[Louie]

If there are any Corgi employees reading this please pass this question on to the big wigs in the cigar lounge.


Why did you do so many warbirds by famous pilots in the Warbirds line?
Such beautiful planes flown by brave men relegated to models with no swazi's,landing gear,fine stencilling, pilots, and other optional accessories. This is just plain sad.
It is not unheard of but could it ever be that Corgi may do the Graf 190 for example as a regular AA or at least a Legend?

Scratching my head.............................................. .................

[admin]

Hear!..hear!

[DADoser]

In full and total agrement with Louie!

[parsig9]

I agree Louie. We've been down this path before and asked many times for someone at Corgi to address this. All to a response of thundering silence.

Next thing we'll see a G from Corgi and a tulip nose Hartmann and Marseilles Yellow 14 in Warbirds. That might just put me away for good.

I coulda fough betta Howar......

[HotTrap429]

Corgi is Corgi - they do things their own way! Personally, I also agree with Louie. The Warbirds idea to make less expensive models might make good sense for younger collectors, but do they really care who the pilot was? Put these great pilots and their planes into the hands of serious aviation buffs. And that means giving them a serious product.

[Merritec]

Originally Posted by HotTrap429

Corgi is Corgi - they do things their own way! Personally, I also agree with Louie. The Warbirds idea to make less expensive models might make good sense for younger collectors, but do they really care who the pilot was? Put these great pilots and their planes into the hands of serious aviation buffs. And that means giving them a serious product.

I have to whole haeartedly agree. The Warbirds line can be generic planes that have exciting colour schemes and wil sell well. They will sell just as well with no history as with. Little Johnnie wants a grey Me-109, he doesn't care if it is a Hartmann. Especially since they don't have pilots.

Leave the history and specific birds to the AA lines, where the difference between a real bird and a fictional (but nice looking) makes all the difference.

[Tyler109]

Well said Louie. The warbirds range is nothing short of useless to me but I do like the legends range I just wish they would limit the production but still no big deal. What I don't understand is why they make such historical models for a market that could probably care less if the plane was flown by Chuck Yeager or Bart Simpson.

[DADoser]

Hold on -

While I agree with Louie and posted above.....

I was that "kid" who would have been into the history of the plane/pilot at 10 years old. My parents would probably have bought me the Warbirds line - but I doubt they would have picked up AA line planes for me at that age (mostly budget reasons).

My guess is that most of us on this board were the kids who would have been into the pilot/history of a "warbirds" line long ago. While I want historical schemes in the AA line w/ pilots and gear options - there is a real Corgi need to bring and cultivate (future) adult collectors - a famous plane/pilot in the AA line would seem to be a move toward that goal.

[flyXwire]

Originally Posted by DADoser

I was that "kid" who would have been into the history of the plane/pilot at 10 years old. My parents would probably have bought me the Warbirds line - but I doubt they would have picked up AA line planes for me at that age (mostly budget reasons).

My guess is that most of us on this board were the kids who would have been into the pilot/history of a "warbirds" line long ago. While I want historical schemes in the AA line w/ pilots and gear options - there is a real Corgi need to bring and cultivate adult collectors - a famous plane/pilot in the AA line would seem to be a move toward that goal.

You and I must've been set on a parallel path, DADoser! That's pretty much how I started out and got into military aviation history and pretty much snowballed from there. My dad used to tell me stories of the aerial conflicts in the Vietnam War (and I was immediately sold) in particular the exploits of the Phantom drivers! He had friends who were employed and worked inside the Clark Airbase during the 1960s, so he had a lot of source materials for telling me those stories.

[HotTrap429]

As to being a kid drawn in by pilots, I wasn't one of those. Even now I don't really care about whose plane I own. I loved the history of the war, the sacrifice, the fighting against incredible odds (BoB, early Pacific war) and I loved anything about airplanes. Not specific planes, just planes in general. Teaching 9 and 10 year olds who see the few planes I display in my classroom, most of them are drawn to a plane's looks - they really don't care who flew it. The Warbirds line would have served me fine as a kid - and they do so now when I want a low cost, low detail model to "play" with and repaint. My Legends and AA Corgis are kept safely boxed because they mean more.