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The next 1/16 FOV Extreme metal
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 7:15 am
by Yoxford
Well its not a Panther or the Panzer IV...yet
it is...Sd. Kfz. 181 PzKpfw VI Tiger I Ausf. E Heavy Tank - sPzAbt. 505, Poland, 1944
http://www.themotorpool.net/German-Tige ... i85104.htm
(Wonder if it will come with a horse and rider as in the famous picture)
Re: The next 1/16 FOV Extreme metal
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 7:57 am
by MG-42
...... not another Tiger .
... another re-paint.
sheesh ! ... Time for somthin' different. Looks like its little 32nd scale cousin.
->>>------>
C'mon FoV ! ! !
- Mitch v MG
Re: The next 1/16 FOV Extreme metal
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 1:41 pm
by trex0770
Are they kidding with that retail price?!? I can see that price on the secondary market after a couple years after the original release but straight from retail????? Someone needs to put down the pipe!
Re: The next 1/16 FOV Extreme metal
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 3:55 pm
by VMF115
WTF??????????
Re: The next 1/16 FOV Extreme metal
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 4:33 pm
by usmcchet9296
Id rather wait till someone comes out with a nice model of the tiger than buy this. Generally they are between 3 and 4 hundred and I get the enjoyment of building it myself.
Re: The next 1/16 FOV Extreme metal
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 5:26 pm
by snake
$600+ for a repaint of an existing mold.
Re: The next 1/16 FOV Extreme metal
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 6:05 pm
by dragon53
Does that mean a $600 repaint of the King Tiger is next?
What happened the to 1/16 Panzer and Panther?
Re: The next 1/16 FOV Extreme metal
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 10:49 pm
by YT
I thought they were all set for the Panzer IV, this is a real let down and quite frankly wreaks of desperation.
Passion Wagon?
Re: The next 1/16 FOV Extreme metal
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 11:29 pm
by killer 88s
Didn't the original King tiger retail for only $350? I wish I bought one then. It's ludicrous that they now charge $600 for a repaint.
Re: The next 1/16 FOV Extreme metal
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 11:04 am
by gary1930
That costs $100 more than the Dragon 1/6 Pz II. Absurd.
Re: The next 1/16 FOV Extreme metal
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 5:15 pm
by dragon53
Two years ago, Flyingmule sold out of its 'late arrival' batch of 1/16 Peiper King Tigers at $699.
Re: The next 1/16 FOV Extreme metal
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:43 pm
by YT
The King Tigers are far more scarce.
Re: The next 1/16 FOV Extreme metal
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:26 pm
by Zartan
I think FOV made a mistake with this third Tiger. I myself have been in it since the original King Tiger came out 5 or 6 years ago and I honestly don't want a third after the two Wittman. You can still find those two for around $500 -550 or so up on ebay and they are not selling. Pretty much anyone that wants one has one. What they should have done is something new and of course German. Panzer 4 or Panther but a larger run like 3500-4500 World wide. I would have bought two!
Re: The next 1/16 FOV Extreme metal
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:20 am
by Yoxford
Well….Like Zartan I have been collecting each Extreme Metal 1/16 version, from the first King Tiger through the Sherman (which is a great model) and I do like the history of the 505th and the paint job on this cat looks like a winner, AND I really like Tiger I’s…so I will get one… but not at that price. It must come down in price. As for the future of the Panzer IV…this may just be a stop gap/ fill in, to buy time…before the Panzer IV is released for 2012?…and the mention of a Panther from a factory Rep. may have been him or her confusing Panther for Panzer or Tiger for Panther (big cats all look alike) …Seems like all things from China are a bit fuzzy these days…
http://www.hlj.com/product/UNX85104
hlj seems to think it may show up in Feb...