clobberator

Yeah, I know the owner of my LHS.. very reliable. Total price shipped to him will be $800CDN. That's his quoted price for me, so if my past big purchases are any indication, it won't be any higher than that.

Hey Ghost, Not doubting you, but are you sure that picture is from the 1/12 kit? From HLJ's site, it looks pretty positive that picture in the article is for the 1/24 scale kit: http://www.hlj.com/product/TAM24327 Here's the 1/12: http://www.hlj.com/product/TAM12047 The PE elements look exactly like this: http://www.hlj.com/product/TAM12652 I have the 1/24 kit somewhere and I'm pretty sure it didn't come with the PE kit. In fact, the earlier release (2007) of the 1/24 kit is a few dollars less at 3040Y vs the re-release (2012) at 3840Y. http://www.hlj.com/product/TAM24302 You'll notice that there are some key differences in the molds, the 1/12 has the transmission tunnel undercover that the 1/24 does not. Also, the front hood is also molded in 1 piece on the 1/24, but not on the 1/12. I'm sure the reviewer on SAM had the boxes mixed up..

Through the Pocher site I found the Canadian distributor, gave them a call and they refused to talk to me. So I called my LHS, and had them call the distributor. He said that the distributor (Kroeger) is bringing them in on an "as ordered" basis, so my LHS took my deposit and pre-ordered one from Kroeger. $400 bones (essentially 50%) is a lot to put down on a sight unseen unassembled model though.. I had to think for a while before I gave him the green light.

OP, is there a way to differentiate between the two Tamiya revisions? Say I find one in stock online somewhere, is there a way to verify before ordering?