New packaging for FOV 1:32 infantry sets

Sky Ray · Post by **Sky Ray** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:49 pm

On my usually milk run to Target to check up on 1:18 FOV figures, I spotted a batch of 1:32 FOV infantry sets lined up on the shelf and on the pegs too. They weren't in their usually box design, instead in a blister style packaging with the same price of $9.99. None of them were new sets, just a re-release with new packaging, but I did picked up one just for fun, the U.S. 36th Infantry Regiment.
The re-releases that were there were the 352nd German Infantry Division, U.S. 82nd Airborne w/ Medic, 82nd Airborne w/ POWs, U.S. Marines (Gulf War), and U.K. 7th Armored Divison 3rd Royal Tank Regiment.
Has anyone else spotted these?

Rowsdower · Post by **Rowsdower** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 1:42 pm

Didn't see any today but if they help keep all the fragile pieces from getting bent to hell and back then I'm all for it.

Sky Ray · Post by **Sky Ray** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:15 pm

Here's some pics I took with my camera on the new packaging of the U.S. 36th Infantry Regiment I bought two days ago.

The front:

The back:

Rowsdower · Post by **Rowsdower** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:24 pm

Nice pics. Very slick packaging, maybe less bendy weapons now. Plus the ability to hang on a peg instead of needing shelf space is a definite plus.

olifant · Post by **olifant** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:18 pm

This should be cheaper for FOV and hopefully means they can hold their price points.

Stug45 · Post by **Stug45** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:25 pm

The targets here have them.

GIToys · Post by **GIToys** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:30 pm

Unfortunately, the figs are the same, cartoonish pieces of crap. Why don't they start selling the kind of awesome figs they include with their vehicles?????
--Mike, gitoys

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:02 pm

Same figures, but I like the packaging for some reason.

jrs. · Post by **jrs.** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:38 pm

I dont think the modern figs are cartoonish, just the craper old WW2.

Why they dont simply pack the crew figures into sets is beyond me? I would love to buy tank riders or panzer crew seperate, or the 88 crew.

They would easily be able to put out 10 to 12 sets of WW2 figures doing this.

Rowsdower · Post by **Rowsdower** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:34 pm

Why they put out some excellent sets like the Airborne troopers with the German POWs and the Airborne Medic with the wounded trooper while the figures in the other sets look like a bunch of Gumbys is beyond me. Hell even those two sets I mentioned have some Gumby troopers.