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New Matchbox Planes??

Post by tmanthegreat » Mon Oct 11, 2004 11:17 am

Does anyone remember the post from a while back on the old GPXD 1:32 scale forum that showed pictures of the new Matchbox Collectibles F-100 (cammo paintjob) and F-104 (NASA markings)? Have these started to appear at Target stores yet? Thanks.

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Post by Teamski » Mon Oct 11, 2004 1:58 pm

Not yet. The only plane I saw (and finally picked up) was Eagelston's P-47..........

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Post by p51 » Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:29 pm

They had the line of WW1 planes (Fokker DR.1 etc) and a new Corsair. Those are the latest.

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Post by KAMIKAZE » Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:46 pm

Nothing new in Texas as of 10/11/04.Just the first century series planes.

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Post by KAMIKAZE » Tue Oct 26, 2004 8:57 pm

I just saw the Nasa F-104 at Target today.Nothing else to report.

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Post by p51 » Wed Oct 27, 2004 1:46 am

Yes! The new line has a F-100D (beautiful), new Zero (gorgeous), and the NASA F-104.

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Post by vmf214 » Wed Oct 27, 2004 5:11 pm

I've seen the new F-100 and NASA F-104 on ebay and at the Flying Mule's website. No Target in my AO has carried aircraft since the WW1/Corsair issues. What does the new Zero look like?

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Post by p51 » Wed Oct 27, 2004 6:56 pm

She's spotted... not a solid color. I only glanced at it for a sec. I did get the F-100D though.

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Post by vmf214 » Wed Oct 27, 2004 7:11 pm

The spotted Zero is the Canadian version isn't it?

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Post by hworth18 » Wed Oct 27, 2004 8:03 pm

vmf214 wrote:The spotted Zero is the Canadian version isn't it?
Yes, the Canadian issues were finally released in the US.. The P-40, Fw-190 and Me-109 only to dealers and not to mass market.. :(
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Post by Coreyeagle48 » Wed Oct 27, 2004 9:52 pm

Saw the matchbox NASA 104, F-100 at Target in Reading PA on the way to the Royals home opener a week ago. So they are on the East coast if you guys are lookin

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Post by Teamski » Mon Nov 01, 2004 12:06 pm

Finally went to Target today here in Dover, and they had everything that was mentioned, Matchbox and FOV. Man do I wish they carried XD!!!

The Zero had a real funky metalic look to it's camo. They used printing for the camo and it doesn't look right whatsoever. This method looked great on the 109 and 190, but here, they did something wrong. Funky stuff........

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Post by p51 » Wed Dec 29, 2004 2:37 pm

NEW Matchbox collectables! I was surprised to find in target the following:
Yello nose with giant yellow bear/tiger nose art P-40 and a P-47 Thunderbolt with a yellow nose that has a jolly rodger facing sidways with wings on the head. On the box, it shows a new Hallcat and P-51D.

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Post by aferguson » Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:25 pm

pah, feh....we've had those in canada for about a year and a half now. :P

Actually i think these have been seen in the US in the passed few months as well, no? They were part of the same series as the desert 109G, the arrow wing Corsair etc.

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Post by tmanthegreat » Wed Dec 29, 2004 10:48 pm

Saw the new P-51D, Hellcat, and P-40 at the Riverpark Target store in Fresno, today. I think I'll have to pick up that P-40 and Hellcat, as they look great and I missed out on the origionals. The P-51 looks awesome, however I already have a Matchbox P-51 - Anderson's "Old Crow".

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Post by p51 » Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:09 am

I've never seen the Desert 109G nor the Arrow Corsair actually... news to me.

I agree to a point with the Mustang. I have the 'Old Crow', 'Bunnie', and 'Petie 2nd' Mustangs... but being a big Mustang fan, of course I will have to get this new one!

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Post by bboc » Thu Dec 30, 2004 8:15 am

I gave up on seeing the 109 at Target and bought one on-line. Of course, that means a slew of them will show up on local shelves tomorrow!

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Post by chesy » Thu Dec 30, 2004 5:44 pm

I picked up the Zero and the Corsair for my bookshelves recently and noticed they also had the 104 and F 100... Super Sabre looks terrific and the price was really suprising considering the fine paint jobs and level of detail. These were seen in a Pgh area Target and were around 12 dollars....

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