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Staff Sergeant
- Joined
- Dec 4, 2006
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PAK 7.5 Normandy Variant
TCS is pleased to introduce a great new set. The Pak40 7.5 complete with 3 figures and accessories.
Our SS crew sports full pea dot and are perfect in a Normandy or XXX Corp attack diorama. From spent shells to a spare ammo case you can’t beat it. The gun even folds up in the tow position, and we all know a SdFkz7 wouldn’t be right as the prime mover., so…^&grin
We’re using the new in house cloth sculpting tool and it’s great to see folks picking up on that. As a lot of you have commented the realism is getting pretty over the top at this point. Look for rich shading and dry brush as well as wear and tear. Pricing is market and unchanged at $155.00. This is a limited edition boxed set. Shipping in September.
On another note. I keep getting a lot of calls from collectors asking us how we can keep our pricing as we do. I hear a tremendous amount of frustration on the phone during these conversations. These calls have picked up lately and I thought I would lend a few thoughts on the subject to answer these questions more on a public forum.
So here are my most common explanations:
1. Pricing in China is not nearly as high as some sources proclaim, that's for starters.
2. Our market share is growing. So we are selling more items which of course grows our margins, hence if there is a mild uptick in pricing its easily absorbed.
3. Our development cost is quite low but the sculpting is top notch. We don't have to travel here and there to get sculpts done with an army of workers trailing behind us. We do all of this fine work under one roof right here in the good old USA! Believe it or not we actually create jobs here in the US, not just in China or somewhere else.
And of course we police pricing, we want the industry to be inclusive not exclusive. We want new collectors, we don't want them scared away by high prices.
I love this industry and part of what I'm always trying to do is create the finest pieces possible at decent margins, enough so that new collectors will join the industry.
And on another note: never forgot all those great stores and dealers out there who are weathering the storm to make sure the next generation of collectors can see and be inspired up front and in person by our hobby! They are why the hobby is still around, they deserve all the support one can give.
Tally Hooo!
regards,
Brian
