Behind the scenes at Academy

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Remember there was a time when there was suspected cloning of certain brands in the past?

That’s what I was referring to, indeed

Perhaps under license but now design their own original moulds.

Though they also still keep many of the Tamiya clones in production …

It's not as nice a commercial as Academy, but more amateur footage

The Academy one is part of a series about companies in South Korea in general, I think. I’ve not looked into who’s actually behind the video, but probably some kind of chamber of commerce or something?

you can see the stark difference in production between China and Korea!

Interesting to see all those people working on the moulds right at the start. It does look a little bit more old-school than Academy’s set-up, definitely And I see what you mean, there’s simply someone by each injection-moulding machine to take the sprues out, instead of a robot and a conveyor belt. Academy appears to have streamlined things better, whereas Takom appears to be using more people in order to release a much greater number of kits.