Small Scale Military Headquarters

Small Joes has some of the new D-Day figs in stock, but if you want them single they are a little pricey. In the long run it still beats making that trip to the evil empire.

Hi,
Evil empire? Just how often do you go to Iran to pick up large scale aircraft?

Lightning2000

I think he meant North Korea.

I'd say something but this keyboard I bought at Wally shocks me everytime I write bad things about that crappy pla.............Ahhhh!

Rowsdower wrote:I'd say something but this keyboard I bought at Wally shocks me everytime I write bad things about that crappy pla.............Ahhhh!

Hey Rowsdower have you been eating your keyboard again?

has there been a repaint of the German figure in camo smock yet? I'm waiting for a realistic camo pattern to come out on the figure before i buy any..

does small joes carry the BBI knights and Romans? I can't find them if they do...

aferguson wrote:has there been a repaint of the German figure in camo smock yet? I'm waiting for a realistic camo pattern to come out on the figure before i buy any..

I agree I would like to start my ground pounders off on a good figure and some great armor. I want to build a small army.

I also would love to see a repaint of the german camo guy. If anybody has any pictures of the real uniform patterns could you please post pictures of them, because I would love to do some customs on these guys. I bought eight of these so I could do customs but have been unable to find any of this uniform type to know how to paint it.

They really want to make a killing on the German artillery spotter at $13 a figure!

tosborne3 wrote:I also would love to see a repaint of the german camo guy. If anybody has any pictures of the real uniform patterns could you please post pictures of them, because I would love to do some customs on these guys. I bought eight of these so I could do customs but have been unable to find any of this uniform type to know how to paint it.

heer's an example

Check out this site for camo.
http://www.kamouflage.net/camouflage/00136/en_index.php

Thanks fellas, you guys are so awesome!!!!!

aferguson wrote:does small joes carry the BBI knights and Romans? I can't find them if they do...

No we don't, mainly because they are not really action figures in my mind. Is this something that a lot of you guys like and actively collect?

immeww2 wrote:They really want to make a killing on the German artillery spotter at $13 a figure!

Actually, not really. I would be perfectly happy if everyone just buys a complete set of six.

Here's the deal guys: we have to buy them for 21st in case assortments, so we are not going to let consumer/speculator/etc. buy us out on certain figures which are in higher demand, which this particular guy clearly will be. We then get stuck with the less popular figures, cannot justify a re-order, our selection then "stinks", and customers looking for complete sets will go elsewhere.

When the manufacturers decide to start releasing the figures in solid packs so that we can order individually to meet demand this can all end - but it ain't ever going to happen.

re: BBI Knights

I like them and actively collect them. Quality is very high; despite the lack of articulation they are very cool and unique. Civil War figures are due in the fall and then hopefully Napoleonic and WWI figures in future (no inside news, just my gut feeling).

I love the look of the BBI Knights but do not want to buy them because they are not articulated. I only pray for the day when we see articulated 1:18th scale knight army builders. With all of the castles & other medievil items avalible I would speculate that they would give the WW2 collections a real run for thier money. When Palasade toys was making the Army Of Darkness figures I was as excited as a kid in a candyshop. I was spending all my pennies on these guys, however, sadly Palasades is no more. But I gotta mess o those figs though!!!!

coreystinson wrote:
Actually, not really. I would be perfectly happy if everyone just buys a complete set of six.

Corey, I'm happy you have this method even though the more popular figures are expensive.

We can at least buy figures individually if needed. Several other online retailers only have them in sets which is an issue if you just need one or two specific ones.

I've also observed that as you figure out what people are targeting, that you re-adjust the prices accordingly. The whole process also ensures that you have them in stock vs Walmart where you have to be the first one to the pegs in a lot of cases.

coreystinson wrote:

immeww2 wrote:They really want to make a killing on the German artillery spotter at $13 a figure!

Actually, not really. I would be perfectly happy if everyone just buys a complete set of six.

Here's the deal guys: we have to buy them for 21st in case assortments, so we are not going to let consumer/speculator/etc. buy us out on certain figures which are in higher demand, which this particular guy clearly will be. We then get stuck with the less popular figures, cannot justify a re-order, our selection then "stinks", and customers looking for complete sets will go elsewhere.

When the manufacturers decide to start releasing the figures in solid packs so that we can order individually to meet demand this can all end - but it ain't ever going to happen.

Ditto

For example:

We just received a batch of 432 D-Day figures. Their are 18 different D-Day figures available. I believe in this batch there were only two Captain Russo's. You could definitely say that this one is rare. And there are a number of pieces in this set like this. If any more become available, we'll probably sell them in complete sets.

Rob
http://www.badcattoys.com

grunt1 wrote:
I've also observed that as you figure out what people are targeting, that you re-adjust the prices accordingly.

Interesting point. We've found that it is much, much more difficult to predict which 1:18 figure will be a good seller, as opposed to a 1:18 aircraft. We often scratch our heads trying to understand why Figure A sells 200 pieces while Figure B sells just 25.

Rob
http://www.badcattoys.com

I agree with you

grunt1 wrote: I've also observed that as you figure out what people are targeting, that you re-adjust the prices accordingly. The whole process also ensures that you have them in stock vs Walmart where you have to be the first one to the pegs in a lot of cases.

Yes, exactly. It is totally an inventory-balancing technique to provide a robust product selection, not an attempt to gouge. This lesson was learned many years ago in dealing with GI JOE and Hasbro's notoriously horrid case pack-outs, and it transfers to sales of any product that ships in an assortment.

A buddy of mine in Vegas used to shop at a place called the Bat Cave. Although I never made it by there, I liked the way they handled it (not something the online guys could really do, I think). The first
SW figure on the peg was $5. The second was a few bucks more, etc. So, if there were three of one figure from a case, the first was $5, the second something like $10, and the last $15.

that's a very interesting idea. That way you can buy a figure at a reasonable price but if you start gobbling up multiples it gets expensive, fast and thus makes hording too expensive to justify.