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 Subject:  Re: Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures?List thread.  
  
 Date:  Mar 11, 2001
 From:  Rhodes A. Williams 
One thing I hear over and over is that if the manufacturers offered more Allied
kits then those who purchase Axis kits more frequently would go more for the
Allied offerings. I can't speak for everyone, but myself, I prefer German and
will continue to buy all German. I am certainly not pro Nazi, rather difficult
when you are Jewish, and I don't buy the propaganda either. Personally I am
attracted to the interesting camo and complexity of the uniforms. They are just
little plastic kits, and the little plastic kits no matter what they stand for
are no political, they are just models. Several vendors do resin castings of
Attila the Hun and I Robert E. Lee. Never heard mention of the fact that Attila
was a famous slaughterer of innocents and Robert E. Lee the representative of
an army and a political way of life which supported the oppression of a race
(sounds a little like National Socialism).

DML, Tamiya make plastic kits to make money. The US is a very small market for
their kits. The markets where the majority ot the kits are sold clearly prefer
Axis kits, afterall companies tend to do market research before they invest
huge sums of money into production.

My end.

Rhodes A. Williams
 
Thread Listing 
  Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures? - Brandon R. Sutherland - Mar 1, 2001
. . . Re: Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures? - Hassan Howard - Mar 1, 2001
. . . . . . The problem is that people like it!!! - - Mar 1, 2001
. . . . . . . . . Re: The problem is that people like it!!! [IMG] - Hervé CharbyCharbonneau - Mar 1, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: The problem is that people like it!!! - Halpern John - Mar 2, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yep, I agree... . - Yc. Wang - Mar 2, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Yep, I agree... . - Tim Streeter - Mar 2, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . miscellaneous thoughts before a cup of coffee... - Andrew Herbert - Mar 2, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . We are not that far away + Dead soldiers at AMPS - Hassan Howard - Mar 2, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: We are not that far away + Dead soldiers at AMPS - Christophe Jacquemont - Mar 2, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don't forget the military prisoners - Bob Lessels - Mar 4, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: The problem is that people like it!!! - Hubert, Stephane [CAR:9F65:EXCH] - Mar 2, 2001
. . . . . . . . . Japan is a special case - Hassan Howard - Mar 1, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Japan is a special case - Bob Seaver - Mar 1, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Japan is a special case - Barry Gazso - Mar 13, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . World of doodoo - Brent McCombs - Mar 12, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: World of doodoo - William - Mar 15, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Russians fought for love of country, they did not need coercion - Hassan Howard - Mar 17, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Russians fought for love of country, they did not need coercion - Gray Creager - Mar 17, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . Can't blame them either... . - Yc. Wang - Mar 2, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Extended period of peace" - are we talking about Earth here? - Hassan Howard - Mar 2, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Didn't mean that... . - Yc. Wang - Mar 2, 2001
. . . . . . . . . Products are tailored for the biggest market - Bob Lessels - Mar 4, 2001
. . . . . . Re: Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures? - Christophe Jacquemont - Mar 1, 2001
. . . . . . . . . Buy, Build, Write and Post - Tim Streeter - Mar 1, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . Devil's advocate - Bob Lessels - Mar 4, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Devil's advocate - Nemanja Pavlovic - Mar 21, 2001
. . . How this focus perpetuates itself - Tim Streeter - Mar 2, 2001
. . . . . . Re: Get a grip guys - Olve - Mar 3, 2001
. . . . . . Re: How this focus perpetuates itself - Rebecca Hill - Mar 4, 2001
. . . . . . . . . The Hobby Store Shelves and Industry Economics - Tim Streeter - Mar 4, 2001
. . . Re: Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures? - Brandon R. Sutherland - Mar 5, 2001
. . . . . . Re: Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures? - jim cosides - Mar 6, 2001
. . . . . . . . . Re: Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures? - Rebecca Hill - Mar 6, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures? - JIM COSIDES - Mar 8, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures? - Brent McCombs - Mar 10, 2001
. . . . . . . . . Re: Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures? - Brent McCombs - Mar 10, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures? - Brian J. Kelly - Mar 11, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures? - Rhodes A. Williams - Mar 11, 2001
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Are we REALLY nuts about buying SS Figures? - jim cosides - Mar 13, 2001
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