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07-07-2009, 04:36 PM
Master Thespian
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I think the adult market for 1:18 scale realistically rendered military-themed figures and vehicles is relatively limited, at least when compared to 1:64, 1:32, and 1:6 scale toys. I think the problem is that it's a bit of a "bastard" scale: it's too big to create anything larger than a realistically scaled Humvee or Little Bird helicopter without becoming prohibitively expensive in terms of production cost (not to mention storage and shipping) and it's
too small to allow for the amount of obsessive detail and articulation that many adult militaria collectors are interested in.
Maybe too small to do what they might want, but a LOT more can be done in this scale that what has been done. Cloth-goods, real straps, removable scopes, stocks and the like are all possible in this scale. The problem is that 1/6th can easily fetch $80+ for a figure, while few would be willing to pay even half of that for a 1/18th figure. With injection molding based manufacturing the mold count is where the cost comes from, not necessarily the amount of plastic used (although this is a factor as well).
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