Platoon Huey

popeye357 · Post by **popeye357** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:35 pm

I saw on the Platoon figure card backs that there was a Huey Slick available and also a tank. Does anyone know if these are really going to be released or is it like the Sahara Huey??

olifant · Post by **olifant** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:20 pm

It only took ten years after the movie to get the figures. I don't think it is going to happen...

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:37 pm

There is a 1:18 M-48 avaliable, and the Huey Slick was once around, but not for the past couple of years. You may still find one on ebay occasionally.

popeye357 · Post by **popeye357** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:36 pm

Ive seen the 48 and the slick, but I was wondering if they really were gonna reissue the Huey. I have the Hoghead and the AirAmerica ones and I would love to get the slick as long as it wasnt 100 bucks:)

forcerecon85 · Post by **forcerecon85** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:30 pm

I was kinda hoping the new VN figures would spark the re-release of the huey's and possibly other VN items.

Dauntless · Post by **Dauntless** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:43 pm

100 bucks Popeye? I've been watching the Hueys on ebay and they are going from 200 to 300 bucks. Even loose ones are overpriced.

I only have the Air America one, so it's a bummer I can't get a Vietnam one for a reasonable price.

Somebody needs to put these out again, somehow.

momaw nadon · Post by **momaw nadon** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:49 pm

If anyone needs the M48, I have the series 1 for sell in the trade section. I can't help with the Hueys.
momaw nadon

popeye357 · Post by **popeye357** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 4:04 am

i started collecting with the Lil Bird, then the AA Huey($20!) and so on. I picked up a Super Cobra off Ebay for $40 and a HH Huey for $60. Those things were all over for what seemed to me then, alot of dough, the prices today are ridiculous!

Dauntless · Post by **Dauntless** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 6:07 am

Yeah, I remember them being cheap on ebay.
I decided I would only collect the WWII planes and armor. I had so many planes already, that I dropped off collecting them all together.

By the time I had gotten back into it, done an inventory of what I had or was missing the prices went up.

I have a friend who when I had bought him a BBI Mustang as a gift, went ape-sh*t buying everything, but he was particularly interested in 1:18 jets and helicopters. Well after a while he was getting buyers remorse, till I showed him what jets and helicopters (which I didn't have) not to mention some of the planes were going for now. He doesn't feel bad anymore.

popeye357 · Post by **popeye357** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 6:56 pm

I know what you mean about buyers remorse, I get that all the time. Im thinking of maybe sticking to modern stuff...but then again...NAH!!!

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:28 pm

I got my Hogshead Huey in a trade of sorts. My brother purchased it years ago at TRU (at the time I got the M-48) but he never really did much with it. I then purchased it from him for $20. That was in the years before 2005-2006 when 21c re-released the Huey and at that time, the HH Huey brought in big bucks on ebay. It was a steal and I knew it. My brother could have cared less. Now it looks like those days of expensive Hueys are back...

MG-42 · Post by **MG-42** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:40 pm

popeye357 wrote:I saw on the Platoon figure card backs that there was a Huey Slick available and also a tank. Does anyone know if these are really going to be released or is it like the Sahara Huey??

>>> Like the Sahara Huey and tank ,.. Dream On ! ... Sadly to say , eviLBay is your only other option besides a trusted fellow board member.

Mitch v MG

popeye357 · Post by **popeye357** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 5:15 pm

I kinda figured that but theres always hope:)

Foxhole Toys · Post by **Foxhole Toys** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:34 am

We spoke with 21st century Toys about this very issue since it was advertised on the card backs. The official answer is: "The Huey will not be re-released."

At the time they were designing the Platoon figures they had plans to return the Huey along with the new series & Patton Tank. They were working on the Sabre & MiG (yes, we're talking about waaaay back then) at the same time and opted for planes rather than the reissue of a helicopter. So unfortunately, the Huey got dumped.

What a bumber, eh? If you don't own a Huey, it's hard to appreciate what a GREAT 'toy' aircraft it really is. The Cobra is just as impressive!

flayrah · Post by **flayrah** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:08 pm

Foxhole Toys wrote:What a bumber, eh? If you don't own a Huey, it's hard to appreciate what a GREAT 'toy' aircraft it really is. The Cobra is just as impressive!

You said it. I searched and searched for the Air Cav version - passing by the Hogshead, Sharks Mouth, and CIA versions because I just knew Air Cav would appear on the shelf one day. I never found one, and afraid now my chances of getting one now are about zero.

popeye357 · Post by **popeye357** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:40 pm

Theres always one to be had Flay! And there is the answer I expected... NO Huey:(

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