Chairman Mao

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Saturday, September 28, 2019 - 09:40 PM UTC

MENG announced their latest model kit. Check out the company's press release.

In 1949, a new power was born in the Orient. Since then, this land has a new name, the People's Republic of China. This is a country that has been built by the people through a long struggle under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. Now this people's country is deeply influencing the world. You can feel her confidence and vitality, as encouraging as her founders brought her 70 years ago.

The VS-013 MB Military Vehicle New China 1949 is the latest product released by MENG to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China. This product has been inspired by Chairman Mao Zedong’s first review of the People’s Liberation Army in Beijing Xiyuan Airport in 1949. Chairman Mao purposely chose to review the people's army that was about to win the final victory in a captured MB military vehicle. This kit includes one MB military vehicle, and a Mao Zedong and a driver resin figures. We wish to celebrate this unparalleled festival with this unique model kit.

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barkingdigger

Given this is the 70th anniversary of the founding of the communist Chinese state, and there are big celebrations going on in China, it makes perfect sense for a Chinese company to release a model of their state's founder in his early "glory days". From a marketing standpoint they get a triple-whammy - customers who want a) Chairman Mao, b) a new jeep, c) a souvenir of the big 70th. (Or indeed folks who welcome all three...) Bear in mind us westerners are not Meng's only market - I'm sure they are big back home, where funny enough lots of folks still celebrate Mao as a founding father. My own interest is the jeep - I've built them from a number of other companies over the years, and would like to know what the Meng kit brings to the party!

SEP 30, 2019 - 09:33 PM

Taeuss

Please excuse my inattentiveness in regards to today's date as being the 70th anniversary celebration of the Communist Chinese state; I've been rather distracted by the riots in Hong Kong to notice the festive anniversary celebrated by China. Now Mao in a Jeep makes sense. Sort of.

OCT 01, 2019 - 12:42 PM

barkingdigger

That's ok. I too am not a fan, and am also a bit worried about the way things are going in HK. "Interesting times" as they say...

OCT 01, 2019 - 09:12 PM

covkid

Hi all, will most likely get this kit. I have the previously shown wasp on order. My reasoning for getting this are: 1, it's a jeep 2. I can use the driver figure in a GAZ 67 in a Korean war diorama 3 I can re-use Mao with a different head. Silly side note, in the 1990's British comedy duo Baddiel and Skinner had a pet cat called Chairman Meow. Whenever I hear Mao that is the first thing I think of. Regards Jason

OCT 01, 2019 - 10:51 PM

m4sherman

There was a spoof on the Kennedy presidency, my Mother got the record way back in 1962 or so, that had Kennedy hosting a lunch party, and everyone was ordering sandwiches. When Chian Kai-Shek made his order Kennedy asked: Do you want mayo with that? And Chian replied: Please, not to mention that name! Funny but sad.

OCT 02, 2019 - 10:34 AM

long_tom

I believe ICM or somebody has a passenger car kit with none other than Joseph Stalin standing next to it. It seems silly to object to models of evil people when they in fact existed and did things. Not everybody loves Robert E. Lee either, and there was far less love for him 100 years ago.

OCT 02, 2019 - 10:50 AM

RobinNilsson

OCT 02, 2019 - 05:32 PM

m4sherman

Looks nice. So, is that Stalin after his last purge, when there was no one left alive in Russia to be paranoid about?

OCT 03, 2019 - 10:24 AM

RobinNilsson

Looks nice. So, is that Stalin after his last purge, when there was no one left alive in Russia to be paranoid about?[/quote]

OCT 03, 2019 - 10:37 AM

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