Holger Kranich
Obviously I can be happy that they didn't blocked me after I send them some harsh words...

Holger Kranich
Is it really so uninteresting to anyone, that a brand like Trumpeter is acting like this...?

Augie
I only just seen this, Its very bad they did this.. 🙁

Soeren R.
Thats indeed a shame and doesnt really speak for Trumpeter as a company....
Sadly thats kind of typical for Chinese companies to copy stuff and then do as it was their idea. 🙁

Matthias Weiss
Did it happen before or are you just generally mad on Trumpy?

Sebastian Meyner
I think it happened before. In addition to that it's quiet "interesting" how Trumpeter releases kits of a certain subject, another manufacturer just released (wich means that they started the development of the kit right around the same time as the competition - what a "coincidence" ) ...seems to me as if Trumpeter is deliberately taking advantage of the competitions promotion for their kits.

Holger Kranich
So many "coincedences"... Amusing Releases the Bär, Trumpeter too. Amusing Releases the E-5, Trumpeter too. New Connection Releases the Waffenträger, Trumpeter too... Is that a coincedence?😄

But what really drives me nuts is that they steal a pic without credit etc...

Sebastian Meyner
The list goes on: Meng releases the T-10...guess what, Trumpeter comes up with the T-10. Amusing releases the E-100 Krupp turret, surprise ....Trumpeter has a cunning plan about releasing the E-100 Krupp turret.

As mentioned by Sören above, the total disregard by Trumpeter when it comes to copyright protected properties is highly disturbing but sadly not all that surprising.

Holger Kranich
Indeed absolutely!

Matthias Weiss
hmm... is it coincidence? Consindering the fact that you need to study the original or need very good references to create a highly detailed kit. You also need to do the tooling engineering and tooling production. That takes some time and why should Teumpy be faster than others? Announcements are normally not done 6 months ahead, are they?

And, Trumpy is no longer significantly cheaper than than the other brands. If their goal was to create cheap alternatives to the other kits it didn't work out imo. Or would you prefer Trumpy's T-10 over Meng's?

I honestly believe that at least some Chinese manufacturers share the knowledge and researches, maybe even engineering. See for the T-14 it took them 2 years after Panda and Takom to release it, 1 year after Zvezda. Or look at the Kraz 260 + 6322 - in 2015 Takom released them, Trumpy announced but didn't release them, right? Took them 2 years to release those under HobbyBoss lable which belongs to the same company as Trumpy. Did Takom maybe bail out from the "deal"? Also no KV-5, no T29 or T30 from Trumpy on the way.

Matthias Weiss
Oh and BTW: Don't worry about Facebook - KPCh announced a crackdown on VPNs in China, soon Facebook will no longer be present here... 🙁

Larry E
This is SOP for the Chinese. See something, copy it and sell it cheaper... take a look on Ebay for the Alpine & Kirin figures, that are shipped "without the box".

Dacia Tank
Remember Trumpeter also stole Rinaldi's E-100 turret design and gave him no credit either.