No 21st King Tiger, comments on Matorro 1/16?

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:48 pm

Can anyone post photos of the green-scheme Matorro King Tiger?

GooglyDoogly · Post by **GooglyDoogly** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:55 pm

dragon53 wrote:Can anyone post photos of the green-scheme Matorro King Tiger?

Go back a page of this thread.

Hotrodrock's King Tiger is the new camo.

hotrodrock · Post by **hotrodrock** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:59 pm

That's exactly what I said aferg, the price of the item alone is OK, its the added cost of the shipping that makes it unattractive. I think there is a psychological side to it. I would rather see the price at $120 with $20 for shipping instead of the price at $100 with $40 for shipping. It ends up the same price, its just that we know it doesn't cost $40 to ship it and that little voice inside of us says "I ain't paying that for shipping". I think its human nature that we might pay a liitle higher price thats on the price tag as long as we don't feel we are being gouged on the shipping. And maybe I'm just full of shifting sand, which my ex used to tell me all the time.

hotrodrock · Post by **hotrodrock** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:02 pm

GooglyDoogly wrote:
dragon53 wrote:Can anyone post photos of the green-scheme Matorro King Tiger?
Go back a page of this thread. Hotrodrock's King Tiger is the new camo.

Yep, that green just didn't look quite right. It has a light overspray of brown on it.

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:05 pm

GOOGLYDOOGLY:

This is the green-scheme King Tiger I was asking about---it's from matomart.com:

GooglyDoogly · Post by **GooglyDoogly** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:26 pm

That is that scheme. There's only two schemes available at the moment. That one, with the ambush dots, and the one with the purple stripes.

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:40 pm

GOOGLYDOOGLY:

I'm hoping someone owns the green King Tiger and can post photos of it---as I said before, I'm wary of manufacturer's official photos---they often make the models look better than they really are.

GooglyDoogly · Post by **GooglyDoogly** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:55 pm

dragon53 wrote:GOOGLYDOOGLY:

I'm hoping someone owns the green King Tiger and can post photos of it---as I said before, I'm wary of manufacturer's official photos---they often make the models look better than they really are.

LOL hotrodrock's Tiger IS that scheme.

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:57 pm

GOOGLYDOOGLY:

NOW I see what you're saying---the curse of overly-flattering PR photos strikes again.

GooglyDoogly · Post by **GooglyDoogly** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:46 pm

Yeah I learned never to believe Mato's pics. But oh wells, easy enough to re-paint.

Here's my Matorro/Tamiya King Tiger hybrid. Matorro's King Tiger's suspension sits too low, so I opted to put the upper hull and turret to my Tamiya chassis.

Plus I added all bunch of detail pieces, including all working tool clamps and latches, metal tow cables, cupola machine gun mount, and tons of little details missing from Matorro or the stock Tamiya King Tigers.

I will finish this one day. -.-

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:51 am

GOOGLYDOOGLY:

That's a great customized King Tiger---is it a real tank or fictional?

I'll pass on the Matorro because the paint scheme isn't what I'm looking for---I love the paint scheme on the FOV 1/16 Peiper King Tiger and I want a Battle of the Bulge King Tiger. I think the FOV Peiper is beyond my reach---I pre-ordered the FOV 1/16 Tiger-Wittman so I'm not willing to spend another $400 for a tank. I was outbid $490 for an FOV Peiper King Tiger on ebay recently.

uksubs · Post by **uksubs** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:57 pm

dragon53 wrote:GOOGLYDOOGLY:

That's a great customized King Tiger---is it a real tank or fictional?

I'll pass on the Matorro because the paint scheme isn't what I'm looking for---I love the paint scheme on the FOV 1/16 Peiper King Tiger and I want a Battle of the Bulge King Tiger. I think the FOV Peiper is beyond my reach---I pre-ordered the FOV 1/16 Tiger-Wittman so I'm not willing to spend another $400 for a tank. I was outbid $490 for an FOV Peiper King Tiger on ebay recently.

A fov king tiger went for £844.00 the weekend & it was not the Peiper one

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:05 am

aferguson wrote:it's not $100. It's $150 because shipping is $50, regardless of where you live. I live in the same city where this guy is selling them and i can't get one penny less for the shipping cost....and no pick ups.

Really ?

What a jerk. Unless he does not keep the stock and they are shipped in from some place else.

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:47 am

UKSUBS:

That 844 UK pounds is $1,182 according to a currency calculator---that's unbelievable. Someone on SSHQ was selling the same non-Peiper 1/16 King Tiger for $450 (including shipping) not too long ago.
I was out-bid on ebay for a Peiper 1/16 King Tiger several months ago---the winning bidder was in Spain and paid $250 for shipping. A few weeks ago on ebay I was outbid for a Peiper at around $490.

uksubs · Post by **uksubs** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:09 am

dragon53 wrote:UKSUBS:

That 844 UK pounds is $1,182 according to a currency calculator---that's unbelievable. Someone on SSHQ was selling the same non-Peiper 1/16 King Tiger for $450 (including shipping) not too long ago.
I was out-bid on ebay for a Peiper 1/16 King Tiger several months ago---the winning bidder was in Spain and paid $250 for shipping. A few weeks ago on ebay I was outbid for a Peiper at around $490.

It looked to me that the one that went for £844.00 was bid up big time , they normal only go for £350.00 tops

scbvideoboy · Post by **scbvideoboy** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:36 pm

pickelhaube wrote:
aferguson wrote:it's not $100. It's $150 because shipping is $50, regardless of where you live. I live in the same city where this guy is selling them and i can't get one penny less for the shipping cost....and no pick ups.
Really ?

What a jerk. Unless he does not keep the stock and they are shipped in from some place else.

The last 1/16 tank I ordered from Mato Toys came directly from China, not Canada.

DH