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Post by DAN » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:02 pm

just curious, does anyone know if the weapons are glued in place with these figures?

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Post by tosborne3 » Mon Feb 18, 2008 4:50 am

Probally. Knowing the way Mcf makes thier toys, most of them or more statue than action fig. :wink:
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Post by Razor17019 » Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:57 am

DAN wrote:just curious, does anyone know if the weapons are glued in place with these figures?
Their bigger 6" figs have removable weapons. I would say these smaller versions would too.

Did you see anymore news of when these will be available?
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Post by aferguson » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:09 am

should be out now.....i saw them in my local TRU yesterday.
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Post by VMF115 » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:17 am

Are they 1/18th scale?
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Post by aferguson » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:21 am

no, as the topic says they're 3 inch.
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Post by VMF115 » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:24 am

aferguson wrote:no, as the topic says they're 3 inch.
As rule of thumb I thought 1/18th was 3 inchs,roughly thinking.
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Post by aferguson » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:32 am

1/18 is 4 inch

1/24 is 3 inch
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Post by VMF115 » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:37 am

It would be cool if they where 1/18 but as we all know Maclaren
will not do that scale.
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Post by aferguson » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:40 am

Yes. He's a bad man.
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Post by VMF115 » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:51 am

aferguson wrote:Yes. He's a bad man.
Question is this just a rumor or has he said that he will not do 1:18 is there a online reference to his dislike of 1:18th ?
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Post by Black_Dragon_One » Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:13 pm

I think some one who he use to date like 1:18 scale so MF dislike the scale.. :lol:

no just kidding
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Post by VMF115 » Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:16 pm

Black_Dragon_One wrote:I think some one who he use to date like 1:18 scale so MF dislike the scale.. :lol:

no just kidding
Or maybe his father used to beat him with a Habro Gi Joe when he was a kid. :lol:
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Post by aferguson » Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:54 pm

he has been asked about doing figures in the scale and said it was something McF toys will not pursue. Reasons unknown....but he's a bit of an oddball, so i suspect it does have something to do with when he was a child...
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Post by DAN » Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:35 pm

yeah I would like to get a closer look at them, the figures won't have much movement but if the weapons came free and looked ok with 1/18 I might grab a couple if they aren't too expensive.

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Post by digger » Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:37 pm

Saw them yesterday - very small (3 inches may be a stretch) and it did not appear the weapons came free. May be wrong on that last point.

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Post by Morian Miner » Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:18 am

I'm not sure if its a benefit if the weapons are removable. I use several of the McFarlane 6"-scale weapon packs to provide more realistic guns for my 8"-scale GI Joes. They don't look too bad, and they work since decent weapons aren't too easy to find in that size. But, in 1/18 land, where you have a better selection of weapons, I'm betting the small stuff would look more out of place.
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