NG September 2024 Hints(Finally)
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aviation456
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There's more variety but they are simply to using their whole mould catalogue. And most of them are airlines which usually get made in 400 scale!
Purpleplane
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Same here.
Bulgogi77
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Definitely. NG really needs to step up their airline variety.
This is another reason NG is struggling. Wasting loads of money on materials, manufacturing, and printing for essential 5 variations of the same aircraft that only a small number of collectors may care about. Idgaf about retired stickers. If the theme is more of the same, at least do more Frontier. If they're going to redo a butchered attempt at an aircraft, redo the SWA 737-700 with correct colors. Why even bother with mismatched winglets? On top of that, let's delay some of the releases two cycles just to make the wait even more painful.
ChairFlyer101
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I would guess all the N maxes will be the same variant, whether it be a max 8 or 9. NG has shown with the last United 737 releases they’re cutting costs by making the same plane essentially and just altering the print with some stickers or minor variations.
Bulgogi77
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Indeed, they are being rather wasteful. One of the rare instances where I'd be happy to see repetition is with Frontier Airlines. There's countless tail variations out there, and Frontier is an airline that I don't think gets enough love in 1:400 scale. NG could make plenty of their A320neos, A321s, and A321neos. In that case, I'd like them to spread out the batches a bit (maybe in sets of 3 or 4 over a couple months/years).
I wouldn't mind them redoing the SWA 737s in the correct shade of blue, but they shouldn't have made them with the incorrect shade in the first place. That situation was another sign of NG's slippage. I don't think that would've happened back a few years ago. They didn't even catch the mistake the first time and used the dark shade of blue on several releases. That was such a huge shame, especially since standard Southwest aircraft are very popular in the U.S.
If they would like to rerelease certain models, why don't they go back to models that they released back in 2018-2020? There's plenty to choose from.
Out of curiosity, I recently looked through photos of United's 737 Max 8 fleet and came up with a staggering 11 uninteresting variations that NG could do if they really wanted to (across stickers, mismatched scimitars, etc.).
The near identical releases are absolutely a sign of cost-cutting, and I think we'll see more evidence of that in this set. NG has been consistently shooting themselves in the foot, and it's gotten bad enough to where I question if NG Models will still be around in a few years. It's a real shame because they have some of the best molds in 1:400 scale. They don't entirely have to abandon their love of B- and N registrations, but if their release sets had a good variety of molds and airlines, they would be much better off and they'd be at the top of the 1:400 market.
They seem allergic to obvious aircraft/livery combinations that would be immensely popular (e.g. standard livery Korean Air widebodies - the 787-10 they did ended up selling very quickly). That certainly hurts their ability to make a high profit.
abdulmohiuddin
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Let's not be hasty
. Give it some time, you'll get your Korean Air models eventually, it's one of the most obvious choices for a 747-8i but you can't expect them to throw one out immediately. If anything it saves you money for down the line. And I rather NG didn't go under anytime soon, there's a lot of potential that they've been sitting on unfortunately. It is frustrating, absolutely but I don't think it's worth hoping they go under and someone else gets the moulds. I don't want to see a situation where NG Moulds get bought and never see the light of day again because the other guys got their own moulds of the aircraft NG have.
OscarBravo992
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Well this wasn’t worth the wait… So many bloody American releases.
AustrianCollector
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Not just the case with Frontier! There are tons of others that come to mind: Norwegian (737's & 787's), Jetblue, British World Tails, Air India Express and many many more...
There are literally hundreds of options and variations to choose from.
One thing is for certain, I'll not be pre-ordering NG anymore. Not worth holding up my other models for months at a time.Let's not be hasty
And I rather NG didn't go under anytime soon, there's a lot of potential that they've been sitting on unfortunately. It is frustrating, absolutely but I don't think it's worth hoping they go under and someone else gets the moulds. I don't want to see a situation where NG Moulds get bought and never see the light of day again because the other guys got their own moulds of the aircraft NG have.
Is it truly cost cutting? There's the cost of labor and materials to churn out all those repetitive models. Then there are other retailers who aren't even stocking their inventory with this repetitive crap that won't sell. Not to mention half of these releases have already been made by other brands, so the demand for them is even smaller.
Instead, they could focus on a few extremely sought after models with each release that people would pick up in a heartbeat and desire years down the road. Focusing on smaller releases would also improve their QC and release times.
AustrianCollector
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Totally agree. And as I have already mentioned in another thread: They shouldn't be releasing all the variants of a new airline at once! It would be better for them to release a sought after model in a smaller batch and then release it again a few months or a year later. What they did till now is just dump 2-3 liveries of one airline only to never release it again. This needs to change!
The funniest thing is that some of these sticker models are now retired. I might be crass, but who would want to drop $50 on that?
pons399
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Eh, I'd agree if they'd skipped 748s this month. Maybe they're taking a break, and it'll come eventually! The fact that NG's announced more, but circled back to Lufty rather than doing the only operator they haven't touched, tells me they've got zero intention of releasing KAL.
They'll probably drop a Qatar Amiri before ditching the -8i for good
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swagninja84
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Keep complaining 
This meme would have been funnier months ago but at this point you're giving NG credit for what's now undeniably a poor business model.Keep complaining
LeoMuse747
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Keep complaining
That's totally accurate unfortunately. The great quality and variety of old NG releases left us all very hyped. Sadly NG have become very mediocre now and we're still emotionally attached to the old NG
But NG have their share of the guilt. They keep feeding our emotions with cool new mould and things like "Year of the Classics"!
