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In my first post in this thread I linked the video and the shop page and wrote V.L.: For me it's not clear if the painted models are RTR or kits. The undecorated models are kit but cost just $0.45 less than the painted. BigDaddy posted an answer from Arrowhead that I misunderstood as I had different expectations: "Thank you for pointing this out. No, that is actually a mistake on part. Undecorated kits are meant to be the same price as the RTR versions, but I won't change it now." V.L.: I thought, the kits were intended to be less expensive. Now your former post makes sense. Than came Atlantic Central suggesting that the same price for unpainted, undecorated kit and RTR model is natural and inevitable. I remembered that I bought kits and RTR models at different prices and looked for the cited more current examples showing that different approaches are possible. Arrowhead can price their kits as the see fit, no problem. I like highly detailed cars and am willing to pay today's prices for RTR, but not the same amount for kits where I have to do all the work, especially painting and decorating. I'm needing no car that much. But that is my opinion. Others see it differently we have seen here. My purpose was to show that the same prices for kit and RTR are not inevitabe. As so often the discussion evolved. [quote user="riogrande5761"]I wouldn't characterized it quite that way, that the Arrowhead kit is aimed at people who "don't care about the price". Many probably do care about the price which is not at all insignificant, but it's more a matter of it being worth it do them to invest in the cost of the AH kit to meet goals they have.[/quote] It was meant as a statement not a judgement. When I still worked as a civil engineer I didn't care much about prices of brass locomotive. Now, being retired a have to. Regards, Volker
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