Yes, odd indeed. I just received a message from the manufacturer in:. They are instructing me to just go to the Brooklyn office in person, and find out what's going on. I just sent them and other two emails including and not limited to another phone message. I hope I get a response. I've never had anything like this happened with any manufacturer in many many many years in this hobby.
thank you for the follow-up, very kind of you. If anything, any updates I'll certainly post them