Actually yes. A mass produced kit with little labor costs involved would sell many more units than a very expesive fully painted diorama which would only be really marketable to a wealthy niche of a cult fanbase.
Its It actually is a very simple kit. It is mostly big pieces. The only thing that requires any level of skill to putassemble is the pies around the enguine, and even those arent that hard if you include a diagram of thier placement.
As for the apinting, well, its nothing that nayone that has ever put together a model before and done and ok job couldnt do.
# Incredible complexity.The kit used to build Serenity consists of more than 250 parts, including resin, brass, aluminum and laser-cut acrylic. Many of the parts are custom-cut by hand, just for your replica.
# Film-quality build. Some 30 different colors, including flat and metallic paint, are used in the ship's multilayer paint job.
# Spitting image.Weathering, wear and other painting effects are used to exactly mirror the movie version of ship.
# Superior components. Surfaces are crafted to simulate real-world materials – metal, ceramic, even the mirrored surfaces of the solar panels.
# No decals. All graphics on Serenity are painted on by hand, even Serenity's logo.
So are you saying that the above is so easy to do, that 1000's of Firefly fans around the world could do it, or that QMx are lying and it's nowhere near as hard or complex as they say it is.
There's still nothing to say that a kit won't be released, but I'd expect it to be less complex, no lighting and at a later date.
I'd be very interested to see some images of before and after kits that you have done.
