They want what for it?

[PR19_Kit]

But it's the VERY rare version with the box art in black and white, worth a quarter century of anyone's money.............

Who DOES he think he's kidding? 

[NARSES2]

I popped in the model shop in St George's Walk in Croydon yesterday and among the few aircraft kits he had were the old Hasegawa 1/72 He 51 floatplane at £19.99 ! Now this was the old boxing (when the boxes were small but at least the poor kit didn't get lost in it) and the kit is/has to be 40 years old ? It really is an old style kit especially in so far as the interior is concerned.

Now I know most of his aircraft kits are second hand, but £19.99 ? Oh and as per usual there was nothing in there to spark my interest.

If £19.99 is correct then I've 1 floatplane and 2 land plane versions in the stash 

[zenrat]

This boxing?

The box top design is a masterpiece IMO but still not worth close to $AU 40.

[Captain Canada]

Wow, that is a little pricey for such a wee, old kit !

[NARSES2]

This boxing?

The box top design is a masterpiece IMO but still not worth close to $AU 40.

That's the boxing I have and I agree re the artwork  The one in the shop had the artwork with the aircraft in flight, don't know if that's earlier or latter ?

[zenrat]

This one?

It's not as good a design IMO as they don't use the funky font.  It also has no japanese on it so maybe they had 2 box designs for domestic and overseas (although why change the picture)?

[PR19_Kit]

The lower one's the US market version I think, it's got the 'Distributed by Minicraft' logo on it. For some reason they seem to be stupidly rare in UK, and maybe Europe as well.

[NARSES2]

The lower one's the US market version I think, it's got the 'Distributed by Minicraft' logo on it. For some reason they seem to be stupidly rare in UK, and maybe Europe as well.

That's the one, but I don't remember seeing Minicraft on it, but then I wasn't looking that closely after seeing the price

[Captain Canada]

Dude....those are 10 dollars at the store

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-art-collectibles/city-of-toronto/model-airplane-p-51c-red-tails-with-ground-vehicle-1-72nd-scale/1150484216?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

[jcf]

Dude....those are 10 dollars at the store

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-art-collectibles/city-of-toronto/model-airplane-p-51c-red-tails-with-ground-vehicle-1-72nd-scale/1150484216?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

That's not the same thing as a Hasegawa kit distributed in the US by the Minicraft of the period, which
was located in California, not the current iteration operating out of Illinois at most recent info.

[Captain Canada]

I'm not sure what you mean Jon ? There are 2 kits of this ?

[deathjester]

Check out the asking price & postage for this one!
EBay item no.262356257536

[PR19_Kit]

And that's the ECONOMY postage! 

And he's got 'colourocomplexitis' too, his descriptive text is TERRIBLE!

[deathjester]

I know!  I'm not often given to overreactions where prices are concerned , but that little collection of wishful thinking certainly made my jaw hang low!!

[Bungle]

Wonder how much it weighs ? ParcelForce 48 Express (their most expensive in the UK) is £61.78 for 30Kg and £1.50 per additional Kg. Therefore assuming he's not profiteering on the postage his £199.00 for Express delivery would suggest it weighs 121.5 Kg (267 pounds imperial or a fraction over 19 stones) and that is heavier than me and I'm a fat.... (add your own description).

How can he justify that postage ?