The problem with the pricing is with the distributor, they control and aren’t willing to budge. We would probably carry some but it’s certainly pricepoint. While the releases look great, current trends in the hobby aren’t going to support the pricepoint unfortunately.
More than a few sources, would be industry suicide to have a completely new mold in a market that is already flooded with manufactures and common practice to borrow molds from others. That only lends to a very expensive model in the making if it’s truly a new mold and quite the gamble in an...
They haven’t released any 400 scale models, they sell other brands like SQ but not their own, which I’m told will be their molds anyways. So Legacy branded models will be SQ
Yeah, when we were approached and heard the wholesale cost, we were out quickly and voiced my concern for just that, wholesale price and price to market. We are already stretching at the current prices, so an exclusive is just a little much in this current environment.
I will just say, as a few other retailers have conveyed, too many little niche brands for a very small hobby, and a fragile hobby right now. With costs rising, a fragile economy. More than a few opinions that it’s not sustainable. We passed months ago when approached by Legacy. Cool passionate...
It is RM Model store and wasn’t an authorized retailer for Gemini or any other major brand from what I understand. They had as bad of customer service as Waffle does, so birds of a feather. Probably has contraband models that are owed to lots of customers from the rants about them.
Exactly right, there is no predicting what will actually take place. If it happens, it will be a wild ride in not a good way. If calmer heads prevail it's business as usual. But the shock and awe of just the thought of the impending tariff puts retailers and small businesses into a panic mode...
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