I'm just waiting for someone to complain about the "weight" of First Legion tanks and how the K&C ones are clearly superior because they had "heft" to them...{sm2}
In my experience, it wasn't a question of being superior, it was a question of value.......ie, if it's "light", it's not worth as much.
It's not any manufacturers fault, it's how collectors have been conditioned to think.
Back when I was the sole First Legion dealer (man I miss those days............:wink2
, the Stalingrad range was rolled out at Chicago, I got the first batch of Germans and both tanks, Matt had two custom dioramas made for the range and delivered to my hotel room............................the reaction from the majority of collectors when they picked up the tank was a combination of shock/horror/angst/trauma............................I sold out of the tanks and all the figures by the end of the show.
There was quite a buzz at the show over the tanks and the range; Rick from Figarti came to my room to investigate, I closed the door to the room and he and I had a chat about the tanks.
He was blown away by how spectacular they looked, Rick was a credit to this hobby, always gave you an honest answer, he asked me what the reaction was and I told him; he said "They should put a piece of metal along the inside the bottom of the tank to give it weight, problem solved".................{sm4}
I run into this situation in the wargaming market as well; the majority of gamers grew up gaming with metal figures, then companies started doing plastics, selling them for much cheaper.............................so again, people equated value with weight, they were willing to pay 2.00 for a single 28mm metal figure, boxes of 50 plastic figures that had to be glued together cost 20.00, that's about .40 cents a figure, MUCH cheaper.
In my 20mm WWII collection, I have a mix of resin tanks, diecast prepainted tanks and model kits that are painted, it's all the same to me, the finished product is all I care about, I've seen beautifully painted resin tanks, I've seen horribly painted built up model kits.
The finished product should be the biggest concern, not the material it's made out of.
just kidd'n!!!!
