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Interesting find at Hobby Lobby.

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 9:56 am
by grockwood
I picked up a Bi winged plane yesterday at Hobby Lobby. It was in their discount isle. Originally $349.00, I paid $34.00 for it. I think it looks pretty good, especially since it is for decorating and not considered a toy or model. This link should take you to an Ebay auction that is selling an identical product.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WWI-Flying-Circ ... 461952b2e7

Re: Interesting find at Hobby Lobby.

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:34 am
by 1958Zelda
Nice catch

Re: Interesting find at Hobby Lobby.

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 11:01 am
by skypirate
What a deal!
I've had my eye on their Spad for years, but just couldn't feel comfortable about the $350 or so that it was selling for.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WWI-French-Spad ... 43c9fca2ab

Re: Interesting find at Hobby Lobby.

Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 12:36 pm
by toyktdlgh
The Spad is cool. Any idea what scale these end up being? I have the Jenny as well and have always wondered.

Re: Interesting find at Hobby Lobby.

Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 10:43 pm
by big_mike
Checked my local Hobby Lobbys since your posting they still want just over a $100 for them. One manager said that his store would never price them that cheap and said I must have been misled.

Re: Interesting find at Hobby Lobby.

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 6:09 am
by toyktdlgh
Its a store to store thing. I paid $69 for mine but i snagged it anyway since i knew that was a smoking hot deal. I believe the cheapest i have seen them is the eBay link posted above. $190.

Re: Interesting find at Hobby Lobby.

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 5:54 pm
by YT
Picked one up:
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It's a neat plane for sure. I didn't get the $35 deal but I did get it for $70. I passed on it at first then went back in and bought it after I thought about the quality. It really is made out of stretched silk and has rubber tires etc. I don't think it's worth the original 300 and some dollar asking price but it is worth $70. It really is over scale, so I probably won't display it with my collection but will use it around the house as a decoration piece.

Re: Interesting find at Hobby Lobby.

Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 6:53 pm
by CW4USARMY
OK you guys talked me into it. Went and found two of them left. One was priced 75.00 and the other was 70.00. go figure. Picked one up. Nice addition to the collection, thanks! ;-)

Re: Interesting find at Hobby Lobby.

Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 12:23 pm
by toyktdlgh
Maybe 1:16th? Im still not sure but it looks oversized compared to my 1:18th planes.

Re: Interesting find at Hobby Lobby.

Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 12:24 pm
by toyktdlgh
Oh and its worth $70 every day of the week.

Re: Interesting find at Hobby Lobby.

Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 1:21 pm
by skypirate
For the 31.5 inch wingspan, 1/16 is about right. I think the company, Authentic Models, made some models in multiple scales, like the Fokker Dr.1 and Sopwith Camel.

Sopwith Camel large
Sopwith Camel medium
Sopwith Camel small