Stirring the Pot

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 6:59 am

I just was thumbing through the lastest Fine Scale magazine this morning when I was in the office.

Hasagawa and Trumpeter are coming out with two new models in 1/32 scale . The F-14 @ $59.95 and the F-14 @ $229.95.These are kits that you need to build and paint.

They are the same price as their big brothers in 1/18 scale which are built and painted.

The days of $39.94 are long gone in every scale.

Customs are even higher as everybody knows.

Were am I going with this I do not know .

Oh, I remember it does seem like a good price that we are paying for our built 1/18. All we have to do is pull them out of the box and enjoy.

Just stirring the pot.

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:19 am

that's all well and fine but if people wont' pay the prices, even if they seem like a bargain, it doesn't do the manufacturer much good.

Hence 21c's demise..

mountian-man · Post by **mountian-man** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:58 am

Trumpeter has been laughably overpriced for years. If you think it's just us who are unhappy, check out this thread from the kit guys at Hyperscale!

http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/m ... h+a+ruckus

Panther F · Post by **Panther F** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:26 am

Yeah, but 'modelers' think they are a breed apart from the rest. They'll whine and cry over anything that just doesn't seem to fit their budget.

I'd like to drive a Rolls Royce, but I can't. You don't see me whining about it.

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:32 am

i can drive a Rolls Royce. I can't afford a Rolls Royce but i can drive one.

Panther F · Post by **Panther F** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:12 pm

aferguson wrote:i can drive a Rolls Royce. I can't afford a Rolls Royce but i can drive one.

Oh really? Are you driving one now? Point made.

vmf214 · Post by **vmf214** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:37 pm

Panther F wrote:Yeah, but 'modelers' think they are a breed apart from the rest. They'll whine and cry over anything that just doesn't seem to fit their budget.

Yep you never see that amongst XD collectors...

SGT. ODDBALL · Post by **SGT. ODDBALL** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 2:37 pm

had a rolls royce. pos. bad electrics horrible braking system. buy a caddy

Dauntless · Post by **Dauntless** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:20 pm

I drove a Rolls Royce...into a paint booth, and out.

You would think these model companies would latch on to a money maker by releasing some less detailed models pre-painted. Use some of their already existing molds, eliminate or make a less detailed cockpit or exposed motor and hatches etc, and a few other things.

Especially in 1:32 me thinks. There are plenty of aircraft the collecting public wants without having to put them together and paint them too. Most don't have the time or the patience.

hworth18 · Post by **hworth18** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 8:37 pm

Panther F wrote:Yeah, but 'modelers' think they are a breed apart from the rest. They'll whine and cry over anything that just doesn't seem to fit their budget.

I'd like to drive a Rolls Royce, but I can't. You don't see me whining about it.

Well, I guess am one of those that "whine" about it..

Trumpeter is WAY over priced for the scale as Revell proved when it released a 1/32 Ju-88 for 1/2 the price of a recent Trumpeter release. I thought maybe Trumpeter had learned from the market when they released the Bf 109E at a reasonable price, but with their new/upcoming releases, they are still out of my pricerange and that is typically hard to do. The only way I buy a Trumpeter kit is off Ebay (Just bought a P-47D kit for $72, regularly priced about $118)