Model Factory Hiro Wishlist and Poll

For rumors about F1 scale models...

What kit would you like to see MFH release next

Poll ended at Thu May 12, 2011 12:40 am

Brabham BT20
11
6%
Brabham BT44B
24
13%
Ferrari 312B
24
13%
Honda RA300/RA301
11
6%
Lotus 80
11
6%
Matra MS11
10
5%
McLaren M5A BRM V12
9
5%
McLaren M7A / C
23
12%
McLaren M19A / D
16
8%
McLaren MP4/2 (84-86)
30
16%
Tyrrell 006
22
12%
 
Total votes: 191

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Preludevenom wrote:Hybrid injection kit's could sell a lot too !! it's a big difference between a 170.- or a 290.- kit for lot of buyers out there ;)
That seem to not be the case with MFH 312T4 hybrid kits. And it could be one of reasons why MFH stopped making hybrid kits.

I do dream about more hybrid kits from MFH myself. I think they were of an excellent value. I've bought 2 and I think I did
my job supporting MFH efforts. I don't think too many others bought them and did their jobs supporting MFH, though :(
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i've buyed one, but 312 T4 was not the right car to do for testing..... 312 T4 has ben made in all scales dozen of times..... if they would have make a 643 for example i think it would be a best seller at 170 euros full detail kit.....

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Are there any substantiated rumors for modern sports racing cars from MFH in 1/12 scale?

It would seem obvious for them to continue from the 956 to make the 962 in several liveries but beyond that has anything been talked about?

I am sure that licensing and technical secrecy play a big part in saying "NO" to most recent cars but perhaps the sales would support a Toyota Eagle Mkiii or a Jaguar XJR-14 or perhaps even a Bentley Speed 8?

Well, we can dream anyway!
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I'm looking forward to more full bodied cars. What surprises me is to see things like the MS11 and Bt44 on the list .
MFH models are $600 or so. Tamiya's versions are very very good and 1/4 the price?? :shock:

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jmpsebring wrote:I'm looking forward to more full bodied cars. What surprises me is to see things like the MS11 and Bt44 on the list .
MFH models are $600 or so. Tamiya's versions are very very good and 1/4 the price?? :shock:
Notice that Tamiya have not done a new 1/12 scale kit in many years. I suspect that the cost would be much higher today for them to produce a totally new kit.
Also - while the investment in molds is much higher for Tamiya than for MFH - Tamiya were able to spread the cost over many thousands of sales not the few hundred that Hiro can expect.

Ancient history: the first Tamiya 1/12 I bought with my own money was about $30.00 sometime around 1976 or so.
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jmpsebring wrote:I'm looking forward to more full bodied cars. What surprises me is to see things like the MS11 and Bt44 on the list .
MFH models are $600 or so. Tamiya's versions are very very good and 1/4 the price?? :shock:
The list was authored back in early 2011, 7 to 8 months at least before MFH dipped their toe in the 1/12 (or 1/43) water, so it was understood to be 1/20 at the time. How times have changed though. It would be much better if someone started a more contemporary list with 1/12 on it (fair to say 1/20 is stone cold dead at MFH) but my old wish list keeps popping back up like a bad smell :twisted: :lol:
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