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- Thu Jun 24, 2010 1:46 am
- Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
- Topic: Have JSI released their 1/18 figs?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2977
- Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:18 am
- Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
- Topic: Passin Wagen DOA
- Replies: 53
- Views: 13503
- Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:13 am
- Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
- Topic: Passin Wagen DOA
- Replies: 53
- Views: 13503
- Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:03 am
- Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
- Topic: Passin Wagen DOA
- Replies: 53
- Views: 13503
- Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:42 am
- Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
- Topic: Passin Wagen DOA
- Replies: 53
- Views: 13503
- Sun Jun 20, 2010 4:03 pm
- Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
- Topic: Passin Wagen DOA
- Replies: 53
- Views: 13503
SmallJoes pushed the release date to August. I only pushed the release date up because the last date I was given has come and gone. They company hasn't communicated with me at all regarding the status of the bird. For several weeks now, I suspected it was the case that things were not progressing. ...
- Sun Jun 06, 2010 9:24 am
- Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
- Topic: Paint Damaged By Sun Glare
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3701
Re: Paint Damaged By Sun Glare
Funny you mention this, because I just discovered that my BBI F-16 has suffered this face. It was sitting near a blinds-closed window for about two years. Unfortunately, enough sunlight managed to creep through during a certain time of the day to yellow one side of the forward fuselage. Sucks!!! Can...
- Wed May 12, 2010 12:19 pm
- Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
- Topic: Bad Cat Blog thinking about dropping JSI jets
- Replies: 47
- Views: 12347
Had they come out with it, sure shipping would have been a bitch(considering the heavy plastic they used on their Hornet, which BTW, is incredibly durable) Not really. For items of this size, you are usually paying based on volume as opposed to actual weight anyway. A heavier plastic might have inc...
- Wed May 12, 2010 12:17 pm
- Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
- Topic: Bad Cat Blog thinking about dropping JSI jets
- Replies: 47
- Views: 12347
Welcome to the wonderful world of Merit Int. I doubt JSI is directly involved with this I also had that suspicion. It is probably time for some retailers to contact JSI directly and explain the reality of the situation should they wish to continue marketing product in the U.S. I for one would be ha...
- Wed May 12, 2010 9:48 am
- Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
- Topic: Bad Cat Blog thinking about dropping JSI jets
- Replies: 47
- Views: 12347
It will be interesting to see how many buyers thumb their noses right back at future JSI and Merit offerings.. I already dropped plans for about $5,000 in purchases from Merit two months ago simply due to their consistently poor treatment of retailers. At this time I also have no plans to support f...
- Wed May 12, 2010 9:33 am
- Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
- Topic: Bad Cat Blog thinking about dropping JSI jets
- Replies: 47
- Views: 12347
Interesting stuff. I don't know that all Chinese vendors behave in this manner though. I have good luck dealing directly with BBI in the past, and also some other distributors that are Chinese owned or involved. However, Merit is and has always been on a plane of chicanery all their own. In years pa...
- Sun May 09, 2010 5:10 am
- Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
- Topic: ToysNSwords experiences?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 11165
With most automated postage mailing systems you can generate a label and get a tracking number, doesn't mean the package ever actually got submitted to the post office. In fact, as long as it doesn't, the label can be voided and the postage refunded. That makes some sense ... so is it possible then...
- Thu May 06, 2010 7:58 pm
- Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
- Topic: Wondering about AllGo's Passion Wagon
- Replies: 164
- Views: 34376
That said, typically when company goes under or is sold the assets / debts become the property of the new company. That is not my experience. A corporate disollution and bankruptcy proceeding would generally protect the principals from any further liability unless they were engaging in illegal acti...
- Tue May 04, 2010 10:52 am
- Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
- Topic: Wondering about AllGo's Passion Wagon
- Replies: 164
- Views: 34376
I know that All-Go would rather build up a totally new plane (and they plan to). as opposed to launching another P-51D but it's what has to be done. The strategy is not so unfamiliar. Look at JSI- they had to (steal) 21C tooling to produce the following: Corsair, Stuka, P-38, & Panther all before t...
- Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:48 am
- Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
- Topic: Should the 1:18 companies have a warranty or spare parts?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7851
Same as I said above...tell the seller that you want to exchange your broken/incomplete F-14 with a new one. ...while keeping in mind that this is a permanent bridge-burn with most any retailer, especially if you have agreed to up front stated terms about returns then try to go this route after the...
- Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:52 am
- Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
- Topic: 21st Century A10 prototype on ebay
- Replies: 46
- Views: 12056
I think you're right, lack of etailer support is what killed the 1/32 F-104 IIRC. Don't blame it on the "etailers". Consumers were not supporting the BBI 1:32 scale items very well in the beginning, because a) they cost more than the equivalent 1:32 scale stuff from 21st, and b) the usual waiting g...
- Mon Apr 19, 2010 1:17 pm
- Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
- Topic: Warning do not buy from or sell to general hawk59 (Steve Koc
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8627
- Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:21 pm
- Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
- Topic: Should the 1:18 companies have a warranty or spare parts?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7851
- Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:19 pm
- Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
- Topic: Should the 1:18 companies have a warranty or spare parts?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7851
I have had customers come back to me a year and a half after ordering something asking to return it due to breakage, even readily admitting that the item had been out of the package all or most of that time... just to give you an idea of the wide variety of things that consumers think are appropriat...
- Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:17 pm
- Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
- Topic: Should the 1:18 companies have a warranty or spare parts?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7851
I spoke with my states attorney general on this. its different from state to state with some states being more strict then others. But the Magnuson Moss Warranty Act does cover it. Retailers stating on thier website that this is not a toy and that they will not exchange it or refund it or opening t...
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 4:13 pm
- Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
- Topic: Blue Box--no airplanes for 2010
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5666
I hate to say it but this was inevitable. Gone are the good old days of absurdly low prices on these huge models but I'm not sure the consumer understands that yet, so BBI and probably Admiral too will sit it out for a year or two and All-Go! will take a stab and producing a smaller production run c...
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 8:24 pm
- Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
- Topic: ToysNSwords experiences?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 11165
What I don't understand is how phantom packages can get tracking numbers. With most automated postage mailing systems you can generate a label and get a tracking number, doesn't mean the package ever actually got submitted to the post office. In fact, as long as it doesn't, the label can be voided ...
- Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:17 pm
- Forum: Buy, Sell, & Trade Forum
- Topic: Imperial Japanese Marines 1:18 scale green fatigues
- Replies: 0
- Views: 706
Imperial Japanese Marines 1:18 scale green fatigues
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- Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:01 pm
- Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
- Topic: OURWAR FIGURES
- Replies: 131
- Views: 50198
- Sat Mar 27, 2010 10:18 pm
- Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
- Topic: OURWAR FIGURES
- Replies: 131
- Views: 50198
I'd like to here some of the on-line retailers chime in on these. Will we be seeing this line at Smalljoes or Badcat? We'll be getting them. Have some samples on the way and manufacturer is interested in working with us on it. I was planning on waiting for the samples to commit to an order but you ...