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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:07 pm
by grunt1
MandaloreSC, the coat appears to be the same color but the armbands are a slightly different green. I'll post more pics soon.

Oh, I guess TRU heard our message about not having any OpFor in their stores. :shock: But wow did they go crazy...

1:144
- German
- Japanese (boycot is over?)

1:48
- German Panzer IV
- German Wirbelwind

1:32
- German Me-262
- Italian Figures A
- Italian Figures B
- German DAK Figures A
- German DAK Figures B

1:18 Figures : German
- German DAK 1
- German DAK 2
- German Infantry
- German Hanomag Pak 40

1:6 Weapon Set
- Russian

So far I haven't seen a single U.S. figure other than the Firefly crew.

The 1:18 casepack for figures appears to be:

2 - S2 DAK Newwnhaus
4 - S2 DAK Dieffenbach
4 - S2 Otto

Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:18 pm
by grunt1
Mandalore, here are the comparison shots..

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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:08 pm
by Rowsdower
Holy cow I gotta get me some of those S2 DAK!

A Norman prince, perhaps...

Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:27 pm
by c44
Re: anyone in the L.I. / N.Y.C. area...thanx for your special effort, Normandy, you're a prince! I struck out today at the Brentwood store, but I still have a good feeling about TRU getting back in the game...we just won't raise our expectations too high, will we...? :wink:

LI/NY

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:08 am
by digger
I always found with bbi at TRU it takes 2 full weeks for the products to roll all the way east. I expect the same here.

That said I think it is safe to say this is the end of bbi at TRU. I couldn't imagine they would go from none of this stuff to Joes, 21C & bbi. Thank goodness Target is now in the mix. Hopefully they will pick up our beloved WWII.

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:17 am
by V2 MAN
I still like the series 1 dak infantry but the series 2 officer looks cool :wink: I think i will just get a set anyway :D

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:16 am
by MandaloreSC
Thanks very much for posting all these pics and infos, grunt1!
I'm going to visit New York in August. It's good to know what is available at TRU, so I can look for it.
I think these new versions of the german soldierd look really great. It's strange right now that there aren't any US troopers or planes, but that's okay for me because I'm a collector of armor anyway.

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:50 am
by warhawker
Great pics! Since all of this news about TRU has come out, I am going to hit two TRU here in the Dallas area at lunch today and see if any of these are here in Texas yet!

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:31 am
by Rowsdower
Now I gotta buy all these guys over again! :lol: :lol: Love the repaints, it's like having two seperate figures! I wish the next TRU wasn't 30 miles up the interstate because mine sucks. :cry:

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:15 am
by Fitzystigertank
i called my tru again and spoke to someone that works in the action figure section and she said that in a few weeks there remodeling the action figure section and that they will have new toys in it. right now there remodeling the lil girls section.

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:43 am
by warhawker
Well, when to two different TRU here and nothing. No new 21st items at either here in Dallas. Looks like the west coast and upper midwest TRU are getting the load!

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:19 pm
by immeww2
Not all west coast TRU's. Checked the Pleasant Hill, CA TRU and no 21st items in sight. :( :(

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:23 pm
by MIGMADMAVIS
Found 1, 1/32 P-51 Bull frog version, and also Pak 40 hanomag, and it looked like repaints of the DAK Germans

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:28 pm
by trigger1
Called my local TRU to see if they were carrying anything yet.The guy on the phone said "NO,we don't have any a 21st Century, all we have are these XD planes and figures(heehee).TRU's in Wisconsin are stocking 21C.Making a trip tonight to see what they have.Might be some good news to other midwest states.

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:05 pm
by Rowsdower
caesarbc wrote:I checked the TRU in Cherry Hill and nothing to be found. Looks like the East Coast is behind everyone else again in the distribution.
Same here. I was talking to a TRU manager today who also collects 21st stuff, SW and GI Joe and he said people have been coming in and asking all week but that they couldn't get any answers from higher up. He said it seems we are always last to get new stuff which I agree with 100%. :? :(

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:22 pm
by holensock
Nothing so far at the Elyria and North Olmsted, Ohio TRU.

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:30 pm
by Tinman
Checked the two local stores here - nothing yet.

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:27 pm
by billgiff
Nothing here in Central N.J. I'm not worried because TRU always comes thru. As usual, it looks like the East Coast will be the last to get the new goods. The repainted figures look great! I think it's time to return all the carded sunburned figures back to W.M. :idea:

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:07 pm
by Rowsdower
billgiff wrote:The repainted figures look great! I think it's time to return all the carded sunburned figures back to W.M. :idea:
Mine went up on Ebay except for a few that were normally colored. The new guys look much better. 21st must have bought them some sunscreen lotion! :P

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:12 pm
by FieroDude
I figure I will just weather the uniforms a bit more, maybe add some wear and tear, and we can call the new version the "new recruits" and the sunburned looking ones the vets. Kind of a "6 months later" situation...

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:35 pm
by MIGMADMAVIS
HAs anyone found the Shangra Li mustang, I found the Bull frog I today, and I love it, I weathered it today, and it looks so cool!!

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:47 pm
by Sabrefan
I am still looking for the Bullfrog Mustang. Sounds like they should get here soon........... I hope. :D

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:33 am
by tmanthegreat
MIGMADMAVIS wrote:HAs anyone found the Shangra Li mustang, I found the Bull frog I today, and I love it, I weathered it today, and it looks so cool!!
Nope, haven't seen the Shangri La plane. I just opened my "Bullfrog" P-51 and like the scheme as well - to me it didn't need weathering! Sort of an interesting change from the flashy schemes of the S1 & S2 P-51s. I guess the new stuff is in Northern California as well :wink:

The TRUs in my town still have not recieved (or at least put out) anything besides the three 32x Sherman Fireflys, which strikes me as being odd for a town of half-a-million. Its a moot point, however, as I found what I was looking for elsewhere 8)

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:34 am
by MightyMustang
I wonder if 21st will ever consider selling the ground crew seperate from their Legends releases? Speaking of the Legends releases has anyone heard anything yet about a release date for their Boyington Corsair re-issue? My current project I'm working on with BBD sure could use some ground crew. If they did sell them seperately, the ground crew, I would scramble to get those figs.


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