Sorry to disagree with you Ken, but I still don't see the value and I feel a lot of what you list are unnecessary extras.

The metal tracks are unnecessary since the Bradley tracks are live tracks w/no sag and should be tight, and half of the run is covered. Also, live tracks are best represented by plastic in my opinion. Same on the metal barrel, unnecessary.

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moveable wheels, Orochi metal gun barrel, 1:35 figure of bomb disposal expert, resin parts, paint mask, PE set, clear parts and 2 types of markings.

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Oh boy, the wheels are movable. That is not a bonus. Neither are the PE parts as a model of this quality and price should have them. The same on the clear parts and marking options. The paint masks are cheap and shouldn't raise the price of the kit at all.

The resin bomb disposal figure doesn't go with a Bradley at all. Bomb Disposal units do not use Bradleys. It is a figure that is not needed either.

What other resin parts are in the kit? This has never been addressed.

I am not impressed. I would much more prefer an accurate M3A3 with interior, without the gimicky parts, for the price that is being asked. In my opinion, the best part of the Meng kit is the very detailed interior and that is why it is priced where it is at.

In my opinion, as a modeler, I prefer individual metal track links to the extent that I won't buy a kit which doesn't have them or for which metal tracks are not available. I also prefer a metal gun barrel as I don't wish to spend the extra time working on a plastic barrel. I prefer to have the bomb disposal figure as I could certainly imagine a diaorama with the CFV and this figure in it. I don't like an interior as once the model is buttoned up, it cannot be seen. The paint mask is a good touch in my opinion. My opinion is that all of the extras in this kit add to it's value.

But our opinions don't matter. What matters is what the armor modelers think about the kit. We think that it will be a good seller and modelers will also buy the tracks and barrel separately for use on the Meng kit and other company's kits. Thanks and

Best Regards,

Ken Lawrence
Pacific Coast Models, Inc.

But our opinions don't matter. What matters is what the armor modelers think about the kit.

Surely your opinion is slightly biased by the fact that you, as a vendor, are trying to secure pre-orders and sales on these Orochi kits a...

Hey Guys

I got the MENG kit because of the interior option ... but that decision was made before the OROCHI was out as an alternative.
Basically I do agree with Gino about "minor necessities" needed ... I was actually hoping on a "straight" version of the Bradley M2/3 without the BUSK package to build one as seen in the Grafenwöhr pics.
Having bought the KPZ 70 kit in comparison, which I really like and thankful for, I am beginning to stop wondering about the price/value ratio on plastic kits.
Overall in the past years we are getting "bombarded" with new modern AFV kits of all kind and sorts ... and which kit/manufacture one would prefer to choose.
So I won't complain and hope this trend keeps up before we are back to another "Tiger I", another "Pz III", another "Panzer iV" etc.

Cheers
Christopher:-H

I personal like the fact it comes with metal tracks and barrel and a few other bits, it would be nice to have an interior like the meng kit, but to me if it is defiantly an m3a3 Bradley I will buy it as m not very good at scratch building and would like to have both kits side by side on my club stand at shows

Orochi's new M3A3 is actually ... an A2 ?

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What's your point? Orochi have already admitted to mistake in the kit presentation in Shizuoka, and have shown CAD images that clearly confirm the kit to be M3A3...

Seems to me as though there's a good balance between the two kits:

MENG

You are understandably looking at it from the US perspective. But those prices look very different in other parts of the world.