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Noob Q - Why did BBI, 21C, etc., stop selling 1/18 planes?
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 6:31 pm
by composite
1/18 scale F-18s, F-16s, and A-10s regularly sell for $300+ on eBay. That price is far greater than $60-100 original MSRP. Why did those companies stop selling 1/18 planes?
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:23 pm
by cardenas
21st Century went out of bidness, as for the others they still sell thru hobby shops. You might find some at Toys r Us.
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:15 am
by Shin Densetsu
Recession+bad economy
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 1:17 am
by trex0770
No legit 1/18 scale A-10 out there (not talking about RC's either)
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:25 am
by nfafan
I too was in a coma when 21C gave up. I just figured that it was the same old same old supply issues we always had at Wallyworld with 21C when they slowly thinned out.
I wonder now if the "lead paint scare" had anything to do with whacking 21C at the knees?
And here I had been hoping for the day we would see a 1/18th JU88 or a 1/32nd B17...
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 7:21 am
by Ta-152
nfafan wrote:I too was in a coma when 21C gave up. I just figured that it was the same old same old supply issues we always had at Wallyworld with 21C when they slowly thinned out.
I wonder now if the "lead paint scare" had anything to do with whacking 21C at the knees?
And here I had been hoping for the day we would see a 1/18th JU88 or a 1/32nd B17...
No, putting all their eggs in the Walmart basket is what did most of the damage.
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:09 am
by Birddog
trex0770 wrote:No legit 1/18 scale A-10 out there (not talking about RC's either)
Hopefully that will change one day......
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:02 pm
by Rowsdower
Because they like to make us angry. Angry toy collectors are very dangerous however.
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 9:10 pm
by coreystinson
nfafan wrote:
I wonder now if the "lead paint scare" had anything to do with whacking 21C at the knees?
I heard it right from the "horse's mouth" (so to speak) that this was not a helpful situation, causing significant and unhelpful costs due to increased testing requirements.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:49 am
by CENT-ONE
Someone mentioned recently, in another thread, that part of the 21st contract with Walmart required that 21st make up the difference to full retail price of any items Walmart put on clearance. If true then I'm shocked that 21st even lasted 6 months. I saw tons of stuff clearance to 75% off right out of the shipping box, the WM toy department managers just didn't want to give up the shelf space. I've read plenty of horror stories about WM dictating insane requirements for vendors to sell but this is just stupid.
