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1/72 Altaya Famo & trailer picture
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:32 pm
by Tshintl
A picture of my 1/72 diecast Altaya Famo with trailer pulling a Dragon Armor Stug. Excellent little 1/72 diecast Famo.
FAMO
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 3:17 am
by lightning2000
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 7:18 am
by DomiUK
Is that one a special subscriber only edition or something ?
I am actually in Spain next week and if I am very lucky I may be able to pick up a couple of the altaya tanks while I am there.
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:13 am
by Tshintl
DomiUK wrote:Is that one a special subscriber only edition or something ?
I am actually in Spain next week and if I am very lucky I may be able to pick up a couple of the altaya tanks while I am there.
Yes, the Famo and trailer are special edition pieces available to subscribers of some magazine in Spain (not part of the regular releases). I was fortunate to actually find these on Ebay which I had been huntig forever. The regular releases are for sale in newspaper/book stands from what I've been told.
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 9:07 am
by Mr. Football
The regular releases are for sale in newspaper/book stands from what I've been told.
How come we don't have stuff like that here in the States?
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 1:23 pm
by Tshintl
Mr. Football wrote:The regular releases are for sale in newspaper/book stands from what I've been told.
How come we don't have stuff like that here in the States?
I'm not sure, Altaya for some reason doesn't sell their 1/72 diecast tank line anywhere but Spain. You can get their tanks off Ebay but they start at about $20 (about half of that if you get them in Spain yourself).
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 2:42 pm
by gehena
Maybe I can be of a little help.
I live in Madrid, Spain and the collection was released last year. It is intended to be sold in newsstands, two tanks a month and each costs 9.95 euros (12.20 US$).
There is the possibility of being a subscriber and then they send them the tanks straight to your home. Unfortunately there is no possibility of international shippings.
You can consult their web page (its in spanish) here:
https://www.altaya.es/suscripcion.php?id=105
then you can click on a button labeled
"ver colección" (see collection) about halfway through the page, before the form.
On the new page click on a link that says "Lista de entregas" (Release list) and there you can see the first 32 tanks that they´ll release (the whole colection are 50 tanks)
The Famo is for subscribers only and you get it on the second delivery and on the sixth delivery, I got mine last month and looks great.
If I can I will post some pictures of the tanks.
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 2:54 pm
by Tshintl
gehena wrote:
The Famo is for subscribers only and you get it on the second delivery and on the sixth delivery, I got mine last month and looks great.
If I can I will post some pictures of the tanks.
So the trailer hasn't even been sent out yet? Wonder how the Ebay seller is getting his then? I just checked and the guy/company I got mine off of has 6 more Famo halftracks and 10 more of the trailers available!
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 3:04 pm
by gehena
I can only tell you what I know from their web page.
I know for sure that Altaya is just a publishing company, not the manufacturer, and the closest thing I´ve seen on the internet are the CDC armour/Matchbox tanks. All the ones that I have from Altaya have the same black base with white letters on it indicating the model, year and regiment/division so maybe they got a good price on an excess of stock and decided to go ahead with the collection.
Besides that I have not been able to get any more information regarding the manufacturer.
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:54 pm
by OzDigger
I know that Ixo make the 1/72 aircraft for Altaya so maybe they make the tanks as well.
I'd like to buy these models but the postage to Australia is rather expensive for individual items.
I wonder if there are any kind hearted collectors in Spain that could get a set of the WWII models together for me, especially that tank transporter
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:55 am
by cheesecake
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:19 am
by luftpanzer
Hey Cheescake I clicked on that link and its all in Spanish. I could have my wife Translate it, but then she would know what Im up to. Can we see the same thing in English Ebay?
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:23 am
by flpickupman
Copy the item # and paste in into the search field on your own my ebay page. Voila! All in english.
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:18 am
by luftpanzer
Coooool said the polar bear
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:12 pm
by OzDigger
flpickupman wrote:Copy the item # and paste in into the search field on your own my ebay page. Voila! All in english.
Damn, that's the tip of the week imo