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Messages  21177
 Subject:  Re: I don;t know...List thread.  
  
 Date:  Mar 20, 2008
 From:  James Wechsler 
I must diagree agree with what you wrote about the Dragon Panzer IVE. Yes Dragon did correct it with their Vorpanzer but that did nothing for those of us who bought the original. If Dragon had offered an update set, even for sale, then I'd feel very differently. My update path was to buy the Cyber-Hobby Panzer IVF, take a few parts out of the Panzer IVE (interior mainly) and give the kit to a friend who can't afford to buy many kits and therefore is thrilled to have anything to work on.

So I do take issue with Dragon on that one, especially after all of the hype.

As for Tamiya, my only complaint is that they still charge top dollar for ancient kits and routinely throw in a couple of new figures (or old ones from another set) and put the kits on the shelf next to their new releases. The unsuspecting modeler has no way to know one kit is 30 years old and the other is a 2 years old.

I do stand by my issue with the AFV Club M5. That's an issue noted in their previous Stuart releases and they could have easily added the backs to one of the new sprues. As a case in point both Dragon and Academy did exactly that on their Shermans. Don't get me wrong, it's not the same as what Academy did on their M3 Grant by not including already made new suspension housings. That was just flat out inexcusable.

Jim
 
Thread Listing 
  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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