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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => What's New => Topic started by: gedmundson on February 12, 2018, 09:50:19 AM

Title: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: gedmundson on February 12, 2018, 09:50:19 AM: Just saw it on their website - old news? Sure glad I picked mine up when I did.
Gary
Title: Re: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: Juan on February 12, 2018, 10:13:52 AM: Wow, that was fast..... :o
Title: Re: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: lcarroll on February 12, 2018, 12:36:34 PM: Another "run" on this one would be nice; I suspect a large number went to the non -building "Hoarder" crowd! Gone in record time!
Cheers,
Lance
Title: Re: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: mgunns on February 12, 2018, 01:06:13 PM: I debated whether or not to get this set, glad I did.
Title: Re: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: krow113 on February 12, 2018, 02:47:46 PM: lol
3 models for the price of 2 !
And your surprised it sold out quickly?
Title: Re: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: hiddeous1973 on February 12, 2018, 03:55:13 PM: Wow, that went a lot faster then I thought..
I hoped people were put of with 3 kits at a (very) high price! was hoping to scote one of these later this year. Glad I still have an original single isuue.
Title: Re: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: Jeff K on February 12, 2018, 04:03:01 PM: A retailer on another forum said it was a very small production run. Weta have a few still, got one from there last week. HLJ have some but they are more expensive.
Title: Re: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: bobs_buckles on February 12, 2018, 05:41:03 PM: DOH!! My bad...I thought this would be around for far longer. Oh well, you win some and you lose some :-\

vB
Title: Re: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: Jeff K on February 12, 2018, 07:41:36 PM: Still time at HLJ or Weta
Title: Re: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: OEFFAG 153 on February 12, 2018, 09:20:10 PM: Glad I got myself a box – now for time to build them. ;D
Title: Re: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: rayb24 on February 12, 2018, 10:17:06 PM: I missed the original issues so snagged one of these, made sense cost of two aircraft and you can build DV’s or DVa’s. Glad i snagged one.
Now if only they’d bring out the RE8 with a DVII
Ray
Title: Re: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: RAGIII on February 13, 2018, 01:12:35 AM: I was interested but the finances just weren't there. On the other hand I have 2 built and one under way so I really can't complain. I would imagine we will see this Money Cow of a kit in another incarnation in the future, whether the Long Awaited Special Editions or as a Duelist!
RAGIII
Title: Re: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: Jeff K on February 13, 2018, 02:12:55 AM: i agree, they'll be back. maybe more Jasta editions, like a Jasta Boelcke or something.

i've been lucky, this Great Dying Off of Wingnut Wings Kits is happening just when my biggest client had decided to rebuild every rack of servers they have in Thailand... chaCHING! so yeah. food? nah. water? a bit. sleep? nah. more kits? oh Hell yeah.
Title: Re: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: Softscience on February 14, 2018, 09:38:30 PM: Dying off of Wingnuts? What's going on?

And what are the special edition kits people sometimes allude to!
Title: Re: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: rayb24 on February 15, 2018, 12:18:18 PM: Quote from: Softscience on February 14, 2018, 09:38:30 PM
Dying off of Wingnuts? What's going on?

And what are the special edition kits people sometimes allude to!
All Wingnut wings models are limited run, you wouldn’t know it from the quality. Once done and oop then they are done. Or so we are told. They do turn up in Duelist runs but don’t count on the one you want being released....

Now when they Wingnut Wings first started there was a quote saying that they would reissue in special editions with more photo etch etc. But so far that’s never happened.
That’s kind of why some buy all the releases, as if they do sell out and you wanted say the Sopwith Triplane.. Well your out of luck...
Honestly though you have to wonder at the cost of such high end molds, I suppose some bad sellers may never come out again, but I don’t see that being a good businesss model for all of them.

I just want the RE8 and Triplane to come out again ;)
Ray
Title: Re: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: Softscience on February 15, 2018, 10:38:54 PM: Quote from: rayb24 on February 15, 2018, 12:18:18 PM

All Wingnut wings models are limited run, you wouldn’t know it from the quality. Once done and oop then they are done. Or so we are told.

I doubt that. The quality of the pieces suggests high quality moulds. Things that WnW invested a lot of money into. Therefore re-releases are likely. Releasing the kits on a limited basis is a way to drive up demand.

How many of us who missed the RE 8 and Triplane, etc., the first time around, are now foaming at the mouth for one? I know I am.
Title: Re: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: Jeff K on February 16, 2018, 12:12:45 PM: i agree... no matter how much they intend to stick to their principles they'll do repops of popular kits. it's just not rational to leave piles of money on the table.

Next up: Black Flight Trilogy please...
Title: Re: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: rayb24 on February 16, 2018, 01:00:46 PM: Quote from: Jeff K on February 16, 2018, 12:12:45 PM
i agree... no matter how much they intend to stick to their principles they'll do repops of popular kits. it's just not rational to leave piles of money on the table.

Next up: Black Flight Trilogy please...
Oh I would kill for a black flight set.... just read Collishaws biography, great read ....
ray
Title: Re: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: Jeff K on February 16, 2018, 01:50:40 PM: which Collishaw bio? i just read one too.

i'm a go forward with a Black Flight using Roden kits and aftermarket fuselages. that'll surely prompt WNW to release it as soon as i finish...
Title: Re: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: rayb24 on February 16, 2018, 10:31:34 PM: Quote from: Jeff K on February 16, 2018, 01:50:40 PM
which Collishaw bio? i just read one too.

i'm a go forward with a Black Flight using Roden kits and aftermarket fuselages. that'll surely prompt WNW to release it as soon as i finish...
Raymond Collishaw and the black flight. By Roger Gunn
Ray
Title: Re: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: Jeff K on February 16, 2018, 10:34:38 PM: Quote from: rayb24 on February 16, 2018, 10:31:34 PM
Raymond Collishaw and the black flight. By Roger Gunn

i just finished that about a month ago! the part about flying against the Bolsheviks after the war was particularly interesting to me, i didn't know much about that.
Title: Re: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: aliluke on February 17, 2018, 09:07:32 AM: This set is still available in New Zealand - Modelair in Auckland (I have no association with them except as a customer). They also have several other long ago "sold outs" - Fokker's and others - but at a serious premium - $250NZD for the Fokker's.

Cheers
Alistair
Title: Re: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: Jeff K on February 17, 2018, 07:56:35 PM: Weta still have the Jasta 5 trilogy at all 3 warehouses, $189.
Title: Re: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: stevie g on February 19, 2018, 02:53:37 PM: I did indeed just pick up this set through Weta, I sat on the fence for a long while with this one, even after a certain someone mentioned that they had been told that this kit was a considerably smaller size run than most Wingnut kit runs.
Anyway, all is not lost if you want this kitset, if you are quick........
Title: Re: WnW Albatros Trilogy Sold Out
Post by: Jeff K on February 19, 2018, 11:22:47 PM: with WNW kits, all is never lost, just hideously expensive on ebay (RE8, i am talking to YOU).