Wings of Glory 1:48 @ WM

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Wings of Glory 1:48 @ WM

Post by Rowsdower » Fri Mar 01, 2013 3:25 pm

Anyone seen these? They look just like 21st's 1:48 designs. There was a BF-109, not too bad looking. Box said they were made by BH Toys LLC of San Clemente CA.

Back of the box showed a P-47D, P-51D, FW190D, and a F-104. $9.99. I never saw these before??
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Re: Wings of Glory 1:48 @ WM

Post by jlspec » Fri Mar 01, 2013 6:47 pm

There have been a couple threads on these. The Red Tail Mustang came out about a year ago. Over the summer there was an Me109 and this past fall a P-40. Distribution seemed to be very spotty

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Post by Rowsdower » Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:34 pm

Ah, I must have missed the topics somehow. Distribution must indeed be spotty if I am first seeing one now. Still, it was interesting to see a realistic military item at WM again. I miss the old days. :(
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Post by The_Helicopter_Pilot » Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:35 am

i havent seen any sense, but i got my 109 at walmart in OKC almost a year ago, ive never seen the red tails or the P-40 before, does walmart even sell these anymore???
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Re: Wings of Glory 1:48 @ WM

Post by jlspec » Sat Mar 02, 2013 9:25 am

The 3 WM I drive by everyday still have various combinatons and numbers of all 3 planes. In fact the WM closest to me just restocked the mustang after not having any since last summer

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Post by c44 » Sat Mar 02, 2013 10:44 am

Interesting recon reports, I gotta do a cruise thru my local WMs, but all the times I went looking for these I came up empty-handed. And falling into the category of Why Did They Bother, here's their website http://www.bhtoys.com/ Oh well, maybe better things are yet to come, like maybe even ordering direct.
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Post by [CAT]CplSlade » Sat Mar 02, 2013 7:56 pm

Every one I have seen has had serious paint quality issues.

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Post by tmanthegreat » Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:18 pm

Even though they come from a company aparently based in my home state, I've never seen these at a variety of Wal Marts from northern to southern california. Very spotty distribution, really worse than the old 21c days. Can't believe I actually said that :roll:
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Post by The_Helicopter_Pilot » Fri Mar 08, 2013 1:17 pm

I'm at Neosho, MO Walmart now, these are avalible here.
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Post by ketelone » Thu Mar 14, 2013 7:00 pm

Does anyone know if there are any plans for Wings of Glory to delve into 1/32? I thought there had been some discussion about if the 1/48 were successful they might go into other scales.
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Post by tmanthegreat » Fri Mar 15, 2013 12:00 pm

A brand new Wal Mart just opened in my community this week. Not wanting to wait in the long line to buy ammo, I went into the toy aisle instead, thinking a newly-stocked store would have a good chance of having these "Wings of Glory aircraft...

None to be had.
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Post by The_Helicopter_Pilot » Fri Mar 15, 2013 1:36 pm

Same thing in Joplin, the tornado took out the old Walmart, this one hasn't been there long and they have none.
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Post by mikeg » Sun Mar 17, 2013 10:04 am

I found a group of 6 of the tuskeegee p-51s- #66 "by request" today; they've probably been there since the 109 tulip nose ones, but have only recently been put out on the shelf

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Post by tmanthegreat » Sat Apr 20, 2013 11:03 pm

On a road trip today into the northern part of my state, I stopped at a Wal Mart in Gilroy California. Lo and behold, they had about 18 of the "Wings of Glory" Hartmann Bf-109s.

The is the first and only time I've ever seen these in California. They are absent in the central and southern areas of California. Actually, I followed up on a tip from P-51, who had spotted them at this same Wal Mart several months ago.

I picked up a couple and while I am glad to have finally found them, I'm not missing much. My 21c 1:48 Bf-109K is actually superior - that has all the antennas, pitot tubes, landing gear pieces, and simply better workmanship that the "Wings of Glory" model doesn't have. I assumed these were nothing much in terms of true quality from the get-go, but wanted to see if Wal Mart's distribution system worked. In California, I would say it failed, but at least I lucked out a little :wink:
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Re: Wings of Glory 1:48 @ WM

Post by Grognard » Sun Apr 21, 2013 11:48 am

Our local store got resupplied last week. P-51s, Me-109s and P40s. Had them in the die cast and the model area.

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Re: Wings of Glory 1:48 @ WM

Post by nooker21 » Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:00 pm

Are these still around in some dusty corners of the Wal Marts that I try to avoid as best that I can?

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Re: Wings of Glory 1:48 @ WM

Post by hworth18 » Tue Nov 19, 2013 4:59 am

I believe these are now gone, clearanced out months ago.
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Re: Wings of Glory 1:48 @ WM

Post by Epap » Tue Nov 19, 2013 4:15 pm

I bought the BF-109 a while ago and, even though it didn't have major QC issues, I was not too impressed------except for the low price. I made a few small mods, mostly with the light blue/gray color. Here's a topside picture:Image

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Re: Wings of Glory 1:48 @ WM

Post by Epap » Tue Nov 19, 2013 4:16 pm

Here's the underside:Image

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Re: Wings of Glory 1:48 @ WM

Post by tmanthegreat » Tue Nov 19, 2013 10:32 pm

I like what you did with that, Epap. May have to give it a try with mine :wink:
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