Like I said in the other post about it, I don't think it is worth the price, especially considering what it doesn't have (no apparent interior). I agree w/Hisham, the metal tracks and barrel are pushing the price up too high. I probably won't get one.

Greetings, It is always a good idea to get all the facts about a kit before posting comments. $17 for metal tracks is very, very inexpensive. Most metal track sets bought separately retail for $38-50. The M3A3 kit also includes the following items for free when compared to the price of the Meng M3A2 kit: This kit includes moveable wheels, Orochi metal gun barrel, 1:35 figure of bomb disposal expert, resin parts, paint mask, PE set, clear parts and 2 types of markings. It is a very good value for the money. Orochi is a subsidiary company of TAKOM. They along with TAKOM are an independent company not affiliated with Meng or any other company. If you have a local hobby shop, we encourage you to place your pre-order for this kit with them. They will charge you sales tax, if applicable, but not freight. With overseas sellers, please be sure to verify the freight charge with their country's Post Office just to make certain that they are not "packing" the freight charge to increase their profits. If you do not have a local hobby shop, you can place your pre-order with us at: LINK We are the exclusive authorized distributor for this kit for the U.S. and Canada. Thank you and Best Regards, Ken & MaryEllen Lawrence Pacific Coast Models, Inc. [email protected]

Sorry to disagree with you Ken, but I still don't see the value and I feel a lot of what you list are unnecessary extras. The metal tracks are unnecessary since the Bradley tracks are live tracks w/no sag and should be tight, and half of the run is covered. Also, live tracks are best represented by plastic in my opinion. Same on the metal barrel, unnecessary. Oh boy, the wheels are movable. That is not a bonus. Neither are the PE parts as a model of this quality and price should have them. The same on the clear parts and marking options. The paint masks are cheap and shouldn't raise the price of the kit at all. The resin bomb disposal figure doesn't go with a Bradley at all. Bomb Disposal units do not use Bradleys. It is a figure that is not needed either. What other resin parts are in the kit? This has never been addressed. I am not impressed. I would much more prefer an accurate M3A3 with interior, without the gimicky parts, for the price that is being asked. In my opinion, the best part of the Meng kit is the very detailed interior and that is why it is priced where it is at.

All I can say is.. what advantage do metal tracks have over MENG's plastic tracks.. especially with a vehicle like this where you really don't see any major sag.. which I believe is where metal tracks really make a difference because of the weight And I hope I'm wrong, Ken, but in everything that you said, I didn't hear "Full interior and engine".. and, at least to me, that makes a lot of difference... But like I said, I hope you just felt it was something that didn't really need saying In the end.. personal preferences are what drive this hobby.. and this business, right? Hisham

Well, I'll be another voice -or text- disagreeing with Ken Not to bomb out a new company like Orochi, I'm a complete supporter of new players in this game, but I'm 100% with Gino on this. For this vehicle, what's the significant point of adding metal tracks? Bradley's tracks have virtually no sag. Is a metal barrel a real need? If we look at Meng's kit, it doesn't seem so. The other mentioned stuff is -more or less- the usual one expects for recent kits of an average quality... The figure might be good for a Humvee, but not for a Bradley, and so on and so forth... We all expect to confirm if any kind of interior will be offered or not, that would be a decission maker point... This kind of opinions are not to disqualify Orochi, but to give them the actual feedback about what some modelers will want/prefer. Just anoher .02

On a positive note, wouldn't this version be correct for a Korean based Bradley, one without the air conditioners and lower armor panels? I agree with the track complaints though, and the fact that Bradley’s are all showing up with new and different tracks nowadays. More .02 cents

It depends on if the armored blocks (ERA) and their mounting hardware are molded onto the side armor panels or not. If they are separate and can be left off, then it could represent one in Korea. Korean based ones do not mount the ERA blocks.

It depends on if the armored blocks (ERA) and their mounting hardware are molded onto the side armor panels or not. If they are separate and can be left off, then it could represent one in Korea. Korean based ones do not mount the ERA blocks. [/quote] Well crap, you are completely correct, forgot all about the upper row of armor panels

I am also more interested in the interior and engine/transmission than in paying for metal tracks. It is the design features and learning that are important, not an unrelated EOD figure that is confusing the actual use history of the Bradley.