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If only HX wouldn't be HX. Like many of their moulds their 380 shows clear signs of having inherited some flaws of JC's moulds. Here it's the fat tail/APU section from JC's 200 scale 380. My money is on AV400 for the one 380 still on my want list.

Jorge summed it up quite well. A classic style beacon light uses light bulbs or the later style of them xenon flash. The light they emit is "white" so they need a colored lens/cover to actually achieve the colored light desired. Todays beacon, nav etc. lights rely on LED which emit a specific...

For a better comparison, would you also have a pic of an AV400 787 at nighttime? And then, pics of both in daytime when lights are off?

I never understood why it is so hard for manufacturers to take decent photos of their product. Low resolution images of (off) white objects in front of an off white backdrop just doesn't work - unless you have to hide something. Then it works perfectly.😅

Their 777s don't work for my eyes. There are too many things off on these. The 787 might be ok, I just never looked any further than at the red jevel beacons - a detail that doesn't exist on the real thing.

I like their A380 (waiting for them to do D-AIMH) I avoid their other moulds though.

So based on your experience, what was collecting like in the early 2000's?

I think everyone has his/her personal golden age of collecting - so this is pretty much an individual perception often linked to age. If you ask me, it was the late 80's to early 90's and then again the early/mid 2000's with another slight peak when NG appeared on scene.

Appears as if the factory had a crooked pad printing alignement for the fuselage as everything on the right side appears higher than on left side. By a slight margin but something that instantly bites my eyes.

I don't think retro colors could look good on any 350 due to the "must be" white ("Matterhorn") wings.

Was my first thought as well, but I'd expect the part joints to be essentially different between 400 and 500 scale. So I doubt this happened accidentally. Did the factory ever show (pre-) production samples to you or MC?

I admit I know nothing about this 727 mould, but honestly this makes the weak AC 722 mould look stellar. Are the #1/3 engines 1/500 scale?

I take it these are cellphone images. Not something I'd put any trust into color information.

Selling quick and selling well are different things. It comes down to how many units were produced/offered.😉