Small Scale Military Headquarters

Right on schedule for it's annual dispursal of overstock Corgi stuff, Tuesday Morning has apparently begun again. I just left a store near my house with a couple of items that were not there the last time I checked. I picked up a 1/72 P-47 from the Aviation Archive series, plus a 1/50 Sherman with 3...

Man... great collection! But.... how do you keep the dust off?

I was in a Target today and came across new 1/72 scale Bravo Team offerings. There are five vehicles packaged individually, and they are plastic. Somewhat toy like but OK. They are an Abrams M-1 in Desert tan, a Bradley in desert tan, an M113 Personnel Carrier in tan and then two new vehicles in thi...

My son collects Star Wars ( or used to).
Personally, I want realism not fantasy stuff. But that's just me....

So, now that Target only carries the plastic 1/32 versions, will the Action series of 1/32 be gone? I can't remember if this has been discussed. I know here in Michigan we were also able to get these at Meijer stores as well as K-mart, but I don't believe they sold well in either store. Now both are...

Kmart only ever had the Action grade.

Check your Kmarts if you need the older items. Mine have had all of their FOV stock reduced for clearance. Yesterday I picked up 1/32 scale stuff ( Stugs, Stuarts) for $9 each. 1/72 scale stuff was cheap too. Tanks were $4 each. Too bad they didn't have any jeeps as I can always use more of those.

I have one... I like it. I don't mind more Italians either. I just wish 21C had stuck it out long enough to give us an Italian Tank ( and a Universal Carrier for the Brits facing them.)

21C made one which was released very briefly last year right before everything dried up at WM (released as New Millennium Toys). The same release batch included an american halftrack and a Hanomag plus a Sdkfz. 7. I have one of each. Wish I had picked up more now. Who knew?

A WM near me clearanced out the Atlantic scheme eventually dropping them to $15. I loved it at the time but I guess that's part of why we don't have 21C anymore.

If indeed they are gone, and I sincerely hope they are not, then I for one will miss them. While I now collect a lot of scales from numerous companies, 21C basically got me into collecting military items. The lesser expensive alternatives always struck me as too "toy" like, while the more expensive ...

Forgot to mention... they are very economical... check out the Ford Tow Truck and Ambulance... $20 for the pair!

Motormint has all of these. They have a flatbed truck I really like, too.

http://www.motormint.com/index.asp?Page ... tegory=242

Gee... if you guys would just get over your " compensating for something" obsession with large scale you could be happy like us 1/32 scale guys, and already own Matildas, Fireflies, Lee's, Grant's etc

All right... here is what I want you to do... I want you to go to your window and I want you to open your window and stick your head out and start yelling... "I'm mad as h*ll and I'm not gonna take it anymore! I want a 1/32 scale P-38 and I want it NOW!!!" :x :x :x :x :wink: OK... who here is old en...

Somebody please make a 1/32 P-38. The world screams for a 1/32 prebuilt P-38.... wait... maybe that's just me screaming.... but still.....

SS Troops seem to be gone now....

I would like a Cromwell, but for years now I have wanted someone to make a 1/32 Universal Carrier ( Bren Carrier)!!!!

I sold mine about a year ago and got well over $200. I miss it but I can wait for a repaint.

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If this Bravo series is going to universally replace the regular FOV in 1/32 at Target then say goodbye to any hopes you may have had of locating anymore $25 or lower deals on army building Deuce and a Halfs.

I would think that the $19.99 and $24.99 tags would be for the 1/32 vehicles they have been stocking rather than 1/18 stuff. But either way that is a good thing.

A few years ago Walmart had a 1/32 scale Huey in Marine colors sold under their house brand. I picked one up and still like it a lot.

Quite beyond our military stuff, what does this do to the entire collectible toy aftermarket? Barbies, Star Wars, Hot Wheels, Matchbox etc all have a huge aftermarket presence on ebay. Does that just go away? I am guessing that saner heads will prevail and head this off in time. But I don't know wha...

OK, so Target test marketed 21C this year. The question is was it a success to the degree that they will carry the product line into all their store, or not?