AO Recon Thread

rose4472g · Post by **rose4472g** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:02 pm

Found some 1/32 F4Us (the "Devil Dogs") at the Huntington Beach WM Bought one left two. First I've seen, went out there, HB, looking for Holloween stuff with my son. They had a couple green Stukas, Stukas bore me so I didn't notice which ones. They had a single dogfight set with the 56th FG P-47 (totally hot skin

) and the Dora. I already have one of each so "no dups" rule applies, bummer. No armor, no 1/18th stuff. Fully stocked shelves though

I've still never seen a 1/48 scale plane

David

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:31 pm

Mt. Airy Maryland WM had the M7 Priest and a Brummbar with a paintscheme I have not seen before. The M7 Priest is outstanding IMO, and shows how far we have come in terms of detail and quality in a $15 model, hats off to 21st for a job well done on the M7 Priest, it clearly shows their continuing commitment to our growing hobby. The Brummbar looks like this one....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ULTIMATE-SOLDIER-1- ... dZViewItem

Panzer_M · Post by **Panzer_M** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:52 am

saw the M7 today and a S2 Sturmpanzer IV, and the newest paint of the Panzer IV ausf H.

Lots of Zeros(Pearl to Late War models), 1 M.202, lots of M.205(1 JG77)
no Stukas, no F4Us.

nooker21 · Post by **nooker21** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:17 pm

Forgot to mention in my other thread, but found the only Big Hog corsair and snatched it up at the Anaheim Plaza, CA WM. They also had one devil dogs corsair, and one Snake Stuka (first I've seen of this scheme)...

rmoore456 · Post by **rmoore456** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:34 pm

Central Illinois recon,

Springfield- new Brumbar, Priest and Pz IV.
Allen Road Peoria- new two pack armor. German SdKfz.7 8 ton halftrack and US M3A3 Halftrack.
East Peoria- Brumbar, Priest, Pz IV. Stuka and P40 assortment.
Pekin- Stuka and P40.
Normal- Brumbar, Priest, Pz IV.

Ray

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:05 pm

I found some of the new 1:72 FOV armor at the Target in Clovis, Ca. today

I'm actually quite impressed by it as the detail is excellent and the figure and rockets are seperate pieces! All this store had were the Stuka zu Fuss hannomag. It looked as though the others in the assortment may have been stocked, but had been purchased already

Still, now that I know they're in my area, the hunt will continue as there's still 5 other Target stores to hit.

mikeg · Post by **mikeg** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:08 pm

I found 3 of the South African desert P-40s at the Lithia Spgs Walmart today. It looks a hell of alot like the British one, but I got it anyway

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:46 pm

I found the FOV 1:72 M-113, SU-122, and T-34 at another Target in my area. The M113 looks good with the baggage, but has no other function than the rolling tracks. The SU-122 has an excellent paintscheme with the tree pattern and the sculpting is very nice. All in all, however, the Stuka zu Fuss hannomag is my favorite from this Targer assortment

mikeg · Post by **mikeg** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:28 pm

What versions of the Stuka and Corsair have appeared on the Left coast- are all the series out yet?

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:57 pm

Are those the 32x Stuka and Corsair or the 1:72 FOV versions? I haven't paid much attention to the FOV planes, but in summation of the 32x plane recons, the VMF-111 "Devil Dogs", VMF-114? and VF-17 "Big Hog" Corsairs have been spotted along with the Yellow nose, green, and snake Stukas. I personally have not found the snake Stukas and Big Hog Corsairs in my area, though they've been spotted elsewhere in the west.

mikeg · Post by **mikeg** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 6:16 pm

So, there are three of each? If any interestI have a trade offer in the BST forum.

warhawker · Post by **warhawker** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:32 am

tmanthegreat wrote:

I personally have not found the snake Stukas and Big Hog Corsairs in my area, though they've been spotted elsewhere in the west.

Tman, the snake stuka is very close to you, I found it last week at the WM in Ceres. They had 2!
(I say 'close' but being from Texas a 2 hour drive or less is all relevant to us!)

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:38 pm

Well, didn't find any Snake Stukas at the Wal Mart I visited today (they had a bunch of the yellow nose versions) but I did come across the new 32x dogfight pack with the P-51 and the ME-262. Both the schemes look awesome and I though long and hard about getting the set, but decided not to. I already have a couple 32x ME-262s and cannot stand the far outdated look of the P-51's sculpting. Though, again, its paintscheme was awesome! 21c seriously needs to do justice to this famous fighter by offering a retooled 32x P-51!

nooker21 · Post by **nooker21** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 10:48 am

Yeah, I've been totally holding out on a P-51 because of the awful landing gear. Redo that and some new paint schemes, and I'll certainly pick one up...

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 12:16 pm

Germantown, Maryland Target store had the FOV Marine LAV-25 on sale for $17.99 , plus they had two flavors of Kuwait Abrams, an improved TOW vehicle, and the MLRS on sale for 29.99 each. Pretty good deal for anyone who collects FOV modern stuff.

hworth18 · Post by **hworth18** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:19 am

The 3ton truck and Skdfz4 half track have shown up in Tulsa, along with the Mustang/Me-262 Dogfight packs..

Still NO new 32x Corsairs or Stukas..

warhawker · Post by **warhawker** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:08 pm

two WMs here in Dallas spotted the new 1/18 Pioneerpanzerwagen, Stuka Fuss, Pak 40 and M16 quad .50 cal.
As well as 2 of the new 21st F-86

hworth18 · Post by **hworth18** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:20 pm

tmanthegreat wrote: I already have a couple 32x ME-262s and cannot stand the far outdated look of the P-51's sculpting. Though, again, its paintscheme was awesome! 21c seriously needs to do justice to this famous fighter by offering a retooled 32x P-51!

I agree Tman!!! 21st needs to retool the Mustang..

KAMIKAZE · Post by **KAMIKAZE** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:07 pm

The new 1/32nd scale trucks have begun to arrive in San Antonio today. No new planes yet though.

Mark

warhawker · Post by **warhawker** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:10 pm

Sweet Mark, that means they are somewhere here in Dallas as well!

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:04 am

Hampstead, Maryland WM had a version of the 21C 88mm gun I have not seen before, it's one of the model kits and sells for $14.74 plus tax. Looks like this...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ULTIMATE-SOLDIER-1- ... dZViewItem

Jagdplastic · Post by **Jagdplastic** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 6:48 pm

I found the new 32X Brumbar, Panzer IV D, and Priest at the Fuquay-Varina Walmart this weekend. This is their first appearance in my area. There were at least two of each when I left.

hworth18 · Post by **hworth18** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:42 pm

Saw the Stalingrad, Okinawa, and Calais playsets today.. Along with the new Me-262/Mustang Dogfight set..

Still NO Corsairs/Stukas though...

KWR190 · Post by **KWR190** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:19 pm

The Spanaway WM has the new 1/48 planes in I picked up the BF109K-4 looks good
Kurt