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I spoke with my dragon salesman today and he filled me in on new stuff to come. Dragon will be offering a line of 1/18 Space action figures with similar details to their previous military releases. I asked if they were thinking of more releases of their military line maybe Russians? he said they have had some discussions on that topic but with the big success of the space line of products they decided to go with them first. so i geuss its wait and see

Space action figures? As in astro and cosmonauts? Fun.

lol....what?

space action figures. Like fantasy stuff or real apollo/cosmonaut type stuff?

Oh, man... I'm totally there. Looks like they've already shown their first offerings. Now if only they could come up with some capsules, and a lunar lander. Dare I dream? Got a link here to this site: http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum16 ... 00742.html

And to think we could have had some new 1/18 FJs or Brits. Facepalm. They don't even look all that realistic. Do they?

1/18 Space figures?

Not sure what Dragon is doing lately? They have been issuing stuff in all sorts of various scales. 1/200, 1/400, 1/144, 1/72 etc. No rhyme or reason to these varying scales. A 1/144 X-15 Tiny.

These do have a tie in to their 1/72 space line, but yet another scale.

Are they going to make spacecraft to go with these figures? If so i'll buy them.

Maybe its to coincide with the release of Iron Sky. .........................

real world figures not fantasy

hmmm . . . I'm as much a "space nut" as I am a "militaria nut." I've actually been thinking about 1/18 real-space stuff as potential 3D printer projects . . . hmhmhmmmm ...

gburch wrote:hmmm . . . I'm as much a "space nut" as I am a "militaria nut." I've actually been thinking about 1/18 real-space stuff as potential 3D printer projects . . . hmhmhmmmm ...

Think about it, you could capture the 1/18 scale space industry!
Muahhhahahhaah! (evil laugh).

It would be cool to have realistic Lunar Landers, rovers, Apollo Command capsules, shuttles. PLUS all the stuff NASA didn't do:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_App ... ns_Program
http://beyondapollo.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... -1966.html
Things that might have been...
Razor

i doubt they'll do a lander or capsule, but ya never know i guess. But a lunar rover i could see. If the line doesn't bomb, there are certainly a lot of interesting possibilities.

Don't all space suits look the same? I mean, collect what you like, but why do you need 27 suited figures that look exactly alike. What am I missing? I don't get it. Space craft, maybe, but identical figures, no! Even with removable helmets and different heads, they will still all be the same once you put the helmets on. If they start fantasy figures, that will be a different story.

hotrodrock wrote:Don't all space suits look the same?

Not at all. Just in the main line of the the US space program you've got:

X-15 - 1

Mercury - 1

Gemini - 3 (basic, EVA, and GT7 long-duration suit)

Apollo - 6 (shirtsleeves, launch/recovery, orbital EVA, 1st lunar, 2d lunar, Skylab EVA)

Shuttle - 5 (shirtsleeves, original launch/recovery, current launch/recovery "pumpkin suit", original EVA, current EVA)

Then there are at least five in the Russian program I can think of . . .

This could be cool. There were some 1:18-ish realistic space figures that were out over a decade ago (I forget what company made them) but they were made from a rubber-plastic and had zero articulation. Dragon's figures could at least have some articulation, removable helmets, and parts and accessories. They could be very well done. I've been very tempted to get their 1:6 scale Apollo Astronaut figure, but $150 is a bit much...

Dragon is already doing a 1:48 scale Lunar Lander and has all the 1:72 vehicles, dioramas with figures, and the smaller scale stuff.

1:18 vehicles would be dreaming, even though many of the early space capsules are obviously not very large and would be relatively easy to tool...

1/72 Saturn V for 200 bucks.
Dragon is giving Apollo some serious love.
Go Dragon!!!

CessnaDriver wrote:1/72 Saturn V for 200 bucks.
Dragon is giving Apollo some serious love.
Go Dragon!!!

Your note made me go look this up -- supposed to be released in December. I'm afraid I'm going to have to get it . . .

gburch wrote:

CessnaDriver wrote:1/72 Saturn V for 200 bucks.
Dragon is giving Apollo some serious love.
Go Dragon!!!

Your note made me go look this up -- supposed to be released in December. I'm afraid I'm going to have to get it . . .

It will be interesting to see if the stages seperate and there will be engine details.
If not it's still a great bargain.

gburch wrote:

hotrodrock wrote:Don't all space suits look the same?

Not at all. Just in the main line of the the US space program you've got:

X-15 - 1

Mercury - 1

Gemini - 3 (basic, EVA, and GT7 long-duration suit)

Apollo - 6 (shirtsleeves, launch/recovery, orbital EVA, 1st lunar, 2d lunar, Skylab EVA)

Shuttle - 5 (shirtsleeves, original launch/recovery, current launch/recovery "pumpkin suit", original EVA, current EVA)

Then there are at least five in the Russian program I can think of . . .

You got me! Anyone who knows all that is definitely a "space nut"! Apparently they think there are enough out there to support this line. Guess I'm just more into sci-fi instead of reality. Get too much reality every day.

http://www.dragon-models.com/catalog/wi ... 0388p0.jpg

$200 for a prebuilt model. Impressive, most impressive.

...and, off topic, most off topic.

we will be offering the 1/72 Saturn V for a much better price to forum members
they are selling fast in presale

AMERICAN_GRENADIER wrote:we will be offering the 1/72 Saturn V for a much better price to forum members
they are selling fast in presale

... Let us know when you're ready (and don't let my wife know) . . . .

i should be able to post late monday or tuesday in the sales area
i need alittle more info

AMERICAN_GRENADIER wrote:we will be offering the 1/72 Saturn V for a much better price to forum members
they are selling fast in presale

Sounds great.

Thanks AG.

cool ! it would be a nice display alongside the X1 in a space exploration legacy display!