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| Subject: | Re: Reviews - Too Many High Ratings |  |
| Date: | Mar 10, 2005 |
| From: | adam lehmann | |
Sometimes i feel that the reviews are aimed at very experienced modellers. especially when great pains are taken to point out variances in scale that to the naked eye as a stand alone kit wouldnt normally be discernable, (such as 0.5mm of a barrel length? what the?)
I would like reviewers to think more about their audience their writing for, mr average modeller maybe ? who has a few kits on a shelf , will build mostly out of box, maybe adding a few accesories for overall appearance but wouldnt even know about such innacuacies because he wouldnt own a set of plans for that tank or have access to volumes of literature on it. the average model maker probably has a few generic books on the subject, might have a squad sig publication or or vanguard, and pics from magazines as refernce. whats important to him in a review might be more along the lines of:
I have ok skills, but will i have to deal with major alignment issues? or will there be problems with gaps etc,
i'm forking out 80 bucks for this new tank from company A, yet company B sells same kit for 60, why should i pay that extra 20 ?
is the level of accuracy noticeable with naked eye and no measuring tools needed to realise innacuracies when the kit stands on its own ?
Just a thought, of course. but too much information can be a turn off,.. I did like the Angus Creighton style reviews in TMMI, where as he built a kit he would cover optional extra detailing, and suggest fixes for innacuracies. It wasnt as if you were pressured into fixing it or your not worthy...
just a thought
adam |
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 | Reviews - Too Many High Ratings - Paul A. Owen - Mar 8, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Reviews - Too Many High Ratings - Kurt Laughlin - Mar 8, 2005 |
| . . . . . . "Or are the reviewers just plain wrong?" - Steve Campbell - Mar 9, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Reviews - Too Many High Ratings - Paul A. Owen - Mar 8, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: Reviews - Too Many High Ratings - Sean Lynch - Mar 8, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Reviews - Too Many High Ratings - Paul A. Owen - Mar 8, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Reviews - Too Many High Ratings - Ed Bouwmeester - Mar 8, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Reviews - Too Many High Ratings - Paul A. Owen - Mar 9, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Reviews - Too Many High Ratings - Steve Frost - Mar 9, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Reviews - Too Many High Ratings - gene fong - Mar 8, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Belly buttons? - Kurt Laughlin - Mar 9, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Belly buttons? - Steve Frost - Mar 9, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Belly buttons? - Paul A. Owen - Mar 9, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Formal Warning! - Steve Campbell - Mar 10, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Reviews - Too Many High Ratings - David Manning - Mar 8, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Yeah, I like this idea - Kevin Johnson - Mar 10, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Reviews - Too Many High Ratings - Veli-Pekka Pelttari - Mar 8, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Reviews - Too Many High Ratings - Peter Ong - Mar 9, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Reviews - Too Many High Ratings - terry li - Mar 9, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Reviews - Extra stars - Leo Lee - Mar 9, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Reviews - Too Many High Ratings - Steve Frost - Mar 9, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Stars are OK - Kurt Laughlin - Mar 9, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Stars are OK - Paul A. Owen - Mar 9, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Hey lates review the reviewers!?! - Billy Bishop (Michael Wawrow) - Mar 9, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Stars are OK - Steve Frost - Mar 11, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Reviews - Too Many High Ratings - adam lehmann - Mar 10, 2005 |
| . . . Well, I had one experience where.... - Mark Fergel - Mar 10, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: Well, I had one experience where.... - gene fong - Mar 10, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Reviews - Too Many High Ratings - Late Reply - Doug Chaltry - Mar 11, 2005 |
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