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My business is selling 1/8 scale model car kits. They have many moving parts, are assembled mainly with screws and bolts, but are for display only (no functional engine).
The company producing them surprised me with this announcement at the Nuremberg Toy Fair today:
It'll be expensive; their car kits are $800 and this should be comparable. Assembly time will be approx 30 hours. And then it just sits there. But there will be one sitting in my living room soon after the kits arrive in my shop, which probably won't be until late Fall 2015.With the inclusion of the 1:4 [20.5 " long] Ducati Panigale 1299S in our catalogue, we offer our customers a new product range, where the traditional Pocher quality is present. We had never reproduced a motorcycle so far and couldnīt have found a better model to do it. The 1:4 Panigale is made of premium metal die-cast and comes ready painted. The kit is easy to build and supplied with detailed instructions. The model consists of more than 600 parts made of an assortment of materials including metal, rubber and premium quality plastic. Most of the parts are simply screwed. Wheels, transmission chain, front and rear suspension, brake and clutch levers are all functional and offer an incomparable level of detail.