loftycomfort Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Hi, Just a heads-up that spruebrothers has the Hasegawa 1/48 F-18C on sale for $50. It's the white-gold-blue special edition boxing. You can find it in the Super Specials section. Sorry if this is old news. Terry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Beats the crap out of the $133 the local store is charging for that kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loftycomfort Posted March 17, 2010 Author Share Posted March 17, 2010 Beats the crap out of the $133 the local store is charging for that kit. Wow, for $133 you can buy a 1/32 Hornet, including shipping. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PhantomPhreakII Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Beats the crap out of the $133 the local store is charging for that kit. Is that an Ebay store?? <_< Sheesh.... Harald Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 No the only hobby store left in Kitchener Ontario. Dang I miss Air support. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 No the only hobby store left in Kitchener Ontario. Dang I miss Air support. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Av8fan Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Thank you for posting that. I will have to get one. As phantom pointed out the Hase F/A-18 can be VERY expensive round these parts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jack in El Paso Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Thank you for posting that.I will have to get one. As phantom pointed out the Hase F/A-18 can be VERY expensive round these parts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Dude Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 (edited) Thank you for posting that.I will have to get one. As phantom pointed out the Hase F/A-18 can be VERY expensive round these parts. Really? They are cheap around here. Our local hobby shop has 3 of the 1/48 hasegawa F/A-18c's for $50 each and they have been there for a few months. IIRC they have the VFA-94 mighty shrikes markings. :) Edited March 19, 2010 by The Dude Quote Link to post Share on other sites
speedlimit Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 If you are patient and lucky you can snag a 1/48 Hasegawa legacy hornet from ebay. I just won an A version days ago for USD$32 with parcel shipping @ USD6.00. Eric Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Viper88 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 I miss Ed's store also PHANTOM. He has the best deals around. Now you go to Hobby & Toy central and they want $123 to $133 for a Has 1/48 F/A-18c kit and the Tomcats are over a $100 now too. I went to Toronto to Aviation World and there prices are not much better, the owner told me that Canada lost their Hasegawa distributor so expect these high prices until we can get a new distributor. Now if we order from Sprue Brothers or Lucky Model online Bugs, Super Bugs and Tomcats are around $50-$60 U.S. dollars, so you convert this to Canadian and add shipping and they are around $75. Don't know how they handle sales tax and other border tarriff charges but would still be cheaper than what they are asking for around here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MESHER Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 I just love Navy fighter jets but I can't get past the prices and what you get in the kits. Haseagawa F/A-18A-F and F-14A-D use to be around $69.00 Canadian at Ed's store in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Now he is closed but even in Toronto and area these kits are all well over $100.00. Then on top of it there is very few or no weapons, that is pretty sad. So then you look at Air Force jets, Tamiya F-16's in 1/48 I can buy almost 3 for the price of one Hasegawa Navy jet, and then the F-15E buy the Academy and the Revell and make a nice kit for $60 total. Then there is the new F-22A from Hasegawa and that kit is only like $79 Canadian. So why is it the Navy jet guys are getting scammed? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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