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BBI officially announces 1:18 elite force A-10 coming!

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 3:53 pm
by CW4USARMY
Hey all, Just found this news item over at figures.com!
YeeeeeeeHaaaawwww!!!!!
:D
http://www.figures.com/databases/action ... e=185&nl=1

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:03 pm
by mediump
ATTN: jericoeagle1
how big is it acually going to be?

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:50 pm
by Morian Miner
ah man, an A-10. Who wants that piece of crud?

(Just had to fire the crowd up some more :wink: )

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:27 pm
by aferguson
man......you guys beat me to it. Just saw it on figures.com myself.

Well, eat up boys!

:)

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:32 pm
by Jericoeagle1
Actually Birddog found out and told me about it last week, we didn't want to mention it until someone officially announced it fearing we would jinx it. I'm glad to hear about it you bet. Now how many donuts can I buy for 500.00 dollars?

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:37 pm
by aferguson
You guys were holding out on us? How did Birdog find out?

By the way, for whoever asked it would be about 3 feet long by about 3 1/2 feet wingspan. Or, as long as the F-18 and wider than it is long. A decent size. ;)

Nice

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:37 pm
by digger
Wow, a year is long time to wait for something so cool. 8)
At least it is "in the pipes."
Finally we could kill that Hunger Strike thread.... :roll: :wink:

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:40 pm
by Jericoeagle1
aferguson wrote:You guys were holding out on us? How did Birdog find out?

By the way, for whoever asked it would be about 3 feet long by about 3 1/2 feet wingspan. Or, as long as the F-18 and wider than it is long. A decent size. ;)
Birddog Talked to the someone at Figures.com as the fair was going on I believe. Trust me we were both bursting at the seams to say something. Even now, I don't want to be too confident.

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:48 pm
by Quixote511
Well I'll be darned! NIce. And the neat thing is, usually when bbi announces something, they deliver it relatively close to on time.
Aaron

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:49 pm
by Rogue
Zzzzzzzzzzzz!










:wink:
Now you can go get some supper,

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:03 pm
by aferguson
Mike wrote:

"An official announcement of a pending release from bbi is always in the form of the bbi Hot News release.
Releases in any other format that is not expressly approved by bbi do not constitute official information from the company and bbi accepts no responsibility for the claims made by parties not related to or approved by bbi. This includes, and is not limited to, the article published by the website know as Figures.com."



oh-oh....put down those knives and forks guys..

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:06 pm
by Jericoeagle1
See my prior post...

Party Line

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:14 pm
by digger
aferguson wrote:Mike wrote:

"An official announcement of a pending release from bbi is always in the form of the bbi Hot News release.
Releases in any other format that is not expressly approved by bbi do not constitute official information from the company and bbi accepts no responsibility for the claims made by parties not related to or approved by bbi. This includes, and is not limited to, the article published by the website know as Figures.com."



oh-oh....put down those knives and forks guys..

Um, sure. Could that be the party line? I think so.
Obvious damage control and face-saving in light of bbi's "secrecy" policy and attempt to keep expectations so low and keep us so clueless that we could never be dissappointed. Nice try, but no. That does not sound like the type of thing that could be misinterpreted like the Sci-Fi figures last year or whatever. Let's end the charade, shall we? For all of our sanity. :P

I think it is safe to say it is going to happen. :D Now we play the waiting game... :? ....

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:22 pm
by CW4USARMY
I just emailed the figures.com editor that posted the article to see if he can confirm that it was a BBI representative that announced the A-10 to them.
Hopefully we can quickly put this to rest (I agree with digger).

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:26 pm
by aferguson
Mike wrote:

"To all
following digger's comment on the "party line"
It is recommended that all future enquiries regarding an A-10 be referred directly to digger as it appears he has all the answers."

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:45 pm
by CW4USARMY
For Mike,

Where the hec do I find bbi hot news releases? The bbi website has not been updated in ages (no pic or listing for corsair, zero, paratroopers, WWII etc.) and the last email i received from the membership had a news item dated Oct 2001. I would love to see news from bbi but where do I find it? :?: Thanks! (not being sarcastic, I really want to know)

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:55 pm
by immeww2
I'll believe it when I see it sitting on the shelves. :)

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:23 pm
by DocTodd
Well I am hopeful but realistic. I will be satisfied when they officially announce something. If it is due out in a year it is unlikely they would let the cat out of the bag this early. We will have to .....wait and see.
Todd

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:33 pm
by KAMIKAZE
It's too late. The hunger strike guys are
dead! :wink:

Mark

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:50 pm
by aferguson
Mike wrote:

"for CW4USARMY
I was the bbi representative that met with figures.com during their time in our NYC showroom and I was very specific as to my comments to them regarding any items displayed there.

Our Hot News releases are emailed directly to bbi Members. Membership is free and sign up is via our website.
We broadcast all new releases as with the Corsair and Zero however those of you with SPAM filters active may not get the message as your filter will reject it. For each new release we get over 2,000 bouncebacks of our email.

So if you are an active member and not getting the news, then your filter or firewall is the reason."

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:27 pm
by CW4USARMY
Thanks for the quick info Mike. I'll check it out! :)

bbi 1:18 A-10

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:11 pm
by digger
aferguson wrote:Mike wrote:

"To all
It is recommended that all future enquiries regarding an A-10 be referred directly to digger..."
Well boys, you could ask but I'm telling you right now you're just going to have to "Wait & See" :wink:

Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:23 am
by Birddog
Man I've been out for a little while................I hope the A-10 is going to be done. It would be a great shame and disappointment for it not to happen now. The e-mail I sent was to the editor of Figures.com. He was the one who told me of the A-10 plans. Man......I was just getting ready to eat. All I can say is PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BBI STILL BRING US THE A-10!!!!

Until then, the HUNGER STRIKE MUST GO ON!!!!!!!!

Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 10:19 am
by Jericoeagle1
Well even if there is no "official" word I'm going to remain optimistic. We all know how valuable secrecy is to these manufacturers, but I feel confident we will probably see an A-10 in around a year to a year and a half unless something catastrophic happens...knock on wood.

Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 10:21 am
by Birddog
double knocking on wood......and putting the lock back on the refrigerator..... :wink: