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JamesB wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 10:50 am So same brand sells the "basic" model and the upgrade... This is getting very much like when in 125cc World Bike Championship Honda leased the works bikes and then the A grade kit to make it "even more works" :D
Any idea on a release date?

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PJE wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 12:25 am
MoFo wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 11:17 am https://www.themodellingnews.com/2021/0 ... items.html

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Thanks! Not perfect, but as someone who has wished for a kit for many years I’ll happily purchase a couple of these.

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I am a fan of the 1.5 litre cars. Shame there are not more, especially the BRM P261.
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JamesB wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 10:50 am So same brand sells the "basic" model and the upgrade...
Tamiya does it all the time. So do Hasegawa, and Fujimi, and Aoshima, and BeeMax. Even MFH does it. Not really anything new.
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I did not say it's new, opposite, in fact: it's getting a general trend, that's why it remonded me the example I gave :D

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I'm OK with it. Sometimes I just basically want a bodyshell and don't care about the interior. I'd like a less expensive model with the ability to get add ons if I wanted them, but not pay extra when I wouldn't use them.

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JamesB wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 4:55 am I did not say it's new, opposite, in fact: it's getting a general trend, that's why it remonded me the example I gave :D
Then maybe Tamiya can make an upgrade of the Lotus 72D to a Lotus 72E?


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stubeck wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 11:55 am I'm OK with it. Sometimes I just basically want a bodyshell and don't care about the interior. I'd like a less expensive model with the ability to get add ons if I wanted them, but not pay extra when I wouldn't use them.
Agree! :D
SBEST wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 1:07 pm Then maybe Tamiya can make an upgrade of the Lotus 72D to a Lotus 72E?
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Does not look likely... They use to upgrade more than making a "transkit" for another version. They could have made literally millions by, for instance, selling trans and decals for the 250cc NSR... but they let soebody else do it. Looks to be their policy. :roll:
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I think it was the old usual suspect: licensing fees.
Maybe, in toady's world the companies have become smarter and, like Ebbro, negotiate a deal for a number of cars so they can produce all the versions and get their costs recovered that way.
Fujimi probably went a bit overboard with producing each car in each race version, but Ebbro struck a nice balance. Like Lotus 49 and 72 etc.
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