Why Fujimi Enzo Ferrari

[OPM]

all down to shipping, import taxes and also that the dealer of course wants to make a few bucks aswell. importing yourself is allways by far the cheapest option.

[jano11]

Originally Posted by OPM

all down to shipping, import taxes and also that the dealer of course wants to make a few bucks aswell. importing yourself is allways by far the cheapest option.

Yep, that' why I went the ebay way and got the Tamiya Enzo for 17€ inclusive EMS shipping from Japan!

[Chuck Kourouklis]

Alright, first off, the Tamiya kit ain't that bad for closing panels. There's that little cannister just ahead of the right rear shock that interferes a bit with the cowl - just mount it lower - and the roof panel between the doors that you might want to realign from the location its pins dictate.

That's just about it. Really.

That said,

Originally Posted by ferrari2k

Hi, today I found out, that Fujimi made a 1:24 Enzo Ferrari. Why is that? It is nearly the same price as the Tamiya Enzo, has no opening doors or engine cover and the engine itself is not as half as detailed as the Tamiya one. Just WHY did Fujimi make such a model, I cannot understand that...

You kinda just answered your own question, bro. Tamiya did the superdetailed Enzo. Revell covered the very detailed option.

And that left a nice little curbside hole for Fujimi to occupy all by itself. It is distinct from the other two, and yup, I'm afraid it's the version most likely to get built.

C'est la vie. To each they own. Ferdy has his quad-turboed, 16-cylinder, 4-wheel-drive 4,000-lb pig to do over 200 with. Gordy has his far more elegant, 2700-lb V12 machine that does nearly the same, more than a decade before the fact of the two-ton pig.

But it's a fool's errand to say one is superior to the other.



And for the price premium, Fujimi had BETTER surpass Revell's kit, at least in mold processing if not overall detail. I'll be venturing some input on that soon as I get mine...

[davezilla]

Originally Posted by hirofkd

A typical music CD is priced 3000 yen, so the Japanese modelers think of Fujimi's curbside Enzo kit as a sub-CD price range product, while Tamiya's Enzo costs a lot more than that. That's where Fujimi found its own market: simple curbside kit for an affordable price.

Off topic, but DAMN! a CD costs $30 in Japan?

[CifeNet]

Let see if they come with different "versions" of Enzo.

Tamiy is doing it (red, yellow, clear version, etc) to maximize their return investment value, but I have a feeling that Fujimi does it better.

For example, their new VW Golf kit is a two door body style, and yet the interior has four door knobs and latches. Very strange.

Maybe this is their way to let us know we will get 4 door version soon...

[Chuck Kourouklis]

Man. Can you imagine the bitching if Tamiya did one with four opening doors?