Lucky13
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SAAB J35D Draken....
Now, what's wrong with this pic?
Now, what's wrong with this pic?
A few more future releases.
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fubar57
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Lucky13
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Was thinking about ICM's 1/48 Dornier Do 215B-5, which costs £24.99 and the future Hasegawa 1/48 Dornier Do 215B-5 the price is £69.99!!?
What have they done, to make their kit, cost almost three times more??
What have they done, to make their kit, cost almost three times more??
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Maybe it's the cost of re-packing the ICM kit in a Hasegawa box ................... or just plain robbery !
fubar57
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Oh, I see!!! On the www.hasegawausa.com site it's on for 89.99$US about .47¢ per part. Is it really a re-box of ICMs kit?
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If it's a re-boxed ICM kit, it's some bl**dy cheek, to ask that kinda money for it....
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I don't know if it is or not - I was just being cheeky !
But it wouldn't surprise me at all. How Hasegawa can charge their prices is beyond me, when nowadays their kits are rarely better than equivalents from other companies, and especially when they re-release a 40 or 50 year old kit, in new packaging, at a high price.
Their 1/32nd scale Bf109E comes to mind as an example - originally from a 'Frog' moulding from the late 1960s, it was more than acceptable back then, at a realistic price. But by today's standards, it's not only inaccurate, but fairly basic, certainly not competing in quality and accuracy against, say, the Eduard equivalent, but retails in the same price band !
But it wouldn't surprise me at all. How Hasegawa can charge their prices is beyond me, when nowadays their kits are rarely better than equivalents from other companies, and especially when they re-release a 40 or 50 year old kit, in new packaging, at a high price.
Their 1/32nd scale Bf109E comes to mind as an example - originally from a 'Frog' moulding from the late 1960s, it was more than acceptable back then, at a realistic price. But by today's standards, it's not only inaccurate, but fairly basic, certainly not competing in quality and accuracy against, say, the Eduard equivalent, but retails in the same price band !
Hasegawa has always been Uber expensive here, and when they were the most accurate by far that was an acceptable expense. Now I don't believe they can justify it. Wasn't there a couple of accuracy issues with their 1/72 scale Lancaster? Italeri is making better and better kits and even the eastern European manufacturers are catching up. Anyway, just my 2 cents.
Modelhobbies have stopped selling Hasegawa over here !
Crimea_River
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And Andy has stopped buying Hasegawa kits over here!
Same here, only bought 3 ever, 2 older kits going cheap and my RAF Phantom FGR which i had to have despite the price tag !
Lucky13
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Nowadays it's more to the name than anything else, as their allround quality, isn't that much better than many of the new and older companies....
Still grab Hasegawa down here prices aren't quite as bad....
ajd3530
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I don't understand why Hasegawa would even rebox it. Revell has already reboxed this kit, albeit with a few additional parts.
Lucky13
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concept seems ok....
fubar57
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Would love to join the Bunny Club, some great deals.....HOWEVER!!!! my scale is sold out.
Geo
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