I do quite like Academy kits - and Heller too. They are my favourite lower price brands as they have sufficient details and quality to make a lovely kit with not too much effort required. As for the incestuous relationship between ownership of moulds, rights to releases and all that nonsense, I really don't know how some of you keep up with it all. I'm just happy to find the time to glue a few bits together regardless of the ancestry.
I do like the 109 so I'll keep an eye on this. It's going to be good I know that much!