Some interesting comments here.
As for me, I prefer the middle road rather than be 100% positive or 100% negative. There are some business aspects of the company etc that I'm not happy with but they clearly serve their purpose as you rarely see K & C products selling below the RRP, so let's leave those issues aside as they have been discussed in the past.
I know there are some members that look on any members that make ANY critical comments as being somehow angry or disturbed but I suspect they are the people with the problems
Personally I'm just here to get a reasonable looking and accurate model at a fair cost. As the models are made from polystone I have never expected additional equipment such airfilters, lights etc to always be accurate or indeed on the vehicle. Therefore I have never made any comments about these things.
And the earlier issues such as painted windscreens and poor track/road wheel detail have largely been resolved which would have been the end of the negatives from me. Even the wrong colored vehicle wasn't a major problem for me, but it was worth mentioning and discussion.
HOWEVER, for some reason K & C have produced a few models that NEVER even existed. This seems a complete waste of an actual item that could have been put on the market as well as lost sales income to dealers. There are literally hundreds of prototypes that had combat service that have not been issued in model form, so why bother with these fantasy models.
Sure, they look cool and they have sold, but I KNOW they would have sold more and faster if they had existed. For example I recently bought a Figarti VI on launcher from overseas when I could have bought the Rammjager locally for less. And I'm sure I'm not the only collector that has done this.
As for the pricing of K & C. It's true there have been some increases, but these are in line with increased labor and production costs. IMO K & C still represent very good value for what you get. I admit that for those that like large displays and need to buy multiples then I have to agree that K & C are expensive compared to some other manufacturers.
However I mainly buy their WWII vehicle sets and these always come with figures. The FOB Kubelwagen set seems expensive at $95, but deduct three figures at over $25 each and you get a nicely detailed vehicle for next to nothing - that seems like a good deal to me
Btw, if we continue to post our POSITIVE
and NEGATIVE comments in moderate terms, we won't need those moderators. Just kidding Brad
