Hasegawa

[nev]

Interesting.  And any bets on how much the Agano will cost?  Their recent 1/350 IJN ships have been mind-bogglingly expensive (I saw one "reduced show price" at Telford for £150!!), but the Akitsushima is just plain ridiculous.

£430 (Four Hundred and Thirty pounds) for a 1/350 ship.  Absolutely no justification for that whatsoever.

http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=HALTD1

[elmayerle]

So finally a proper F-35A, which means were likely to see the B & C variants follow. Now why does the cynic in me see this fit being issued as seperate boxings for each user....

It depends on just how they structure the kit.  There's certainly a lot of commonality between variants but there's also enough distinctive differences to make it interesting to design the moldings for all three current versions with a maximum of commonality while still reflecting the various differences.  The biggest challenge, of course, is going to be the F-35B with its unique aspects.  There's enough common between the A and C models that you could follow much the same breakdown as the real aircraft for minimal extra parts to build both versions.  Of course, to do the B-model, you'll need a different canopy as well as different wing, center fuselage, and aft fuselage sections.

[Barry Krell]

So finally a proper F-35A, which means were likely to see the B & C variants follow. Now why does the cynic in me see this fit being issued as seperate boxings for each user....

Hardly a cynical comment, it's standard Hasegawa business practice.  If anyone is being cynical, it's the suits at Hasegawa...

[kitbasher]

Look, if you don't like the prices, don't buy.

Don't worry, I don`t!

If the majority of modellers did this, prices would soon start to fall.

You'd like to think that would be the case.  My bet is that the best we could expect is for prices not to rise for a while.

The retailers would have to shift the stock somehow and putting prices up in the midst of a recession is suicide.

Very true.  Modelzone sales are always seem to focus on Revell kits for some reason, though.

And yes, Barry, you're right about the aftermarket value of the ASR.III lifeboat - a fiver would be fair.

Post rant rant now over!! 

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Look, if you don't like the prices, don't buy.  If the majority of modellers did this, prices would soon start to fall.  The retailers would have to shift the stock somehow and putting prices up in the midst of a recession is suicide.

I've never been one to whinge, and I completely agree with Mr Krells' comment - On Friday, Dork and I went to Transport Models in Preston. They were just putting some new Hasegawa stock onto the shelves, amongst the boxes was a re-box of the 1:32 Bf109G-14...... £40.00 !

Two shelves up, was a Revell boxing of the Bf109K for £20(ish).... Own-throat-cutting stupidity, IMHO !!

Ian

[PR19_Kit]

It's all down to a five letter word G R E E D.

[Green Dragon]

Only Hasegawa stuff I've been buying lately are all off ebay for hardly anything in comparison. On kind of a nostagia kick at the moment, buying up stuff I did as a kid. Part of the stash is looking like a late 70's early 80's modelshop. 

Paul Harrison

[Barry Krell]

Modelzone price for the Ju 88A6 Special edition - £39.95.  Dambuster Lancaster - £44.95.  That's gone up £15 in 12 months.  In a recession?  Guess how many Lancasters will be staying on the shelves at that price?

[nev]

Hasegawa releases for 2010 announced.  The usual slew of reboxings....though the He111 zwilling may intrest some, as may the 1/32 Kittyhawk

http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/e-w/image/leaflet/2010PART1A.pdf
http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/e-w/image/leaflet/2010PART1B.pdf

[ChernayaAkula]

And a 1/72 F-16I. According to the symbols, it will be based on their usual Viper and will be a regular (as opposed to limited) item!

The Ju 188 could also be interesting. 

[Maverick]

G'day Gang,

IPMS Deutschland have quite a number of photos of the Nurnberg Toy Fair.  Of particular interest is Hasegawa's 35th!! scale Nutrocker and other Maschienen Krieger kits.

http://ipmsdeutschland.de/Ausstellungen/Nuernberg2010/Bilder/Helms/album/slides/Nuernberg2010_VH_061.html
http://ipmsdeutschland.de/Ausstellungen/Nuernberg2010/Bilder/Eichendorff/album/slides/Hasegawa_01.html
http://ipmsdeutschland.de/Ausstellungen/Nuernberg2010/Bilder/Eichendorff/album/slides/Hasegawa_03.html
http://ipmsdeutschland.de/Ausstellungen/Nuernberg2010/Bilder/Eichendorff/album/slides/Hasegawa_04.html

Regards,

Mav

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Modellversium has uploaded an in-box kit review of the latest Hasegawa yard dart.  This version is the F-16F (Block 60) Fighting Falcon (1/48th scale, kit number 07244) and it appears to have a few additional parts sprues.   

click on image or html text to see the review

[JJC]

does anyone know if Hase still produce there 1/48 phantom FG.1 'Ark Royal'? just that it dosen't appear on many websites and not even hasegawas, i was gonna buy one PDQ from modelzone if it was discontinued

[philp]

G'day Gang,

IPMS Deutschland have quite a number of photos of the Nurnberg Toy Fair.  Of particular interest is Hasegawa's 35th!! scale Nutrocker.

Regards,

Mav

I also noticed this but would like to get the 76th scale version.  Also, is this thing just screaming for a real turret with a big gun or what?

[Green Dragon]

does anyone know if Hase still produce there 1/48 phantom FG.1 'Ark Royal'? just that it dosen't appear on many websites and not even hasegawas, i was gonna buy one PDQ from modelzone if it was discontinued

Far as I can remember it was a limited issue last year, don't know how many "Limited" means to Hasegawa though! The RN Phantom kits usually sell out really quick, I did see some recently on Ebay and I'm pretty sure they went for less than list price. They were the latest issue from a shop seller BTW, not older kits.

Paul Harrison