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Isn't that kind of the point though? Why should every kit manufacturer build a kit just for a specific segment of the market? People were berating Tamiya for the Nashorn because it had vinyl tracks. Uh... how many Tamiya releases have individual track links?? Or photoetch? Or metal barrels? We wouldn't have after-market companies in droves if they did. And I think that is a good thing.
Jim
Jim;
Sorry, but maybe wrong stick - wrong guy! I'm a guy who actually in almost every one of these new kit threads where folks crab about "another one of these - why not X else?" is the one flogging that it's a business decision and model - and manufacturers make and sell whatever they think will sell. That's the way I see all of this entirely. I'm pretty sure I KNOW why they issue kits with DS instead of the MT, and I'm also sure I KNOW why they put out another StuG III G instead of some new-tool kit. All pretty simple, at least as I see it!. They figure this will sell and make them some money. And probably they are RIGHT!
This does not mean that I should not say I don't plan on this one, nor that I should not mention any possible "whys". I doubt that my not buying it will mean anything to Mr. D. (my favorite company, based on the 75+ of my stash of several hundred which came from the D... even if 95% of them came second-hand!
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Manufacturers make business decisions. Buyers buy stuff that they think they want. The D is rolling away from providing link tracks in kits. I understand that decision and the models used to get there. Doesn't mean that I have to like it. I have way many more kits than I'll ever build even if I lived another century! And there are other options and many other kits that I might take up. I have always liked Dragon kits since ever I handled my first D box and looked inside. But if the new features of kits become things I like less - DS tracks - why, I have to choose, like everyone else!
As for D dropping MT somehow suggests that most modelers are actually happier with DS tracks... baloney! That's about as sensical and true as stopping in a one-horse town and finding that 4 kinds of beer - Bud, Light, Ultr-Lite, and Bud ICE - are available. You are thirsty and want a beer. If you are like me - brew many gallons of the stuff a year and dote on craft dark ales - none of these things calls you. But if I want a beer NOW, guess I'll have to pick my "favorite"!
Some call this Hobb's Choice. Far as kits go, I'm well able to easily pass by all those which have DS tracks, as there are still myriad others with links, and I already have lots of these. I don't feel any pressure on this!
Bob
. Just when I thought it was safe to go back in the hobby store! The StuG is one of my favorites, but this is too much! Recycling previous kits in new box art - how original! 
Dragon intends on making a model of each real StuG ever produced 
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. But that was the only source I could find for the image. 
