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| Subject: | Re: Model Building Around the World |  |
| Date: | Apr 25, 2005 |
| From: | Richard Renes | |
Holland, also known as Kingdom of the Netherlands.
With about 16 million people over all.
Eversince the mid ninetees, toyshops connected to the Blokker concern ( and that is pretty much every toy shop in holland ) stopped selling plastic model kits and model trains, the hobby has been in a decline.
Sure, there are enough modellers still around, but most kids simply grasp the pleasure of instant entertainment that a playstation offers better.
Still, voices rise that lack of having hobbies is a main contributor for arrested creative/ investigative/ curiosity/ technical development.
Still, the hobby is making a comeback. Lots of attention for WW2 in the last 5 years especially added to that.. people want a sherman tank again ( thanks of band of brothers ), or a bren carrier ( thanks to grandpa's pics of the liberation ).
Therefore, I'd say the dutch situation at present is recovery and hopefull.
hth,
Richard Renes |
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 | Model Building Around the World - Paul A. Owen - Apr 22, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Model Building Around the World - adam lehmann - Apr 23, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Model Building Around the World - Philippe - Apr 23, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Model Building Around the World - kenSing - Apr 23, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Model Building Around the World - Leo Lee - Apr 23, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: Model Building Around the World - Paul A. Owen - Apr 23, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: Model Building Around the World - Peter Ong - Apr 24, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . "...hate modeling Korean War (that is)." - Peter Ong - Apr 24, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Hi, Peter, interesting, but... - Leo Lee - Apr 24, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Hi, Peter, interesting, but... - Paul A. Owen - Apr 24, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul, 390000 is my wild guess - Leo Lee - Apr 24, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Figure of speech and differing viewpoints - Peter Ong - Apr 24, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . "why bother if they can't move?" - Kevin Johnson - Apr 27, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Model Building Around the World - Hisham Haikal - Apr 23, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: Model Building Around the World - Frank Forster - Apr 24, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Model Building Around the World - Richard Renes - Apr 25, 2005 |
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