lezdep wrote:
... curious to see translation of text beside the picture. Could you translate it for us, Chris ?
Sorry I missed your question, Sergey. I don't always go back to the same threads, and check on my old posts. (Please PM me if you have anything important to ask!)
The text beside the picture is a bit blurry, and the right side is
chopped off. Also, I don't have F1 Modeling vol. 54 here, to look at the original ad. But what I can see is mostly PR, Sergey, and just says:
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2011 Ferrari Fighting Machine
150 Italia
Coming Soon!
Ferrari 150 Italia
* 1/20 Gran Prix Collection No. 52(?)
* ... ... * 5,256(?) yen
* On sale 2013, first ...
150 Italia is Ferrari's... ...
... machine for F1, the Italia... ...
... named to commemorate, and the rear ...
... large Italian flag ... ...
... is drawn. The nose is ...
... inside the monocoque ...
... The kit, the 15th race ...
In this GP, Alonso... 2nd place...
won!
All new moulds
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Sorry, I know this isn't much help...
Oh, I meant what I said about Fujimi really putting their "Ferrari toy license" to use. MFH's Mr Hiro told me an interesting story about that, a couple months ago.
At some time in the past (he didn't say when), MFH had just released a Ferrari kit (he didn't say which). Soon afterwards, another company (he didn't say what) released a plastic kit of the same car. Mr Hiro was surprised about this, and phoned Ferrari to ask what was going on.
And Ferrari explained that Hiro is given a
hobby license. And that plastic kits are released under
toy licenses. In other words, a 10 year old kid can put a plastic kit together, but Hiro's products require adult skills, and so Ferrari don't treat them the same. That's why there can be kits of the same car, from two different companies at the same time.
An interesting bit of kit licensing trivia, eh?
Cheers,
Chris