Was in Hobby Lobby today. Trumpeter 1/35 M1078 Light Medium Cargo Truck.
Wait for it...
$79.99
I really don't think so. But good luck with that. I wonder if any of the idiots who work for the store even rea a newspaper.
I think maybe the hobby is heading for a stumble.
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willshak
Gray Ghost wrote the following:
The few brick and mortar stores left, anyway. Tower has it for $59.99 Hobbylinc has it for $56.49 Of course, shipping adds to the cost.
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AMPSOne
When you are the only one in town making something and you can price it under what a comparible resin kit costs most companies seem to feel they can charge those prices.
Of course, there are other hobbies we can switch too as well...
Cookie Sewell
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Musicman59
you will get free shipping on it at towerhobbies.com if over $50 (a save $10 offer)
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Bruce Burden
snipped-for-privacy@aol.com wrote: : When you are the only one in town making something and you can price : it under what a comparible resin kit costs most companies seem to feel : they can charge those prices. : I want to know what resin kits you have been working with, Cookie. Under a Franklin and I consider myself lucky.
Bruce
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Mad Modeller
There are few bargains from Trumpeter. I managed to grab a Mavis for a low price off Ebay but when it got here it was the quasi-civilian transport version. Fortunately the important combat pieces are either there or I can scratch them.
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
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frank
I use the 40% coupons from the paper. You can sign up online and get them also. I think they price high sinvce they do the 30% off everything seems like every other week sometimes, or there's the 40% coupon. Local shop is full cost. My only other option is mail order.
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someone
i reccomend dwarf tossing. i was psyched they left it in the movie. in the book, it's even funnier becuase it has a longer set up.
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Gray Ghost
frank wrote in news:0cdbfd5e-3d3c-4531-ba36- snipped-for-privacy@k17g2000yqb.googlegroups.com:
Yeah bit even still it's a fracking truck. No guns. If they had half a brain they'd stock more of the checper stuff to get kids interested when Mom is cruising the store.
Frankly they've had a few pieces sitting on the shelf for quite a while. I think for the 1/48 Tamiya stuff they had a Tiger an m10 and a 2/12 ton truck. Those are cheap enough and small enough to appeal to kids, but you think they'd carry more? Hell no.
Most resin kits seem to go for around $150 as a average for a 1/35 scale truck. Plastic ones used to be around $40-50 so somebody seems to figure if they are the only one in town with the kit they can charge something in between (e.g. $80) and you'll pay it for a styrene kit.
Pretty nasty philosophy but when you try to pin the manufacturers down you get a "well, you wanted slide molding, etched brass, turned aluminum, etc." and not much sympathy.
Cookie Sewell
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