ching kuo Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 Good news future release by Hasegawa : http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10502191 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kotey Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 ICM repack. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ching kuo Posted November 11, 2017 Author Share Posted November 11, 2017 OK, Thank's Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAGeezer Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 So, will they jack up the price to Hase levels? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flybywire Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 12 hours ago, kotey said: ICM repack. How did you know it's an ICM repack? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kotey Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 (edited) Deduction - Hasegawa is dealer of ICM models, so next step - repack its sprues. http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/item/import/icm/ Edited November 12, 2017 by kotey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 11 hours ago, IAGeezer said: So, will they jack up the price to Hase levels? certainly, as it's definitely for the Japanese domestic market only. i've been told that there was some rather high tax for plastic kits imports in japan. maybe repacking ends up being a cheaper solution. 8 hours ago, flybywire said: How did you know it's an ICM repack? Hasegawa has a long history of repacking other brands kits for the domestic market. i own a couple of their monogram reboxings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MoFo Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 15 hours ago, IAGeezer said: So, will they jack up the price to Hase levels? If only there were some way to find out the price. Sadly, we'll probably never know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Inquisitor Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 (edited) 22 hours ago, flybywire said: How did you know it's an ICM repack? 21 hours ago, kotey said: Deduction - Hasegawa is dealer of ICM models, so next step - repack its sprues. http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/item/import/icm/ Or if you doubt a little bit of prior knowledge and commons sense and you need a "real" official source, then if you can read japanese or run it through goggle translate, the page of that release states that the plastic parts are from ICM. http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/product/07462/ Edited November 13, 2017 by Inquisitor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LanceB Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 On 11/12/2017 at 12:07 PM, IAGeezer said: So, will they jack up the price to Hase levels? Hasegawa's kit is 7400 JPY MSRP, or about 65.45 USD/56.48 EUR/50.34 GBP ICM's kit is on Sprue Brothers for USD 71.49, and Hannants for 33.33 GBP (export price). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LanceB Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 14 hours ago, mingwin said: i've been told that there was some rather high tax for plastic kits imports in japan. 8% sales tax only, as long as the shipper declares the items correctly as "scale model assembly kit". Those are grouped with "toys", which are duty-free. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flybywire Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 (edited) 5 hours ago, Inquisitor said: Or if you doubt a little bit of prior knowledge and commons sense and you need a "real" official source, then if you can read japanese or run it through goggle translate, the page of that release states that the plastic parts are from ICM. http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/product/07462/ That's right. I asked the question right after I read the first post on this thread and went on to read on the contents of the lone website provided - http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10502191 and found nothing about the repacking issue, that's why I asked for a little clarification. Edited November 13, 2017 by flybywire Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dehowie Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Its not taxes but the multi tiered Japanese distribution scheme which causes almost all imported kits prices to go to crazy new levels. Think its up for just over 6400 Yen so street price will be mid 5000's actually far cheaper than direct or resale in Japan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ReccePhreak Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 On 11/12/2017 at 11:12 PM, LanceB said: Hasegawa's kit is 7400 JPY MSRP, or about 65.45 USD/56.48 EUR/50.34 GBP ICM's kit is on Sprue Brothers for USD 71.49, and Hannants for 33.33 GBP (export price). I bought my ICM MiG-25RBT from Model Hobbies UK for only £29.99 + cheap shipping. I then got the MiG-25RBF nose conversion (So I can do a camo'd version) from Cold War Studios. I think I will start on that next. Larry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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