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Started by KAYSEE88 at 06-27-2009 2:29 AM. Topic has 36 replies.
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 06-27-2009, 2:29 AM
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KAYSEE88
 
Joined on 03-15-2007
New York
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Have you EVER bought a kit just because the BOXART *DAZZLED* your eyes???
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i know i have.....and will CONTINUE to do so in the future so, HOW ABOUT YOURSELF??? which kits were they??....AND are they still sitting around the home taking on dust??? hehehehe ;)
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06-27-2009, 5:26 AM
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Hans von Hammer
Joined on 06-26-2008
Iowa
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Re: Have you EVER bought a kit just because the BOXART *DAZZLED* your eyes???
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Actually, it was box art that sold me most of the time... Especially as a kid.. When Monogram and Revell started putting photos of the completed models on the box-top, I was sorely disappointed... Even wrote Revell about it and they answered with something like "We feel that the majority of people want to see what the model looks like when completed."... Heh... Right... The Revell and "Blue Box" Monogram box art of the 60s and early 70s (before they went "white-box and photos") was top-notch in my book... Always some action going on... I cut the box art out and taped it to my bedroom walls back then, lol... Good times, they were...
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06-27-2009, 7:18 AM
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deadhead
Joined on 11-13-2008
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Re: Have you EVER bought a kit just because the BOXART *DAZZLED* your eyes???
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06-27-2009, 7:22 AM
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Rob Gronovius
Joined on 12-03-2002
Fort Knox
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Re: Have you EVER bought a kit just because the BOXART *DAZZLED* your eyes???
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Yes, the old Aurora kits; tanks, dinosaurs, monsters or superheroes. They had eye-catching artwork and many of them were bought because of the box.
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06-27-2009, 8:41 AM
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fermis
Joined on 01-22-2009
hamburg michigan
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Re: Have you EVER bought a kit just because the BOXART *DAZZLED* your eyes???
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Absolutely, when I was a kid, and knew nothing of the kit itself. Fit issues didn't mean a thing! I'd put the whole thing together in one night, no paint, no sanding, 1/4 inch seem gaps. But in my minds eye, I saw that awseome bird that graced the box. Like Hans, I'd cut out the plane, and set it on the shelf behind my build........"WOW, it looks just like it!!!" Little confession.......I still cut em out and save em!!!! And , to this day, have never bought a kit that had a photo of the completed model on the box top. I have aquired a few, never paid for em though. FERMIS
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06-28-2009, 4:48 AM
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Fly57
Joined on 05-26-2009
New Zealand
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Re: Have you EVER bought a kit just because the BOXART *DAZZLED* your eyes???
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Guilty............Tamiya box art can open my wallet. But i also remember some of the old frog kits...when i was very young....just something special.
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06-28-2009, 9:56 AM
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bilbirk
Joined on 08-07-2003
Somewhere in Missouri
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Re: Have you EVER bought a kit just because the BOXART *DAZZLED* your eyes???
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Absolutely! I still do it now!
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06-29-2009, 2:49 PM
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tankboy51
Joined on 09-28-2004
Denver
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Re: Have you EVER bought a kit just because the BOXART *DAZZLED* your eyes???
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Sure did as a kid when the box art was all I knew about the subject. Steeles work for Revell was great stuff. Always liked Revells art over Monogram. Although Monogram did have some neat art. Tamiya has always been way cool! Now the question is have I bought a kit with crappy box art? Yes I have, Dragon has had a couple of armor kits, but I think Trumpeter has some of the wierdest art. Their big T-34s remind me of Stalinist propaganda posters. Some of the ship art is really mediocre. The 1/350 San Francisco and North Carolina are not attractive at all. A brown sky on the N.C. kit does nothing for it.![Yuck [yuck]](/emoticons/icon_smile_yuck.gif) Bought them both just because I like the subjects. Ron Volstads work has alwas attracted me. I think I buy the Dragon figure sets just because of the box.
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06-29-2009, 4:02 PM
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subfixer
Joined on 03-09-2004
Hampton Roads, Virginia
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Re: Have you EVER bought a kit just because the BOXART *DAZZLED* your eyes???
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John Steel did some fantastic work for Revell back in the sixties. The box art was meant to be cut out and framed. Here is a sample:
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06-29-2009, 8:07 PM
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philo426
Joined on 03-14-2005
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Re: Have you EVER bought a kit just because the BOXART *DAZZLED* your eyes???
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Yes indeed!You have to admit that Hasegawa has some beautiful artwork on their boxes.Trumpeter and Revell aren't bad either!
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07-03-2009, 4:19 PM
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a6m5zerosen
Joined on 08-26-2004
Denver, Colorado
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Re: Have you EVER bought a kit just because the BOXART *DAZZLED* your eyes???
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All the time! The last kit I bought JUST for the box art was the new Dragon 1/32 scale Messerschmitt Me110 C-7. Hasegawa has great box art, and it has sold them many a kit to yours truly. I loved the old Aurora box art as a kid, and the Monogram blue bordered box art. Airfiz had some good art as well.
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07-03-2009, 10:45 PM
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130Fan
Joined on 05-18-2008
New Zealand
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Re: Have you EVER bought a kit just because the BOXART *DAZZLED* your eyes???
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![Make a Toast [#toast]](/emoticons/icon_smile_toast.gif) I'm guilty as well.
The last run Airfix C-130 Boxart was so nice, I bought 4. The AMT C-135 Series (NKC, EC, KC-A and R and RC) Great art work. The large scale Trumpeter 109s and 190 are very good as well. Cheers
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07-04-2009, 8:57 AM
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TOW gunner
Joined on 11-10-2005
USA
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Re: Have you EVER bought a kit just because the BOXART *DAZZLED* your eyes???
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Let's see . . . you betcha! Growing up, box art was the main influence in grabbing a Revell, Airfix or Frog kit at the local drug or toy store (we were not blessed with a LHS in Mount Prospect, other than the Squadron shop in Des Plaines). And of course any kit that was blessed by Shep Paine for Monogram. Even today most of the Dragon box art is an inticement. If the cover protrait does not get me, the side and bottom "kit features" panels are usually enough to seal the deal (when I have money for the purchase, that is). Don't get anything stuck where it does not belong!
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07-04-2009, 12:42 PM
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figure freak
Joined on 06-24-2009
Joplin, Mo
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Re: Have you EVER bought a kit just because the BOXART *DAZZLED* your eyes???
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I tape all my boxart to my wall especially the accurate miniatures bow art
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07-04-2009, 1:59 PM
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stikpusher
Joined on 07-03-2004
Sunny So. Cal... The OC
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Re: Have you EVER bought a kit just because the BOXART *DAZZLED* your eyes???
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I did when I was a kid, thats for sure. I think Revell had some of the greatest box art back then, especially their 1/32 aircraft series. Ones that were bought would have to be the F4F (Coral Sea box art) UH-1D Slick ("Headhunters" landing in a rice paddy) and Gunship (two rolling in hot on a downed river bridge), AH-1G Cobra , JU-87 (Desert Snake), P-40E Flying Tiger, P-47D bubbletop (candy striped tail strafing a rail yard), and Ki-61 Tony. I had the Ki-61 Tony up on my bedroom wall (along with a movie poster for "Midway"- great one there) until I left for the Army. I still have the poster but the Tony is long gone.... I dont think I will buy anymore based on box art alone.... But I still do appreciate it. Roden has a great print that came with their OV-1A
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07-10-2009, 3:03 PM
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rabbiteatsnake
Joined on 02-08-2005
California
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Re: Have you EVER bought a kit just because the BOXART *DAZZLED* your eyes???
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Did anyone see Revell's 1/72nd "Memphis Belle" box and not, absolutly HAVE to own it>
The devil is in the details...and somtimes he's in my sock drawer. On the bench.
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