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Why are Revell's F-16 two seater so hard to find and overpriced in the USA?


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53 minutes ago, Stephen said:

The Revell 1/72 F-16D has just been re-released so maybe it'll be easier to find.

It may be worth it to gather a couple of friends, pitch in together and order a bunch of them collectively. Saves on postage & import duties, at least. 

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4 hours ago, alt-92 said:

It may be worth it to gather a couple of friends, pitch in together and order a bunch of them collectively. Saves on postage & import duties, at least. 

As far as I understand, there are no import duties on toys in the US,  no?

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22 hours ago, Robertone139 said:

Why are Revell's F-16 two seater so hard to find and overpriced in the USA?

Allow me to lol a bit

 

I live down the US border right in the middle of nowhere Banana Republics ( we got even a Borat clon as President but as extrange can be sound we have US $ as currency) none know anything about aircraft or plastic modeling and of course no hobby shop not even Hobby Citty so I have buying kits on line right now for about  30  years so its a way cheaper to buy a single kit from Europe or UK (yeah you around but different bunch) let say a kit cost about $20-30 well coming from US mail is about $45-75, coming from Europe around $ 10-12, from UK 7-9 pounds (sorry don't know how to add the pound symbol) and from Lithuania or Estonia mail is $9-10 and from China and South Korea can sometimes be free shipping but also can be less than $10

 

So Maybe lots of things are overpriced in US

 

Regards

 

Armando

 

PD There is a Car shops that sells some modeling thing but only for Arab Modellers and used to be like US$10 for a single Model Master paint bottle so I stop going like 25 years ago

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1/72 Revell f-16D is here, it's the complete F-16C plus an additional sprue with F-16B parts.

Still missing are the bulged main gear doors.

To note that the F-16B upper forward fuselage is a just about perfect match for Tamiya's F-16C. Hint Hint.

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On 4/30/2021 at 7:01 AM, Robertone139 said:

1/72 Revell f-16D is here, it's the complete F-16C plus an additional sprue with F-16B parts.

Still missing are the bulged main gear doors.

To note that the F-16B upper forward fuselage is a just about perfect match for Tamiya's F-16C. Hint Hint.

@robertone139, who has them?

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On 5/8/2021 at 6:49 PM, Robertone139 said:

Jadlar Hobbies in the UK.

Thank you!

 

Tom

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