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 Topic: Topper ColoursPosted: 09 Aug 20 at 8:34am |
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Does anyone know why you can only buy red Toppers and red/white/blue sails these days? To reduce costs maybe? Seems such a shame.
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Rupert
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Posted: 09 Aug 20 at 9:20am |
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Not enough being built to justify the cost of different batches, I guess. Or squaddies all wanting to blend in?
Agree, a shame, especially sails, which could still be different. |
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NicolaJayne
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Posted: 09 Aug 20 at 12:00pm |
bit of both i suspect -how many toppers are they selling new these days ? (ironically their durability may actually count against them ) , much the same as the very light grey laser had in the 90s , and once plain radial sails were available |
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epicfail
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Posted: 09 Aug 20 at 4:52pm |
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I had a yellow one back in the 80's, I suspect 15141 has been consigned to the abandoned corner of boat park somewhere.
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Riv
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Posted: 09 Aug 20 at 5:48pm |
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Colourfull is out these days. Everything seems so corporate, dull Grey's, blacks, gone are the days of florescent pink kit.
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Posted: 09 Aug 20 at 7:18pm |
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I would gladly pay (a bit) more to get some colour into a new Topper, or even just the sail.
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tink
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Posted: 09 Aug 20 at 7:28pm |
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Purging two 1000 ton injection moulding machines will not be cheap plus purchasing and inventory management everyone wins with a standard colour.
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Posted: 09 Aug 20 at 7:40pm |
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Yet they used to manage - and they used to sell more. At the very least, a different colour sail would cost less than £50 more, being very generous, to make in different colours.
1000 tons?! Not the weight of the machines surely?
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tink
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1000 tones is the clamping pressure of the injection moulding machine. I have designed a plastic parts requiring a few £M of tooling so come with a little knowledge (my ex boss in the team that developed the Topper tooling) . Perhaps if you had two colours you would get cost increase of somewhere north of £50. Increase the number of colours and the increase will skyrocket.
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JimC
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Posted: 09 Aug 20 at 8:26pm |
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I have heard stories of very odd patterned decks from when they used to change colours. Whether true or apocryphal I have no idea.
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