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McColm

#315
May 08, 2014, 08:36:58 PM
Prices for the Airfix 1/72 BAe Nimrod have also shot up from £20 to nearer £40 and someone is trying to flog one on eBay starting price £60.

albeback

#316
May 09, 2014, 01:35:30 AM
Quote from: McColm on May 08, 2014, 08:36:58 PM
Prices for the Airfix 1/72 BAe Nimrod have also shot up from £20 to nearer £40 and someone is trying to flog one on eBay starting price £60.


Ah! But you get FREE postage on it !! :lol:

I certainly wouldn't pay £40 for it - far less £60!! It's a decent model but, considering the overall lack of detail (and very poor quality decals)  I felt it was over priced even when it was released. I guess we can also look forward to people trying to cash in on their Sea Vixen kits as well now that it is going out of production.

Allan
Loves JMNs but could never eat a whole one!!

Runway ? ...

#317
May 09, 2014, 01:37:53 AM
For £60 I can fix you up with a " rare, collectable " Formaplane vacform Nimrod ;)
I've an Airfix one that will probably never be built if you're interested.

Note to self: Post some stash in the Swap Shop.

albeback

#318
May 10, 2014, 02:15:27 AM Last Edit: May 10, 2014, 02:17:20 AM by albeback
Loves JMNs but could never eat a whole one!!

rickshaw

#319
May 10, 2014, 02:38:08 AM
That one is just crying out to be built... ;)
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Thorvic

#320
May 10, 2014, 02:58:02 AM
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PR19_Kit

#322
May 10, 2014, 09:08:55 AM Last Edit: May 10, 2014, 09:10:59 AM by PR19_Kit
Quote from: Thorvic on May 10, 2014, 02:58:02 AM
Quote from: albeback on May 10, 2014, 02:15:27 AM
This one just caught my eye!! :o :o

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Airfix-RMS-Queen-Elizabeth-1-600th-Ship-Series-1st-Issue-1962-/291127149379?pt=UK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item43c887c343

Allan

Wonder if they know the kit is being reissued this year  :banghead:

Almost certainly, that's WHY they're trying to shift it now, hoping that no-one else knows about the re-release.

The same thing happened with the Airfix Valiant, a few months before the actual release eBay was awash with Mach 2 Valiant kits.

Having said that, £180 for an old Airfix Lancaster is just plain stupid, even for 'collectors', it's not THAT rare!
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McColm

#323
May 10, 2014, 09:30:10 AM
Quote from: Runway ? ... on May 09, 2014, 01:37:53 AM
For £60 I can fix you up with a " rare, collectable " Formaplane vacform Nimrod ;)
I've an Airfix one that will probably never be built if you're interested.

Note to self: Post some stash in the Swap Shop.
Got both in my stash.

Madoc

#324
May 13, 2014, 12:58:14 PM
Which is yet another reason to go through the "Rumourmonger" forum over on Britmodeler and the "Model Kit News" forum here.  Doing that on a regular basis has proven quite... cost effective... for me as well.
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Gondor

#325
May 14, 2014, 11:51:54 AM
I see that a 1/72 scale Aeroclub Shackleton AEW Mk2 conversion went for £155 today!!

Gondor
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I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

kitnut617

#326
May 14, 2014, 01:40:59 PM
SH*T!! I'm sitting on about 600 quids worth then ----
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loupgarou

#327
May 14, 2014, 03:09:48 PM
Quote from: kitnut617 on May 14, 2014, 01:40:59 PM
SH*T!! I'm sitting on about 600 quids worth then ----

Nooo! Don't sit on them, you'll squash their worth... ;D
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loupgarou

#329
May 17, 2014, 03:23:42 PM
Owing to the current financial difficulties, the light at the end of the tunnel will be turned off until further notice.
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