MelvinsArmy wrote: Synergy, I'm not sure what kind of stance you're taking against Tamiya. They don't care if you restore their cars or not.
And there lies the entire problem, they just don’t care about the vintage restorers, however they do care when I don’t buy the 8 new kits in the next 12 months as I did in the last. If you want to come back with the old “cutting your nose off” that’s fine sometimes a belief is worth a little sacrifice.
MelvinsArmy wrote: They do care if a third party makes a profit off of their design. I don't understand how a restoration could turn political. If you got a ticket for buying a bootleg DVD on the street, would you stop seeing movies all together?
No and that’s why I’ll continue with Yokomo, Associated and others, but I’ll promote as little as possible the Tamiya brand until they find a very easy solution to the need of this particular market that they care so little about.
MelvinsArmy wrote: Having said all this, I think it would be great if Tamiya started remaking decals and bodies and whatever parts people wanted.
I couldn’t agree more.
MelvinsArmy wrote: But If they don't and they don't want anybody else doing it, that's fine too.
I couldn’t agree less.
MelvinsArmy wrote: There's not enough Picasso paintings to go around either, somehow I'll have to figure out a way to go without until I can save up the moola. I'm sure not about to make a copy of one just because I can.
You don’t need to, you can buy a print.
Synergy wrote: I’ll promote as little as possible the Tamiya brand until they find a very easy solution to the need of this particular market that they care so little about.
With this in mind I hope this to be my last post in this section of the forum whilst the issue for me remains unresolved.
Melvin I fully understand your perspective however I don't agree with it, I also don't believe for one moment that you don't understand mine.
RC isn't the most important thing in my life, it's not even in my top 10, if I can complete a restoration with good quality reproduction parts/decals for £40 I'll spend the £60 I save on some cool stuff for my Daughter.
On that note I’m done.