Jack Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 On opening my trump P47 box, and finding the decalsheet (enclosed in a plastic bag) i noticed a additional little black (not clear....) plastic bag, 1.5 x 2 inches, containing only 1 decal showing donald duck, apparently in a "embarrissing position".........at least i think it was embarrissing to the producers, in such a way that they went thru some effort in shielding this decal from "the public"...(whereas the same decal is showing on the outside of the box!!!!!). I'm sorry, i don't get it: How far will this rediculous sensorship go, even in modelling, where a "bare-tailed/ featherless/naked tail" on a duck, which is a caricature in itself, is treated as being moraly unacceptable. i don't get it, can somebody explain pleeeeeze..... jack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tourist Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Think of the children! Everyone knows they buy $100+ kits without even looking at the box and go strait for the decals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share Posted August 22, 2007 ..yeah, heard about them, the so called Decal junkies, addicted to the limit....... J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 part of the pussification of the world... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Roberts Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Could it also maybe be copyright? If it is a Disney Donald Duck I could picture the laywers calling up the distributors and asking for a piece of the action because of the Disney character included. If so then it wouldn't be too hard to just 'lose' the offending bit, much like swastikas in the EU. A funny example goes back to the film '30 Seconds over Tokyo' look at the nose art for the 'Ruptured Duck' and then look at the nose art in the AccMin 48th kit. Suddenly the duck transformed into Donald on the decal sheet. The movie was done by Warner Brothers if I recall and they didn't want to give a rival studio any publicity with all the shots of the nose of that Mitchell, so they modified the nose art for the film. I didn't know any better until I opened teh AccMin kit for the first time and then looked close at the art work in a ref book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithery Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Just guessing here, but I suspect the "little black bag" is just a coincidence. Many times, "special artwork" decals are printed with a difference process than "normal" decals (ie. not printed by Microscale or Cartograf, etc). They are printed on their own, and added to the decal contents during packaging. Perhaps this is the reason for the duck being in a separate bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted August 23, 2007 Author Share Posted August 23, 2007 reading all these comments, i indeed think it is a coincidence, because the donald duck image is clearly seen on the box itself, but then again why use a very, very black plastic wrapping as if the contents is "for your eyes only"? Ah well, anyhow, i'm very pleased with this kit, and it really looks GOOOOOD.... J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tourist Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Make sure you post pictures of the kit so the children can see the offending artwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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