Actually I noticed it a couple days ago (the first time I had ever seen one live and up close), and was kind of surprised to see the logo, as well. Made me wonder how it made it past the PC censors, but it was small enough that they probably never noticed. Now watch: we go into WM and every Afrika Korps Panzer III will have disappeared.Rowsdower wrote:I saw a strange sight at WM yesterday. As usual the only 21st product to be found was 32x and I was looking through the selection of armor. I picked up a Panzer III DAK version and noticed it had a proper Afrika Korps emblem with swastika and palm tree. Now I know the aircraft don't get proper markings, is this normal for the armor? Was it an oversight by 21st or the factory or is it just so small its no big deal.
I for one would like to see more vehicles and aircraft with proper markings but the PC crybabies wouldn't go for that.
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This isn't the first 21c vehicle with the swastika printed right on. The first Cold Steel Panzer III E (with the short-barreled main gun) was an Afrika Korps tank and had the swastika/palm tree logo on the front - it was even larger than the logo on the current DAK Panzer III.FieroDude wrote:Actually I noticed it a couple days ago (the first time I had ever seen one live and up close), and was kind of surprised to see the logo, as well. Made me wonder how it made it past the PC censors, but it was small enough that they probably never noticed. Now watch: we go into WM and every Afrika Korps Panzer III will have disappeared.Rowsdower wrote:I saw a strange sight at WM yesterday. As usual the only 21st product to be found was 32x and I was looking through the selection of armor. I picked up a Panzer III DAK version and noticed it had a proper Afrika Korps emblem with swastika and palm tree. Now I know the aircraft don't get proper markings, is this normal for the armor? Was it an oversight by 21st or the factory or is it just so small its no big deal.
I for one would like to see more vehicles and aircraft with proper markings but the PC crybabies wouldn't go for that.
I guess the swastika gets past the censors because its melded with a palm tree and not standing alone as on an aircraft tail.
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I picked up a Smoke II F-104 at Walmart yesterday. It was in the German Starfighter box, and the box was really beat up. I was able to find the toy section manager, and I got the plane for 20 dollars. It really is a sharp looking paint scheme. To me it makes the F-104 look even sleeker.
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Yes the F-104 was marked the regular 40 dollar price. The plane was perfect but the box was really smashed. I could not believe the plane was in perfect shape, they are really tough. I didn't think I would get it for 20 dollars, but the guy was really nice and marked it down right away.
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I think you found the one department manager at WM that doesn't wait for an alignment of constellations or the shape of a smiley face to appear in the waterstains on old plaster as a sign that it's ok to make a price adjustment.
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Was at my mothyers over the weekend and checked the WM In Conyers, GA out.
They had - i think 7 Avengers way up on the high shelf for $35.
I asked the toy manager about them and she stated they just got them from two different stores in Gwinnett.
When I wasnt looking amazed at the $35 price tag - she said you know they were almost $70 bucks? I stated well sure but most WM's in the area have them at $25 and some even lower. She then stated well maybe tomorrow I can ask permission for money to mark them down tomorrow.
She then stated we just put out new figures - so I walked over and checked and found a full peg of the S1 Japanese marines - I picked up the machine gunner with the headband - this one has the rising sun! Never saw them when they first came out - also a darker green camo us marine - had a few of them - S3 I guess? they had the plain green, the the light green camo - and this is a dark green camo - never seen it before either - tons left if anyone in atlanta needs japanese.
They had - i think 7 Avengers way up on the high shelf for $35.
I asked the toy manager about them and she stated they just got them from two different stores in Gwinnett.
When I wasnt looking amazed at the $35 price tag - she said you know they were almost $70 bucks? I stated well sure but most WM's in the area have them at $25 and some even lower. She then stated well maybe tomorrow I can ask permission for money to mark them down tomorrow.
She then stated we just put out new figures - so I walked over and checked and found a full peg of the S1 Japanese marines - I picked up the machine gunner with the headband - this one has the rising sun! Never saw them when they first came out - also a darker green camo us marine - had a few of them - S3 I guess? they had the plain green, the the light green camo - and this is a dark green camo - never seen it before either - tons left if anyone in atlanta needs japanese.
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lol... a shame really since some poor bastard had probably spent weeks cleaning the BOB II guys off the peg in the hopes of a d-day dak refresh.. only to walk in and find 50 japanese he now has to deal with..STUKA wrote: She then stated we just put out new figures - so I walked over and checked and found a full peg of the S1 Japanese marines - I picked up the machine gunner with the headband - this one has the rising sun! Never saw them when they first came out - also a darker green camo us marine - had a few of them - S3 I guess? they had the plain green, the the light green camo - and this is a dark green camo - never seen it before either - tons left if anyone in atlanta needs japanese.
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Well I hit two WMs today. The first had no figures at all, just empty pegs as usual. At the next WM I was walking down the aisle and got all excited when I saw two full pegs of figures! Imagine my extreme displeasure when I found that those pegs only held two D-Day figures that I already have and the rest (about 20) were all BoB II.
I still need 7 figures and it's looking more and more like I'm going to have to get them on eBay.
I still need 7 figures and it's looking more and more like I'm going to have to get them on eBay.
LMFAO! So true!grunt1 wrote:a shame really since some poor bastard had probably spent weeks cleaning the BOB II guys off the peg in the hopes of a d-day dak refresh.. only to walk in and find 50 japanese he now has to deal with..
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You might want to double check that price--they tend phrase it "2 low payments of $29.99 each"--my boss gives me his copies of the catalog, and it always cracks me up how they expect to get $60 from a 1/18 WC63 or $120 from a P51. Scary part is, they probably sell some to people who don't know where else to look.grockwood wrote:I received the new Fairfield Mint catalog today and noticed they have the 1/18 21st Century M16 and Patton's command car listed. The M16 is $29.99. They also seemed to have some 1/32 scale stuff also from 21st Century.
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All I'm finding are pegfulls of Bulge II figures. The closest WM to me has had the same Bulge German with the MG stand for about a month now sitting by himself on the peg. I imagine I won't see any restocks in other stores until the Bulge figures sell out!
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That would almost be worth going ahead and buying him , just to get a restock in...Rowsdower wrote:All I'm finding are pegfulls of Bulge II figures. The closest WM to me has had the same Bulge German with the MG stand for about a month now sitting by himself on the peg. I imagine I won't see any restocks in other stores until the Bulge figures sell out!
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I know - buy them up!
WM runs their restock on the computer through the barcode - it lets them know to put out the next box in line or order more - I don't know how many japanese marines I have trying to get them off the pegs - only to have more japanese - I swear they have a whole warehouse of these somewhere behind the store - Ill have a whole company of them by May.
WM runs their restock on the computer through the barcode - it lets them know to put out the next box in line or order more - I don't know how many japanese marines I have trying to get them off the pegs - only to have more japanese - I swear they have a whole warehouse of these somewhere behind the store - Ill have a whole company of them by May.
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Lol, you guys might be right. I wouldn't be suprised if they had a whole case of D-Day figs in the back are are just waiting for that one Bulge guy to sell before they put them up.
Stuka, with all those Japanese, you should get a big banzai charge diorama going!
Stuka, with all those Japanese, you should get a big banzai charge diorama going!
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