Small Scale Military Headquarters

I've always been puzzled why 21st didn't jump on a 1:18 version of these vehicles. They should be dirt cheap to produce.

Whadaya know, the S. Pkwy WM in Huntsville, AL, finally had some FW190s that weren't candy canes, and the 32x Wirbelwind. What would that be, just a year later than everyone else in the country? Could I dream of some Bubbletop P47s or ME109s by Christmas??????

But will all of their figures still look like overgrown (and overmuscled) cartoon characters? They've improved, but I'm not impressed as of yet...

Go get'em Admiral! I won't buy one until I see the quality for myself, but 21st's history of dropping the ball and BBI's sheer company size make me glad another player has entered the market.

A B-17, if done well, would practically jump (or fly?) off the shelves. Then there would be the trickle-down effect in that people would have to have some P-51s to escort the B-17, and then a Bf-109 attacking and then.......

I'll say lucky. An A-10 making a quick bank and then turn is the most impressive thing I've ever seen in the sky.

Mark, Very nice stuff that Build-A Rama is doing. I'd like to see something added to the lineup, though, and that would be some building facades just barely deeper than two dimensional. That way I can put it behind my Panzer columns that sit on a shelf. And best of all, they should be fairly cheap t...

Do it in 1/32 scale first, the sales would boggle the mind and the size wouldn't be too much bigger than the 1/18 XDs already available. Then, if they feel like it, they can get fancy and try a 1/18 version. Imagine a 1/32 Fortress surrounded by a few Mustangs hanging from a ceiling!

Sherman Easy Eight (a must)
M-10/M-36
M-8 Scout Car
Marder III
Hetzer
Sdkfz 222 Armoured Car

Mike and Aferg, Many thanks for all this Q & A info. It's refreshing to see that somebody, anybody with BBI actually cares that this line stays successful. Sometimes I wonder if this is true with 21st. Kudos to BBI for the Mustang. If you keep up work like that (Accurate, Affordable, Accessable) "if...

As confining as the bocage was, I'm sure it happened sometimes. But I've never read any accounts of it being anything but a rare occurance anywhere in the war.

I can see where it would be possible, that Arizona sun beating down on an unvented attic would create a lot of heat. The diecast metal would just conduct the heat and put added weight on the plastic weight bearing pieces, causing them to sag. I'm afraid it's a "living at home" tradition. Dads step o...

Finally found a rogue Flak 88 in North Alabama. The two included figures are mediocre (one lining up a range-finder, the other loading), but the 88 is a work of art. It sounds to me like the one TTT saw was a swap someone did by pulling the entire base out of the box with everything still factory t...

With all due respect to OnWu, if BBI puts out a quality Zero and gets TRU to evenly distribute it, the dollars will be practically jumping into their pockets. If they put out a mediocre piece of crap, or if TRU pulls a WM and sends them all to North Dakota and Idaho, then it will fall on its' face. ...

A well-made Zero (that is quality like the P-51) would sell like hotcakes, as would a Hellcat. But another Corsair I'm afraid will only generate mediocre sales and could sour BBI on their WW II line... And regarding armor, a Sherman Easy Eight or Firefly (again well-made ) would sell at least as wel...

There good reason why they called it "The Jug".

And there's good reason why it sucked gas like a vacuum too.....

Personally, outside of 21st' recent plans to try to beat the quality of the BBI Mustang, I don't see 21st as being organized enough to do any of this other stuff (such as preempting a BBi P-47). If they were even slightly organized, they could have doubled their sales up to now.

Some of the North Alabama WM's actually have the 32x planes now. Only problem is, I'm not collecting them! They are nicely done, I debated for 10 minutes on whether to buy an ME262. Now only if we could get the Jagdtiger, and the 88, and the Mark IV, and any of the newer planes around here....

Hey, where did the scoop come from about the 1/9 scale Abrams?

If it's done right it'll be a beautiful thing, but I'd much rather have them do a quality one in 1/18 scale. Every tank enthusiast and tanker from the last 20 years would buy one of those.

North Alabama WMs have been a wasteland for the past two years, with a few Tigers, Shermans, Spits, and P-47s rotting on the shelves (with no discounts of course). Even our "one foot in the grave" Toys R Us outlets are more reliable......

Huntsville, Alabama is practically built around Redstone Arsenal (and Marshall Space Flight Center) and we can't get squat at our Walmarts. So much for that theory about bases.

I don't know. What I want to know is where they did their marketing research that shows that Japanese figures would sell, but Japanese Zeros won't. Did they hire a firm from Borneo to do it?

I hope the real PLA tanks are as crappy as that one. I for one am not impressed.

Well if Tennessee has those goodies, maybe North Alabama will finally get some.

Unless you have the money for Teamski's two vehicle rule, I can't in good conscience keep any in the box. It's like having a Picasso and keeping it in a closet.