AO Recon Thread

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:51 pm

The Pleasanton, CA WM is doing an extenisve remodel and have marked down all the armor pieces to $10. Not much selection though. Just a few Brummbars was all I could find. Not sure whether the planes were marked down though. Had to leave before I could get a chance to check their prices.

digger · Post by **digger** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:28 am

I see the howitzer and 7/1 halftrack have started to ship. Man if there were any doubt which scale has the goods it is all gone...

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 4:55 pm

Just ordered one! If its anything like the FOV 88mm gun, it should be fantastic! I like the looks of the sandbag emplacement piece as well!

KWR190 · Post by **KWR190** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 7:14 pm

The Olympia, WA WM has the DogFight in 1 left I like the P47 to bad they dont have it in 1/18 with that paint job
Kurt

flpickupman · Post by **flpickupman** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:24 am

I found the new 'Hairless Joe' P-47 Dogfight combo, and the Hanomag/Armored car combo at the Coral Springs/441 Walmart last night. Sharp looking sets.

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:14 am

Found several of the Fw-190/P-47 combos at a DC area Wally today, $25 plus tax, no other combo packs seen, but I will keep an eye out. The P-47 scheme is awesome, one of the best I've seen in 32X or XD for that matter, pic follows....

catman · Post by **catman** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 2:04 pm

San Antonio WM NEAR the Alamo Hights WM had 3 avengers, two p-47s, 1:6th weapon sets, 1:32 panthers, rare figure sets, and playsets. plus desert humvees and old dodge carriers.. a differrent walmart had a halftrack, some mutts, and 8 thousand botb american, japanese, and OMG figs. also some zeros and veltros....

What is the ME-109E-4 plane in 1:32 which is grey and has a bee at the nose?

hworth18 · Post by **hworth18** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 2:10 pm

catman wrote: What is the ME-109E-4 plane in 1:32 which is grey and has a bee at the nose?

Wespen Gerschwader..

catman · Post by **catman** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 2:28 pm

wesp whatardashrecher???? is it cool? should i return cuase i dont really like 1:32

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 2:29 pm

wesp whatardashrecher???? is it cool? should i return cuase i dont really like 1:32

They're not rare or anything if thats what you mean.

catman · Post by **catman** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 2:37 pm

allright thanks
yeah ill return it
thanks

eh i was wondering if anyone wanted it..
i saw one avenger left on there

through an UNBELIEVABLE series of events i got my avenger
it was nowhere near the toys..

I was there, i saw a bubbletop, grabbed it, set it down. grabbed a 1:32 panther, set it down on top. Another guy like 28 or so saw this and told me "ya know they got avengers right over there" and pointed across the store... i almost cried.. we talked for a little, and then he left. had we not needed to get gas and wait for a freind in the bathroom, i wouldve got there, seen nothing, and left. yet for a brief minute or so my best friend (the guy who redirected me) was there. perfect timing.. i was gonna get some 1:32 playsets and stuff but i decided to get two avengers and a bubbletop, and that was already like 200.. so we left..
i wanted two avengers for myself, but at 70 bucks each.. whooo... so i got two, one for me and one for ebay. itll go to ebay unless MARK!!! wants it

mikeg · Post by **mikeg** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 6:00 pm

Well, is'nt this just freakin wonderful-- fw190/p-47 combos as well as cold steel vehicle repaints showing up all around, except in the metro Atlanta area.

Also, a substantial restock of zeros, maachis, p-51s, and 109s have shown up again- although since at one store many of them dissapeared from one visit to the next, I think they simply put a bunch back in storage and just recently put it out again as stock fell to one or two.

There are some kb toys around here, but now vehicle repaints

Oviously, no hellcat/tiger combos, either.

Perhaps I've become somewhat spoiled

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:56 pm

itll go to ebay unless MARK!!! wants it

Somehow, I don't think he will

catman · Post by **catman** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 8:19 pm

he lives right here.. why not? if he didnt feel like going down to that wally he could just pick it up

hworth18 · Post by **hworth18** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 8:20 pm

mikeg wrote:Well, is'nt this just freakin wonderful-- fw190/p-47 combos as well as cold steel vehicle repaints showing up all around, except in the metro Atlanta area.

Don't feel bad, I have hit 6 or so Walmarts here and NOTHIN so far...

Perhaps I've become somewhat spoiled

Ya think????? Me too.....................

Trojan99 · Post by **Trojan99** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:56 am

At a Walmart north of Los Angeles, I found the new King Tiger 99324, a Panzer IV Ausf H 99315 and the 99328 Panzer III Ausf L. I think the Panzer IV & III are new repaints. The IV #829 has the skirt with blue stripes and green splotches. The III #23 is Afrika Corp; beautiful tan with long barrel! The back of the box shows the 99315, 99324, a repaint Sturmpanzer Brummbar 99342 (yellow with brown splitches), and a great looking M7 Priest 99348 in green!

Tim

digger · Post by **digger** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 9:10 am

and a great looking M7 Priest 99348 in green!

COOL! Is this the first sighting? Sorry if not but that is good news for armor fans.

Trojan99 · Post by **Trojan99** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 11:55 am

Digger,

Sorry, it was only a pix of the Priest on the box of a different tank I bought. Hopefully, we'll have the real deal soon!

Tim

catman · Post by **catman** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:55 pm

i found a FOV Abrams, APC, and LAV at Target.. They look cool..

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:58 pm

I saw 3 of the new Dogfight packs at the Wal Mart in Merced, CA. while on a very long range recon for the Avengers. I should have picked one up, but they were on the top shelf and I was VERY bummed about not finding any Avengers.

At a Wal Mart in my AO in Fresno, I finally found all four of the previous 32x playsets with the 88, the P-40, the ME-109, and the Sherman. I almost walked out with the P-40 set, but have decided to save money for the non-existant Avenger.

Can you tell I'm carrying a grudge

catman · Post by **catman** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:01 pm

meaaeh.. the one where i found that avengers had all the playsets, 88, panther, sherman, stug, etc.. wanted the panther one, but dont really do 1"32 plus i already had two acengers and a p-47

rmoore456 · Post by **rmoore456** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:35 am

Found the armor two packs at the Washington, Illinois Walmart today. Had a spot for the plane two pack but none in yet.

Ray

KAMIKAZE · Post by **KAMIKAZE** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:59 pm

No new armor or aircraft twin packs here yet.

Mark

KWR190 · Post by **KWR190** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:25 pm

The Olympia, WA WM got the new tanks in 1 King Tiger 2 Panzer III tan and 1 Panzer IV the King Tiger and 1 Panzer III left.
Kurt

mikeg · Post by **mikeg** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:34 pm

Thanks to a previous post concerning the new combos; I picked up the p-47/fw-190 combo and the hanomog/panzerwagon pieces- good paint and detail on the latter, especially. The tiger and hellcat set did'nt quite reach out and grab me so I left it. I found them at the Mcdonough walmart about 30 miles south of Atlanta. I also saw 2 of the old Vietnam bulldog 1/18th tanks, too.

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