As VMF point's out... We still don't have the A1 or Dauntless yet so... NO I don't think 21C screwed up anything for Admiral and No I don't think we would have an F-4 yet.
True, but at least we know those are going to be released eventually, unlike the F4...
It's not like the F-4 or any other plane for that matter is Secret, unique, or anything else. Everyone has the same playbook, everyone knows what has already been made, and the A list of what to do next is indeed pretty short.
Again, true...
but do you honestly think that there's no motive for 21st announcing the F-4 when AT announced theirs?
You yourself said that 21st
rushed to get a 1/32 Tamiya model kit finished. Why all the rush? You say that 21st has been planning an F4 months ahead, and that you talked to Roy about different paint schemes for the F-4? So where's the picture of the mold? There's not even a paint master yet. All 21st had shown was ust a rushed job with a 1/32 Tamiya kit.
21C always had intentions to build it, they wanted to price it for 89.00 bucks and had a soft commitment on the hook from mass retail to help back that price. It's that simple, it's that matter of fact.
Highly unbelievable. How much was the MSRP of the re-tooled Mustang back then? So 21st was really planning to release the
biggest and most detailed 1/18th aircraft for $89.99?
I am more inclined to believe your own previous words...
21C didn't want to announce the Phantom that early but felt they needed to follow suit so that fans could make decisions from there.
Yep, 21st wanted the fans to make a decision whether to buy a 89.99 Phantom, vs a $149.99 Phantom. See? You proved it yourself. 21st was trying to pee on AT's wonderful announcement.
21C decided not to build the zero, yet nobody cried foul on BBI for making one AFTER 21C showed an early prototype.
Maybe because that 21st had
shelved their Zero indefinitely, despite of the fans' desire for one. Asked why they chose not to produce it, 21st said something about Japanese planes are not gonna be big sellers.
So why would we cry foul over that? 21st refused to make it. BBI did. So kudos for BBI on that one.
Besides, BBI didn't make a flyer showing their zero a
few days after 21st showed their zero prototype. And they also showed an actual 1/18th production model when they did announce THEIR Zero...and not some rushed job of a 1/32 Tamiya kit.
Well 21C took what they knew with the Admiral F-86, and the BBI Mustang, and said "sure why not offer a choice. It's worked ok in the past and hopefully mass retail will fully back our play and give a price edge." GUESS WHAT! Thats called a business decision. Nothing more. I know the F-4 is a dead horse issue and should have been long put to bed.
Yep it was a business decision. A really underhanded one. I never meant to imply that 21st was simply being mean to AT. It was a business decision to run AT to the ground.
And yes, this issue is a dead horse. But it just...
galls me that 21st had used this forum and this community to spy on, and spread misinformation in order to one-up the competition.
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