Small Scale Military Headquarters

I've heard from the gang over at the PTE forum that there have been some sightings of the newer PTE shipments at Big lots. This sighting was in Lafayette, Indiana.

Guy found the 1/6th set that has the UAV (potentially fun for us 1/18'rs as a larger drone?). He was clearly a 1/6th guy so he didn't pay much attention to the 1/18th stuff but he did see the zodiac boat.

Anyway, please report sightings here because I know a lot of us are looking for the boats, bridges and command centers.

Thanks!

Thanks Grunt I'll check that out in town tomorrow.

Mark

Yep there are a number of people on the joe boards saying that they have found these including the bridge:
http://www.joebattlelines.com/forums/vi ... hp?t=13432

They didn't have anything at my local Big Lots today.

They have some cool stuff that's pretty cheap.

I sure could use some of those 55 gal. drums for my Buddy L railroad.

Kevin.

kevrut wrote:They didn't have anything at my local Big Lots today.

They have some cool stuff that's pretty cheap.

I sure could use some of those 55 gal. drums for my Buddy L railroad.

Kevin.

hey you might want to look at marauder inc for those if you want a load as it might work out cheaper then buying a load of sets that you don't need. Thats what i did :
http://www.marauderinc.com/servlet/Detail?no=147

Thanks Scope!

I saw many of them at my local Big lots yesterday..but no signs of the bridge set.....

Saw a TON of PTE today at Big Lots... I saw:

-Playsets
-Bridges
-Towers
-Howitzers
-SWAT 3-Packs
-Military 3-Packs
-Fire/Rescue 3-Packs
-SWAT Patrol Boat (SEAL Boat?)

Don't recall seeing Littlebirds, Humvee's, or the smaller figure sets like the Bunk set, the tent, the "shelter" and whatnot. Was a little rushed though so I maybe just missed some stuff. Prices were good, nothing over $30. I walked out with a Command Center playset for $30... I'm hoping to get some Howitzers and a couple or a few bridge sets.

Is the Howitzer to-scale? Looked it to me... would be good for WW2, no?

Checked my local Big Lots yesterday and found ONLY the howlitzer.
Really want to get that bridge and maybe a command post.
I got the command post several years ago through Sears or KayBee.
It comes with scads of extras - PTE figures, folding chairs, map on stand, table, weapons, 50gal drums, vehicles, etc. Most of it is more for a modern display, but the outside of it looks like a slightly war damaged German HQ. Hang a flag down in front of the building and you are set.

Anybody in the Tristate Area (OH, KY, IN) give a shout if you find a bridge or HQ at your local Big Lots.

thanks,

Stopped by a local Big Lots on the way home and found the following:
Towers
Howitzers
Abrams tank
Playsets
Hummer set

Are all the tanks green, or is there finally a desert 'tan' tank?

Went to the Aurora, Indiana Big Lots:
Towers
Howitzers
HQ Playset
Various PTE figs with equipment...


But NO Bridges...


Checked out the Florence, KY Big Lots:
They were just stocking the shelves when I was there.
(I think the lady stocking, just hated me...)
They had:
Towers
Howitzers
HQ Playset
Various PTE figs with equipment(not up yet-but in the boxes)

Long Seal Attack Boat

But NO bridges...

I will check back there later.

Oh, this is going to be fun. The one thing I wanted was one of the SWAT dogs. Hit two Pic-n-Saves today (still hate the BL name)

First one - abrams, bridges, 3 packs, single military packs, humvees, howitzers.

Second one - abrams, building, military single packs dune buggies.

No SWAT pooches, no 12in with UAV. And VERY disappointed the 3 packs no longer come with drums and jerry cans. Nope, I'm not getting sucked into hitting Pic-n-saves, not knowing WTF they are going to have stocked. Almost as bad as Walmart.

I just checked out the Big Lots here in East Peoria IL. They have the Howitzer, camel, horse, camp site, guard tower, A-10's, and the HQ(?) set. No bridges.

Kevin.

Finally found a bridge!
WAHOO!

Razor17019 wrote:Finally found a bridge!
WAHOO!

Cool, have you set it up yet????

Took it out of the box.
It connects together in three pieces.
It is nice!

is the bridge the thing with the jeep or some type of truck on it

if so i saw some of them in pa here

Yep. The bridge has a jeep on it. The bridge is made of heavier plastic-better than I thought it'd be. It's a pretty cool set! The bridge can also be used with XD and bbi

Cool thing is that with minor tweaking you can join multiple bridges together.

Pictures of bridge in action here:
viewtopic.php?t=9097

Very cool grunt1. Outstanding diorama!

Wonderful job!

Have to check out the only Big Lot store I can get to to see if they have all this PTE stuff.

I checked one of the Big Lots stores here in Fresno. They had quite a bit of PTE stuff and alot of it wasn't as corny as I remember. In 1:18 there was the Watch Tower, Little Bird, various Hummers, the M1 Abrams, the Command Center, the A-10, and a bunch of little figure & accessory packs. I picked up some of the figure packs and the watch tower. The figures and some of the weapons are way too toyish for me, but the tower and some of the smaller accessories are great!

Still looking for the bridge, however.

Checked the 2 Big Lots by me and still no Firemen or Swat sets or the 3 packs of figures.
One tough thing about PTE is that if you don't buy it now, PTE will soon be gone from Big Lots and if it's like last year, won't be restocked til next year.