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Well when model kits first hit the mainstream market in the 60s it has to be said that they were mainly about getting together as a family and building whatever model you actually bought but things have changes a lot since then.

After the initial awe of actually owning your very own model kits it became a bit boring for people to keep going out and getting the newest forms of the same kind of thing and the model industry saw a bit of a fall during this period of time because things became a bit, well samey. This is until major television programmes such as Star Trek which was first released in 1966 started to ship model kits to stores. The reason that the models were simply destined to succeed is because the fans are so passionate they will go out and buy them. On top of this it would seem that when other franchises came along such as Star Wars, more and more people started to get interested in model kits.

Has Sci-Fi Saved Model Kits?

Although I certainly feel that Sci-Fi has played its part when it comes to people buying model kits I certainly would not say that it has played a big part at keeping the sales up. It is very true to say that people are much more interested in models to do with movies and franchises than they are of model ships nowadays but this is not a bad thing.

Now there are all kinds of models around that are out there because of Sci-Fi franchises such as RC helicopters and RC tanks from the terminator films to crazy figures from movies such as Star Wars. There have even been many things turned into Lego kits from Harry Potter to Ben 10 so model kits are still as important as they once were.