SfanGoch

MAP does not violate any antitrust legislation, including the Sherman Act. Look it up. For further reading on the legality and enforcement of MAP policies, go here.

I took my kid to a hipster-centric barber shop in the neighborhood about six years ago. He took a seat in the chair and I was explaining to the "stylista" how to trim his hair. I happened to look at the wall next to the mirror. Nailed to the wall was a 78 rpm copy of "A Thousand Stars" b/w "Hey Chiquita" by a group called the Rivileers on Baton Records No. 200. I asked the barber where he got the record. He said he bought it at the Salvation Army Thrift Store around the corner for two bucks and thought it would look, like yah, riiiiiiillllly kewl hanging up by his work area. This was was an original 1953 release in very good + plus condition and would have been worth over $600 except for one thing. This toilet plunger shaped dope nailed it to the wall, ignoring the spindle hole, putting the friggin' nail through the platter itself. I would have scammed the guy out of the record and offered him ten bucks for it if not for the fact it was now worthless.

Or have a clue as to what this is: Hint: It's not a Frisbee with a finger hole.

Are you referring to these? They're regular AMT kits with a diecast of the kit subject included. Quality, fit, etc., are what you would expect from AMT, which is good all the way around.

Aerosans aren't snowmobiles in the traditional sense. They're prop-driven, running on skis as opposed to tracks. The vehicle in Richard's post is a TTM-1901 "Berkut" snowmobile, built by NPO Transport. Meet Russia's Gun-Toting Snowmobile

I read (it was scratched into the wall of an old wooden phone booth in a bar where I was drinking lunch one morning) that even doing that can result in a severe case of stink eye.

If you avoid direct eye contact, it doesn't look too bad.

Wouldn't matter if you did. Most of you "young" folks don't know how to write in longhand anyway.

I started a thread on that yesterday. Discounts On Tamiya Products - POOF! GONE!

There probably are; but, with no nits to pick, what's the use in talking about them?

Very nice work on this kit.

So don't make inaccurate statements about what the pertinent and applicable laws and regs under USC are if you aren't willing to research the facts. At least, I did take the time to find the relevant info. Your personal opinions and feelings questioning their legality and application are just that, opinions and feelings. Do me a favor and at least get my username correct. It's S-F-an. There's no "T".

I'm in the 76.6 percentile. Can I have your autograph?

You forgot to mention the weird slope of the rear deck.

Read through the link I provided. FTC says that MAP is a legal business policy as defined in federal laws and regulations and affirmed by the Supreme Court in 2007.

Acting one's age makes you feel old. Get off my stoop. you punks!

Finished a book my friend Geoff Cobb wrote about of of NYC's most iconic politicians:

Depending on where you live, cost of living/commercial rents/other business-related expenses factor into what one pays for kits of any type at the LHS. Basic operating costs for a hobby shop located in any large city will be commensurately higher than for one in a smaller community.Those folksy, warm and fuzzy brick and mortar joints paying $130-180+ sq/ft for rent will not only charge at or above MAP, they'll also charge above MSRP to make up the difference.The one place I've previously mentioned, Jan's Hobby Shop, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, prices kits 1 1/2 times to twice the MSRP. That's why you'll find the kits on the shelves covered with an impressively thick layer of dust. "Sale" and "deal" are not a part of its business vocabulary.

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Like Aaron pointed out, car modelers seem to be the only group bemoaning the future extinction of this genre. Everybody else has proclaimed the past few years as the new Golden Age of modeling. The proliferation of new companies bold enough to produce odd and obscure armor/aircraft subjects is amazing and most welcome. Revell and AMT, for example, should take their cue from the likes of Takom, Meng, Rye Field, etc.

We used a small padlock with vaseline smeared on the bottom and tied kite string to the hasp. On a good day, we could pull up over three bucks in coin from one vent. Another vent spot which was good was near bars. Lots of loot dropped down the vents whenever the barflies exited after drinking lunch or dinner. We had a lot of bars on the main drag in the neighborhood back then.

Exercise in futility. Didn't work with DML; won't work with Tamiya.

Cable, huh? When I was stationed in Illesheim, they used a low power transmitter to beam it on post. It was done the same way in the entire VII Corps AOR. The signal was so intententionally weak, you couldn't pick it up outside the main gate using an NTSC standard TV. Didn't matter anyway. We were in a perpetual state of drunk during off-duty hours and could barely see the gasthaus floor before our faces hit it.

Good ole AFN. Watching it made one appreciate WOR-TV Channel 9's lineup.

Tamiya can also legally refuse to engage in business with retailers who decline to sign the MAP agreement or advertise and sell its products below the mandated MAP.