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Chinese on ebay
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:25 pm
by blurx7
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:57 am
by Jagdpanther
There will be plenty of these sitting on T R US shelves.
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:59 am
by ltcbj
Jagd: Why do you think that?
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:08 am
by Jagdpanther
ltcbj wrote:Jagd: Why do you think that?
Well because I said that was I dont no how many people besides us collectors would be buying Chinese infantry.
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:17 am
by ltcbj
I too wonder about who buys these fine figures other than us? Does a child really want three or six army men for $7.00 when he can get a bag full for 99c? Does a parent buy their ten year old expensive soldiers with little parts or cheap ones with solid one piece construction?
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:36 am
by General custer
Of course I'll buy them, but must wait an American dealer ( like ,by exemple, themotorpool lol) proposes them in mail order!
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:52 am
by KWR190
If you dont want to get them off ebay he has them on his site.
http://store.foxholetoys.com/21ceto32xsol.html
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:03 am
by General custer
Thanx for the link, price is correct indeed.
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:15 am
by ltcbj
Gag. $10 for three. Oh heavens the enfeebled dollar vs the newly empowered EURO. Au Revoir US economy. (Of course they are made in China.)
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:18 am
by olifant
I will buy these but I don't think they will be quenching my 1/32 fire. Kind of like kissing your sister...

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:24 am
by ltcbj
Are these Nationalist Chinese or Communist Chinese?
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:33 am
by KWR190
Start looking at the stores in the past i think he has bought them at WM or TRU and resells them if i remember correctly hes in Portland, OR
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:34 am
by ostketten
I dont no how many people besides us collectors would be buying Chinese infantry
I kind of agree.... a pretty limited market for these IMO. If these do end up at retail chains like TRU at all, I believe they will be mostly peg warmers. I guess these are nice for somebody who needs opponents if they are modeling the Kwangtung army, but I personally would not have much interest in them. I still can't understand why they chose to make these as opposed to some new Russians...

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:44 am
by KWR190
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:03 pm
by tmanthegreat
Not too much of a markup on that one - its priced at the regular retail price for the plane at either TRU or other small retailers. The amount I'd waste on gas driving to the different stores in my area justifies the shipping cost

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 4:14 pm
by General custer
ltcbj wrote:Are these Nationalist Chinese or Communist Chinese?
It's Tchang-Kaï-Chek troops , who fought against the Japanese in 1936/37 ( look
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War )
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:24 pm
by ltcbj
I believe that the Red Chinese also fought the Japanese.
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:58 pm
by conteaddict
The reds did as well but i think that making communist chinese troops would go over or sell well. Ill buy them but great more stuff noone wants clogging up the shelves at my local tru's

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:29 pm
by Rowsdower
Think I'll pass on these. Give us some Brits already!
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:06 am
by ltcbj
While I agree that red Chinese might not be as popular they were a legitimate force and they were so with very little allied support. They did not get wealthy due to foreign aid. By the same token there is a direct line from them to the next Summer Olympics so perhaps a Chinese javilineer would be appropriate- one with an air rifle(?) another shown as a POW....
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:52 am
by ostketten
By the same token there is a direct line from them to the next Summer Olympics so perhaps a Chinese javilineer would be appropriate- one with an air rifle(?) another shown as a POW....
LOLL

How about a pack of angry Tibetan Monks with Molotov Coktails...??

Maybe they ought to make the Dalai Lama.. Well hello Dolly..

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:12 am
by ltcbj
Perhaps the contemporary European militaries then- in full band attire, with instruments that their nations may be particularly well know for. Bagpipes for Scotland, perhaps piccolos for the Netherlands, Clarinets for Belgium....
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:19 am
by ltcbj
They were made by Communist Chinese. But 'for' Communist Chinese?