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| Subject: | Re: Oil costs affecting kit prices? |  |
| Date: | Jul 12, 2008 |
| From: | Al Glover | |
V,
That's an interesting observation..."I believe the prices are destroying the future opportunities these manufacturers could have selling kits to those who are kids right now."
These days many more kids play video games than build models, but at some of the prices can you blame them? When I was a kid and got my start building models, I could buy 1 to 3 models for the money I made from one yard cutting grass. Today I suspect you'd be lucky to be able to buy one crappy kit for the same amount of work.
I certainly understand gum isn't 5 or 10 cents a pack anymore but I wonder what the long range marketing plans are for these model companies? In order to have a continuos customer base from decade to decade, you have to bring in new modelers and I'm not sure that's happening. Of course I know that the Far East is a huge market and maybe its much stronger out there and they don't need look much farther for business.
I know many of you follow the market trends and are closer to some of the manufactures than I...I'd be glad to hear other perspectives.
Al |
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 | Oil costs affecting kit prices? - Paul A. Owen - Jul 10, 2008 |
| . . . Re: Oil costs affecting kit prices? - Sean Langley - Jul 11, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: Oil costs affecting kit prices? - Graham Tetley - Jul 11, 2008 |
| . . . Re: Oil costs affecting kit prices? - Vernon - Jul 11, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: Oil costs affecting kit prices? - Al Glover - Jul 12, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: Oil costs affecting kit prices? - Paul A. Owen - Jul 12, 2008 |
| . . . Paul, Kits are made of plastic, not oil. - Frank Forster - Jul 12, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: Paul, Kits are made of plastic, not oil. - Vernon - Jul 12, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Is someone joking about what is made from oil? - Edward Hall - Jul 12, 2008 |
| . . . Locally produced kts - Paul A. Owen - Jul 12, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: Locally produced kts - Roy A. Schlicht - Jul 12, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . shop prices are goind down here - adam lehmann - Jul 13, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Dilemma - Frank Forster - Jul 13, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Dilemma - adam lehmann - Jul 13, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hong Kong Sample - Edward Hall - Jul 13, 2008 |
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