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    March 2012
1/350 fujimi
Posted by madhatter on Tuesday, May 1, 2018 10:11 PM

wow..i would love to build a fuso, yamashiro....but...$300.00 a pop?

their prices are staggering. anyone know why?

  • Member since
    April 2013
Posted by KnightTemplar5150 on Tuesday, May 1, 2018 11:31 PM

I picked up the Yamashiro (60034) two or three years ago for around $225 from a brick and mortar store. That's pretty much in line with the prices I've paid on other 350 kits, like Tamiya's Big E, and I think that it was in the same ballpark as the retail prices from Hobby Link Japan and a few other sources in Japan. If you figure in the cost of shipping or taking a long road trip like me, then $75 isn't bad, I guess.

Completely an impulse buy, the kit has little touches like PE, clear part (I normally don't see that much in ship kits), metal barrels, and a set of masks, that gave more bang for my buck. My justification at the time was if I picked up the Tamiya Missouri at around half the cost of this Fujimi kit, I'd spend just as much in aftermarket touches to match what was already in the box.

 

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 9:21 AM

I think for our hobby the pricing of kits is pretty much what the traffic will bear.  Those really expensive kits do seem to be selling.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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