DutyDruid Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Have I just stumbled upon the obvious flaw in this project?I read the forum posts here and was musing about a couple of historic kits I would like to see come back and have just realised that there is no way I can create pre-orders for them, we are currently stuck with the two different types of birds that are currently on offer on the Airfix site - and I'm certainly not rushing to vote for either of those...Come on Hornby - gove us a list of what's really in the art of the possible so that we can have a proper crack at deciding what we want and voting for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadfly Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I think what 'they' are doing is generating interest seeing what folk would like to see released then checking the tooling bank to see if the mould is viable. Sort of Co creation which is a 'buzz concept' in the Marketing world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Garmonsway Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Oddly enough, of all the threads started suggesting kits to bring back, there appears no mention of any birds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawain Sonoflot Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 After my initial rush of enthusiasm, I quickly came to the conclusion that this was not a well thought-out idea - even a cynical one - which has succeeded only in raising false hope amongst the sincere fans of old Airfix. As has been mentioned above, there has been no post requesting the two 1:1 scale birds and yet mysteriously they are gaining support. From whom? Airfix central? I wonder if these birds are all they actually have and they're just drumming up sales for them. But don't let me get too cynical. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_fleming Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 There is no post requesting the birds because they were the first two subjects Airfix put up, decided BEFORE the forum was created. The concept is just over 24 hours old, yet already people are condemning it? The birds were chosen because the tooling was availabe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitbasher Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 1. It's market research.2. Yes Airfix could have put the available tools to the vote.3. If the tools are not available the initative could still be good market research to determine what could be the subject of a new tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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morgan_mottershead2 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Got to agree with this. Find it a little bit strange myself. Lets not forget however, that this is Beta so will most likely change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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