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Old 08-05-2008, 09:03 PM   #1
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New Mini convertible

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-24-MINI-CONVER...QQcmdZViewItem

What in the hell!? Anyone else ever heard of this one being made from Academy? Looks fairly decent too.
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Old 08-05-2008, 11:07 PM   #2
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Re: New Mini convertible

Interesting...not interesting enough for me to buy, but interesting that there's another kit mfg. making new stuff...only Fujimi did the Cooper S, the Revell was pretty lame.
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Old 08-06-2008, 03:09 AM   #3
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Re: New Mini convertible

It looks good to me, surely worth a closer look. But it's interesting on the other hand as I didn't find any details about it at the Academy homepage, not even a word about it. Is it officially released, I guess not.
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Old 08-06-2008, 03:52 AM   #4
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Re: New Mini convertible

Ah, this is something fresh!

i'll get one when i have some $$$ in my paypal...
looks good to me...very crisp!
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Old 08-06-2008, 10:53 AM   #5
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Re: New Mini convertible

Is Academy creating new kits, or buying/licensing molds from other manufacturers, such as Tamiya? For example:

Lamborghini Countach:
http://cgi.ebay.com/1-24-COUNTACH-LP...QQcmdZViewItem

BMW M635CSI:
http://cgi.ebay.com/1-24-BMW-M635csi...QQcmdZViewItem
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Old 08-06-2008, 01:21 PM   #6
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Re: New Mini convertible

I believe that the BMW kit is an older Academy kit.
However the Countach is new to me, I never saw it before.
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Old 08-06-2008, 02:14 PM   #7
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Re: New Mini convertible

It's not a real 'MINI'...
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i still want it though. 26$ ain't bad these days. I promised myself that i would not buy anything i can't eat til payday though. #@%*
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