Tamiya Raybrig NSX released

[drunken monkey]

i meant "complaisancy".
this is purely personal as i know people who are major brand supporters.
they only buy what is considered the best (who also like to argue over who is the best) and thus only buy tamiya because of their reputation, ignoring the actual products.
these people are too willing to mindlessly support tamiya by purchasing anything they produce over all other kit makers.
these are the complaisant people.

then again, it is also true that tamiya are themselves complacent (not the same) and are bargaining on those people continuing to chose their kits.

[freakray]

Originally Posted by drunken monkey

i meant "complaisancy".
this is purely personal as i know people who are major brand supporters.
they only buy what is considered the best (who also like to argue over who is the best) and thus only buy tamiya because of their reputation, ignoring the actual products.
these people are too willing to mindlessly support tamiya by purchasing anything they produce over all other kit makers.
these are the complaisant people.

then again, it is also true that tamiya are themselves complacent (not the same) and are bargaining on those people continuing to chose their kits.

So you're saying people are eager to please, and so they stick with Tamiya?

[willimo]

Seems like it.

[LA-CUSTOMS]

the nsx is nice, doesnt look that detail to me by fujimi its gotta be worth the money !!

[drunken monkey]

hmm... when you put it like that, it doesn't sound as right as it did in my head anymore....
is there a term/word that would better describe the blind support of the brand?

[willimo]

Blind brand loyalty? I don't think there's a word for it, even in our almost masochistic consumption-driven society.

[freakray]

Fanaticism comes to mind....

[hirofkd]

Originally Posted by drunken monkey

i meant "complaisancy".
this is purely personal as i know people who are major brand supporters.
they only buy what is considered the best (who also like to argue over who is the best) and thus only buy tamiya because of their reputation, ignoring the actual products.
these people are too willing to mindlessly support tamiya by purchasing anything they produce over all other kit makers.
these are the complaisant people.

Such case is probably rare. I've been making models for more than 30 years, and never met anyone like that, except for some people saying such things as a "joke."

Originally Posted by drunken monkey

then again, it is also true that tamiya are themselves complacent (not the same) and are bargaining on those people continuing to chose their kits.

I'd like to hear some facts to back it up.

[drunken monkey]

well... i guess that's just conjecture on my part but i really do believe that the kit manufacturers know of the things that are said on these type of forums and from what i gather, there aren't a great many people who like the metal chassis or the ever decreasing parts (all in one chassis).
if they aren't expecting people to still buy what they produce, would they keep on making the kits in this manner?
I'm aware of some kind of business strategy going on (spending production costs on one "big" car in full detail and then doing what they can with other kits but if it makes the other kits not half as good as people would like, is it a good way to do things?