Daniel Iscold Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 I´ll start this topic bringing two os the strangest box covers I ever seen: Share yours!!!! Rockie Yarwood, coogrfan, BiggTim and 9 others 4 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzerwomble Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Rockie Yarwood, LSP_Matt, Martinnfb and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanmoe Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 (edited) Love the line on the boxtop of the '110, "Actual model may very from the box art." But that could be a selling point, right? Seriously, however, I learned as a kid not to put too much store in the promotional artwork associated with model planes. Fifties-era Revell, for instance, had box art that routinely exceeded the virtues of the plastic, inside. I can distinctly recall wishing that the manus would simply place a pic of the completed model on the outside, a practice that Revell would adopt, for a period of years, a decade later! Edited June 14 by ivanmoe MARU5137 and Oldbaldguy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 At least they got the proportions correct on the top two! MARU5137, dutik, Rick Griewski and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 That '110 artwork is truly pathetic. LSP_Matt and MARU5137 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 3 minutes ago, LSP_K2 said: That '110 artwork is truly pathetic. Kev, its does state the model may "very" from the box art. MARU5137 and LSP_Matt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 On 6/14/2022 at 1:27 PM, ivanmoe said: Seriously, however, I learned as a kid not to put too much store in the promotional artwork associated with model planes. I can distinctly recall wishing that the manus would simply place a pic of the completed model on the outside, a practice that Revell would adopt, for a period of years, a decade later! The artwork is what actually sold me on purchasing many kits way back when (some of the 1:32 Revel artwork is still held in high regard by me). My single biggest disappointment though, was a 1:700 Iowa class battleship. The box art was just very appealing to me, but when I got home and realized what I'd purchased, I had a tiny bathtub toy that represented a 65,000 ton battleship. I was really frustrated that I hadn't added two and two. Photos of finished models on the box top spelt doom for many a kit that I might have otherwise purchased, as many of them, perhaps most, looked horrible. MARU5137 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 14 minutes ago, Ryan said: Kev, its does state the model may "very" from the box art. Right. and it may very well indeed vary from what's depicted. (See what I did there?) MARU5137 and Ryan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkhorn Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 I thought this was quite funny: Sometimes the Chinese kit box arts address the recent events - note the background... LSP_Matt, Rick Griewski, BiggTim and 5 others 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Lol, I know they had to backpedal quite a bit on the whole Z99 in San Fran story. I know some got a bit upset, but I think you have to take that kind of thing with a grain. MARU5137, LSP_K2 and LSP_Matt 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 One of the worst that I've seen recently (of the finished model variety). coogrfan, BiggTim, adameliclem and 5 others 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Iscold Posted June 15 Author Share Posted June 15 Two more strange box covers. People in these look like aliens Rick Griewski, BiggTim, LSP_Matt and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Iscold Posted June 15 Author Share Posted June 15 (edited) Edited June 15 by Daniel Iscold Dragon, LSP_Matt, BiggTim and 4 others 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 16 hours ago, barkhorn said: Sometimes the Chinese kit box arts address the recent events - note the background... Can you display the empty ERA cells open ? MARU5137 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 7 hours ago, Daniel Iscold said: I love the way the entire nose area points to starboard. And anything Nauy, is good with me. Jeff T, MARU5137, dutik and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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