Currahee Chris
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This has become noticable, if not laughable..Michael
I'll certainly give you that- which, in part, drove a lot of the smartaleck posts I made.
This has become noticable, if not laughable..Michael
Mitch, you are just as capable of doing the member and post searches and you will find a pattern. Maybe this will ring a bell from a member "Absolutely Correct and well said Terry...;We're not talking price increases over 20 years; we're talking almost double in 3-4 years...Inflation has not been been 50% in 3 years...with Tanks and Crew sets pushing $300 most of us will not be purchasing too often....Simply a reality He leads this thread alone with 14 responses, mostly critical of K/C pricing. Yet, he is always over at the F/L altar, knowing full well that they offer only $300.00 vehicles and the highest prices for any figure, just loving everything they offer. Never a negative comment about their price structure. He is constantly beating down K/C over resell value, profiteering, etc. On most anti-K/C threads ( I know that this was not the original intent of the first posting ) any K/C collector can reasonably guess ahead of time, who will chime in against Andy and K/C..This has become noticable, if not laughable..Michael
I'll certainly give you that- which, in part, drove a lot of the smartaleck posts I made.
Chris mate, we are most certainly not talking about you here my friend.
Rob
Chris mate, we are most certainly not talking about you here my friend.
Rob
no no, I didn't take it that way at all. I know exactly where Michael is coming from. His observation has merit though not sure I buy into all the back door allegations. {sm4}
Some people just have their sticking points and this(ese) guys have theirs. Me personally, I think everyone of us are way off our rockers throwing the money around for this stuff but hey, so be it.
I have set price ceilings for what I am willing to pay for an AFV anyway. That magical number is $239. Why you might ask, well, there is nothing more impressive to me than a company/battalion etc of Abrams rolling out to go do what they do best. My figarti Abrams tanks are among my most prized possessions in my collection. It is the only tank that I ever have felt like I MUST HAVE THIS!! Therefore, since I MUST, then the ceiling has gotta be $239- which is why I know FL will always be outta reach for me. I don't bash them, I think Frank does a wonderful job showing off the realism of their selection, but a.) they are too rich for my blood and b.) I am simply not that much of a WW2 armor fan to buy their afvs (or HB's gold edition from years ago). My thing is modern- everyone knows that.
That being said, FL collectors do have an advantage in that their tanks are only released so often so it is quite feasible, in my opinion that a normal DISCIPLINED {sm4} collector wanting to get into FL's game, could set aside some coin and save up and get their products.
If someone wants to pay me to post favorable posts, payment to be made in product, you know where to contact me! ^&grin^&cool
^&grin^&grin
Back of the queue my friend!^&grin:wink2:
Rob
Share and share alike! {eek3}
And there speaks a voice of reason ' I don't bash them' . I don't collect Collectors showcase products, but I have more respect for the owner and collectors than go on their thread and constantly bash them.
Thanks for the kind words mate, though in person or on a global forum I will readily admit, anyone who ever believes I am a voice of reason is off their nut- voice of wild guess fantasy, crass candor and/or complete crockery/bollocks - is more like it. {sm4}
BTW "MATE" I noticed that you fully support KC (A British company mind you) yet seemed so quick and willing to point out disinterest of CS- AN AMERICAN company- you Brits trying to enslave us again?? I'll see you with dueling pistols at Lexington MATE!! {sm3}{sm4}{sm3}{sm4}
Mitch,
Regarding your post 176 please note that I accept your right to believe your opinion to be correct but at the same time believe my opinion in my previous post to be correct !
In the more recent posts I happen to have the opinion that Michael and Rob are correct in their opinion about the example mentioned. I guess that makes us "everyone" or "the usual suspects". Our usual suspects might not be yours !! However my criteria for a "usual suspect" is fairly narrow and your opinions are very broad and across more than one brand and don't fit my profile (you were not one of those I was thinking of when I made my post). A usual suspect to me is one that can be relied upon to be negative towards K&C on pretty much any thread they enter or in some particular cases repeat the same old complaints endlessly.
Regards
Brett
All this in response to one young man's question^&grin{sm4}
Mark
I wonder if he's sorry he asked (might be repeating myself here).
I can now officially declare that this thread has jumped the shark ^&cool
If someone wants to pay me to post favorable posts, payment to be made in product, you know where to contact me! ^&grin^&cool