| Das Boot - by retired, do we mean "those colour-schemes" OR "the moulds themselves; in general" ??????????
Would LOVE to know how you guys 'Stateside' are reacting to these "bargains" = are they being 'snapped-up' OR Ignored ???????
General concensus/vibe I've picked up over here in the UK, is that folks would rather tend to "Slag them off" than delve into any potential bargains - not helped by Franklin-Mint's lack of pictures of the model(s) themselves.
Understandably, folks over here are giving 'Orange-Hurricanes' & the (poor, I'm told ?) Mosquito's a very wide berth.........yet there are a few others - that are an absolute steal, pricewise & decent quality a/c...... probably being overlooked, because of the "F.M are crap" brigade, who, stupidly, tar ALL 'F.M's a/c with the same brush.
$30 USD for an SBD seems like a bargain over here...... curious to know what price they GENERALLY go for on "the other" side of the Atlantic (various outlets, rather than ONE), whilst this "Discounting" continues ???????? |
Its not a retired mold but a certain paint scheme. If I recall looking on Aikens page a few days ago almost all of the Hurricane's were being retired. I wonder what FM is planning to do here? Retire the mold in the future or come up with a bunch of new paint schemes. As far as I can see there are no Hurricane's coming out in 08.
As far as FM Bargains. FM was dumping old stock to dealers for as little as $11 dollars for a SBD.