Pegaso / White metal re-casts?

[Blind Pew]

Pegaso should either retire those moulds affected or sell them at commensurate low prices to reflect the now sub-standard quality.

Gary

No worries, you're right. Without wanting this to be a "Let's bash Pegaso post" I do totally agree. I recently got some stuff from their website, and when it arrived (took ages), it wasn't quite as good as I might have expected. I don't know why, but it felt rushed. I know we're on about inanimate objects and that comment might not make sense, but it's just how it felt.
The firm also has the air of something that's being wound down. A shame, as for decades, really, they've been the benchmark in the hobby.

 

[Redcap]

Hi Mike.

David Greive - now there was a sculptor and caster and whose work and overall product looks as fresh today as it did when released. I have some original DFG pieces and which are all well over 20 years old but which are still sparkling in the box having been beautifully cleaned (hand finished I believe?) and presented all those years ago before sale to the public.

Gary

 

[Babelfish]

The firm also has the air of something that's being wound down. A shame, as for decades, really, they've been the benchmark in the hobby.

You know what, I've had that feeling about them as well for a while now. New releases have been thin on the ground for ages, and the few that have come along have been largely uninspiring to say the least. They're certainly no longer the force in the hobby that they once were, and most of their focus now (such as it is) seems to be on their Kimera fantasy stuff, with historical figures very much playing second fiddle.

Romeo are another one who seem to have dropped off the radar.

- Steve

 

[Martin64]

As with others I do not have any certain knowledge about the reasons that drove the changes of Pegaso`s marketing concept. I have heard that the owner quite early analyzed the resin copies of his products floating around and identified them as a danger for his business. Without doubt he recongnized likewise the growing popularity of fantasy themes and the changed interests of customers.
Pegaso for a long time set the standards for new spectacular releases and ... the price level - ending up finally with limited copies like Edward the Lionheart at insane prices (190 Euro for a 75 mm mounted figure). When at first customers flocked at their trade stands and new releases were sold out in a short time later visitors took a look, had a chat and turned around to wait to get their kit from another trader at a better price some weeks later. At that moment in hindsight Pegaso already should have taken a closer look at their business concept IMHO.
But I don`t have any professional knowledge about business in the Hobby and therefore enjoy the old quality kits in my stash and hope that they will still be around in the market for a while. Their merits for the development of our Hobby are something to be remembered.

 

[Banjer]

Romeo are another one who seem to have dropped off the radar.
- Steve

Your reference to Romeo reminds me of another turkey I bought, luckily, for a very reasonable price. This was a 90mm Samurai by Romeo that has a new price of over £100. Now that's a lot of money for a foot figure so you would expect top quality sculpting and casting. I can only speak for one I got as I have never seen another in kit form or painted but if I had paid the full price I would have been devastated.

It didn't come out too bad but again the detail and fit were poor. Perhaps these older kits aren't quite as good as memory says they were.

Bill

 

[Ray Stout]

The single thing that marked out Poste Militaire kits was the sheer quality of their casting, closely followed by Cerimonial Studios and Pheonix. Ask any "old timer" LIKE MYSELF, and you could normally identify the Casting Co. even if you didn't know the figure. With regard to Pegaso, less than 10% of their casting output goes on figures, the rest goes on DDiecast Model Cars. The ability to cast metal that actually looks like fur or cloth and Leather has never been equalled, and it was that quality that set them apart from the rest. I have yet to see it's equal in Resin. Ray Stout