No re-tooling on JSI Tiger

CENT-ONE · Post by **CENT-ONE** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:33 am

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

Stug45 · Post by **Stug45** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:04 am

scbvideoboy · Post by **scbvideoboy** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:47 am

BOO BOOO BOOOO Boycott JSI SEND THEM FLames!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

just kidding

DH

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:58 am

I like the repaint. They are trying to make money with the original moulds. Let them.

I am in for one or two.

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:00 am

WELL AT LEAST WE STILL HAVE ONE

SO NO WHINING!

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:37 am

Buy a few and do some customs.

I would have liked to see it with zimmerit , just glad to have 1:18th stuff.

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:44 am

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.

CENT-ONE · Post by **CENT-ONE** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:56 am

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.

digger · Post by **digger** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:57 am

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..

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:14 am

me two

I want to make a sturm tiger also

vmf214 · Post by **vmf214** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:30 am

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.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:39 pm

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.

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:31 pm

I'm in for at least one of them since it's the inital offering from a new company.

hotrodrock · Post by **hotrodrock** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:45 pm

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.