Another XD Nostalgia Thread: How It All Began

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:41 pm

Lately it seems as if we don't have enough of these "nostalgia" or "what if" threads regarding 21c, the Ultiamte Soldier Xtreme Detail line, and all the fun and angst it generated over the years. However, to add more to the mix, I came across a little discovery in a roundabout way. I thought was worth posting

Presenting the unveiling of the Xtreme Detail line in early 2000:

These were from an article in Tomart's Action Figure Digest, which I found on this other Ultimate Soldier site here: http://www.ultimatesoldier.net/scrapbook.html. I'm sure a lot of you old timers and diehards remember those exuberant days back in 2000

Tinman · Post by **Tinman** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:40 pm

Nine years later, still makes my little heart go pitter-pat!

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 6:25 pm

Very interesting reading. Thanks for sharing!

snake · Post by **snake** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 6:45 pm

I didn't get in on the action until 2006,so I missed out on all the early hype.
Must have been really quite fun having these 1:18 models available for the first time.
I still remember my first 1:18.A P-38 D Day.It was huge.

And i loved it.

How many of you guys were here at the birth of 1:18?

hotrodrock · Post by **hotrodrock** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:49 pm

Bought my first Tomarts somewhere around 1997. Bought it for several years. Yep, bought every one of those items shown as soon as they were released. That was a terrible yellow on the nose and tail of the 109. Repainted it years later a brighter yellow. Took that first Panther out of storage about 2 weeks ago and freed it from the box.

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:12 pm

Good memories indeed! Man, that really tugs at the heart strings....

-Ski

DocTodd · Post by **DocTodd** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:49 pm

Yes, I remember that exciting day when I first saw the 2 planes at TRU. I couldn't believe what I saw. I just had to have them. And the rest they say is history...
T

flayrah · Post by **flayrah** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 2:10 am

How I searched and searched for that RTO. I still wonder how that didn't make it into the mix.

Post by **aferguson** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:49 am

i was in from the beginning as well. At the time i was collecting 6 inch figures and had lots of them, alot of fantasy stuff plus some others. I enjoyed it but was frustrated at the lack of military items (although i did have a 1/12 scale hawker typhoon, which was an r/c model).

In early october of 2000 i was in a 5km relay race (each person runs 5k over the course of a marathon). As luck would have it, my leg ended right beside a TRU. I went in and saw the xd stuff, again; i'd seen it a couple of times before but felt the figures were too small, so didn't get any.

I took the subway back to my car and by the time i got there had decided to drive back to the TRU and pick up the panther. Which i did.

And the rest is history.....well, my history...

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:22 pm

I first found out about XD in late 2000 while stationed over in the UK. I saw the photos of the ME-109 and P-51 on-line along with the Sherman and Tiger. I wanted them SO bad, but I had to wait until I PCSed back to the states in 2001 to get my first taste of 1:18 goodness. I actually ordered both planes on-line as the TRU here ran out. Then, wave 2 came out and all hell broke loose. Repeated trips to TRU in search of the P-38 and Corsair commenced! It was all downill from there.

-Ski

Dauntless · Post by **Dauntless** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:34 pm

I was there at TRU from day one. Of course I was buying 1:6 Stuart Tank and Patton Jeep, and GI Joes, things of that nature.

I didn't buy any XD till I saw the planes. Then I started on the armor a little while later. The rest is Xtream buying history.

vulgarvulture · Post by **vulgarvulture** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:24 pm

Tman, thanks for the memories. What an exciting time that was. XD, and the hunt for XD from TRU / 21st fan club, to W-M to TRU, has provided me with a great distraction from life's realities over all these years. I miss that.

bswearer · Post by **bswearer** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 5:46 am

oh i can remember getting my first two figures, the us officer and german rifleman right when they came out....only $4.99 each if i remember right, before they began uping the prices as time went on. that panther as a birthday gift for only like $30. memories, memories.

on that topic, seen a bunch of the 1st edition figures on ebay for only 5.99 plus some shipping....seemed kinda low for those originals

AMERICAN_GRENADIER · Post by **AMERICAN_GRENADIER** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:45 pm

my son and i bought some of the first figures back then. didnt get any vehicles! wish i would hev now.
great post thanks!

Ferrari250GTO · Post by **Ferrari250GTO** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:39 pm

Well I have a bit of a different story.
I got in to see prices sky high, items hard to find-anywhere, and not a very wide selection. This is because I only got into 1:18 military in May 2009. The only thing 1:18 I see at stores is the grey PAK 40. And some figures, though not 21st Century.
I was too young to remember if I saw Stukas or Mustangs and TRU or Wal-Mart. That would be really cool to be able to just walk in and pick up a 1:18 plane for like $50.
I have about 60 1:18 cars. My first military vehicle was the 1:18 Motorworks/Ultimate/21st Grey Tiger. My second was the 1:18 Ultimate Soldier Me-262 Yellow 7. I got a few figures to add to my Tiger, and that's all I have so far.
Thanks

digger · Post by **digger** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 4:49 am

That would be really cool to be able to just walk in and pick up a 1:18 plane for like $50.

For a while they were $40, and everywhere. Great example of you don't know what you got until..

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 2:59 am

yeap, you guys must of had a ball back in the day! I've actually had a couple of vivid dreams where i've gone into a store to find tons of XD stuff (actual xd stuff and imagined stuff ie harrier). I'm kinda glad i was in when I was though. I remember when the xd spitfires where on the edge of becoming hard to find.

ExC17load · Post by **ExC17load** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 9:42 am

Yep, those were the good ole days. I still remember seeing that Lou IV and thinking how I just yearned for something like that when I was a kid. Of course I just had to have it. Then I just had to have the Messerschmidt, then the Panther, the Kubelwagen and the rest, they say, is history.

luftpanzer · Post by **luftpanzer** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:10 pm

Ah yes, Brings back memories to the days befor I got married

Ues to go to the TRUs during lunch every single day and stop by the other TRUs on the way home in search of both 1:18th and 1:6th Ultimate soldiers. Those where the days.

AMERICAN_GRENADIER · Post by **AMERICAN_GRENADIER** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 6:50 am

sitting here ready this just pisses me off! i can punch the wall! it seems like a bad dream that 21C is gone

Buckyroo · Post by **Buckyroo** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:39 am

mms://www.mortystv.com/media/aitf_lp1_theme.wma

If you miss those days click above for a song that could be the theme song for this thread...if it hadn't been used as a theme song already.

Enjoy

Kris

sledgehammer · Post by **sledgehammer** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 6:08 pm

Well maybe if enough of us get together we can restart 21st where they left off. FUBU : For us by us.

B-29 · Post by **B-29** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:26 pm

Check this out: http://www.mikewallace.cc/p/Effect/Curs ... cursor.htm
Came accross it while searching for a 1/18 F-16. Unfortunately I doubt we'll ever see those prices agian..

Small Scale Military Headquarters

Another XD Nostalgia Thread: How It All Began

Another XD Nostalgia Thread: How It All Began

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