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- From: paul@hagar.tdd.sj.nec.com (Paul Gordon x3856)
- Subject: Re: rec.models.scale
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.193637.9719@sj.nec.com>
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- Organization: NEC-AM TDD, San Jose, California
- References: <1992Nov17.153331.9643@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 19:36:37 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.153331.9643@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com> mcclure@force.ssd.lmsc.lockheed.com writes:
- >Anybody out there have information regarding the lawsuit/court injunction
- >against Tamiya. I heard that Tamiya was planning on releasing their
- >1/35th scale armor to the US with pricetags no greater than $30, but a
- >group of East Coast hobby shops (big ones) had a fit since they bought
- >tons of the kits from MRC at inflated prices. As a result, the hobby stores
- >banded together to sue Tamiya for lost revenue and get a court injunction to
- >prevent teh kits from coming to the US.
- >I don't know about most of you modelers out there, but the pricing of kits
- >now-a-days is getting to be a bit absurd. I remember seeing a non-limited
- >production kit going for roughly a buck a piece (and I don't mean a buck a
- >kit. I mean a dollar for each individual piece of the kit). I'm a modeler,
- >not the Sultan of some rich oil country.
- >Kent M. McClure
- >Auto racing afficionado and member of San
- >Jose IPMS chapter.
- >My views are what they are, like them or not.
-
- Yes, APC Hobbies are now selling the Late Model Tiger I for $17.65.
- Previously the list was $50.00 and the mail order price was around $40.00!
- The DS Challenger was also on the list for a similar amount.
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- Paul
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