Erwin Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 (edited) Just saw this "new" boxing listed at a shop in Belgium. 172,60 Euro's for a rotating prop,sound and some lights ! That's 204 US $ ! Not worth the money if you ask me. Adding a rotating prop and lights is'n that difficult. The sound is ofcourse not so easy. For those interested.Here's the link to the shop. I've bought from them with excelent service. https://www.passion132.com/gb/ Edited November 23, 2020 by Erwin LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokey Pete Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Can’t imagine that the extra parts can justify that price hike. That’s nuts! Erwin and phasephantomphixer 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamF Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 I think the cunning plan was to rip off Lego's motto and so by subconsciously thinking Lego = quality ( which it does ) but at a price. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Interesting selling angle but it is not working on me. fastterry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Didn’t they do the same to the Ju88A-4 kit? I think that was a bit cheaper, though. $200 is just ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastterry Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 As Dave says, Revell tried this on with their Junkers Ju-88 and the price was something like AUD$400+ which was well out of reach of this pensioner. I'm pretty sure they are not big sellers so I wonder why they bother. TRF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 4 hours ago, fastterry said: As Dave says, Revell tried this on with their Junkers Ju-88 and the price was something like AUD$400+ which was well out of reach of this pensioner. I'm pretty sure they are not big sellers so I wonder why they bother. TRF Christmas and New Year's time. A "perfect" gift to a modeller from a person that only looks at the box. phasephantomphixer, Rick Griewski and fastterry 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Look on the bright side. How often can you say "I won't buy that Revell kit, the Tamiya Spitfire is much cheaper!"? fastterry, D Bellis, Erwin and 5 others 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 (edited) This "new" 1/48 th B-29 also looks to be with extra's. Not sure if it's a new Revell mold or the Monogram Edited November 24, 2020 by Erwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confusionreigns178 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 All of the Revel Tecknics kits are ridiculous prices, from where I'm sitting. Why should adding a few pounds / dollars of components to a kit suddenly multiple its price by a factor of 3? It is blatant profiteering on Revell's part. I know that the company has had its financial woes recently, but this is just plain greedy. Still, no-one's forcing us to buy the kits, I guess... Chris. Erwin and fastterry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 As an aside - I built the Tamiya 'action sound' Zero a few years back to entertain youngsters/families at shows - which it did a treat. Great fun! If Tamiya did an equivalent set with their 1:32 Spitfire IX - and a digitised Merlin soundtrack - I'd rip their metaphorical arm off for one! The Revell one does seem a little pricey, but I'm not keen on the base kit either... Iain LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Hi, The guys making the special effects sets are located in Belgium: https://www.magicscalemodeling.com/shop You can compare the price of that 'all-inclusive' Revell Spitfire with the ones of the combinations directly sold by that very small company... This will give you a better view of the Revell margin. Iain, Erwin, RadBaron and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanKB Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 If Revell make enough profit out of these things to keep releasing cheap 1/32 WWII kits, then I say they should sell as many as they possibly can. Rick Griewski, LSP_K2, Basta and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 I’m quite tempted by the Merlin-engine package (marketed as Spitfire of course) for a Hurricane build that I have planned. RadBaron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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