Small Scale Military Headquarters

Don,t know if this has been posted but I found the U.S. 30 cal. machine gunner and the U.S. sniper at WalMart last night.
The machine gunner has molded legs in a sitting position and the sniper has the reular molded legs.
These came right out of the blue as I went to WM looking for the IJ Russians of which I picked up 6. It was a regular motherlode!

gk5717 wrote:Don,t know if this has been posted but I found the U.S. 30 cal. machine gunner and the U.S. sniper at WalMart last night.
The machine gunner has molded legs in a sitting position and the sniper has the reular molded legs.
These came right out of the blue as I went to WM looking for the IJ Russians of which I picked up 6. It was a regular motherlode!

SCORE! Thanks for the heads up!

Now I just need to find the VN, two packs and DAK first.

sweet!!

gk5717 wrote:Don,t know if this has been posted but I found the U.S. 30 cal. machine gunner and the U.S. sniper at WalMart last night.
The machine gunner has molded legs in a sitting position and the sniper has the reular molded legs.
These came right out of the blue as I went to WM looking for the IJ Russians of which I picked up 6. It was a regular motherlode!

NICE RECON. It's on..

Now we just need to keep our eyes open for them on TRU.com

Pictures?

are there any pics of these new figures?

Has anyone else seen these figures??
Pictures please!

Never heard about a U.S sniper figure.
PICS PLEASE

Cool! But again, in that same area where ALL the new releases seem to go as of late. Good find and please post pictures

Interesting.

Here in Kentucky, we haven't even gotten the dual packs. The newest thing I've seen are the Platoon figures.
...at this rate, we'll be seeing the new US figures this time next year.

Is this one of the figures your talking about? Sorry 14th pic..................
http://www.21stcenturytoys.com/area21/a ... newsID=316

Yes the machine gunner is the same as the one pictured.
Sorry I don,t know how to post pics.
Forgot to mention, I also got a German, name,kurt Schroder, same as the other new German with the molded kneeling position, except this one has an assault rifle.
The name on the U.S. machine gunner is Dwight "Farmer" Wilson and the sniper is Chuck "Bullseye" Betz.
The sniper is just a GI with molded kneeling legs, no special weapon other than an M-1 with a bayonet.
I checked a few other WalMarts & TRU in the area and nothing new.
I have been collecting X-18 since this line first appeared in 2000 and have never been the first to find something new!

Congratulations gk, your the first these figures. Other than the toy show there has been no mention of the machine gunner.

I was starting to think we weren't going to see these figures at all.

I'm surprised we haven't seen these on Ebay yet. Normally they show up there, first.

The german machine gunner sounds great with the assault rifle can't wait to see pics.

gk, here's a thread VMF did on how to post pictures:

viewtopic.php?t=8426&highlight=post+pictures

So, wait, these new figures DON'T have articulated legs at all?

If that's the case, I'm seriously bumming out... I collect action figures, not statues. I'm gonna really be less into XD if they're going to a more statue-like toy line for figures. I mean, if that's the case, why collect these? Why not get into 1:32 or 1:35 which are generally much more detailed little statues, and more affordable.

JJ, I don't think that is the case based on the photos from the 21C toyfair. It appears that the sniper comes with legs at least.

I guess we'll find out once we get some pics...

olifant wrote:JJ, I don't think that is the case based on the photos from the 21C toyfair. It appears that the sniper comes with legs at least.

I'm hoping you're right... The early descriptions just didn't sound too promising. I dig the pre-posed legs, don't get me wrong, but without the articulated legs, it really sorta limits the figures to me. Anxious for photos...

If nothing else, I'll nab them for the weapons and headsculpts, but I really do want to see the articulation remain.

I wonder if smalljoes is going to have these figures??
but then again i don't think they ever sold the Bruno Bauer figure.

Nothing new in Central California as of this morning, but I really wasn't expecting to find anything this early in the game. After all, there are still no Platoon figures or Dual Packs...

Sniper sounds more like a sharpshooter. Even still, seems like the bayonet had a pretty severe accuracy penalty so while I'm glad they are re-releasing that rifle I'm thinking calling him a sniper was more to get the kiddies excited than anything.