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Post by dcway » Wed Jul 13, 2011 2:07 pm

check the web site out !!!!!! their selling everything !!! the whole company !!!!
are they joining force with allgo or what ???? does'nt look good .... :blueangel: :blueangel: :blueangel: :blueangel: :blueangel: :blueangel: :blueangel: :blueangel: :blueangel: :blueangel:

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Post by normandy » Wed Jul 13, 2011 2:18 pm

Whats Up? http://skyworkstoys.com/

Not looking good for the.................

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Post by Jay » Wed Jul 13, 2011 2:25 pm

Wow, these companies are losing altitude one after the other. I take it one of two ways. A: They want to sell their existing assets so they can invest in the A10 allgo project, or B: (and the most likely) They just plain f****d up. Although maybe with the news of that personal issue, they urgently needed the money for that + the toy business was getting way over their heads.
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Post by Jnewboy » Wed Jul 13, 2011 3:36 pm

you think they'll sell me it all on credit? :lol:

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Post by Airacobra » Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:21 pm

Wait....what? :?

Maybe AllGo or BBI will buy the molds. I wonder what the odds of Admiral grabbing some of the molds are? I know, wishful thinking.
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Post by aferguson » Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:16 pm

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Post by normandy » Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:37 pm

The 1:18 ME-163 looks like another aircraft that won't make it into my collection......... :?

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Post by Airacobra » Wed Jul 13, 2011 6:34 pm

aferguson wrote:0.0%
:lol:

0.0% That made me laugh. I love that you actually pinpointed the odds to a fraction of a percentage. That shows how slow this hobby is now. The sad thing is, you are probably correct.
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Post by Grilledcheese » Wed Jul 13, 2011 6:38 pm

aferguson wrote:0.0%
Yeah, but only a 25% chance of that. :D



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Post by Folkwulfe » Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:16 pm

I wonder what it would take for a total buyout? If we all banded together, we could be CEO's.....I got a nickel!!!!
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Post by dragon53 » Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:42 pm

Now all the sources for pilots for the JSI F-14 are kaput. :roll:

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Post by plasticboy » Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:11 pm

I'm expecting for big discount if Skywork decide to do clearance.
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Post by Airacobra » Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:39 pm

plasticboy wrote:I'm expecting for big discount if Skywork decide to do clearance.

It will be interesting to see what happens, but I think his web site mentions selling everything as a large lot, molds and all. I'm not sure if Skyworks was large enough to have a stock pile of kits laying around waiting to be sold but I could be wrong.
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Post by Black_Dragon_One » Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:32 am

there goes my hope for more landing gear and after burner
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Post by ram04 » Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:49 am

This sucks for everyone waiting on a A-10, sounds like you need to start working on Picklehaub :)

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Post by NWarty » Thu Jul 14, 2011 1:40 pm

Wow...just...wow....

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Post by Coreyeagle48 » Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:53 pm

This was actually pretty slick on their part

They mention paypal refunds...well you can only claim for a certain amount of time. I've been awaiting so long on this false promise of a Hurricane I can't claim a refund.

Guess I will never see my Hurricane :(
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Post by aferguson » Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:00 pm

if you call paypal and there are circumstances warranting it, you can get a refund from paypal for any time period. A custom built model would seem to me to be one of the circumstances that would qualify as it can't be built and shipped within 45 days. Be persistant.
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Post by snake » Sat Jul 16, 2011 2:29 am

Sure sounds like Skyworks is done.

Selling everything.

Another blow to the 1/18 hobby. :(

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Post by Dauntless » Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:15 am

This is sad. They really had some nice planes and or conversion kits. I just couldn't afford them or have the skills to modify.

I was very impressed with the converted P-40B/C's into the P-40E. They had all kinds of really cool ones, including particularly the Aleutians Tiger, and numerous others with very colorful nose art. I liked the P-40E with the parrot on it too.
The P-51B/C was a winner also. I mean who wouldn't want a 1:18 "Shangri La" ?!!

Manufacturers could learn something here with the numerous and colorful choices of both these aircraft Skyworks had for sale, if they ever get something going with new molds. That's a big if, but a good example of 1:18 models not yet made en-masse.

Not to mention a frickin" Hurricane!

I imagine Allgo will get it's A-10 back?
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Post by f56tbird » Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:53 am

Gentlemen,
This is A-typical of a opportunity grabbing exploitation artist. I have seen and read all of the postings on this site over the years abouit this lovely individual and what he has promised and what actually was delivered and or sent to the customer. Riding on the coat tails of major manufacturers, filling in the so called "gaps" with option parts, i.e pilots, home made decals, airframe parts, re-paints and so on only confirms that this business would be very short lived. To make it even more of a cluster, her offered some other 1/18 scale subjects that major manufacturers simply would not produce such as the comet, other versions of the spitfire, warhawk, F-16, A-10 ect and resin kits that simply were priced in the stratosphere. To some high end collectors that were not concerned about the cost factor and were were willing to take a huge risk with a relative unknown, these were versions of planes to complete some collections. There were some items of merit such as the metal landing gear and nozzles for the F-14/F-16 along with a few other bits but nothing much else. In any case this is a text book example of promises made and promises never kept. I only hope that for some of the customers that did business with this charming individual will get re-embursed and or compensated in one form or another before skyworks totally disappears like cockroches in a housing project.
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Post by YT » Sat Jul 16, 2011 11:11 am

This!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Post by pickelhaube » Sat Jul 16, 2011 12:08 pm

I can think of a thousand things to say about this subject.

All of them unkind maybe even nasty.

But I wont.
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Post by dcway » Sat Jul 16, 2011 12:20 pm

I wounder if we'll ever find out the true story behind this ????? the thing that pisses me off is that we'll probably never get an A-10 now !!!!i'm probably the biggest fan of the warthog and now ........No words can say how i feel !!!!!!!! :p51: :blueangel: :blueangel: :p51: :blueangel: :p51: :p51: :p51: :blueangel: :blueangel: :blueangel: :blueangel: :blueangel: :blueangel:

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Post by norman888 » Sat Jul 16, 2011 12:24 pm

f56tbird wrote:Gentlemen,
...before skyworks totally disappears like cockroches in a housing project.
A bit harsh I think, especially if you did not personally deal with him and lose any money or property (ahem, Pickel). He is no better or worse than the so-called professional 1/18th scale companies that are/were around.

Making these custom 1/18th offerings for the public is no way to make a real living, but more of a glorified hobby/passion. Luckily I got a FW-190A nose and a KI-61 Tony from Skyworks that both still need to be made before he shut down. You could see that these molds had some hours put into them by looking at the fit and detail involved...these were not just basic shape-ok detail kind of models. The way I could justify the cost of these was by selling some of my stash of Wal-Mart finds that were purchased for $39.84 and sold for >$150 :D

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