Discontinued 1/32.. what about the rest???

[hworth18]

If the rumors are true and the 1/32 A/C line is dead, what are the prospects that Corgi will still come out with the rest of the 2006 1/32 lineup, more specifically the Graf working range 109???:confused:

[no4mkit]

Hopefully they'll continue with the castings they have HW. I'd like to see a few more Spits, and an FB Mosquito, but I know the chances... :rolleyes:

[david cotton]

If the rumors are true and the 1/32 A/C line is dead, what are the prospects that Corgi will still come out with the rest of the 2006 1/32 lineup, more specifically the Graf working range 109???:confused:

Where has this rumor come from :confused: Now the castings are done, why would they stop. I can see the runs getting smaller.... but to stop all together would be a criime :eek:

[Martin Bull]

I'm not privy to the inner workings of Corgi ( :unsure: ) but, as next week sees the release of the Working Range Jersey Jerk P-51D, hopefully the Graf 109G won't be too far behind.....

[hworth18]

Where has this rumor come from :confused: Now the castings are done, why would they stop. I can see the runs getting smaller.... but to stop all together would be a criime :eek:

Posted somewhere in the 2007 catalog discussion, there was a question about why no 1/32 aircraft for 2007??, and someone posted that Albert had gotten rid of it, or had been lobbying Corgi to get rid of it.. Anyway, there isn't one 1/32 plane scheduled for 2007..:blink:

[Agent X20]

Still be interesting to see that Jerk... (fully working)

Think to be fair to Mr Ross, (gawd knows why..) his role is more research than scale erradication..

If dealers are selling as they are over here 1/32's at £20 there must be sod all profit in them for the pooch.. as those dealers are making a profit..

[hworth18]

Still be interesting to see that Jerk... (fully working)

Think to be fair to Mr Ross, (gawd knows why..) his role is more research than scale erradication..

If dealers are selling as they are over here 1/32's at £20 there must be sod all profit in them for the pooch.. as those dealers are making a profit..

1/32 sells VERY well over here.. One reason I can't understand why Corgi keeps binning them over there...:wacko:

I am not throwing accusations, just reitirating what I saw in an earlier post, hopefully it is only rumor and not fact as I'd like to see Corgi continue on with the 1/32 range..;)

[Agent X20]

Obviously not well enough otherwise you would have thought that the pooch would have crated up all these Hurricanes and shipped them out there..

However one musnt forget that you get them half price over there to start with.. so our £20 specials are your $39.99 (rrps)...:LOL: :LOL: :LOL:

[hworth18]

Obviously not well enough otherwise you would have thought that the pooch would have crated up all these Hurricanes and shipped them out there..

However one musnt forget that you get them half price over there to start with.. so our £20 specials are your $39.99 (rrps)...:LOL: :LOL: :LOL:

Agent, RRP on a typical 1/32 A/C is $80 here.. If they were $39.99 I'd be scooping them up more often.. (Now, in saying that, I have seen some Hurricanes for that price, but I have one and don't need another)..:p

[Agent X20]

Exactly.. $80.. thats £40... here £80-99..!!!:mad: :mad: :mad:

Go on.. buy another.. you know it makes sense..:D :D :D

Pooch Aid 2006....

[Red 2]

We've all said it before, Corgi's marketing & distribution of the 1/32 range, particularly wrt the US market, was a lttle strange/haphazard/shambolic. How else did we end up with Flightlines for £30-£40 when Harry & co are screaming out for more? Not complaining...Grumpy, Barkhorn etc are classics and sit nicely on my shelf but????:wacko:

Given current evidence where in the UK you can buy a 1/32 for the price of a Corgi 1/72 (not saying much really!;) ), just can't see the financial logic in continuing the 1/32, even with the current moulds. Hope the 109 working range makes it though as that will probably be the only 'WR' I purchase...:unsure:

[CFBC]

Best I start stocking-up of those Mossie's then. ;)

[Red 2]

Best I start stocking-up of those Mossie's then. ;)

Saw a PRU Mossie for £40 at Dx and swithered a tad too long and it was gone...:o :( .......mind you, the box won't fit through the loft hatch, my Mossie bxes have to live in the garage!:LOL:

After DC's comments re Spit spares, better look after them as well!:D

[Dutchie]

Pre-ordered the Spit-prototype. What do you think:confused: Will it come out:confused: Would be a pity when Corgi stops the 1:32 range.
or........just a time out........

[Agent X20]

Theres most probably fewer alterations to the Mark I/II to make it into a Mark V, so again the personalities at Poochville win out over what would be a far better commercial prospect IMHO DYOR.....

I hope they make one as that can sit downstairs with me Birth of a Legend print...

It is again (IMHO) a mold where they could do 50/100 of one livery and charge a premium for it, unlike the conno-sewers where they seem to have taken carp and made it higly priced carp..

[CFBC]

Saw a PRU Mossie for £40 at Dx and swithered a tad too long and it was gone

Yer great fewl... A bargain at that! :rolleyes: :D

[mrfootball]

Good Lord please let this not be the end of 1/32.

I love Corgi's 1/32 line, it's incredible. More than any other thing, my clients remark about these magnificent birds with their removable cowlings, detail, movable parts, etc. I've made more Corgi fans with my 1/32 birds than with anything else.

Keep'em coming Corgi.

[Red 2]

Yer great fewl... A bargain at that! :rolleyes: :D

Just snapped one up for same off the web, £45 inc postage....will have to sneak it into the garage as Mrs Red 2 has painful memories of my one making an unscheduled crash landing from its ceiling wires!;) :LOL:

[Red Leader]

Would be nice to see some other types. Smaller Jets like Hawk would be cool in 1:32!

[Red 2]

Personally expecting to have to turn to the likes of GMP's 1/35 in the short term....much more expensive, cannot afford the numbers that I would with Corgi but the quality & detail...:cool:

[Dutchie]

Good Lord please let this not be the end of 1/32.

I love Corgi's 1/32 line, it's incredible. More than any other thing, my clients remark about these magnificent birds with their removable cowlings, detail, movable parts, etc. I've made more Corgi fans with my 1/32 birds than with anything else.

Keep'em coming Corgi.
OKE mrfootball!!!!!

[Martin Bull]

The December 2006 issue of FlyPast features a ( brief ) interview with Corgi's Range Research Manager, Rob Hinchcliffe. You'll need to buy the magazine to read all of it. I hope it's OK to post this here ( I don't usually 'lift' stuff from publications ), but one question is important to collectors here ; -

FP : Is Corgi considering any more 1:32 scale models ?

RH : 'We feel that we have covered the most important iconic aircraft, so nothing new is planned at present , particularly as the price point and the size of the models makes collecting in numbers difficult.
That said, in time we may revisit the scale, for example to feature a different era'.

So - pick the bones out of that.....:(

[Red 2]

RIP Corgi 1/32 :( :( :(

[david cotton]

Panic stations

Gotta but more 1:32 :eek: before they all vanish :eek:

[Red 2]

:eek: :LOL:

Picked up a 1/32 Kiwi Spit today. Not my favourite but....;)

[Martin Bull]

The distressing scene in Holborn as DC hears a rumour of one 1/32 Grumpy left in stock at M/Z....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/280000/images/_281195_300_france.jpg


:eek: :wacko: :unsure:

[david cotton]

:eek: :LOL:

Picked up a 1/32 Kiwi Spit today. Not my favourite but....;)

It's a favorite of mine :eek: you want to swap it for some thing :unsure:
Nice CHC Tuck Spitfire sir :confused:

[Red 2]

Sorry, Lev will kill me but I've got the CHC Spit and it doesn't quite do it for me!:o. Anyway, only got 1!!!:p

In a final 1/32 bloodrush, given the confirmation that 1/32 is going to go a little quiet on the Corgi front, stopped dithering and bagged BIN Green Old Crow and Jumpin Jaques P-51s off the bay. Just watch those prices fall now...kiss of death usually!:D

[hworth18]

The December 2006 issue of FlyPast features a ( brief ) interview with Corgi's Range Research Manager, Rob Hinchcliffe. You'll need to buy the magazine to read all of it. I hope it's OK to post this here ( I don't usually 'lift' stuff from publications ), but one question is important to collectors here ; -

FP : Is Corgi considering any more 1:32 scale models ?

RH : 'We feel that we have covered the most important iconic aircraft, so nothing new is planned at present , particularly as the price point and the size of the models makes collecting in numbers difficult.
That said, in time we may revisit the scale, for example to feature a different era'.

So - pick the bones out of that.....:(

VERY unfortunate for us "Large Scale" collectors..:(
Btw MB, I borrowed this and put it on the US forum, hope you don't mind..:unsure:

[Red 2]

GMP, the field is clear......:rolleyes:

[ZS-VAN]

This is a great pity. I still don't have a Mossie or a Hurri and I'd like another Spit & maybe another 109. Geez, bad news. This is truly a year of great turmoil in the diecast world. Ups of Hobby Master & Gemini Aces and downers like this. What about my folding wing Yeovilton Corsair and Dora 9? Covered the most important iconic aircraft?!

[CFBC]

Yeah, a great shame, but it has been on the cards for a while as we have all known as Corgi simply produce too many, not market them well and then have to reduce the prices and decert them....

Oh well, bring on GMP and others, get the QC/QA right, slightly higher price and then reduce the quantity and you have a winner! Said it before and say it again that there is a market for "quality" 1/32nds. :)

I am looking forward to a good 1/2 page read in Flypast having met Rob a few times in the past. :)

[Agent X20]

The difficult bit Mr RH is that you aint gotta clue how to market the stuff... its all constipated... until the ex-lax gets to work and then you cant stop the mass evacuation... its not the models.... (never really has been...) its just like dawg obedience... it aint the dawg.. its 99% of the time ...........the owner..

[hworth18]

GMP, the field is clear......:rolleyes:

Only problem is that GMP is 1/35.. Corgi and the rest are 1/32, these two scales won't look right together..:confused:

[Agent X20]

What... like those 1/76 Jaguar pilots......:D :D :D

[david cotton]

I have been collecting quite a few of the 1/72 fighters lately. They will be traded for 1/32 as time goes by. FM's should hook a few.

Even Stinger and Jumpin Jaques are real good aircraft once you get hold of one up close. Stinger looks real good on its stand :) Gotz 109 is also under rated....looks great to :)

Anyway , corgi are wrong...until the FW190 and P47 Razorback are done, the range must go on ..... please :o

[Agent X20]

As the 190/47/87 and even Zero are well modelled in 1/32, then molds must be a sinch...

Instead of 2000 models of 4 subects, they should bring out 20 at 400 of each.. what they spend on the research etc on the extra liveries.. simple ....make it universal 'window' box and sticker on the end...

[prune]

Short runs, well known aces aircraft,ACCURATE,they'd sell them all at RRP.
They haven't got a clue:rolleyes:

[Agent X20]

Exactamundo.. my little shrivelled plum.... and you could even cert em as well.... thats microdots on the model belly... none of this frigging expensive paperwork...:mad:

Jeez.. do we have to do ALL their marketing for them..!!:mad: :mad: :mad:

[minter]

That said, in time we may revisit the scale, for example to feature a different era'.[/B]

So - pick the bones out of that.....:(

oh i see, so you can forget the 190 :( and instead have say meteors and the like...not for me......on the subject of jests wouldnt have minded a 1/32 me 262

[The Defiant Man]

Instead of 2000 models of 4 subects, they should bring out 20 at 400 of each.. what they spend on the research etc on the extra liveries.. simple ....make it universal 'window' box and sticker on the end...

TBH, I dunno:unsure: .....how many folks seriously collect 1/32....and how many other collectors would just want the odd one of each type? 8,000 1/32 is still 8,000 1/32 no matter how it is broken down. How many folks could store them....rumour has it that if it wasn't for a couple of forum members who are already renting Big Yellow Storage then the price of 1/32 would have collapsed completely:D ......

Whilst excellent models, the size meant they were always going to have a limited market and range of types compared to 1/72 & 1/144.....and as the chap says in Flypast, the iconic ones have been done.....at least the ones that will sell the most have been.....

Said all along that 1/32 was a mistake for Corgi...they're mass producers....it's not their market.....so I have to be honest and say that on a personal level I'm not sorry to see them stopping....although I do feel for you guys trying to build a good 1/32 collection only to have it made very difficult all of a sudden.....

Off for my tin hat....

[Red 2]

Only problem is that GMP is 1/35.. Corgi and the rest are 1/32, these two scales won't look right together..:confused:

See your point but my GMP P-40 sits happily on the same shelf as my 1/32 Mustangs. Yes, you do notice a difference if comparing like for like models but in the face of Corgi pulling the plug on 1/32, GMP gives life to the large scales. Just need to sell the cat/children to pay for a growing GMP collection!:D

Notice the Flypast article referred to the Spit prototype in passing albeit not in the interview. Wonder if this means it is still coming through along with the previously announced 109s.:unsure:

[Martin Bull]

Said all along that 1/32 was a mistake for Corgi...they're mass producers....it's not their market.....

I agree and have always rather had the feeling that they should be enjoyed while they're here......

Ironically, when they were announced I never thought I'd buy even one, but some of them are really quite stunning diecast models and IMHO have represented real bargains at some of the prices we've been able to pay.

I'm very glad I've got the ones I have. :cool:

[david cotton]

I agree and have always rather had the feeling that they should be enjoyed while they're here......

Ironically, when they were announced I never thought I'd buy even one, but some of them are really quite stunning diecast models and IMHO have represented real bargains at some of the prices we've been able to pay.

I'm very glad I've got the ones I have. :cool:

you mean the two's of the one's you have :D

[Martin Bull]

:p !

( A cursory examination of evilbay this morning reveals a distinct shortage of cheapo 1/32s which were on there yesterday evening.... )

[minter]

.and as the chap says in Flypast, the iconic ones have been done.....at least the ones that will sell the most have been.....


disagree, they didnt do the 109E which i would have loved one.. :(

[CFBC]

Exactamundo.. my little shrivelled plum.... and you could even cert em as well.... thats microdots on the model belly... none of this frigging expensive paperwork...:mad:

Jeez.. do we have to do ALL their marketing for them..!!:mad: :mad: :mad:

Erm, do you want me to answer that... Wonder why they are, well - what was it, xxxx million in the red.... :rolleyes:

[Red 2]

:p !

( A cursory examination of evilbay this morning reveals a distinct shortage of cheapo 1/32s which were on there yesterday evening.... )

DC....what were you up to between 22.00 and 06.00 hours last night?;) :D

[david cotton]

DC....what were you up to between 22.00 and 06.00 hours last night?;) :D

Not me.....:D

I was trying to arrange for the SAS to guard the 1/32 disply cabinet at the Duxford BoB meeting :eek:

[Red 2]

Not me.....:D

I was trying to arrange for the SAS to guard the 1/32 disply cabinet at the Duxford BoB meeting :eek:

I'm going to leave my gun covers at home!;) :D

[david cotton]

I'm going to leave my gun covers at home!;) :D

I will be arriving late at Duxford......have to go via Warrington :)

[eismeer]

Panic stations

Gotta but more 1:32 :eek: before they all vanish :eek:

Get in quick dc.

Norfolk's finest have listed on the 'bay at the moment 4 Erich Hartmann Me-109's, 1/32 scale, 25squid BIN :cool:

[Red 2]

Nice one Eismeer.....:D

[prune]

Get in quick dc.

Norfolk's finest have listed on the 'bay at the moment 4 Erich Hartmann Me-109's, 1/32 scale, 25squid BIN :cool:
Thanks a lot eismeer, my cards just taken another hit:rolleyes: .I've just ordered a Hartmann,gawd knows why, I've already got one,and just for good measure a de-cert Old Crow,and a couple of 1/72s.I think I've caught the 1/32 fever:o MATRON....

[david cotton]

Get in quick dc.

Norfolk's finest have listed on the 'bay at the moment 4 Erich Hartmann Me-109's, 1/32 scale, 25squid BIN :cool:

I have 5 Hartmann 109's. I would love to bag some more, but where do you stop :eek:

If some one picks up a Hartmann and a Jumpin Jaques they can send them to me for a FM190 :D

[Agent X20]

Sorry I thought I was mad.. but you lot make feel 100% sane....:D

[Arno 01]

Thanks Guys, another 1/32 in the bag......;)

[david cotton]

Hartmann was a run of 2000. Its almost as if non of them sold at full price:eek: ...... apart from the first one I purchased :o

[Agent X20]

Thing is I bet there are only 100-200 if that sold at full whacko...if that...... the number of serious collector bods thins out quite dramatically when you get to £100 per model...

[eismeer]

I reckon mr jumblie should send me a FOC 1/32 "Jumpin' Jacques" as commission for the sold Hartmann's :LOL: :LOL:

Must admit even though i have stopped picking up spares i was very tempted to put an extra Hartmann in the loft for a rainy day :D

[Red 2]

I reckon mr jumblie should send me a FOC 1/32 "Jumpin' Jacques" as commission for the sold Hartmann's :LOL: :LOL:

Must admit even though i have stopped picking up spares i was very tempted to put an extra Hartmann in the loft for a rainy day :D

Methinks the Barkhorn will be the 109 to have in years to come. A truly superb model with the added bonus of the three figures. If Mrs Red 2 wasn't giving me the type of look associated with imminent death...to me!:D , I would increase the loft insulation by another....

PR-F Spits will be running out soon.....;)

[Gambit]

FP : Is Corgi considering any more 1:32 scale models ?
RH : 'We feel that we have covered the most important iconic aircraft, so nothing new is planned at present , particularly as the price point and the size of the models makes collecting in numbers difficult.
That said, in time we may revisit the scale, for example to feature a different era'.


You could also read that as meaning, no new WW2 molds are planned.

Doesn't make sense that Corgi would give up on the Hurricane so soon.

They could be giving the existing 1:32 a year off to build interest and selloff the remaining stock.

Probably a good idea with these price increases.

[Cardinal]

Methinks the Barkhorn will be the 109 to have in years to come. A truly superb model with the added bonus of the three figures.

Fully agree - the Barkhorn 109 is the pick of the (Corgi) litter :D.

[Martin Bull]

I've been saying for ages 'In years to come etc etc....' but no-one would listen ;)

IMHO Barkhorn is the best mass-market 109 in any scale so far.

[minter]

yeah i agree with that, prefer it to the hartman

[snafu]

Love my Barkhorn too, but was a little deflated after I set it up with FOV Kubelwagen and ground crew figures when Mrs Snaffs asked "why is that bloke(Barkhorn figure) doing karate":eek: :eek:

[ZS-VAN]

So if Barkhord is the best, how are the others rated? I have Gotz and really like this model.

[DCRanger]

I have two 1/32 109's, the Hartmann is very nice but the Red 6 Wild Sau is I think under rated. The only thing that spoils it is the prop and the prop spinner looks very plastic. I think this is because of the paints used as it is not obvious on the Hartmann.

Sadly I passed on a Barkhorn at £30. It had a broken aerial but that could so easily have been fixed.:(

[Martin Bull]

IMHO Barkhorn, Ehrler and Hartmann are the business ; they're all very close. The only 109 I didn't like at all was the 'dog's dinner' one.....

[prune]

Will you lot shutup about how good the Barkhorn is, I may have the 1/32 fever and I haven't got a Barkhorn...yet:unsure:

[Martin Bull]

Barkhorn...it's just....mmmmmmmmmm:cool: .....I mean, BARKHORN:cool: :cool: ......what can you say ? Without a BARKHORN:cool: :cool: :cool: , no self-respecting collection is complete.....:LOL:

[prune]

Hmmm..suppose it would look good displayed with my signed Barkhorn cover:)

[Red 2]

Hmmm..suppose it would look good displayed with my signed Barkhorn cover:)

What are you waiting for? Get that credit card out....there is a DC on the loose out there. To quote Tesco, once they're gone, they're gone!!!!:D

Die cast life is meaningless without a BARKHORN!

[Martin Bull]

Isn't that the one Prune hasn't got....?:confused:

[prune]

I may have to wait a while....if three 1/32 parcels arrive(ordered a Hartmann and old Crow yesterday), there may be an injury in the household:(
Then again, if I wait will there be any left....1/32 fever may be a full blown outbreak :blink:

[Red 2]

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear....no BARKHORN must be a source of some shame and embarrassment for him and his family. Black sheep and all that. :D :LOL:

Almost as bad as buying a Lewis Hurri...oh...em...er .:o :o :D

[Martin Bull]

....if three 1/32 parcels arrive(ordered a Hartmann and old Crow yesterday), there may be an injury in the household:(


I feel your pain, prune - 'Zoot Suiters' slipped past the guardroom unnoticed, but there are 2 'Old Crows' in the pipeline :eek:

[uksubs]

Barkhorn...it's just....mmmmmmmmmm:cool: .....I mean, BARKHORN:cool: :cool: ......what can you say ? Without a BARKHORN:cool: :cool: :cool: , no self-respecting collection is complete.....:LOL:

One in the post :o Thx Martin :wacko:
That three 1/32 plane coming in the post this month:eek:

[Martin Bull]

Nice one, uksubs ! As you lift the box lid for the first time, spare a thought for poor old prune.....:unsure:

[prune]

I must be strong...my mind is not weak....I must be strong....would look even better displayed next to my Knights of the Eastern Front print:cool:

[uksubs]

I must be strong...my mind is not weak....I must be strong....would look even better displayed next to my Knights of the Eastern Front print:cool:

Mine will be displayed with this baby :D http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/162/852ig4.th.jpg (http://img508.imageshack.us/my.php?image=852ig4.jpg)

[Red 2]

I must be strong...my mind is not weak....I must be strong....would look even better displayed next to my Knights of the Eastern Front print:cool:

FEEL the force....your mind is weak...Norfolk calling....only 3 clicks to 109 die-cast heaven...could be here by Saturday....no more despairing calls to the Samaritans...wife would probably speak to you again by Christmas..you know it makes sense!!:D

[ZS-VAN]

Noooo!!! I don't have one either! Shame on you all for picking on poor Prune. I need one too, what's this Norfolk you guys keep talking about?

[Red 2]

Noooo!!! I don't have one either! Shame on you all for picking on poor Prune. I need one too, what's this Norfolk you guys keep talking about?

One of our promoters, see Jumblies

[david cotton]

I must be strong...my mind is not weak....I must be strong....would look even better displayed next to my Knights of the Eastern Front print:cool:

Like this maybe :D

[eismeer]

Way to cool dc:)

That third one is my favourite Hartmann print :cool:

[prune]

Yes, just like that:cool:

[ZS-VAN]

One of our promoters, see Jumblies

Thanks Red2. I've actually been going though the promoters site these past two days and specifically Jumblies this evening. Cheers.

[ZS-VAN]

Whoa! Cool prints you have there DC!

[prune]

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d187/chrisflanagan/th_bandaged.jpg (http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d187/chrisflanagan/bandaged.jpg)
Wish Mrs.prune hadn't been in for the delivery of that 3rd 1/32

[Agent X20]

I still like the Combat Over London print..... should have bought it...:wacko:

as for Mrs Prune .. nice to see you gave her a slap... how long has she been sporting that moustache... its a damn site prettier than Mrs Agents effort...:D

[minter]

why is he holding his doobries with his right hand :unsure:

[minter]

I still like the Combat Over London print..... should have bought it...:wacko:



one of his best

[The Defiant Man]

Like this maybe :D
Excellent display...especially like the one on the left......nearly got the angle right....

[Martin Bull]

Very nice lineup, dc - that's my kind of loonie-ness !;)

[ZS-VAN]

why is he holding his doobries with his right hand :unsure:

LOL!!! Good one minter! That one made me double over! LOL.