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Takom: Tracks and St. Chammond Box Art
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Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 11:51 AM UTC


An update in from Takom has some new workable tracks and the box art for the next St. Chammond on the way.

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Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 01:14 PM UTC
Cool. More WW1 goodies and didn't realise they were doing these workable tracks as well.

Notice how it says for the MkII, MkV, Tadpole and Whippet too.
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Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 02:38 PM UTC
So why didn't they just include the workable tracks in their Mk IV kits? I'm no expert but I think more people would be likely to buy the kit with these tracks instead of the 5 piece per link tracks in the kit.



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Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 02:44 PM UTC

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So why didn't they just include the workable tracks in their Mk IV kits? I'm no expert but I think more people would be likely to buy the kit with these tracks instead of the 5 piece per link tracks in the kit.



Erik



Money, why else?
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Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 09:02 PM UTC
I still think this is a great kit... can't wait!!!
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Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 10:17 PM UTC

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So why didn't they just include the workable tracks in their Mk IV kits? I'm no expert but I think more people would be likely to buy the kit with these tracks instead of the 5 piece per link tracks in the kit.



Erik



Money, why else?


I wonder if it might be that they saw the reaction to their tracks and the praise for Tamiya's and decided to respond with their own counterpart. Too late to change their kit. All we're seeing is bow art, so it might be a pretty recent development.
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Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 10:53 PM UTC
I hope the grousers are included in the track set, even though it doesn't actually seem so. Perhaps a separate set will come.
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Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 02:15 AM UTC

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So why didn't they just include the workable tracks in their Mk IV kits? I'm no expert but I think more people would be likely to buy the kit with these tracks instead of the 5 piece per link tracks in the kit.



Erik



Money, why else?


I wonder if it might be that they saw the reaction to their tracks and the praise for Tamiya's and decided to respond with their own counterpart. Too late to change their kit. All we're seeing is bow art, so it might be a pretty recent development.


You might be right, in fact, I hope that you are. I guess that I've just grown cynical over the years. Al
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Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 05:26 AM UTC

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I wonder if it might be that they saw the reaction to their tracks and the praise for Tamiya's and decided to respond with their own counterpart. Too late to change their kit. All we're seeing is bow art, so it might be a pretty recent development.


Hmm makes sense, that didn't cross my mind.


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Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 06:50 PM UTC

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So why didn't they just include the workable tracks in their Mk IV kits? I'm no expert but I think more people would be likely to buy the kit with these tracks instead of the 5 piece per link tracks in the kit.



Erik



Money, why else?


I wonder if it might be that they saw the reaction to their tracks and the praise for Tamiya's and decided to respond with their own counterpart. Too late to change their kit. All we're seeing is bow art, so it might be a pretty recent development.


If that is the case, then Takom actually deserve a great deal of credit for listening to feedback. I like manufacturers that listen to feedback.

Besides, it is not a particularly strange thing that manufacturers release separate sets with track links for theirs (and other) kits, many others have done the same.
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Posted: Friday, August 15, 2014 - 05:22 AM UTC
Sven makes a very good point. Also when we first saw pictures of Takoms Male and Female I seem to remember them showing the workable tracks anyway.
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Posted: Friday, August 15, 2014 - 05:27 AM UTC
As the vehicle model has not been released as yet they may yet include them in the box instead of the multi-part offerings. They also still have a market for the AM tracks for the 1000's of Emhar kits that are out there.
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Posted: Friday, August 15, 2014 - 05:39 AM UTC

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As the vehicle model has not been released as yet they may yet include them in the box instead of the multi-part offerings. They also still have a market for the AM tracks for the 1000's of Emhar kits that are out there.

The Takom IVs are out in Japan now. HLJ and Hobbysearch have them listed as in stock
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Posted: Friday, August 15, 2014 - 07:31 AM UTC
I was not aware of that. then perhaps future production runs.
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