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| Subject: | Kits that need a little corretion, more attractive? |  |
| Date: | Mar 19, 2008 |
| From: | DK | |
Hello,
Is it possible that new kits that come out that have some things that need corecting get more attention in the long haul. I think there is a fine line of have too much to correct too, and the kit gets to be a piriya. But, some of the tweeners or "only option" kits I think are more interesting in some ways.
I have an advertising-media background so I guess I see it this way: More rewiews/builds logs, and more rewiews viewed equals more impressions that sell more kits. People think I really want to do this kit or that but I know there are corrections that need to be made. A kit like say the Studebaker US-6 that needs new tires and this and that, or one of the Dragon Sherms, or the Academy Grant or Lee. Is it possible companies do this on purpose as a tactic because it gives the marketing more legs. Every conversion kit or correction becomes an impression for the original kit down the road. Is because it is more challenging it becomes more attractive to many; when it is all done does the modeler have more of a sense of pride because he researched, and corrected or added extra to the kit. Do other modelers who know the things that need to be corrected do they take more notice?
Also as a modeler, though more work, is it more satisfiing in gereral to research, correct, add, and build a corrected kit than one that is perfect out of the box. Does a corrected kit "compete" in a show better because judges can see that the modeler worked harder and corrected things?
Does a kit that is perfect become more boring down the road vs. one that needs correcting here and there.
Look at low to no correction OTB kits like say Tamiya Cromwell; do they end up getting less attention because it does not need that much, or is it just a subject matter?
Think of it this way; if all kits that came out were perfect I think the hobby would become less interesting.
We modelers are a fickle lot I would say, but isn't fun! I think there is no exact answer to these questions, but overall I think it is true to some degree.
Any thoughts...
Thanks, DK
Grand Rapids MI |
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 | Kits that need a little corretion, more attractive? - DK - Mar 19, 2008 |
| . . . Yes, indeed - Bob Layton - Mar 19, 2008 |
| . . . Re: Kits that need a little corretion, more attractive? - Sean Langley - Mar 19, 2008 |
| . . . Nope. - Fred Schwarz - Mar 19, 2008 |
| . . . . . . What Fred said - Bruce Probst - Mar 19, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . Ok, besides Academy - DK - Mar 19, 2008 |
| . . . Look at the industry leaders - James Wechsler - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Well put - DK - Mar 20, 2008 |
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