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| Subject: | In all fairness... |  |
| Date: | Mar 20, 2008 |
| From: | Herve Charbonneau | |
James,
I respect your opinions, and agree - though partly - with your statement. We have to be fair, and in this perspective, other manufacturers also deserve criticism. However, as David pointed out, no other self-proclaimed "world-class" manufacturer has systematically released such poor-to-bad kits as Academy.
Of course, AFV Club did mess up on the M36, but sure as hell made up for it with the Stryker series, the Centurions and the M5A1! Tamiya also deserves criticism for re-releasing old, outdated kits over and over, yet its "real" new releases are top notch models that keep modelers asking for more.
By comparison, the last kit released by Academy that may be considered "excellent" was the M12. Every new kit since that one has been plagued with major, inexcusable flaws, many of which could easily have been avoided or fixed. As for the M10, I strongly disagree with you here, as I hardly consider the inclusion of a rather complete interior enough to make up for the kit's dimensional/shape issues.
For what it's worth,
Charby |
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 | More Respect to Academy! - Bojan Stula - Mar 19, 2008 |
| . . . Re: More Respect to Academy! - Roy Chow - Mar 19, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: More Respect to Academy! - Juan Contreras - Mar 19, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Let's be fair - James Wechsler - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . I don;t know... - David Nickels - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: I don;t know... - James Wechsler - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Top Dollar - David Nickels - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Top Dollar - Julian Marles - Mar 21, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . same thing - David Nickels - Mar 22, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: same thing - Julian Marles - Mar 22, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . In all fairness... - Herve Charbonneau - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: In all fairness... - James Wechsler - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . Re: More Respect to Academy! - Laszlo Harsanyi - Mar 19, 2008 |
| . . . Re: More Respect to Academy! - mark hall - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . Sorry to disagree! - Herve Charbonneau - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . Respect is EARNED not granted - David Nickels - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . Re: More Respect to Academy!/ Don't agree - Marc Brandes - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . Depends on what you want from a kit - Matt Roberts - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: Depends on what you want from a kit - Laszlo Harsanyi - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: Depends on what you want from a kit - Christopher C. Tew - Mar 21, 2008 |
| . . . Academy M3 Lee - good kit - Paul A. Owen - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: Academy M3 Lee - good kit - Al Bowie - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . Grant turret - Paul A. Owen - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Grant turret - Al Bowie - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Grant turret - Paul A. Owen - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Grant turret - Al Bowie - Mar 21, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Grant turret - Gerald Owens - Mar 21, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Grant turret - Laszlo Harsanyi - Mar 20, 2008 |
| . . . Re: More Respect to Academy! - Bojan Stula - Mar 21, 2008 |
| . . . Re: More Respect to Academy! - Gary Cooper - Mar 21, 2008 |
| . . . . . . RE: No respect for Academy! - Andrew Herbert - Mar 23, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: No respect for Academy! - jose cesar - Mar 23, 2008 |
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