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FOV at WalMart?

Post by bboc » Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:51 pm

What was WalMart's price on the individual FOV soldiers?

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Re: FOV at WalMart?

Post by hworth18 » Mon Dec 12, 2005 9:40 pm

bboc wrote:What was WalMart's price on the individual FOV soldiers?
I don't know, there wasn't a price sticker and I didn't bother to scan them.. Sorry.. :oops:
There seemed to be a large selection of modern and WWII American troops.. I don't know how many individual pieces there are, but the Walmart had a stack of about 30 assorted..
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Post by KWR190 » Tue Dec 13, 2005 3:22 pm

The Olympia WM got in the German gun and crew about 15 of them
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Post by tmanthegreat » Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:46 pm

A Wal Mart in Fresno got the new FOV 1:32 "Soldiers of Steel" sets. Its been a while since I last saw anything related to FOV at Wal Mart.

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Post by flpickupman » Fri Dec 16, 2005 9:46 am

The 1:144 tanks just showed up at the Pompano Beach, FL Walmart. All 6 models and a whole endcap dislay full of em.
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Cleaning out the backroom at WalMart

Post by bboc » Sat Dec 17, 2005 9:13 pm

I had just been to a local WalMart Thursday, so didn't expect much today (Saturday) when my wife wanted to go there for some snack gifts. Lo and behold, a 21st Coastal Defence Playset! This WalMart hadn't had the playsets for months. So either they got a shipment of playsets in and this was the only one left, or it had been languishing in a back storeroom hidden away until the Christmas rush cleaned out the stuff hiding it. Either way, I'm happy.

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Post by hworth18 » Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:51 pm

Visited the local Wallyworld today and nothing new except restocks of the current 32x planes and restock of the XD Sahl, Hackl 109s and AF 104's with a huge restock of 1/144 tanks..
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Brumbar and Stumgeschutz IV

Post by rmoore456 » Tue Dec 20, 2005 2:16 pm

Found the Brumbar and Sturmgeschutz IV at the Springfield, Illinois north Walmart today.

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Post by tmanthegreat » Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:11 pm

Found the new 32x Brumbars, Stug IVs, and Panzer IV Ds at two Wal Marts in the Fresno area today :D

The Brumbar looks interesting and quite unique, though the green & tan cammo pattern leaves something to be desired. The Panzer IV D, while sculpted well, has an overall unexciting weathered gray paintscheme. The Stug IV was my favorite (and the one I picked up). It has the same cammo pattern as the Brumbar, but includes sideskirts and I think has an opening commander's hatch.

Out of curiosity, anyone by chance sighted the new 32x aircraft yet?

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It must be Christmas!

Post by bboc » Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:44 pm

Dropped into my localest Glen Burnie, MD WalMart this afternoon and found the new 32x Brumbars, Stug IVs, and Panzer IV Ds. Also the 1/144 series, all of them. They weren't on an endcap this time, just piled four high in neat rows on the shelf. Won't stay that neat very long, I'll bet!
Then I dropped into a Target and found the FOV 1/72 Tigers. No King Tigers. They must have been picked up before I showed up.
What a surprising set of finds!

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Post by KWR190 » Mon Dec 26, 2005 10:29 pm

The Olympia WM has about 4 each of the new German tanks
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Post by DocTodd » Tue Dec 27, 2005 6:39 pm

Found the three new German Tanks at WM in Round Rock. The price for the FOV figs is about $9.00. Too high for my budget/interest.
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Post by CW4USARMY » Wed Dec 28, 2005 6:19 pm

found the new 32x armor today at Walmart as well and picked up the Sturmgeschutz and Brumber. I opened them up and cant find any piece of the Brumbar that is die-cast :roll:

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Post by mikeg » Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:09 pm

the three new tanks finally showed up here in atlanta, I got all three, of course. I realize now that space is not only an issue with the 1/18 products, but the 1/32 as well-around 30 and counting. I am a collector, not much of a modeller or I could probably be little more discerning.. but the more the merrier. Also, the new review thread has really good ideas on improving these new ones.

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Post by Teamski » Fri Dec 30, 2005 7:46 pm

The FOV 1:32 soldiers showed up here in the Camden, DE Walmart along with the 21st Brummbar and STUGIV. The figures are really cool looking. I really wish that 21st would do the Brummbar in 1:18!!!!

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Post by mikeg » Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:45 pm

Any hearsay on the upcoming zero and maachi 1/32nd planes?. I thought gossip on availability centered around the Christmas season. The new 1/32 armour and 1/18 109 repaints have taken up the slack, but any humint on the situation?

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Post by hworth18 » Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:18 pm

mikeg wrote:Any hearsay on the upcoming zero and maachi 1/32nd planes?. I thought gossip on availability centered around the Christmas season. The new 1/32 armour and 1/18 109 repaints have taken up the slack, but any humint on the situation?
I have been hitting my local Walmarts just about everyday in hopes of seeing something, but so far NADA.. :cry:
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Post by flpickupman » Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:23 pm

One each of the Panzer IV Ausf F, two Stugs, and one Brummbar.
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"NEW" 32x vehicles

Post by MG-42 » Sat Jan 07, 2006 1:26 pm

I've already got the "Brummbar", 2-Stug IV's...Passed,on the Panzer IV-D model though,...FOV's version of both F-types, blows it away, completely ! :wink:
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Post by hworth18 » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:11 pm

Went to my local Walmart today..
No new 32x Aricraft :cry:

They did get the Stug, Brumbar, and PzIV in, but for the most part, still existing stock with bare shelves where the new stuff goes.. :?
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Post by tmanthegreat » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:54 pm

Nothing new in my AO save for stuff that has all been reported before. One store comically had six 32x Brumbars and nothing else. Guess I know what isn't selling... That is still a cool vehicle, IMHO. The lack of the 32x planes (which were supposed to be out last month) is troubling.

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Post by flpickupman » Fri Jan 13, 2006 6:19 pm

I saw the damndest thing tonight. Two of the four Walmarts I frequent had the CDC/Matchbox/Dinky Shermans (75 and 76)and some aircraft (Aleutian Tiger's P-40, Eagleston P-47 and a P-51). I wasn't aware these were available anyplace other than a Tuesday Morning type store. Now I know where to get my Shermans to fight the Dragon Armor Panzers. :D
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Post by luftpanzer » Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:06 am

WM in Rockaway NJ has the Brimbar and Stugg in stock now. Looked like a case of each.
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Post by sluff » Mon Jan 16, 2006 4:41 pm

I found the 1:72 fov Challenger and King Tiger at the Hodgekins IL. Target today, I thought the fov armor in this scale was pulled from the shelves for some reason?

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