Stephen
About 2 years ago I wondered aloud on the WW1 modelling list just where Eduard was taking their product, and suggested that they should *not* go the super-profipack expensive route unless they also kept a cheap alternative. Otherwise they'd lose a great swathe of customers who don't care for resin and etch and kit decals
Better still, match a couple of weekend kits to one of the specials and make sevarl of the possible markings variations.
I'm thinking here of the Hanriot special markings edition, which had three really tasty options BUT - to build all three one needed to buy three expensive kits. This way, you need just one (and some weekend kits)
Shane (who builds so slowly that a weekend kit is actually a seasonal kit - possible to build in a hasty 12 weeks)