bbi ZERO with green paint up for preorder now!

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bbi ZERO with green paint up for preorder now!

Post by JohnLumley » Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:09 am

Found pictures of the next version of the bbi zero up for presale! :shock: This version has the green paint.

Could this be showing up soon at Toys "R" Us ???

Ad says arriving late October 2005.

http://www.mibglobal.com.au/prod4385.htm
One hundred and fifty three - 1:18 scale aircraft on the ceiling looks :shock: damn good!
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Post by Tinman » Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:30 am

Wow - looks nice!
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Post by Quixote511 » Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:38 am

I have that old Monogram kit in 1/48 hanging above my head in the classroom as I type. It would be great to have in 1/18.
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Re: bbi ZERO with green paint up for preorder now!

Post by pastel_monster » Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:45 am

JohnLumley wrote:Found pictures of the next version of the bbi zero up for presale! :shock: This version has the green paint.
If you look closely, the sculpt is different it is not bbi's Zero. Also it looks like a smaller scale replica. Maybe M.I.B uploaded the wrong pic...
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Post by Jericoeagle1 » Wed Oct 12, 2005 10:25 am

Thats what I thought too it looks like a much smaller scale then 1:18th I think that just may be a generic Zero picture they found to illustrate a zero.
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Post by Emil Frand » Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:14 pm

wow that RAF P51 looks great!
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Post by aferguson » Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:25 pm

it's actually an RAAF P-51. Mike mentioned them along time ago. They're exclusives for Australia.
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Post by vmf214 » Wed Oct 12, 2005 4:18 pm

The Zero pictured is actually a paper model. Approx. scale 1/33 I'd suspect as most are...
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Post by digger » Wed Oct 12, 2005 4:29 pm

Well, as stated when announced, the Zero is NOT A BCA exclusive. The paint scheme was a BCA exclusive, but I suspect there will be other Zeros and other channels to obtain them. To BCA's credit, they made it happen.
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Post by tmanthegreat » Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:57 pm

That green Zero is probably an Australian exclusive - very much like that F-18 and P-51 seen earlier. The paint scheme seems more like one that would be found on the A6M5 Type 52 model as opposed to the A6M2 that BBI is producing. Either way, I'm just glad that our version of the Zero is coming next week!
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Post by pastel_monster » Fri Oct 14, 2005 11:03 am

Yeah but unfortunately Australian shops sell bbi and 21st Century stuff for way too high... usually at least twice US retail price!
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Post by KAMIKAZE » Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:27 pm

That's the version I want.

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Post by p51 » Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:59 pm

I'm skeptical.... at least until I see a photo of the real deal.
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bbi green zero shown at ihobby

Post by markecho » Sun Oct 23, 2005 6:46 am

well i dropped by the ihobby show and surprisingly Merit was/is there yesterday and today and showed the BBI 1:18 green zero and the rep there said that this model is the "mass market" model - not in terms of quality but in terms of retailers. so we should see these in TRU. and the "white version" is a BCT exclusive.

sorry i wasn't expecting much from the show (that was relative to our hobby) so i didnt bring a camera and i don't have a camera phone)
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