The Little World

Tell me the minute you were born and I’ll introduce 5 people who want to discuss virtual investment. You’ll have something in common…

You’ll want to recreate yourself after the financial discussions are over, so go to the hobby shop and buy yourself a new kit. Follow these easy steps to make sure you get what’s coming to you:

a. Bypass small kits from recognised makers…unless you fancy a brightly-boxed German Revell re-issue of a 50’s kit. That’ll have a price that will clear your sinuses. and an instruction sheet you can blow them into.

b. Pick a large box. This will give the makers a chance to put either a large kit inside, or a lot of plastic bags, warning notices, and air. And a greater surface area to display advertisements for their other kits and a larger price tag.

c. Get the special edition. You’ll know it is special because it will tell you and the hobby shop staff will be doing high fives. The till may start smoking as the figures mount.

d. Don’t recognise the prototype on the box art? Neither does anyone else – including the people who boxed it.

e. You’ll need paint. New paint. From a different maker. And not just two bottles – 42 bottles. Buy a paint rack, while you’re at it – made by the paint maker. In the 42 bottles there will not be a bottle of the right green…

f. Scale? We don’t need no esteenkin’ scale! Eet fits in box!