NG Models August 2025 Releases

Regardless there’s no need to gang up on anyone for their preferences. Just my two cents.

Nobody was ganged up on. He wrote a facetious response with a smiley face and he got his answer.

Also it appears to be you with the hurt feelings here.

Additionally, I am also tired of the rules of the forum being used against people making statements that aren't breaking them. It is the administrators who will decide what behaviour warrants action because we are the ones putting the effort in and doing all the work. If you have an issue raise it with us in the personal messages.

Saying 'have a bizarre love for different configuration models that nobody else gives a monkey's about.' is not breaking the rules. It is not a personal attack it is a statement of fact about his interest in models born out by plenty of his posts, and my opinion of whether configuration models are of importance to collectors. It isn't aggressive, it isn't rude really either.

Saying 'If only you spent half that effort trying to find a gf “swagninja”' as you did and I deleted @ghqv2988 is personal and rude. Actually you have been the main one breaking the rules here on this thread and are continuing your grumpiness about NG over from the June thread into this one.

Frankly @swagninja84 hasn't really been trolling he's been making some quite decent, if pointed, replies to things people have said. Could he have been nicer - maybe yes, but some of those people he responded to could equally be accused of trolling the entire thread, with their grudge against NG for not doing what they want them to do.

With all that said that is enough on this topic. Does anyone want to actually talk about the actual releases?
 
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Ok that's enough you two.

Additionally, I am also tired of the rules of the forum being used against people making statements that aren't breaking them. It is the administrators who will decide what behaviour warrants action because we are the ones putting the effort in and doing all the work. If you have an issue raise it with us in the personal messages.

Saying 'have a bizarre love for different configuration models that nobody else gives a monkey's about.' is not breaking the rules. It is not a personal attack it is a statement of fact about his interest in models born out by plenty of his posts, and my opinion of whether configuration models are of importance to collectors. It isn't aggressive, it isn't rude really either.

Saying 'If only you spent half that effort trying to find a gf “swagninja”' as you did and I deleted @ghqv2988 is personal and rude. Actually you have been the main one breaking the rules here on this thread and are continuing your grumpiness about NG over from the June thread into this one.

Frankly @swagninja84 hasn't really been trolling he's been making some quite decent, if pointed, replies to things people have said. Could he have been nicer - maybe yes, but some of those people he responded to could equally be accused of trolling the entire thread, with their grudge against NG for not doing what they want them to do.
Never said you broke the rules. The comment you made was crass. An interest in seeing different configurations released is neither bizarre nor something that other people don’t care about. Moderators are held to a higher standard too, that means staying impartial. Hence injecting your opinion by attacking someone’s interest is out of line.

Yes, I made that comment. You found it to be against the rules and so deleted it. Meanwhile Swagninja literally states to the effect that he enjoys trolling people whom disagree with him, as if that doesn’t blatantly exhibit ill intentions.

How are the other people engaging in an honest and open conversation/debate trolling? That’s not the definition of trolling.
 
@ghqv2988 I'm not going to go through all your points to say why I disagree.

This is enough. Please stop.

If people want to discuss NG's August releases that's great. If they don't then we can lock the thread.
 
I'd think these B-focused sets are clearly a response to the fervent backlash NG has been receiving in China - with the home market collectors complaining that they've not been releasing enough Chinese material - as @miaoyimiaozhongl was mentioning in another thread.

So I'd actually cut NG some slack, as they're clearly stuck between the devil and the deep sea, as the proverbial saying goes.
I think he was conveying the opposite but I could be wrong
 
This month, I only considered three NG products. According to the information provided by the dealer I purchased from, he only sold six NG products last month... NG has not put much effort into selecting categories, and more and more people are losing confidence in their products. I don't know what's wrong with NG, but their choice of themes is really terrible.
 
Take EVA Air as an example. After Phoenix was launched, I don't know why NG still repeated this theme. In comparison, Phoenix's B777 is more competitive in the eyes of consumers, with sales of a single product reaching more than 50 units in a single store... Of course, for models like the A330 (A330NEO), A359, A35K, 787, and C909, I still prefer NG.
 
Plus you have a bizarre love for different configuration models that nobody else gives a monkey's about.
Bizarre love for configs? We are all different and not every collectors in this community share the exact same aviation passion. Some came here because they simply like anything that fly and don’t even care about the model they hold in their hand as long as long it is plane or helicopter. These people won’t understand your love for an aircraft over another, the missing wifi-domes or even your preference for a scale from another… Some came here from their planespotting passion and are interested in getting the models they are used to spot at their home airport. Some are pilot who want to have the type they are rated on, some are flight reviewers... There are collectors who just care about special liveries. Some others have preferences for specific types or airlines and some may have more specific criteria like configurations or even registrations… We all have different preferences when it comes to choosing are requesting models and everyone should be free to express their opinion without being criticised by anyone.
Because your point is the usual 'oh look NG make all these duplicate releases isn't it bad' as opposed to the way you should see it 'NG is splitting a production batch into 3 or 4 giving collectors options and saving themselves money'.
There is not "a way you should see it". Everyone as its opinion which may change a bit depending on the subject and context. In case there was any issue of understanding, I usually in favor of considering different configs (like you say: "my bizarre love for configurations") but when there is a noticeable difference between them or when there is demand from collectors. In the case of the ANA 78X, I wouldn’t judge the choice of NG of realising 2 times two same config if:
- they would have only released one model per config
- they would have released highly requested models before considering duplicating the same config twice on a 78X and releasing 4 retired L-1011

Also please avoid saying "I’m only mad because they don’t release the model I want" because it should be more "I’m mad because they release 4 times the same model before considering more requested models that more people want"
 
Bizarre love for configs? We are all different and not every collectors in this community share the exact same aviation passion. Some came here because they simply like anything that fly and don’t even care about the model they hold in their hand as long as long it is plane or helicopter. These people won’t understand your love for an aircraft over another, the missing wifi-domes or even your preference for a scale from another… Some came here from their planespotting passion and are interested in getting the models they are used to spot at their home airport. Some are pilot who want to have the type they are rated on, some are flight reviewers... There are collectors who just care about special liveries. Some others have preferences for specific types or airlines and some may have more specific criteria like configurations or even registrations… We all have different preferences when it comes to choosing are requesting models and everyone should be free to express their opinion without being criticised by anyone.

There is not "a way you should see it". Everyone as its opinion which may change a bit depending on the subject and context. In case there was any issue of understanding, I usually in favor of considering different configs (like you say: "my bizarre love for configurations") but when there is a noticeable difference between them or when there is demand from collectors. In the case of the ANA 78X, I wouldn’t judge the choice of NG of realising 2 times two same config if:
- they would have only released one model per config
- they would have released highly requested models before considering duplicating the same config twice on a 78X and releasing 4 retired L-1011

Also please avoid saying "I’m only mad because they don’t release the model I want" because it should be more "I’m mad because they release 4 times the same model before considering more requested models that more people want"

Let's keep the thread back in line. This discussion must end here.
Please use private messaging to other users if you wish to continue talking about this!
 
We all have different preferences when it comes to choosing are requesting models and everyone should be free to express their opinion without being criticised by anyone.
I agree with @LeoMuse747 we are moving on as I have asked multiple times.

This is a discussion forum and if people put opinions on it they can be criticised by anyone within the rules of the forum, which is exactly what happened here. You are free to express your opinion and everyone else is also free to express their opinion.

Nobody has a right to not be offended. You are not a victim. Let's move on.
 
I assume this isn't advertised more widely because of the livery and licensing just like the recent Xiamen 737. I would expect we will see it in 400 scale too.
It's now listed on the NG website and shows 'sold out'

My hunch is it maybe a similar release to NG's Hong Kong Airlines exclusive inflight-only-sale A330 they released last year
 
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