Nuremberg Toy Fair new releases?

Aside from Tamiya and Revell there appears to be a drought of new armour releases exhibited. Is it a slow year or tighter marketing budgets.?Or am I looking in the wrong arenas?

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Scalemates has a section for new listings:

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/news.php?q=*&sortby=date&page=news&fkSECTION[]=Kits&fkYEAR[]=2025&fkYEAR[]=2026&fkYEAR[]=2027&fkTYPENAME[]=“Static%20model%20kits”&fkORIGIN[]=“1”&fkGROUPS[]=“Vehicles”

It won’t show an images since I did a filtered search for new-tool vehicles but this is what’s new for January and it is updated often.

Looks like a lot of stuff coming from 3D printer companies as I guess it is much easier to scale a file up or down rather than cut a new mold for the different scales.

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People I know at AFV CLUB’ have been called to reserve duty a hell of a lot over the last two years.

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Many companies are nowadays leaving the traditional fairs. Costs from travelling, stands, materials, etc, have crept upwards in a way they have to consider if it’s worth all the effort and investment. More so when social media are a cheap, quick and direct way of promotion. So only really big companies, or the ones close to the event, continue with their presence.

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