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I was just wondering if and when those British figures come out will you guys think it was because of this?
:-) :-) :-)
For the sake of everyone though I think Jim should contact Dragon and see if we can get any evidence that some allied releases are on the way at least. Perhaps then we can find something else to talk about.
Or Ron perhaps you can use your pull. Just tell them you are going to stop painting Germans on principle so they will need to produce Allied subjects from this point out. That will give Freddie a laugh.
Cheers,
Jim
Hi Jim,
Not for a moment, we are just letting them know we are still around and waiting for the next development.
If you don't want to play that's OK too :-) :-)
Cheers
Al
Hi Cromwell,
Couldn't agree more. I'd love to see some of the early Vickers tanks and a range of armoured cars but who would populate these vehicles?
Your mention of Accurant Armour brings the question of economics back to mind.
Here's a company this is probably the worlds leading manufacturer of accurate British vehicles. Their production costs are supposed to be much higher and yet they bring us 4 excellent versions of the Lloyd Carrier, a set of outstanding 1/48 trucks and numerous update sets to correct the mistakes made by the plastic injection manufacturers.
Their core business, British Military Vehicles.
Then we have Resicast core businesss British figures and kits.
Cromwell Models core business same detail.
Ultracast Commonwalth figures and decal sets.
Then there's Model Victoria, Italian Infantry and kits.
There is a great manufacturer who does French Figures whos name escapes me at the moment.
Even bigger we have VLS and it's asociated bits, making a whole range of stuff including additional US figures, Legends same detail.
If I accept the premis that there is no market for allied sets then how come these companies some of whom have been around for some time actually exist? I assume they are run be very smart and professional people who clearly see there is money to be made in allied figures and kits. This is even more interesting when you consider that the cost of one figure is 3 or 4 times higher than a box of 4 or 6 plastic injection ones as are the production costs.
So if these companies can make profit from their enterprises some of which have core Allied subjects, then how come it is impossible for the really big players in the plastic injection field to produce 6 or 12 new allied figures a year?
It's the very successful existance of these companies that calls into question the whole 'there's not profit in it' argument.
I'd be really interested to see what new sets MB bring out.
As we say back home 'you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink'
Cheers
Al
