All Go 1/32 Planes at Tuesday Morning

[Tinman]

I'm guessing that this is a redundant thread, but just in case -

Stopped in our local Tuesday Morning today, for the first time this year. They had a couple of the P-51 B/Cs and several of the Focke Wulf (Red 19?). They were $9.99.

I didn't pick any up, as I sold off all of my 1/32 a while back (except for the bbi F-4 and Dauntless, which are just too nice to part with). I'm really a 1/18 guy.

[Axis Nightmare]

Haven't found any left around here. (Greater Cincinnati) Been to five different ones. Think each location got one case of each.

[snake]

$9.99 for a good quality 1/32 P-51, and FW 190 {Red 19}.

No wonder no new manufacturers are entering this "market"

I understand about the duplication of the AllGo planes, but they started out at $40, and then were reduced by many dealers to $20, just to clear. And to see them dumped at $10 is pretty disheartening.

I didn't pick up any of the AllGo releases, as I already had them by 21C, but they were probably the most popular schemes, and a calculated business move, that unfortunately didn't pay off.

Can't see why anybody would try to revive the 21C 1/32 line given these prices.

A real shame, as I liked the line, and was pretty accurate for a very decent price. A lot of model for the money.

Pretty much the death knell for further 21C 1/32 releases. Something that saddens me.

[tmanthegreat]

These first showed up at Tuesday Morning stores in droves in June 2012. One of my local TM stores had 14 of the aircraft. Most had various QC defects - glue smudges, misaligned markings, misaligned or broken parts. Not any improvement in quality over the 21c days. I searched out a couple of the best looking from the selection and got them.

They are all gone from my local store now, but I was satisfied that I got one last chance to pick out a couple 21c aircraft at discount from a retail store

[jlspec]

I think the low discount is more result of the duplications of the schemes. If new schemes were issued I think the scale would still be popular.

[Dauntless]

I think the low discount is more result of the duplications of the schemes. If new schemes were issued I think the scale would still be popular.

I think you are right.
Some of the 21stC planes in 1:32 still command a high price.
I think perhaps things would have been a little different if we would have seen these instead:
(from the Allgo site)

In The Pipe-Line
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

a. P51D S4 Weavers “Big Nude”
b. P51D S5 Moon Mullins “Little Lady”
c. P51D S6 Foy’s “Reluctant Rebel”
d. Spitfire Mk I/II S4
e. Spitfire Mk Vb S3
f. FW190A- 6 Checker nose white/black
g. Bf109G Rall
h. Bf109G Barkhorn
i. Bf109G Hartman

[tmanthegreat]

I think I would have jumpped on any of those repaints even at the $40 price. When AllGo released the same 21c 32x planes that had been out only a couple years before, in the same 21c boxes, but without pilot figures, and for twice the initial cost, it was a loose-loose deal.

I remember most small retailers discounting them to $20 within a couple months and then there was Tuesday Morning starting this summer. Those planes - given that they were repaints without any effort to improve QC isses - were certainly worth $10 and I'm glad I held off and didn't pay the $40. No use shelling out money to a company that isn't going to offer a quality product...

[Dauntless]

Yeah, right out of the gate with a Hartmann BF-109G Tulip Nose might have made all the difference.

Heck we never got one in 1:18 either. I understand BBI couldn't do their's that way because it was one of his early 109's, but you think someone would get a clue. The Ace of Aces fer crissakes!

The 1:32 FOV pimpled riveted one was a sorry excuse, but even that is hard to get now.

Corgi is finally releasing a new tooling of a later model BF-109G Hartmann Tulip Nose in winter as their first livery, so that's a start. 1:72, but hey I'm buying it.