Magazine build-up models

that this is pretty exploitative

if they just advertised a millennium falcon for £900 then far fewer would buy the thing and it wouldn't be worth advertising on TV... have you seen many whole model kits advertised on TV to the extent this one has been? Nope....

this whole model relies on the kid/person seeing the advert and not appreciating the total cost...
 
that this is pretty exploitative

if they just advertised a millennium falcon for £900 then far fewer would buy the thing and it wouldn't be worth advertising on TV... have you seen many whole model kits advertised on TV to the extent this one has been? Nope....

this whole model relies on the kid/person seeing the advert and not appreciating the total cost...

But surely they would go out of business that way?
 
well yes... thus it isn't viable to do so

but if you do it in a way that at least some people don't appreciate the full costs involved then you'll get a whole bunch of customers who wouldn't have otherwise wanted to shell out that much for a plastic model
 
well yes... thus it isn't viable to do so

but if you do it in a way that at least some people don't appreciate the full costs involved then you'll get a whole bunch of customers who wouldn't have otherwise wanted to shell out that much for a plastic model

It's all just business. There are thousands of companies like it.It may seem immoral, but no-ones putting a gun to your head to buy it.
 
no one is claiming that anyone is putting a gun to anyone's head

just pointing out that it is exploitative... which you now seem to acknowledge

yes there exist other businesses that are exploitative too, but they're not the subject of the thread
 
If I remember rightly, someone checked the various stuff De Agostini have published, and hardly any of the publications were completed. I never verified their sources or whatnot, so whatevs.
 
They are a waste of momey and cost far more than just out right buying a model kit would.

are people trying to compare these magazine ones price wise to the studio scale model kits to justify the prices?

what will be awesome is when you can just 3d print a models components based on the blueprints
http://www.studioscale.com/Blueprints32.htm
Anyone else have the T Rex skeleton one in the early 90s :D

yea I think it glowed in the dark
I used to get bored of them but my dad would finish buying the issues anyway :S
 
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I was tempted by this RB7 model when I saw it advertised, but it's a huge rip off from what I can see.

25 x £32 issues for what is basically a standard nitro RC car with a F1 bodyshell. Nope!
 
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