May be we should launch another F/A 18C Hornet (From BBI)

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May be we should launch another F/A 18C Hornet (From BBI)

Post by rohirrimknight » Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:37 am

This is what BBI ask their customer in their Facebook four hours ago.
"May be we should launch another F/A 18C Hornet. What do you think?"

What do we all think? :wink:

I LIKE THAT AND WANT THEM TO RE-RELEASE ASAP :D

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Post by tmanthegreat » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:12 am

Yes, they should do this. Preferably in a standard-looking scheme like the "Golden Dragons" and a couple of the others they did. The "Agressors" scheme proposed a couple years ago looked neat, but just wouldn't be the type I'd personally get...
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Post by 456THBG » Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:05 am

Sounds like a great idea...I'm guessing similar price to new F16, right? So, I would prefer a different scheme, maybe Aggresors (sorry tmanthegreat), and PLEASE FIX THE MAIN GEAR!!!

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Re: May be we should launch another F/A 18C Hornet (From BBI

Post by Studly » Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:23 pm

One in RAAF Markings would hit the spot :shock:
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Post by big_mike » Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:52 pm

I love this idea but its about 3 months too late considering I just bought a Jolly Roger. I've been looking for a decent priced one for years finally find one with a couple small problems and now they're talking about doing new ones. Oh well, guess you can never have too many hornets.

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Post by Coreyeagle48 » Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:58 pm

Greetings:

With all due respect the BBI Facebook page is a complete joke. I visited a few times and was rather dismayed to see how disrespectful and rude some of the people were being in their comments toward BBI. It was even more disrespectful to see that some of these ridculous and negative comments were from people who are or were members at one time of this forum. This is probably why no BBI rep will visit here anymore. The Facebook page just seems to be a bunch of people whining and screaming about inaccuracies in the products and what they want. Not very constructive commenting at all.

In terms of a Hornet, I am with tmanthegreat, a new standard Navy scheme would do very well. That is what most people know and see and would want. Special schemes are nice but not practical. If BBI wants to do a export scheme a CF-18 would be the most workable and probably the most popular in North America. With the popularity of the Blue Angels I am very surprised they haven't rereleased that airplane yet. Or a TBirds 16 for that matter.

I expect a Hornet repaint this year. They did an F-16 so a new F-18 would be a workable next step in their mini comeback. I say mini as none of the planes have been a new mold yet.

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Post by BLACKSNAKES » Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:03 pm

Corey I couldn't agree more in regards to the comments on BBi's FB page. It just goes to show how much wastes of space are out there with FB pages.

I would love to see the Hornet released again! I got one off the shelf from TRU years ago and still kick myself for leaving one behind :evil:

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Post by supersonicfifi » Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:29 pm

I think that FB is a good tool , a marketing tool and the person in charge of this page must hear the complain and the perception of the brand by general people.

It is largely possible to bring the attention of the Marketing person to the incredible gap between annoucements / possibilities & hopes VS. reality of the products.

This is just a Communication problem !

I really like the possibility to have direct line to a brand ! I used to work for many companies and really liked to hear the problems of my customers... & try to corect them ASAP.
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Post by granch » Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:18 pm

I really would like another standart grey Hornet, just other squadron numbers to make a patrol with my son's Golden Dragon. But would like to get 4 AMRAAM (2 on each side of the fuselage for air superiority), instead of 2 + bombs. An IR detector pod would also be very nice.

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Re: May be we should launch another F/A 18C Hornet (From BBI

Post by gburch » Fri Feb 24, 2012 6:42 am

granch wrote:I really would like another standart grey Hornet, just other squadron numbers to make a patrol with my son's Golden Dragon. But would like to get 4 AMRAAM (2 on each side of the fuselage for air superiority), instead of 2 + bombs. An IR detector pod would also be very nice.
I'm also up for a new low-vis "working" Hornet (especially if it's released long enough after the Dauntless to ease the cash flow hit of two new big birds in 2012!) But I'm okay with plenty of bombs as ordinance -- these last 20 years or so, Hornets have been mainly serving as bomb trucks.

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Post by Jolly Roger » Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:01 am

Sure I'll buy one for 80$... ohhhhhh.
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Post by Snake Man » Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:44 am

rohirrimknight wrote:This is what BBI ask their customer in their Facebook four hours ago.
"May be we should launch another F/A 18C Hornet. What do you think?"

What do we all think? :wink:

I LIKE THAT AND WANT THEM TO RE-RELEASE ASAP :D
Would somebody please point me to the BBI facebook page ?? I tried bbi, Blue Box, and several other possibilities in the fb search window with no luck.....

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Post by BLACKSNAKES » Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:54 am

[quote="Snake Man Would somebody please point me to the BBI facebook page ?? I tried bbi, Blue Box, and several other possibilities in the fb search window with no luck.....[/quote]


Here you go Snake Man

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/BBI-Co ... 2475407430
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Re: May be we should launch another F/A 18C Hornet (From BBI

Post by Snake Man » Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:44 pm

THANX !!!

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