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PR19_Kit

#720
October 16, 2018, 01:51:55 PM
Almost £100 for an old Airfix Standard VC10?  :o

They've got to be pulling our legs, OK, it's ancient, well OOP and can't ever be returned to production as Airfix modified the moulds to make the tanker, but that's a collectors market price. Even so the box iS knackered.

As for the Roden Super VC10s, they've always seemed to be overpriced to me, considering how small it is in the overall 1/144 airliner market. Those Polish sourced ones look much more reasonable, but the postage is a tad heavy.

Makes me want to drag out my FROG Super VC10 with lights, on that basis it must be worth £200!
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loupgarou

#721
October 16, 2018, 02:24:04 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on October 16, 2018, 01:51:55 PM
Almost £100 for an old Airfix Standard VC10?  :o

They've got to be pulling our legs, OK, it's ancient, well OOP and can't ever be returned to production as Airfix modified the moulds to make the tanker, but that's a collectors market price. Even so the box iS knackered.

As for the Roden Super VC10s, they've always seemed to be overpriced to me, considering how small it is in the overall 1/144 airliner market. Those Polish sourced ones look much more reasonable, but the postage is a tad heavy.

Makes me want to drag out my FROG Super VC10 with lights, on that basis it must be worth £200!


I don't know if you'll reach 200 quids or not, but it's an HEAVILY collectable item. :mellow:
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rickshaw

#726
May 19, 2019, 04:03:56 AM
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PR19_Kit

#727
May 19, 2019, 07:10:09 AM
We can't buy it anyway, the recommended age range is 8-12............
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

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Old Wombat

#728
May 19, 2019, 10:20:57 AM
Has a life outside of What-If & wishes it would stop interfering!

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kitnut617

#729
May 19, 2019, 11:12:35 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on May 19, 2019, 07:10:09 AM
We can't buy it anyway, the recommended age range is 8-12............

Well one day we'll be old enough   ;D ;D ;D
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Nick

#730
May 19, 2019, 11:18:10 AM
Quote from: Old Wombat on May 19, 2019, 10:20:57 AM
Quote from: rickshaw on May 19, 2019, 04:03:56 AM
Yikes!  They must be joking!   :o :o

You think that's bad, mate? Did you notice this? :o

Hang on, read that again?!

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steelpillow

#731
May 19, 2019, 11:24:45 AM
I'll bet software is placing those prices. It happens a lot with secondhand books when the seller computerises their business. The starting price is set ridiculously high and the software slowly reduces it over time until someone bites, a bit like a Dutch auction in slo-mo. Fine if you have a huge warehouse and are in no hurry, not so practicable for your average hobby seller.
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Rick Lowe

#732
May 19, 2019, 11:30:07 AM
So the computers want to squeeze the humans out of the hobby and keep all the kits for themselves?  ;D :o

NARSES2

#733
May 21, 2019, 05:59:44 AM
Quote from: steelpillow on May 19, 2019, 11:24:45 AM
I'll bet software is placing those prices. It happens a lot with secondhand books when the seller computerises their business. The starting price is set ridiculously high and the software slowly reduces it over time until someone bites, a bit like a Dutch auction in slo-mo. Fine if you have a huge warehouse and are in no hurry, not so practicable for your average hobby seller.

Either that or there's something fishy going on  ;)

The new, improved E-Bay does a similar thing in so far as reducing your price incrementally if you don't sell, providing you aren't watching it like a hawk. I really don't like the changes they have made to the selling side of E-Bay. Just glad I've not got much more to go on, and that won't be for a while.
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rickshaw

#734
May 21, 2019, 06:22:17 AM
Quote from: Old Wombat on May 19, 2019, 10:20:57 AM
Quote from: rickshaw on May 19, 2019, 04:03:56 AM
Yikes!  They must be joking!   :o :o

You think that's bad, mate? Did you notice this? :o

Yikes!  I think they have a hide calling themselves "simply the best price".  They're a mob of rip off merchants.  :banghead:

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