Tamiya Actros 1851 Megaspace

[fhhhstix]

In my opinion it is not that PACAR wont license Tamiya to make them. It is more about the price, a lot more of the EARTL Pete's will be sold at $40.00 compared to a Tamiya at $400.00+. It is the volume that allows them to do it just like Bruder and their line of trucks. Look at a Wedico they are $900.00+ for a static model for a reason, and agree or not it's not that they are better than what else is out there.

Travis

[M.Fischersworring]

Travis
The Unlicensed Wedico Conventional Complete Kit is sold for 800 Euro in Germany.

The Peterbilt on the same Chassis costs 1100 Euro,so I think this Price Difference must be nearly the Licence Fee for Paccar.


Michael

[WhiteWolf McBride]

Gotta nods to OzT there,

Was clancing through the Bruder catalog for scale options, and noticed the Mack cabs on many of the designs. From the tractor, to dumper, to cement, and a few others, lots of options. Then again, I'd want it just for the cab, so scarf the cheapest one, eh?

Gotta agree, Tamiya tends to cater to the Euro market more... but I think its partly two reasons: one, they buy more, so Tamiya caters to the bigger market, but they also are not as miserly with their rights, so Tamiya can make the models.

Then again, I think its support... there is that rumor that the German tankers helped buy the rights from KMW so that Tamiya could make the Leopard 2A6. Would any others help to buy the rights for an Abrams from General Dynamics Land Systems (assuming GDLS would sell them for a similar amount?) I doubt it. And the Israeli's wouldn't let them near the Merkava.

But there is one line they could go to that wouldn't be a rights issue: The WW2 CCKW 353, aka the " Deuce & 1/2 ", though sadly, it'd be a fight whether to make it 1/14 or 1/16. And we might be able to get an 'as-kitted' 6x6 as well...

Ah, dreams.

WhiteWolf

[BRICKNICK]

Originally Posted by WhiteWolf McBride

Gotta nods to OzT there,

Was clancing through the Bruder catalog for scale options, and noticed the Mack cabs on many of the designs. From the tractor, to dumper, to cement, and a few others, lots of options. Then again, I'd want it just for the cab, so scarf the cheapest one, eh?

Gotta agree, Tamiya tends to cater to the Euro market more... but I think its partly two reasons: one, they buy more, so Tamiya caters to the bigger market, but they also are not as miserly with their rights, so Tamiya can make the models.

Then again, I think its support... there is that rumor that the German tankers helped buy the rights from KMW so that Tamiya could make the Leopard 2A6. Would any others help to buy the rights for an Abrams from General Dynamics Land Systems (assuming GDLS would sell them for a similar amount?) I doubt it. And the Israeli's wouldn't let them near the Merkava.

But there is one line they could go to that wouldn't be a rights issue: The WW2 CCKW 353, aka the " Deuce & 1/2 ", though sadly, it'd be a fight whether to make it 1/14 or 1/16. And we might be able to get an 'as-kitted' 6x6 as well...

Ah, dreams.

WhiteWolf

I know most of the guys here on this site would all probably pitch in a bit if we knew it would help tamiya license a new American style tractor like a Pete, kw, mack, freightliner or IH.