a ray of hope?

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Fri May 08, 2009 10:18 am

usmcchet9296 wrote:Huey, FW190, P47 all those are in high demand and of course the KT, A10, F4, and B24.

OH YEA lets pray for the B-24

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Fri May 08, 2009 10:18 am

Bad news the Tiger one is going to be painted Hot pink...

J/K

exether_mega · Post by **exether_mega** » Fri May 08, 2009 10:39 am

flyboy_fx wrote:
usmcchet9296 wrote:Huey, FW190, P47 all those are in high demand and of course the KT, A10, F4, and B24.

OH YEA lets pray for the B-24

A B-24 ? ? ? I guess you mean a B-25

phil

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Fri May 08, 2009 10:42 am

Opps

Hay i meant what i meant.
now give me a 1/18 b24.

exether_mega · Post by **exether_mega** » Fri May 08, 2009 11:23 am

flyboy_fx wrote:Opps

Hay i meant what i meant.
now give me a 1/18 b24.

no B-17 or B-29 ?

phil

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Fri May 08, 2009 11:49 am

GUYS:

I hope you remember that 21st's 1/18 bubbletop P-47s didn't come with an antenna or gunsight. I had several opportunities to buy the 1/18 P-47 "Eileen", but passed on them and I waited until a 21st 1/32 "Eileen" became available which includes an antenna and gunsight.
Maybe the new company will correct 21st's oversight with the 1/18 P-47, but I thought I would remind you anyway.

usmcchet9296 · Post by **usmcchet9296** » Fri May 08, 2009 11:59 am

exether_mega wrote:
flyboy_fx wrote:
OH YEA lets pray for the B-24
A B-24 ? ? ? I guess you mean a B-25

phil

Yeah B-25
geeez you guys are harsh

you undermeant what i stood

Airacobra · Post by **Airacobra** » Fri May 08, 2009 11:59 am

dragon53 wrote:GUYS:

I hope you remember that 21st's 1/18 bubbletop P-47s didn't come with an antenna or gunsight. I had several opportunities to buy the 1/18 P-47 "Eileen", but passed on them and I waited until a 21st 1/32 "Eileen" became available which includes an antenna and gunsight.
Maybe the new company will correct 21st's oversight with the 1/18 P-47, but I thought I would remind you anyway.

Yeah, I passed on several P-47's because there were so many of them. Like the 190's, I figured they would always be around, bad idea. As far as the antenna and gun-sight are concerned, that wouldn't slow me down at all.

jlspec · Post by **jlspec** » Fri May 08, 2009 12:17 pm

What would it take to retool the F-86 to an FJ-2 Fury? Arrester hook, longer front strut?

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Fri May 08, 2009 1:42 pm

this is making me soo happy

maritime96 · Post by **maritime96** » Fri May 08, 2009 8:39 pm

Got this in an email from Bad Cat:

The big, and I mean BIG, news this week is the announcement that JS Industries has acquired many 21st Century Toys' toolings and plans to produce 1:18 scale aircraft and tanks for the US market! In addition, the company also plans to release millitary toys of its own design, as well!!

They will test out the troubled 1:18 waters by banging-out the tried and true F4U Corsair "Lucybelle" and the P-38 "Pudgy V". Sales of these two popular aircraft will undoubtedly determine the future of the scale as far as this source is concerned. I am told that JSI was once the actual manufacturer employed by 21st to make their toys. If so, they should have no problem coming through with quality gear. USA distributor chores to retailers will be handled by Merit International, the folks that brought you the Catmouth F6F Hellcat.

gburch · Post by **gburch** » Sat May 09, 2009 4:28 am

Although I regret the crazy-panicky prices I've been paying as the news of 21C's demise drove the market to the seller side, I can at least comfort myself that I only paid stratospheric prices for a couple of the things I've gotten recently. I am sooo glad I didn't pull the trigger on a second P-38!

Post by **aferguson** » Sat May 09, 2009 4:51 am

so JSI must be a pretty large company then since it seems they own at least one factory. BBI owns factories too and are huge.

So that's good in that they will be stable and enduring but the downside is that, like BBI, if sales aren't quick and strong the may just lose interest in 1/18 in favour of other ventures..

I know that 21c used more than one factory so it's likely that JSI doesnt have all of 21c's molds, just the ones that were produced at their facility. So it's very possible they don't have the tooling for the KT, 88, panzer IV, P-47 etc.