Originally Posted by
mondo
Which is kinda why I always wondered why no Centurion was brought out. That would sell at 1:16. Maybe not as well as a Tiger or Sherman but I bet if Tamiya did one I think it would be a solid seller. So many countries used it and it has a stellar combat record and lots of conversions are possible. Almost legendary in Israel. I would so do one as the nuclear tank.
You can replace the name Centurion with any of the mainstream tanks and there would be some fans for each tank name mentioned. The problem is that they won't be a universally-solid seller across all markets. We can't expect Tamiya to make the logical choices. Heng Long however appears to be delivering what the market wants and that's a Very Good Thing. Hopefully the sales numbers of the Abrams and Challenger 2 will embolden them to continue making some of the more-popular tanks.