Have just seen a 1/35 quick build sherman? So having caught my attention had a nose about ,from some spru shots I found its a cross between leggo (about right for this scale :tongue-out3: )and a normal kit I'm thinking it must be click fit ,are they trying to push in to the cobari not sure how its spelt little niche of what look to be up market building/leggo/brick type construction models ? Can't seem to fathom where their aiming for in the market hardly pocket money prices but so out of touch now I wouldn't be surprised if a twenty note was the norm just seemed a strange thing to throw out there ,personally as a kid wanting to get into modeling id want a kit not a half way sort of toy ,still I dont want one anyway but it just seem a risky economic venture.......what do you think. Dave
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Our own Andrew,(adt70hk ) is the man to ask,he knows these type of kits quite well I believe :thumb2: -
It looks to me like it’s indeed meant to be Lego-compatible. As such, I don’t see the point, but I guess they’re aiming it at the people who use Lego to build representations of real tanks. It’s certainly not intended for someone like me
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I think I remember the video from Airfix new releases 2024 etc regarding these models and they stated that they were aimed at the Lego builders.
But they would be no good for us on this forum, as some of have trouble locating flyaway etch untill we look in the mirror, or spend most of our day crawling across the carpet, gurgling and blubbering with our wives on Azon looking for adult size Pampers....Comment
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Going back to this.....
Jonathan of "The Interesting Modelling Company",on YouTube,has just put up a build/review video of this Firefly quick build kit. It's well worth a look,the kit is actually surprisingly nice,not for me,but, for what it is, the final result is quite impressive. :thumb2:Comment
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I seem to remember reading somewhere that Lego would not make military stuff. Going way, way back my son was into Lego in a big way and often built "things with guns". Maybe Airfix has filled the niche. :rolling: :smiling: :rolling:Comment
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COBI is what you're thinking of, David
Also the only 'model' company to do a David Fletcher figure. One came in my pseudo Caunter Matilda
Lego,officially, don't make 'war toys', and for a long time shied away from green, brown and grey bricks
Then they started doing Star Wars
Curiously, a few years back, one of the Lego Ideas (where AFOLs 'Adult Friends of Leg' and others proppose new builds) put forward was an SR2 Normandy from Mass Effect, but it was rejected because the game is a 'shooter', even though it's an RPGComment
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Doesn't it sort of take away the original idea of Lego. With a basic set you can build anything - from aeroplanes to zoos. With these you can only build one specific subject.
OK. There are sets with specialised parts which have limited uses elsewhere, but a whole kit of them?Comment
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I have the impression that Lego itself has also been steadily moving away from generic parts to more specialised ones over the decades, though.Comment
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Yeah. There's usually at least one special part in a kit that is only used in that set or maybe a couple of other sets. These fetch ridiculously high prices from spares suppliers as they seem to be always the pieces missing when you buy incomplete sets.
This particularly applies to their Minifigures. Unique parts usually cost much more to replace than a new, complete, figure, so you're better off throwing away whichever figure is missing parts and buying a new one!Comment
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