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TAMIYAS ? PATROL/TORPEDO BOAT

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  • Member since
    August 2008
TAMIYAS ? PATROL/TORPEDO BOAT
Posted by tankerbuilder on Thursday, May 7, 2009 4:10 PM
 I just got back from KING,S HOBBIES in AUSTIN and did I catch a goody !! I was wandering thru the store when these tired old eyes spotted a strange box ,with a strange name ,but ,a familiar product whose original price in 1990 was $24.00 . Are you all familiar with TAMIYAS (I believe it,s theirs ) P.T. 215?? Well the name on the box was MINI HOBBY MODELS /CHINA . The boat inside sure enough was the P.T.215 as sold by TAMIYA? . I got it for $17.95!!! That model in my memory ,in the well known box , has never been under $40.00 !!!! Except way back when !.I checked it out carefully and yup it,s that kit . How about that ? Never underestimate the collections corner in your L.H.S. ! Brad (THE NEW OWNER ) says he gets stuff like that all the time . They had an awesome selection of decals for 1/48 airplanes too and lots of evergreen .  tankerbuilder
  • Member since
    August 2005
  • From: Mansfield, TX
Posted by EdGrune on Thursday, May 7, 2009 4:59 PM

It is a pirated copy of the Tamiya.

MiniHobby Models are generally of lesser quality than the kit from which they were pirated.  Details are less sharp, plastic is softer. 

 

  • Member since
    August 2008
Posted by tankerbuilder on Saturday, May 9, 2009 6:20 PM
  Hey ED    I can honestly say ,that,s what I thought too . This model must,ve been followed closely by q.c. during the run . So far I,ve found relatively little to no flash and the parts are molded well and are of an almost jewel like quality . We,ll see as the build goes on .   tankerbuilder
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