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I've already got one stuck over my workbench (Astro-1, IIRC,) so go ahead and cut them out. As far as the "Made In The USA", my first thought was what Scott suggested.
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As many instructions that I've printed, stapled, and folded you would think I would have noticed the Made in the USA between the boxes on the covers. Sheryl |
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See? That wasn't so tough!
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Bill Eichelberger NAR 79563 http://wallyum.blogspot.com/ I miss being SAM 0058 Build floor: Centuri Design Contest F-150 Hurricane Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Gee'Hod, Shrike, SST Shuttle In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Solar Sailer II Semroc Cyber III Ready to fly: Estes - Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Snake Jumper |
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Personally, I like the headers. Although they're not too useful once the kit is at home, I just think they make the kits look a bit more professional. Another thing that separates Semroc from the crowd.
But as a marketing tool, Sheryl, removing the headers for the online versions is probably a great move. Now those of us collecting kits will have to collect both the "Store-version" and the "Online-version". Will there now be two series of Reserve Kits, the online and store versions, each with their own numbers? How will I afford this? Oh the inhumanity. Darn you Semroc! Darn you to Heck and back! |
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I know everything is a cost, but I think the header card adds a certain look of professionalism to the kit. Also, for those of us who live in the boonies, the internet is our hobby shop and we would still like to get the "real deal." I don't know if it's practical to offer two "styles" of the kit to internet customers, one that could be accessed via a "bare bones" link and another that offers the same kit as you put into the hobby store. Personally, I'd rather pay more than lose the header. As a move to "push" more customers to buy from the hobby stores, providing only a bare bones kit on the internet would probably push some folks to buy there. Even I could wait until my next trip "into town." I would probably end up buying less though - that whole impulse thing. That's also assuming I could find a hobby store that carries all of your kits. "Hot" kits are also often difficult for me to acquire from the hobby shop. Folks who live nearby snap them up before I can make it into town. Another reason some may buy from the internet is to get the low production number. If the desire is more to push customers to buy from the hobby stores, eliminating the production number from the kit would be the principal driving force to make that happen. Again, sales are probably going to drop as a result of that - the impulse buying affects again, plus that whole status thing of having a low production number. Assuming brick and mortar sales really take off, it may be a moot point. The production costs of running two different options will probably not make sense at that time. James |
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Acck! That's right. Hadn't thought of that possibility. Two series of production numbers might actually result in additional sales! Oh my wallet aches. James |
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Are you trying to drive me crazy? One set of production numbers is hard enough to keep up with. Our production numbered kits go only to people who reserve the kits before they go into production. We keep those kits back and the rest are kitted up without production numbers. We do not ship production numbered kits to stores, unless they are from a batch that still has them left that has not been rekitted (they are usually in the 300-400 production range)
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OK, then they should all carry your original signature. Just kidding!! I have not seen any better penmanship in my many years! If kids saw your signature they might be motivated to improve their penmanship. James |
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Yeah a signature series of SLS kits would be awesome!
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