My only experience with New Wave was years and years ago, back before it was commonly known how awful they were. Ordered a couple Shockforce figures, some RadTroopers from Vor, and some Future Wars figures. Got the Future Wars, the Shockforce, and some empty promises and offers to replace the RadTroopers with VOID berserkers (which also never showed up).
So yeah- I was only out like $8, but it was enough for me to never place an order with them again, and then a couple years later, the bad press started cropping up.
I never did get those Rad Troopers, either. And I still want'em. Heh.
One day, I'[ll just order'em from IWM, I guess.