Just seen this from Tamiya’s website:
http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/item.php?product-id=89566
It says coming soon…(at $50?[:0]) and that made me confused[%-)]
I got this kit 2 years ago for 18 bucks…
I bet Dragon’s Tiger 1 3-in-1 plus some latest Dragon’s figures won’t cost as much…
At least they could have just mentioned “to be re-released soon”[;)][:D]
[:D] hi Dwight,thanks for the heads up,the kit looks great.[:D]
I had heard that the release from Tamiya was a new tool, with a correct asymetrical turret, but I don’t know if this is the said kit.
Wow, nice crew figures. I might get the kit just for the crew figures.
Hopefully Tamiya follows their precedent and releases the figures as a seperate kit. Those figs are real nice.
listed at $33.58 delivered to the states… not too shabby. Maybe they are feeling the heat from Dragon? I “inventoried” my stash and for the first time I have more Dragon kits then Tamiya.
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Dang it… I forgot to say Lucky Models has it…
man I must be gettin old
nice, but you’re right, a bit expensive
But it does give me a reason to buy it- I can build it and the Dragon side by side and do my own comparison! Sad how I can rationalize spending more money
I will be getting Dragon. If it is indeed basically the old kit, it’s still a great build. The figs are cool, shame I just can’t build them. [:D]
Boy I wish Tamiya would get off the pot or [censored]! Reboxing with maybe a new figure, and jacking the price up is not getting the job done.[V] Like 1shifter, and others have said, my stash is rapidly looking more Dragon, and I can buy some neat aftermarket gadgets with the money I save. Come Tamiya[:(] You guys been in this business long enough too know better. Semper Fi, mike
I would just go with dragon-who gets the awesome easy link? i would want them rather than fooling around with vinyl…but i did get decent results using super glue on my panzer III L…
How many tiger kits does the world need ?
With Dragons latest , ( and I think it is a very good choice to put out the very first tigers issued ), how can Tamiya compete , nor should they .
I love the marder 3 kits they make .
Just awesome and they go together like nothing .
Tamiya should do what they have been in the past few years , put out high quality abstract equipt. ( IE marder ) .
The 1/35th market is just saturated with Panthers and Tigers right now , ( although their Panther G is the best in my book )
Now if they really want a big seller , and a huge following of AM parts as well , they should do a 1/16 scale Panther ,preferably a Late G I could almost guarantee HUGE sales with that one !
1/48 my A$%!!! , …go with the big scale stuff , which they are good at and people will buy , hey maybe even do a big scale with full interior , if they did a LS panther or tiger with full interior , I would guess it would be one of their biggest sellers to date !
Who does the marketing for Mr Tamiya anyhow ?
He needs a new staff !
Shawn, I agree with the comments made about Tamiya’s Marder series. Great kits. I thought a Hetzer was a natural. You know, a tweak here, a tweak there, and viola, a Hetzer from their Marder series molds. There are also a bunch more variants from the Marder hulls. The flak one, the recon one with the 20 mm turret. Come on Tamiya, we beg you to do it.
yea my bro has the same exact kit as u, lol.
This is yet another area where Tamiya is dropping the ball compared to Dragon .
Dragon makes use of interchangeable parts between kits , Tamiya has obviously only touched on this .
The Hetzer is a very kool little gun that noone does very well right now . I would guess Tamiya’s engineers could do it the best .
I seriously think there is a niche in the large scale superdetail realm , they put out some large scale with full interior and the armor fans will buy it , this has been proven with the recent T-34 series by trumpeter .
This has been a huge success from what I see , everyone is making one of those !
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QUOTE: Originally posted by spector822002
I think the larger kits will have a following, but how many of us can afford a bulk of them as well as give up precious shelf space? I think that is why 1/35 works so well for us; it’s cost effective, gives great detail, and takes up nominal space.
I agree, that Tamiya or perhaps AFV would make an outstanding Hetzer. Now that AFV is producing more WW II kits, I may not have to wait so long. LOL