But I don't "get" projects like this. Why spend seven years and $4.8m? Are there really that many people willing to pay to see this that they can recoup the investment? Are there any other side benefits? (i.e. finding logistical deficiencies in the airline industry)
Oh what I could do with $4.8m and seven years...
(And for those who like it recursive: they have a model of the model railroad as part of the model railroad http://www.miniatur-wunderland.com/fileadmin/media/foto-gale... complete with the queue http://www.miniatur-wunderland.com/fileadmin/media/foto-gale... )
I can think of a lot worse things that people spend millions of dollars on (hookers and blow, yachts, Color, etc).
When I get my $100 million exit, you can be damn sure I'm spending part of that on building working mech armor and making video games.
I still don't get that one:-\ I mean, I guess I don't see the value:-\
I'm honestly curious what colour brought to the table. Last I checked their app wasn't all that great and their idea, while novel, wasn't groundbreaking and I'm not aware of how they could try to monetize it beyond ads. That last part could just be lack of imagination on my part.
[1] http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniatur_Wunderland (German language link)