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Why does this say back by popular demand when there is a 3q13 estimated delivery date at the bottom.

Anybody buys these 1:50 highway rigs the first time around?  Couldn't find any on ebay completed auctions.

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mwb posted:
Why does this say back by popular demand when there is a 3q13 estimated delivery date at the bottom.

Could it be as simple as not updating the web site/page properly?

So you are saying this is a new run of a previously sold product? 

Rather than a bunch of guesses, can anyone enlighten me as to whether this is a first-time run of these models, or if they were sold in the past? (as the web page implies with "back by popular demand"?)

 

As an accessory  to the layout and just sits there in the background I see no reason to pay out $150. for this model. My planned terminal will have to wait for tanker truck service.  I would like to see these models produced without so many bells and whistlesas they will just sit there

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Hi guys, I have been collecting 1/50 items for the guts of 20yrs now,I recently got a few dozen Atlas O 40/45ft containers and was blown away by the detail,working latches etc,the crispness in molding and finish,paint decals etc,all far superior than any offering from the 1/50 truck world,

 

It really made me think as to where the 1/50 manufacturers(Tekno,WSI,NZG etc) of road haulage need to be,the tractors and trailers have come along way with the likes of functioning suspension amongst many other features but perhaps they seen shipping containers as "just a load" thankfully Atlas put the effort in to give their shipping containers the stand-alone-as-a-model detail,hopefully the 1/50 guys can up their game in years to come as there is a whole other world of 1/50 out there in road haulage,construction,crane, and heavy haulage that can offer more depth to some layouts

Collectors in the 1/50 world are just as critical of new models,details,liveries etc as guys in this wonderful hobby and we ask for more details,more functions more realism,a bigger bang for our buck and most are slowly getting there,but as far as shipping containers go,they can't get close to Atlas's

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