1:32 Ultimate Soldier and FoV

rocky100370 · Post by **rocky100370** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 5:22 pm

So I have a dumb question......I have been collecting the 1:18 figures and a few pieces of armor and the 1:16 Wittmann tiger from FoV. My question is is how does the 1:32 Fov and ultimate soldier stuff compare? I do like that all of FoV tanks are diecast but I dont like how you cant "pose" the figs.

Any input?

tparkhere · Post by **tparkhere** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:02 pm

If you are asking for comparison between 1:18 vs FOV and Ultimate soldier, since I do not collect 1:18 scale, I do not know. However, if you want a comparison between FOV vs Ultimate soldier, I can give you my input.

I have most of FOV and Ultimate Soldier (Cold Steel) AFV. The following are my observation:

If I were to disregard the price, there is no comparison. FOV wins hands down. FOV have more detail and more diecast. FOV have more paint (although most of the times, too much paint). Many AFV experts do complain about FOV inaccuracy. However, since FOV AFVs do have look-and-feel of the real thing, I do like them all.

Regarding Ultimate Soldier (Cold Steel), they are hit and misses. Some of them look like a cheap plastic toys, but, most are pretty decent. I would recommend to get AFV that FOV do not offer. Sherman tanks are almost on par with FOV Shermans. Flak 8.8 and Opel trucks are surprisingly good. My impression is that 21st Century AFVs were improving tremendously when it went out of business.

Now the most important part, money. Back in the days, FOV were selling for $40 each and 21st Century were selling for $20 each. I would keep that as a rule of thumb. 21st Century should be half the price of FOV. Since 21st Century company is no longer with us, their AFV price has been increasing. If you can only buy one item, I would recommend to buy FOV. One last item. Sine FOV AFV are starting to break $50 barrier, I stop buying them. I only buy when there is a bargain for 1/35 Minichamps, 1/35 Dragon Armors and 1/32 FOV on sale.

I hope this helps. Good luck collecting.

tparkhere · Post by **tparkhere** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:42 pm

Ooops. double post.

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 5:45 am

One thing you have to keep in mind when comparing FOV's & and 21st's 1/32 lines (aside from price as mentioned) is the lines are not duplicated across the board. There are a fair number of items 21st produced that never made it into production with FOV, the Jagdtiger, Panzer III, and Marder are a few that come to mind, and there are others, and the same applies to FOV, they made stuff 21st never did either. To me this is kind of an "apples versus oranges" comparison, and both lines have good points and bad points, while still offering something worth having to most collectors. For what it's worth, you cant pose any 1/32 scale figures that I know of, so there's no advantage to either line there.