I’m a little confused…Ok, a little more than normal. Can anybody out there tell me the difference between dragon premium and cyber hobby? Of course exept for the inflated price of cyber hobby.
Just getting back into armor and can’t help but wonder about the difference.
Cheers folks
It’s more about subject matter. Cyber hobby generally does more rare tank subjects or tanks that were only on the drawing board. The exception are the joint Dragon/CH releases such as the Panzer II and the Panzer III DAK. Hope this helps a little.
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Same company, same molds - for example Dragon Vorpanzer vs Cyber Hobby Vorpanzer is essentially the same kit, different box color. What distinguishes the two brands are the “extra goodies” that vary between the two (Cyber Hobby usually, but not always has the latest/most extra bits) and the fact that Cyber Hobby kits are limited run/limited edition. When the stock is out, its done.
Just as a clarification, Cyberhobby and DML are not the same company. Cyberhobby uses OEM molds from DML and then adds their own items/parts/extras as needed to produce either “white box” limited run kits or “green box” continuous run kits. The “green box” kits are a relatively new thing, they’ve got 2 out (Pzkpfw II F and the upcoming Pz III N DAK), while the “white box” is how they got started as single run kits. The quality of a Cyberhobby kit is equal to that of DML.
A DML “Premium” kit is an older kit that’s been “upgraded” in certain areas with newer molds/technology to bring it up to modern standards for the most part and re-boxed with a different kit # to distinguish it from the previous kit release.
…and then there is the “smart kit”…
With the exclusive licensing agreement with dragon USA and the close sharing of the molds and technology, and the history of interlocking companies in China, I figured there has got to be some cross ownership of the companies/brands. To misquote Manney’s views on field applied zim, “until someone shows me definitive proof that there is no cross ownership or other corporate linkage, I will continue to believe they are linked.”[:D][:D][:D]
It’s a strategic partnership and I agree wholeheartedly that there’s connections, DML set them up as a boutique arm but they are different entities with different strategies and goals they are pursuing. The agreement with DragonUSA is for the US only, Cyberhobby does their own distribution through the rest of the world. European buyers for example cannot buy from DragonUSA…they have to go to Cyberhobby direct. Since DML already has the distribution network established in the US, the partnership leverages that.
They are linked the same way that Mercedes-Benz and Chrysler were linked…but each one kept their own “brand” identity.