2 cents. Great poll, interesting stuff.

HL shouldn't over think the market research swathy, the demand for Allied Armor is self evident and I would order a Firefly if next up.

But for sure, I would buy the total Allied group your polling, just as quickly as HL releases them.

The deal is that HL has the USA ALLIED ARMOR playing field all to themselves, right now, so why not go for it and capture that market share while it is there for the taking.

They have no competition in that untapped category, hence there is no real Tamiya vs HL debate.

Tamiya seems completely dedicated to cool Axis armor kits and is now playing around with Soviet Armor.

Tamiya has nearly missed the boat in developing their own battle unit concept and they seem to have no interest in further development of their USA/Allied 1/16 scale armor kit product line, such as releasing an appropriate tank to tank fighting Sherman.

HL should grab that market while it is there for the grabbing.