A major retail buyer once told the USAirfix management that the retailer didn't sell product, they sold packaging. As such, in order to command as much retail space as possible, USAirfix would import the kits sans packaging. They would arrive in poly
bags and they would be repackaged in the Texas warehouse with the USAirfix brand. The kits that were not economically viable to import or that were exclusives for certain retailers required the molds to be shipped from Liverpool or points east to the
manufacturer in Jacksonville, Texas. It is my recollection that was the case with Big Orange: The Braniff Airlines Boeing 747.
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