acaymeth47
Member
Maybe I am just a disgruntled pessimist but...
I've collected tons of GeminiJets over the years and to be honest, they just don't do it for me anymore. In my opinion, most of their moulds are outright inferior to the competition, particularly the A320, A350, A330, 777 and 747. I watched as their quality control plummeted in the last few years, and it doesn't seem like its gotten much better, although I rarely buy their stuff anymore so maybe there have been some massive improvements that I have not seen. Aside from a couple ERJ's, 757's, and 737 MAX, I haven't bought anything in the last couple years. I only buy models from them that can't be found elsewhere. For me the final straw was the smattering of British Airways 747's in the various retro liveries from around 2020. These models were ridiculous, with crooked engines, gear and stabilizers just ruining them to the point that I actually returned a model for the first time ever due to its poor quality. Insane that a company who's first releases were 747's would bungle the mould and QC of arguably the most popular and beloved passenger aircraft of all time. Aside from the moulds being poor to meh in quality, and the actual quality control being shaky at best, the prices of these models do not reflect the quality at all. I understand that the entire world is dealing with unprecedented inflation, labor shortages and there are still issues with consistently being able to produce models in China due to local protocols, which have all had effects on prices, but at the end of the day I'm not gonna pay seventy dollars for an A380, let alone fifty for an Airbus with engines that are twice as large as they should be. Another thing I have noticed is the way that GJ responds to the complaints of collectors. Instead of improving, and trying to actually make models that compete with their fiercest competitors, I have obvserved multiple occasions where when met with the slightest criticism, they delete comments or outright restrict comments on their social media. This most recently happened with their Aer Lingus ATR 72, which clearly has the wrong windows printed on the cockpit. Instead of listening to collectors who are making valid complaints about the poor quality or quality control of their products, they just restrict comments to block out the noise. I'm just wondering if any other collectors out there feel the same way? It feels like they make toys, not models, and charge insane prices for their low quality products while refusing to improve or listen to feedback/constructive criticism. Like I mentioned above, I have bought a couple GJ's in the last couple years, exclusively ERJ's 737 MAX and 757-300, which are not made by other manufacturers, and these moulds are all fine, so credit where credit is due, but overall GJ has been incredibly disappointing over the last few years, and I hope this company will eventually get its swagger back. I also hope this didn't come off as some kind of vitriolic rant, I just wanna know if anyone else has kinda just moved away from GJ in the last few years.
I've collected tons of GeminiJets over the years and to be honest, they just don't do it for me anymore. In my opinion, most of their moulds are outright inferior to the competition, particularly the A320, A350, A330, 777 and 747. I watched as their quality control plummeted in the last few years, and it doesn't seem like its gotten much better, although I rarely buy their stuff anymore so maybe there have been some massive improvements that I have not seen. Aside from a couple ERJ's, 757's, and 737 MAX, I haven't bought anything in the last couple years. I only buy models from them that can't be found elsewhere. For me the final straw was the smattering of British Airways 747's in the various retro liveries from around 2020. These models were ridiculous, with crooked engines, gear and stabilizers just ruining them to the point that I actually returned a model for the first time ever due to its poor quality. Insane that a company who's first releases were 747's would bungle the mould and QC of arguably the most popular and beloved passenger aircraft of all time. Aside from the moulds being poor to meh in quality, and the actual quality control being shaky at best, the prices of these models do not reflect the quality at all. I understand that the entire world is dealing with unprecedented inflation, labor shortages and there are still issues with consistently being able to produce models in China due to local protocols, which have all had effects on prices, but at the end of the day I'm not gonna pay seventy dollars for an A380, let alone fifty for an Airbus with engines that are twice as large as they should be. Another thing I have noticed is the way that GJ responds to the complaints of collectors. Instead of improving, and trying to actually make models that compete with their fiercest competitors, I have obvserved multiple occasions where when met with the slightest criticism, they delete comments or outright restrict comments on their social media. This most recently happened with their Aer Lingus ATR 72, which clearly has the wrong windows printed on the cockpit. Instead of listening to collectors who are making valid complaints about the poor quality or quality control of their products, they just restrict comments to block out the noise. I'm just wondering if any other collectors out there feel the same way? It feels like they make toys, not models, and charge insane prices for their low quality products while refusing to improve or listen to feedback/constructive criticism. Like I mentioned above, I have bought a couple GJ's in the last couple years, exclusively ERJ's 737 MAX and 757-300, which are not made by other manufacturers, and these moulds are all fine, so credit where credit is due, but overall GJ has been incredibly disappointing over the last few years, and I hope this company will eventually get its swagger back. I also hope this didn't come off as some kind of vitriolic rant, I just wanna know if anyone else has kinda just moved away from GJ in the last few years.