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In article <1992Nov17.153331.9643@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com> mcclure@force.ssd.lmsc.lockheed.com writes:
>Anybody out there have information regarding the lawsuit/court injunction
>against Tamiya.  I heard that Tamiya was planning on releasing their
>1/35th scale armor to the US with pricetags no greater than $30, but a
>group of East Coast hobby shops (big ones) had a fit since they bought
>tons of the kits from MRC at inflated prices.  As a result, the hobby stores
>banded together to sue Tamiya for lost revenue and get a court injunction to
>prevent teh kits from coming to the US.
>I don't know about most of you modelers out there, but the pricing of kits
>now-a-days is getting to be a bit absurd.  I remember seeing a non-limited
>production kit going for roughly a buck a piece (and I don't mean a buck a
>kit.  I mean a dollar for each individual piece of the kit).  I'm a modeler,
>not the Sultan of some rich oil country.
>Kent M. McClure
>Auto racing afficionado and member of San
>Jose IPMS chapter.
>My views are what they are, like them or not.

  Yes, APC Hobbies are now selling the Late Model Tiger I for $17.65.
Previously the list was $50.00 and the mail order price was around $40.00!
The DS Challenger was also on the list for a similar amount.

  Paul