Hi All
Just wanted to know from you guys in the U.S if the price of Dragon kits have gone up in price.
Went to my local model shop & got my 88mm Flak 37 and found that the price had gone up by £5.00 & also the gun crew had gone as well.
Not that its going to stop me buyin them but just wondered.
I have notice a slight jump in price at my LHS also, on Dragon kits. Probaley want be long till they cost as much as every body else.
Yes they have, but one can understand why. They offer so much pe and am anymore, that someone (the consumer) must pick up the cost. Still a bargain compared to Tamiya.
Dragon has always been more expensive than Tamiya here in Japan, even back before their kits were packed with all the bells and whistles.
“Bargains” differ depending on where you live.
brian while we are talking prices you would know this
(in percent of avg income in japan vs avg income in usa)
where are models more costly
I don’t have any hard figures on hand, but I would say the average income is higher here in Japan, but so is the overall cost of living.
Japanese kits (Tamiya, Hasegawa, Fujimi, Bandai, etc.) are much less expensive here, but import kits from the West (Accurate Miniatures, Monogram, Revell, Airfix, Heller, Emhar, etc.) are much more expensive. The Chinese and Taiwanese kits (Dragon, Trumpeter, AFV Club) are just a bit more expensive here than they seem to be in the West.
So, it’s hard to say, without doing the hard math based on the percentage of average income. For domestic Japanese kits, the cost against salary is quite low. For imported kits, costs are inflated.
Come to think of it, that’s the same everywhere, isn’t it? [;)]
I’d have to agree. Granted, Tamiya seems to be much cheaper in Japan. Monogram definitely is the cheapest in North America. Anyone from Europe here can tell me whether Italeri and Revell AG are cheaper there?
Tariffs may have something to do with that.
Hi all
sorry to start this off i just wanted to know if the prices had gone up.
Tigerman i agree with you you get a lot of extra parts & a choice of diffrent versions,how many other companies do that.
Maybe other companies should take a leaf out of Dragons book.[tdn]
Even Tamiya is releasing a 1/35 Stug B with an aluminum barrel and I think pe grilles as well. Whom do you think they thought of when they decided to make that move? [;)]
We wonder who!!!.
Must say am just doing Dragons 88mm Flak 37 & even though they have removed the crew they still come up with small details like flat spots on the tyres so they look like they are under load,& who gives you 4 barrels (2 aluminum 2 plastic) but also 3 gun shilds.
So we may bitch about cost but may we should keep quite as they may stop them all together?[BH]