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VC10 · 03-15-2006, 11:06 AM

Just received in this mornings post the new Gemini AA MD82 and the new Ryanair B737-800. However the 737 has no Gemini corporate identification at all. Same price, same size box, same packaging, same die cast mould from the same factory in China, in fact identical in every material way to the Gemini 737's, just no Gemini imprint under the model or on the box ?

My retailer has been showing this model as being in the Gemini 250 stable for some considerable time now, as they have the British airways VC10.

Perhaps the Chinese factory is doing a bit of moonlighting, or setting up in competition ( I hope so ) to produce a more varied range. Maybe Gemini just want to produce this one quitely to preserve the image of having a particularly slow moving line of the same die cast moulds. Whatever the explanation, it is good to see something new whoever is stamping it ?

03-15-2006, 11:06 AM	#6
VC10 Junior Collector Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 42	Just received in this mornings post the new Gemini AA MD82 and the new Ryanair B737-800. However the 737 has no Gemini corporate identification at all. Same price, same size box, same packaging, same die cast mould from the same factory in China, in fact identical in every material way to the Gemini 737's, just no Gemini imprint under the model or on the box ? My retailer has been showing this model as being in the Gemini 250 stable for some considerable time now, as they have the British airways VC10. Perhaps the Chinese factory is doing a bit of moonlighting, or setting up in competition ( I hope so ) to produce a more varied range. Maybe Gemini just want to produce this one quitely to preserve the image of having a particularly slow moving line of the same die cast moulds. Whatever the explanation, it is good to see something new whoever is stamping it ? Last edited by VC10; 03-15-2006 at 11:09 AM.