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No re-tooling on JSI Tiger
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:33 am
by CENT-ONE
Smalljoes has the pre-orders up for the JSI Tiger and from the photos it looks like a straight repaint of the 21st mold and not the version we saw at the HK toy fair with the added zim details. It's still a nice repaint but I was really hoping for something to make it different.
http://smalljoes.com/cgi-bin/pgen.cgi?S ... m=JSI60008
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:04 am
by Stug45
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:47 am
by scbvideoboy
BOO BOOO BOOOO Boycott JSI SEND THEM FLames!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
just kidding
DH
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:58 am
by pickelhaube
I like the repaint. They are trying to make money with the original moulds. Let them.
I am in for one or two.
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:00 am
by flyboy_fx
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:37 am
by normandy
Buy a few and do some customs.
I would have liked to see it with zimmerit , just glad to have 1:18th stuff.
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:44 am
by flyboy_fx
normandy wrote:Buy a few and do some customs.
I would have liked to see it with zimmerit , just glad to have 1:18th stuff.
not me because if you dont want zimert on it them what.
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:56 am
by CENT-ONE
um, yeah, I'm definitely not whingeing about this. I'm glad that JSI is keeping the scale alive and I do think the repaint is a really nice choice. I completely understand if they need to re-use the same exact mold as the previous versions in order to raise some initial capital. It just kinda feels like more of the "meet the new boss..." with them showing something new and cool at toy fair and then the actual release is the same old thing we've already seen for the past 8 years.
A new version like they showed at toy fair and I'd have snagged at least two of them. As it is I've got about ten of the 21st version I can re-paint so it's a non-buy for me. The new jets are amazing, if that's your interest. I'm pretty much strictly groundpounder WWII stuff though so I was really excited to get something new. I'm really really keeping my fingers crossed that they produce the Sherman Calliope they showed.
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:57 am
by digger
pickelhaube wrote:I like the repaint. They are trying to make money with the original moulds. Let them.
I am in for one or two.
If only we gave 21C the same leeway..
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:14 am
by flyboy_fx
me two
I want to make a sturm tiger also
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:30 am
by vmf214
I like it and am getting one as well. I don' mind the zimm issue personally. If I decide I want it I'll just add it.
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:39 pm
by Jay
digger wrote:pickelhaube wrote:I like the repaint. They are trying to make money with the original moulds. Let them.
I am in for one or two.
If only we gave 21C the same leeway..
For an "emerging" company, I think it's ok. Say that again in a few years when we're still getting tigers and I'll agree with you.
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:31 pm
by immeww2
I'm in for at least one of them since it's the inital offering from a new company.
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:45 pm
by hotrodrock
I have to agree with cent-one. I have enough Tigers that I can repaint myself. I understand why those without the inclination to do repaints themselves will buy one even though its no different from the original 21st molds. And if they are having to raise initial capital, they shouldn't have resurected the line to begin with. If they are releasing mostly repaints to raise capital, they are in trouble already.
