enough time to spend a day at the factory sorting them out.
On the bright side, we found lots of masters of orcs that have never been released before. It’ll be a while before they are out but they will appear at some point. The same with the dwarves, there are at least twenty models made by Kevin Adams and Mike Owen which we will be able to release in the distant future.
So, all in all, I´m very satisfied. Foundry handled this well, the orcs will reappear (AND more dwarfs!) and my army just grows and grows - their elisabethean spanish swordsmen goes well with the orcs...