Easy way to find out the number of parts in a kit

usually I shake the box pretty hard,  its by far the best indicator of how many parts.  Sometimes the hobby hop owner tells me to stop, but I just buy som glue and paint and he leaves me alone

Manny, is that you? 

The ones that do, lie. The ones that don't, tell the truth.

But seriously, whats the use of the information?About the only one I would see is that high count equals longer time to build, more stuff to lose, and probably not well thought out engineering.

Or not.

While I find Falcon's comment funny, I thought the number of parts is an indication of the complexity of the kit, and the level of detail.

I was checking some tanks, and maybe it's just me but I kinda would feel " robbed " if I pay a lot of money for a kit that doesn't have at least a certain amount of parts.

But like I said, maybe it's just me ...  

Falcon10275

usually I shake the box pretty hard,  its by far the best indicator of how many parts.  Sometimes the hobby hop owner tells me to stop, but I just buy som glue and paint and he leaves me alone

And if you shake it hard enough, you'll add to the parts count! 

And if it's a really good kit, and you shake it long enough, it will put itself together for you!

JayF

While I find Falcon's comment funny, I thought the number of parts is an indication of the complexity of the kit, and the level of detail.

I was checking some tanks, and maybe it's just me but I kinda would feel " robbed " if I pay a lot of money for a kit that doesn't have at least a certain amount of parts.

But like I said, maybe it's just me ...  

Not really. It could just mean that there are a lots of unused parts in the kit. Can we all say Dragon.

I feel a bit robbed when I spend a lot for a kit a good chunk of which is going into the spares box to sit there for years. I know the idea is that its cheaper to produce molds that cover different variants, but perhaps if they didn't try and produce a variant for every week of that types production, they could do a great kit at a cheaper price.

But of course, I still but them.

Personally, I don't take any notice of the parts count. Its the finished result of putting those parts together that counts.

Italeri kits are always a crap-shoot; some of their 1980s kits were awesome at the time, a lot of them were reboxed Japanese kits from the 1970s, but many of their current kits are mediocre at best (like their Leopard 2 series).

With a lot of US and western European kits, I'd look for the age & skill level on the box to get an idea of how many parts.