1/18 JSI F-14 Tomcat In The Works.....

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Fri May 08, 2009 7:22 pm

Could this be true:

http://www.militarytoyshop.com/prodtype ... istory=cat

I hope this pans out. Maybe there's more in the works......

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Fri May 08, 2009 7:26 pm

HELL YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cornbreadfred · Post by **cornbreadfred** » Fri May 08, 2009 7:27 pm

Wow! I sure hope that this plane comes out. WOW, a 1/18th scale TOMCAT!!!

cornbreadfred · Post by **cornbreadfred** » Fri May 08, 2009 7:27 pm

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cornbreadfred · Post by **cornbreadfred** » Fri May 08, 2009 7:28 pm

Ok I told Moma to break out the cornbread, let the party begin!

Post by **aferguson** » Fri May 08, 2009 7:34 pm

oh my..

if this is true JSI must be the company that has had the 'secret' F-14 we've been discussing and wondering about. That thing will be a monster in a monster sized box.

Here's a bit of info i found on JSI. Not very up to date.

http://www.alibaba.com/member/sciwalk.html

http://jsitoys.com

They seem very much like a BBI type company. No idea how big they are.

Airacobra · Post by **Airacobra** » Fri May 08, 2009 7:38 pm

It begins.............

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Fri May 08, 2009 7:38 pm

I can almost here all the wives gasp in horror at the prospect of a 1/18 f-14.

Airacobra · Post by **Airacobra** » Fri May 08, 2009 7:40 pm

VMF115 wrote:I can almost here all the wives gasp in horror at the prospect of a 1/18 f-14.

I can almost hear my check book gasp in horror at the prospect of a 1/18 F-14.

cornbreadfred · Post by **cornbreadfred** » Fri May 08, 2009 7:44 pm

I can almost hear my dog gasp in horror as I kick his rear end out to make room for the F-14 model...

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Fri May 08, 2009 7:58 pm

The F-14!!!!! Now that is a big surprise!!!!!

vulgarvulture · Post by **vulgarvulture** » Fri May 08, 2009 8:18 pm

Good grief, just when I thought I was done with this hobby!

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Fri May 08, 2009 8:22 pm

vulgarvulture wrote:Good grief, just when I thought I was done with this hobby!

No $hit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bpxbrian · Post by **bpxbrian** » Fri May 08, 2009 8:23 pm

This is great news. I wonder what the price range will be on the Tomcat Pre-order. I also like the look of the Corsair. Nice to see another P-38 on the market as well.

Good to see the 21st molds are still in existence. What about the helicopters. Could we see another Huey or Super Cobra in the near future?

Coreyeagle48 · Post by **Coreyeagle48** » Fri May 08, 2009 8:23 pm

Greetings

This is a must have for anyone in this hobby. I'm defintely preordering this. Given the photos and the other information it appears this company and or team behind this was working behind the scenes for awhile. Too much information too quickly to be entirely start up.

I hope MTS picks up this company and they do a lot more stuff. Maybe we will see a Thunderbirds F-16 or something from them. This also could explain why BBI wants to release an F-16 again. They have competition and the only way to compete is to get out product.

Corey

vulgarvulture · Post by **vulgarvulture** » Fri May 08, 2009 8:23 pm

Anyone care to guess on price of this bird? I doubt $39.

STUKA · Post by **STUKA** » Fri May 08, 2009 8:50 pm

I hope no one dumped all their aircraft thinking the hobby was sunk....

Sentinel · Post by **Sentinel** » Fri May 08, 2009 8:58 pm

YES!

The BEST looking of the moderns, IMO.

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Fri May 08, 2009 9:07 pm

Based on the illustration, the weathering on the F-14 looks impressive.

vulgarvulture · Post by **vulgarvulture** » Fri May 08, 2009 9:15 pm

I hope no one dumped all their aircraft thinking the hobby was sunk....

I dumped my aircraft to buy a bird like this, my friend!

(Truth be told, I dumped my MIB duplicates, so no harm done

)

vmf214 · Post by **vmf214** » Fri May 08, 2009 9:58 pm

cornbreadfred wrote:I can almost hear my dog gasp in horror as I kick his rear end out to make room for the F-14 model...

yeah I got a cat setting here that's giving me the "you wouldn't dare" look..

Great news, so apparantly JSI will be the maker and Kawai will be the marketer...

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Fri May 08, 2009 10:00 pm

Actually JSI will be the maker and Merit International will be the middle man.

Makes me wonder how much fire this will light, if any, under bbi since Merit handles some of their stuff too.

Of course bbi has Cal Teck (?) now I believe.

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Fri May 08, 2009 10:17 pm

The F-14 illustration doesn't show any squadron markings. At last year's toyshow, the 1/18 F-14 was shown in VF-154, USS KITTY HAWK markings.

vmf214 · Post by **vmf214** » Fri May 08, 2009 10:17 pm

Ok I just read that Merit is the US distributor, Kawai is the Asian distributor. I just hope they aren't as stingy with paint schemes as Bbi is with the Falcon and Hornet. I will most assuredly buy every repaint of the Tomcat that comes down the pike, a VF-1 Wolfpack version is a must.

bpxbrian · Post by **bpxbrian** » Fri May 08, 2009 10:18 pm

Birddog wrote:Actually JSI will be the maker and Merit International will be the middle man.

Makes me wonder how much fire this will light, if any, under bbi since Merit handles some of their stuff too.

Of course bbi has Cal Teck (?) now I believe.

Here's the other BBI distributor's site:

http://www.caltekonline.com/bbi.asp

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1/18 JSI F-14 Tomcat In The Works.....

1/18 JSI F-14 Tomcat In The Works.....

Tomcat, Huey? Cobra?

Cal Tek