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22/01/2014 11:16 am
Can anyone tell me anything about the Russian maker Vertex?
I'm particularly interested in their relationship with Ixo in producing Mercedes-Benz models.
22/01/2014 1:00 pm
22/01/2014 2:32 pm
I was surprised to see those other makers' models on their website.
I do not understand if they are selling them or what? I did not see prices.
22/01/2014 3:22 pm
Dick, which website? The one on the link above is a private collection.
Vertex was a name used by an anonymous (unknown to the world, anyway) person, who commissioned a bunch of MB models from EMC back in the early 2000s. It was someone from Western Europe, as far as I know, not Russia. Some models are still popping for sale here and there. I know nothing about the Ixo connection with Vertex; in any case, it has nothing to do with EMC.
22/01/2014 3:42 pm
I am very confused by the whole thing.
22/01/2014 7:12 pm
Welcome to the world of East European manufacturers 
23/01/2014 1:53 am
Yes. Especially Russian or Ukrainian. Belarus too, but they're even MORE confusing.
For example, in Belarus, we don't even know if RO Models is one firm. Here's a good example outside Belarus, though, and also a simpler one: did you know Minigrad and YVS Models have the same marketer? Nothing weird about that, admittedly. However, nobody really seems to know much, if anything, about the marketer!!!
23/01/2014 2:00 pm
Who do you mean?
23/01/2014 6:19 pm
I literally don't know who I mean. Whoever markets their products beyond the shop.
Aside from their own handout brochures, anyway.