Small Scale Military Headquarters

Re: Louisiana...in that case, wrong island...! But hey, if you're ever swept away by a rising tide, ya' never know, we may end up neighbors...
Hope the hunt for Hanomags is going better down there than up here, still no sign of the new ones...hekkuva job, Wally...

RE: Sorry, but what is C'reach? Lazy man's way of writing Centereach, out in mid-Suffolk, Long Island ...lablksmith, where you at...? Are you on or near Long Island? We have a couple of board members from LI, tho' predictably a few have gone MIA...

...slim pickin's, still you lucked out at WM, Suffolk has yet to see any of the new tracks & PAKs...hopefully some are sitting on trailers awating the shuffling of the new layout...but if anybody missed the earlier Hanomags, they're on clearance at C'reach for $13, likewise Mutts & Seal Jeeps...also...

What flavor was the gum...maybe I want it...

These figures are from molds of Airfix 1/32 figures (& presumably licensed) and came out, if memory serves me, in the mid or late '70s...the paint jobs were pretty good for the price, especially the British paras...the plastic used was a different type than the Airfix so the paint adheres well, alth...

Thanx for update, Normandy...was at 3 Suffolk locations today with zilch to show, C'reach in particular is so backed up with restocks of older tracks & planes I suspect that even when the new stuff arrives it may sit in the back for days...or they'll hide it in the housewares section... :roll: If an...

Was at WM today and came across 21CT kits that appeared to be glue-together kits & not snapped or put together with screws (the parts may even have been on sprue, I did a quick inspection of 2 open boxes & can't quite remember)...the kits were unpainted w/decals...the only two types I saw were of a ...

Re: Sabres & Smokes on Long Island...negatory in Suffolk...Centereach just got in some brand new...hold your breath...Bunker Hill Corsairs! It's Spring '06 again...! Middle Island has no new aircraft, though both stores have some of the new D-Day figs & the new R/C panzer...the Setauket store is wor...

Re: How WM does it's clearance thing...I was told the same story by the toy dep't manager at a local WM, and I believe her...she was lamenting that there was a lot of stuff she would like to discount but had no leeway to do so...I'm curious as to why some stuff is put on the shelf right away at clea...

Re: new stuff on L.I. ....not yet in Suffolk County, anyway...Centereach WM has restocked Atlantic Avengers, 10 of 'em way above the magazine section (!), too high up to check the price or even see if the screw holes are plugged, plus more Ridgerunners & the OLD 1/2 tracks restocked (again!), lots o...

Yeah, the Middle Island Wal-Mart is on Middle Country Rd. a few miles east of Cty. Rd 83 (the Centereach WM is also on MC Rd., a few miles west of Nicholls Rd)...the TOW jeeps are at the Centereach WM, but the most BOB figures are at Mid Island...can't remember if they had any Rhodes, they did have ...

Re: Migs, Paks, & new tracks on Long Island, fuhgeddabout it...last week I spotted an unopened carton of 1/18 military vehicles on a skid at WM & figured I had hit pay dirt, so I took out my pocket knife to grab the contents (this practice aggravates WM employees, but half the fun of shopping there ...

Re: Space shelf & unsold product...I've gotten that story from WM employees on a couple of different occasions, but this only seems to be true at maybe some of the WMs some of the time...one WM near me got the new Tiger-Panzer III & IV shipment while old armor idled on the shelves, and 2WMs got the ...

Um, is this a variation on the "How do you keep an a-hole in suspense?" joke...

I hope you didn't find this out after buying them...if so, skip the lottery ticket, this ain't your lucky day... :lol: ...board members blurx7 and Wings_&_Armor had reported back at the end of August that the Chaffee kit did not contain the Korean War not-so-happy face markings shown on the box cove...

Grunt, pic is in transit...

Grunt1, if you PM me with your e-mail address, I'd be happy to send a pic...the 32x is basically the same as the XD but with a slightly brighter yellow nose & a peculiar set of small numbers running like a "connect the dots" half the length of the fuselage...

chunks, it was gracious of you to reach out to this guy, who maybe a BS artist supreme, or maybe at least a little unhinged, or some combination of the two...it's a shame we have to be properly skeptical of this guy's claims because of what has to be deliberate misinformation in his sales pitch (and...

Re: Why do I think think this guy is one of us? I don't thinx o, his spelling is sew bad that we wood pikkup on it write aweigh, in fact chekk out his other listings, thay R hi comma D... Re: they usually come out swinging...Well he's changed his listing & made a political issue out of it...left jab...

Nooker, a less than stunning pic is on the way (my turn of the century digital camera ain't the best for closeups)...hope it helps...if you have a site you can upload this to you might wanna post this for any disbelievers out there...and to answer the question in your e-mail, LOL, dunno, too bad he'...

Huh? I occasionally hallucinate, but this one's for real...I have one sitting six feet away from me as I type...nooker, if you pm me with your e-mail address, I'll take a pic & send it to you (I don't think there is any way to attach a picture via this forum's message system, & I bailed on Webshots ...

It does indeed exist, it came out at the same time the 1/32 Flying Undertaker P-51 was released, and it came & went in a flash...21CT, please reissue...

Three words: Way Too Often...can't these guys control themselves with the glue tube or wear latex gloves when assembling stuff? ...this is probably the most annoying quality control issue I have with our chosen hobby...some of us are old enough to remember a science fiction movie in the 50's called ...

Re: Duke, Ace and Shipwreck...hee, hee...I guess there will be a private viewing at Hasbro Funeral Home...

Re: Wow Factor, Wow is right, that was incredible...they must still be crying themselves to sleep over its demise...I wonder if any GI Joes perished in the crash...