1930fordpickup Posted April 28 Posted April 28 (edited) If these tariffs are so bad why do companies have to pay them to ship into other countries. No more needs to be said. Edited April 28 by 1930fordpickup Fixed a sentence as Inam.not an English major.
1930fordpickup Posted April 28 Posted April 28 3 minutes ago, Stef said: Just curious, is it true the AMT/RC2 golden "checkerboard" model car boxes were created and sold exclusively through Wallyworld? Yes When the molds were shipped to the last 2 countries to run production, we seen a jump.in prices both times. 1
Joe Handley Posted April 29 Posted April 29 21 hours ago, LDO said: I was planning to get an all new 1/16 model of a Leopard 2A7 tank, but that is also on hold. I just ordered a couple Traxxas TRX-4 Sport High Trail R/C trail trucks Friday while they still had their spring sale in effect and before any tariffs on Taiwan kick in. I’ve wanted one for a while and got mine and Dad one too while they were still CHEAP. Also grabbed another Revell C8 Vette and AMT ‘69 Corvair kit before those were affected too.
papajohn97 Posted April 29 Posted April 29 I feel bad for Moebius and other equally hard working entrepreneurial small companies that are the foundation of our economy and are now caught in the middle of this &#%. Interesting reading the responses here. In the coming months, model kit prices and availability will probably be the least of our problems, economic and otherwise. Hope I'm wrong! Buckle-up! Model on! 1 1
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 29 Posted April 29 (edited) What I find so amusing is that I've been posting for years how injection molded plastic items can be made cost-effectively right here in the good ol' USofA, and all I got was shouted down. I know injection molding companies here who are entirely capable of doing the work, from design and prototyping right through to packaging, but no, model companies chose to chisel out the last few pennies of profit per item, and dug themselves into the hole they're in now. I hate to say "I told you so"...nah, I don't. Edited April 29 by Ace-Garageguy 12 4 3
Old Buckaroo Posted April 29 Posted April 29 I'm pretty sick of everything you buy saying made in chi'na whether it be models or appliances. 6 1
niteowl7710 Posted April 29 Posted April 29 41 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said: What I find so amusing is that I've been posting for years how injection molded plastic items can be made cost-effectively right here in the good ol' USofA, and all I got was shouted down. I know injection molding companies here who are entirely capable of doing the work, from design and prototyping right through to packaging, but no, model companies chose to chisel out the last few pennies of profit per item, and dug themselves into the hole they're in now. I hate to say "I told you so"...nah, I don't. Salvinos which is the most Murica of all the U.S. options still had to go to China for tooling because they couldn't find a U.S. supplier to make the tooling. Heck they can't even find a supplier to do minor inserts and fixes to the old Monogram stuff without doing backflips through hoops of fire. Their kits are $54.99 (via their own website) for the NASCAR and the 1/20 Indy Cars are $79.99 and ONLY available through their website (and trackside). For legacy manufacturers (Round2 and Revell) who's prior management 3-5 owners ago decided to off-shore manufacturing it doesn't make a lot of sense to have two tooling banks in an age when, in the case of Revell, they don't even have their own warehouse space. 1
Xingu Posted April 29 Posted April 29 Locking this down to save some of you from an early summer vacation. Some of you guys just can't stay away from politics. 2 7 2 1 4
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