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Post by tko211 » Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:15 am

Stug45 wrote:tko211 what figures did 21st have up their sleeve??

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Well specifically, Red Devils for sure. Roy was all amped about the weapons, the uniforms, the color and such. He talked about those to me a bunch months before he left. I think he had them far enough that some sculpts already in the works.

There was a lot of discussion about the 2 pack figure idea. It was launched with the 2 packs that we know today... Essentially reworked / repacked into 2 packs. BUT the plan all along was to do exclusive figures at that price point that could only be purchased in 2 packs. That spawned suggestions of Russian Sniper / Spotter ALA "enemy at the gates" style. It also included plans to expand vietnam era with the co-pilot huey figure and a door gunner with M-60 mount designed to attach into the huey itself. There was discussion of a water cooled US machine gun nest team. US soldier with field medic figure and other cool gear. Same thing for Germans.
We might have seen a ground crew chief figure packed with a pilot in his officer cap / flight jacket but not suited up to fly.

There was solid plans to move ahead on something like 10 new fallschrimjaeger figures. That as Roy put it "would put to shame the older FJ figures" They were to be all new from head to toe with the new preposed feet options packed along with the articulated ones. Those legs also had new positions planned so they were not just a bent knee. They were going to be more action posed I guess.

Stuff like that was in various stages. I think the Red Devils, the new FJ figs and a couple of the 2 pack ideas were actually in development. We would have had them right about now I think. Red Devils and FJ figs at least!

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Post by flyboy_fx » Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:31 am

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Post by PanzerArm » Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:46 am

tko211 wrote:Well specifically, Red Devils for sure. Roy was all amped about the weapons, the uniforms, the color and such. He talked about those to me a bunch months before he left. I think he had them far enough that some sculpts already in the works.

There was a lot of discussion about the 2 pack figure idea. It was launched with the 2 packs that we know today... Essentially reworked / repacked into 2 packs. BUT the plan all along was to do exclusive figures at that price point that could only be purchased in 2 packs. That spawned suggestions of Russian Sniper / Spotter ALA "enemy at the gates" style. It also included plans to expand vietnam era with the co-pilot huey figure and a door gunner with M-60 mount designed to attach into the huey itself. There was discussion of a water cooled US machine gun nest team. US soldier with field medic figure and other cool gear. Same thing for Germans.
We might have seen a ground crew chief figure packed with a pilot in his officer cap / flight jacket but not suited up to fly.

There was solid plans to move ahead on something like 10 new fallschrimjaeger figures. That as Roy put it "would put to shame the older FJ figures" They were to be all new from head to toe with the new preposed feet options packed along with the articulated ones. Those legs also had new positions planned so they were not just a bent knee. They were going to be more action posed I guess.

Stuff like that was in various stages. I think the Red Devils, the new FJ figs and a couple of the 2 pack ideas were actually in development. We would have had them right about now I think. Red Devils and FJ figs at least!

Does that include 1/32 figures? I know you guys had some 1/32 red devils in the pipeline, far enough to show us the all-metal master sculpts. I really wish we would have been able to get those figs. And dare I ask, what else have we missed out on getting (1/32 and 1/18 vehicles?)?


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Post by Dauntless » Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:34 pm

Yeah, the 1:32 line seemed to last a little longer at Walmart, and did very well in my area. Particularly the planes. You guys were coming out with some really good ones there at the end, The Spitfire and Mustang B/C, not to mention the reworked Mustang D which was outstanding. All the Me- 109G's and F's.

Were there any plans (besides the B-17 OMG!) for more single engine fighters, or twin engine or four engine besides what we know and got?

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Post by [CAT]CplSlade » Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:30 pm

Dauntless wrote:
We had discussed that very thing here! How it could possibly fit in a 1:18 box.
Well, a 1/32 B-17 has a wingspan only ~10" wider than the 1/18 262 nightfighter, so the box wouldn't have to be that much longer with them unassembled. Maybe 6", a little bigger on the sides. Doable.

EDIT: Of course, it would need a full crew.

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Post by MCalamari » Sat Jan 23, 2010 11:21 am

I miss 21c, but welcome the new companies.

I do hear people complain about the quality control ... and I didn't have any major issues. Perhaps I'm lucky, perhaps I'm not as discerning ... in either case, I think it good QA is an extremely reasonable thing to want and demand.

As for the distribution, I never once had a problem finding and ordering a 21c plane from an online dealer.

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Post by immeww2 » Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:25 pm

I miss 21C as well, but if All Go is a re-birth of 21st I'm looking forward to their products in the coming years.

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