Never say Never! (1 Viewer)

[The Military Workshop]

Mitch and Neil,
Regarding :

"It would be nice if manufacturers would walk their own paths!!! No Romans then inundated with them no stuka's probably a whole squadron coming. no me 109's for europe now two quite similar".

It is hard to comment on the Stuka situation as much has been said but none produced. I know a few who have bought both JJ and K&C ME 109.

However for Romans here is how I see it :
FL are the more expensive.
CS are the cheaper and are Romans V Britons. I know some are buying CS Britions to add to their FL figures.
Conte are doing Winter (apparently inspired by opening scene of Gladiator).
K&C also have a few from their Life of Jesus series

The previous Romans would have been the K&C series from 10 years ago which had long retired so it was natural that subject would be looked at by others.

Surely this is an example of manufacturers walking their own path. Collectors have a choice on quality, price and winter or non winter with a great variety of poses. It does mean the Roman fans are spread amongst different producers so it is the producers who have to exercise care in how many Romans they think the market can take otherwise they will have excess stock.

Regards
Brett

 

[Simpson & his donkey.]

With first Legion making a T34 does kc need to do the same as item as other company's as at the moment we got three companies making the stuka and do we want the same with t34 better to see something different .

Wash your mouth out. You can't have to many T34's. Simmo.{sm4}

 

[Mitch]

Brett...

Not at all. Walking their own paths for me, means they would do them regardless of what other manufacturers are doing. In terms of historical events periods and, down to units or individual AFV's there is a tendancy for manufacturers to swamp the market with similar products. Thats what a good few people are getting at when they discuss this subject.

Just how I see it. Its very much like the bus analogy... wait ages for one then many come along at the same time!!!
Mitch

Mitch and Neil,
Regarding :

"It would be nice if manufacturers would walk their own paths!!! No Romans then inundated with them no stuka's probably a whole squadron coming. no me 109's for europe now two quite similar".

It is hard to comment on the Stuka situation as much has been said but none produced. I know a few who have bought both JJ and K&C ME 109.

However for Romans here is how I see it :
FL are the more expensive.
CS are the cheaper and are Romans V Britons. I know some are buying CS Britions to add to their FL figures.
Conte are doing Winter (apparently inspired by opening scene of Gladiator).
K&C also have a few from their Life of Jesus series

The previous Romans would have been the K&C series from 10 years ago which had long retired so it was natural that subject would be looked at by others.

Surely this is an example of manufacturers walking their own path. Collectors have a choice on quality, price and winter or non winter with a great variety of poses. It does mean the Roman fans are spread amongst different producers so it is the producers who have to exercise care in how many Romans they think the market can take otherwise they will have excess stock.

Regards
Brett

 

[Cyber Field Marshall]

I think its fair to say that over the years no manufacturer has consistently released such a wide variety of pieces at such an excellent standard of quality. If collectors are patient and the market demands it then K&C have produced it or will produce it. I constantly marvel how well they mix in the rarely done/unique pieces with mainstream items that collectors both avid and casual demand. {bravo}}

 

[Larry Allen]

I can certainly understand K&C’s business decisions. I also agree that K&C does a tremendous job of releasing new and exciting sets throughout the year.

But it makes it difficult to stay with K&C when they omit your collecting interest for extended periods of time.
It has been over 18 months since anything new has appeared in the American Rev War series.

As has been pointed out on this forum (and this link) there is a scale compatibility problem between different vendors (say K&C AWI and First Legion AWI). The comparision gets even worse if you look at Conte (or Britains) vs K&C AWI.

AWI has always placed well in the surveys of interest so why the Drought??

Andy, should I abandon K&C and spend my dollars elsewhere?
Larry

 

[jager7080]

Andy did a nice job on the M13/40 , which i acquired...slipped it right in with all my Afrika Korps very nicely...

Finally got a few pictures uploaded to my profile page...here is the Italian M13/40...