BRAND NEW Caltek Exclusive...see photos! :)

Foxhole Toys · Post by **Foxhole Toys** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:38 pm

Hola everyone!

Now confirmed is the latest LIMITED EXCLUSIVE from Caltek. You won't find these at mass markets.

Saburo Sakai's "V-103" Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero! This is the same mold as the previously released Zeros from BBI but with much more attention to the paint detail as collectors can only appreciate.

Scheduled for US release in January '09.

Follow the link and please have a look!!

http://yhst-75496263108875.us-dc1-edit. ... -1-18.html

Cheers,
Matt

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:47 pm

Link appears to be broken?

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:03 pm

I can't get it to work either.

Folkwulfe · Post by **Folkwulfe** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:06 pm

Try this one....http://store.foxholetoys.com/1scbbielfoww14.html

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:17 pm

Who or what is Caltec ? Is that a customizer like Airstrike ?

GooglyDoogly · Post by **GooglyDoogly** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:27 pm

Wow, that's a damn nice piece and a nice price for a custom paint!

Very very tempting.

chunks · Post by **chunks** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:37 pm

pickelhaube wrote:Who or what is Caltec ? Is that a customizer like Airstrike ?

Caltek is the major wholesale importer for bbi, dragon, twisting toyz, solder story etc.

http://www.caltekonline.com/

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:09 pm

Very nice plane indeed.

chunks · Post by **chunks** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:35 pm

chunks wrote:
pickelhaube wrote:Who or what is Caltec ? Is that a customizer like Airstrike ?
Caltek is the major wholesale importer for bbi, dragon, twisting toyz, solder story etc.

http://www.caltekonline.com/

Oops, sorry, I was thinking of these guys. http://www.merit-intl.com/merit/main.html

But Caktek is up there.

AMERICAN_GRENADIER · Post by **AMERICAN_GRENADIER** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:36 pm

Caltec of california is just one of several bbi distributors
and dragon imports there own stuff
but they will have the new zero from bbi

vmf214 · Post by **vmf214** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:27 pm

Sweet and they got the vertical stab stripe right too which 21st painted the wrong color on the 32x version. HOPEFULLY it does come out 01/09...still waiting for the Solomons Zero that was supposed to come out 01/08..

Airacobra · Post by **Airacobra** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:55 am

Awesome, I love BBI's zero, I just received the limited edition release from Badcat and it's really nice. I would definitely pick one of these up. What zero collection is complete without a white scheme, especially since I snoozed on the Pearl Harbor release. Now if they can just release the Solomon island scheme I would really be happy. Oh, and it would be nice if one of the toy makers realized Japan used more then just the zero during WWII, and some of them were much better planes.

toyktdlgh · Post by **toyktdlgh** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 7:44 am

Is this a Foxhole Toys exclusive?

Dauntless · Post by **Dauntless** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:58 am

I'm in!!!

I had to read up on Saburo, he was an honorable man. He was the one who fought Pug Southerland in his F4F over Guadalcanal in one of those "Histories Mysteries" episodes on PBS. Only to get shot up by an SBD rear gunner a little later. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saburo_Sakai

Now we just need Hiroyoshi Hishizawa's (ace of aces) Zero.

I noticed 21st's 1:32 Zero has a red stripe on it, while this one has a blue fuselage stripe. I imagine this is the correct one right?

Update: I ordered one.

coreystinson · Post by **coreystinson** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:35 am

toyktdlgh wrote:Is this a Foxhole Toys exclusive?

No it is not.

Tambo · Post by **Tambo** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:55 pm

Saburo Sakai had the samurai blood of his family... Hard to belive a man can survive a 30 caliber bullet blinding him in the right eye and not being abil to find a kamikaze target he managed to fly his damaged Zero in a four-hour, 47-minute flight over 560 nautical miles...then on top of that he insisted on making his mission report to his superior officer before collapsing.

64 or more Kills in the War and After the war, Sakai retired from the Navy as a lieutenant. He became a Buddhist acolyte and vowed that he would never again kill another living thing, not even a mosquito.

What a life.

Light.Inf.Scout · Post by **Light.Inf.Scout** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:07 pm

coreystinson wrote:
toyktdlgh wrote:Is this a Foxhole Toys exclusive?
No it is not.

Will you be getting these Corey? AND, what ever happened to the Solomon Island Scheme?????????

chunks · Post by **chunks** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:19 pm

MTS says this one is replacing the Soloman Zero.

http://www.militarytoyshop.com/product. ... &PT_ID=197

Does anyone know if, after making an announcement and there's not enough orders from retailers, that the product is just simply canceled (or replaced in this case)?

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:14 pm

Very nice scheme for the BBI Zero

Now, the question is, do I want to fork over the cash and make this new release my third BBI Zero?

GooglyDoogly · Post by **GooglyDoogly** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:13 pm

Dauntless wrote:
Now we just need Hiroyoshi Hishizawa's (ace of aces) Zero.

Nishizawa

chunks · Post by **chunks** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:31 pm

Interesting story at Air & Space. Saburo Sakai is mentioned on page 2.

http://www.airspacemag.com/military-avi ... o_Die.html

Dauntless · Post by **Dauntless** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:44 pm

GooglyDoogly wrote:
Dauntless wrote:
Now we just need Hiroyoshi Hishizawa's (ace of aces) Zero.
Nishizawa

That's the shizzle.