JordanFordF1 Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 How long before model cars arrived without any printed instruction sheets? Have you noticed more and more items arrived without any instructions? I was reading about a new remote control truck last night that only comes in kit form and it does not come with assembly instructions. You have to go online and download them. AAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHH! Honestly how much more would it have cost them? Well they saved money and I'll be saving my money by not buying from them. Print your instructions and included them goofballs!
Greg Myers Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Don't give 'em any ideas. How many other big ticket item$ do you buy that doesn't have any instructions other than the "Quick Startup" card?
southpier Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 no worse than 16 pages of two paragraph instructions in nine languages
Draggon Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Don't give 'em any ideas. How many other big ticket item$ do you buy that doesn't have any instructions other than the "Quick Startup" card? No kidding. I bought a new wireless modem a few years ago, and needed to go online for the instructions, but then, to go online I needed to set up the modem.... My last TV had a very thick instruction booklet. In 4 languages. 1 page of instructions, 1 page of troubleshooting, 3 pages of warnings and legals disclaimers. I dont need instructions to know that submerging the TV in water might not be a good thing.
sjordan2 Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 It would very beneficial if kit instructions were posted online, in addition to hard copy in the kit. Doesn't Revell offer that on a limited basis?
chunkypeanutbutter Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 It would very beneficial if kit instructions were posted online, in addition to hard copy in the kit. Doesn't Revell offer that on a limited basis? Yep, you can go and look up a Revell model, hit the link to their site, and download a PDF of the instructions.
sjordan2 Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Yep, you can go and look up a Revell model, hit the link to their site, and download a PDF of the instructions. What's great about that is that you can check out kit assembly detail before you buy.
horsepower Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 On the other end of the scale. Just think of the money AMT could save if they didn't print up all those extra complete instruction sets, and the extra space in the box they'd have. Their New kits would probably be at least five dollars cheaper.
Miatatom Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Attempting to repeat a quote, instructions are just someone else's opinion.
Lucas van H Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Yep, you can go and look up a Revell model, hit the link to their site, and download a PDF of the instructions. I usually check 1999.co.jp for what's in the box and to take a quick peek at the manual. I believe they only offer this for Japanese kits though. Only thing you have to do is to put the product number in the search box.
kruleworld Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 On the other end of the scale. Just think of the money AMT could save if they didn't print up all those extra complete instruction sets, and the extra space in the box they'd have. Their New kits would probably be at least five dollars cheaper. I doubt the instruction booklet costs more than 50 cents per kit. compared to the cost of licensing and tooling, it's a minor component.
dartman Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 No kidding. I bought a new wireless modem a few years ago, and needed to go online for the instructions, but then, to go online I needed to set up the modem.... My last TV had a very thick instruction booklet. In 4 languages. 1 page of instructions, 1 page of troubleshooting, 3 pages of warnings and legals disclaimers. I dont need instructions to know that submerging the TV in water might not be a good thing. When I was selling car parts I dident think I had to tell someone who bought a battery to remove the plastic protective caps from the terminals but after they returned it saying it was dead.Well you could see they jammed the terminals over the caps.After that I had tell them with every battery sold,take the plastic off.They would look at me like no chit but I had to tell them.Maybe someone already tried to use it in the pool.
pharoah Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 That way they know who you are and where you live....
Tom Geiger Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 I dont need instructions to know that submerging the TV in water might not be a good thing. Oh crud! Nobody told me!
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