Small Scale Military Headquarters

Could this be true:

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



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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

YES!

The BEST looking of the moderns, IMO.

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

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 )

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...

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.

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.

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.

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