ZUZZY.com is Under Reconstruction

If you've been to zuzzy.com within the past day you'll have noticed that it is undergoing a reconstruction. We had started constructing a new site on a new server. But, yesterday we were forced to move to the new site early due to a web hack of the old site. So there are currently only a few items available for sale on the new site. If you're wanting to make a purchase, please check back again in a day or so and we should have all of our items listed. Thank you. **UPDATE** The store is now back up and running.

New Shipping Rates

We have held off on making any price changes for years. And though the Post Office has raised their rates several times, they were moderate changes and we chose to absorb the expense rather than change our pricing. But now, with the Postal Service's newest price increases, we have no choice but to increase our shipping rates to match it.

Shipping rates inside the USA are not changing very much, if at all. The exception is the west coast and outlying states and territories. For example, the shipping for a 4x6 mat to California is now $16.83. A $5.26 increase. Whereas, the same mat's shipping to New York would only be $9.47.

 Europe is seeing a much larger rate increase. A 4x6 mat shipped to France, for example, now will have a shipping charge of $42.09. That is a lot. But still lower than what the actual shipping is. The Post Office charges us $51.20 to ship that mat (LINK). We're eating the difference of $9.11.

For our European customers it really only makes sense to get together with friends and make a group order. The postage rates drop sharply for orders over $200.

Australia. Sorry Australia, the Post Office has really socked it to us for shipping out to you. A 4x6 mat going to Australia will now have a shipping charge of $52.61. That's huge, I know, but since the Post Office's price increase we were actually losing money on every mat we were shipping there. We had to do something. The actual shipping we pay is $64.03 (LINK). So we're still subsidizing the shipping cost, but at least we're not losing money on the deal anymore.

Unfortunately, because Australia is one of the countries with size restrictions preventing us from shipping multiple 4x6 mats together, we can not offer any discount for larger orders going there.

Our full list of shipping rates can be found HERE.

Terra-Flex Mats Now Available in 2x3 ft. and 3x4 ft. sizes

Our Terra-Flex battlemats are now available in two new sizes, 2x3 ft. (61 x 92 cm) and 3x4ft. (92 x 122 cm).

These new sizes are aimed at being more convenient sizes for use in tabletop roleplaying games. All of our product lines will incorporate the new sizes - The Ruined Land, The Despoiled Reaches, The Wounded City, The Moorlands and The Stoneworks.

ZUZZY Terra-Flex gaming mats are flexible latex rubber gaming mats with an ultra-realistic sculpted surface. They are available now exclusively through the ZUZZY Miniatures website at www.zuzzy.com.

Our New Forum

Facebook has announced that it is shutting down all of the fan page discussion forums on October 31st. They want people to focus on wall posting for some reason.

So I've set up a new forum here. It's much nicer than the Facebook forum. It has many features, like inserting images and signatures, that the Facebook forum lacked.

Link

End Caps and Mat Samples Now Included With Mat Orders

We're including a couple new things with our Terra-Flex Mats. We're now putting end caps onto the tubes that the mats are rolled up on. This will provide a little extra strength to the tubes. And make them look a little nicer as well.

Also we are now including a 3x6 inch mat sample with each 2x2 ft. and larger mat. These we're including so you can experiment with paints and glues on them before painting and gluing the larger mat.

Feldston Paven Sneak Peek

Here's a sneak peek at our newest battlemat that we're working on. It's the Feldston Paven mat. It's a rough fieldstone paved area that will work great for a country village, dungeon floor or an Orc village. The Feldston Paven will join the recently released Flagston Paven mat in our StoneWorks line of terrain. Of course it will be available in all sizes from 3x6 inch samples all the way up to 4x6 feet battle mats.

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Figure scale is 28mm

Introducing the Flagston Paven Battlemat

We're very proud to announce our first new release of 2011, the Flagston Paven battlemat. The Flagston Paven mat is the first in our StoneWorks line of terrain. The surface of the new mat has raised details molded into it of rough hewn stone paving. Like all of our other Terra-Flex mats, it's made from rubber to be flexible, durable, and to help protect your gaming figures from damage. The new mats are available now from the ZUZZY website at www.zuzzy.com.