Small Scale Military Headquarters

At first I wasn't too keen on these but when I saw them I immeadiately picked them up. I got a Mustang, ME-262, Hellcat and Japanese Hiyate. Now if they can get a few more out I'd be happy. I also bought every piece of 1/144 Armor they had as well. I like the idea of a whole collection that will fit on one tiny shelf.

I just came across these in a Wal Mart just outside of my hometown. I got the P-51, KI-84, and the Hellcat. There was just something about the ME-262 that made me not want to get it. These are pretty well done aircraft and you can't go wrong with the price!

The price (assuming yours was the same?) was $3.24 here. I was pretty suprised since the armor is marked at $1.99 and typically clearances for $1.00.

I couldn't see spending $14 on four little planes.

Now don't get me wrong, they are cool and I would have put them in my bucket otherwise.

The other challenge I had was that the Maisto planes are made of diecast and though they lack some details, are only $1.97


Maybe this WM had the price wrong?

Mine were about the same price. Not bad, considering that the CanDo 1:144 planes and those little Japanese ones in the boxes go for $6 or more.

I was thinking the exact same thing... at 3.50 for the planes it makes the $6.00 Can-do option aircraft a NO-Can-do!

I also like the fact that in this scale we should expect to see the more obscure airplanes.

tmanthegreat wrote:Mine were about the same price. Not bad, considering that the CanDo 1:144 planes and those little Japanese ones in the boxes go for $6 or more.

But the Dragon , F-toys , Bandai and Takara models are way more detailed , so you get what you pay for .

Hey guys are the landing gears removable? I realize their tiny but I was thinking these could be used to swoosh around and dogfight...and we all know how weird it looks doing that with gear down,,,,

I picked up all four at the lockeed walmart in marietta-

Inspect them carefully, some have bent landing gear, crooked tail sections and separations in fusilage joints; find a new box and go through them patiently.

Of course, I had to get them all, what else is one to do, there is nothing else to buy yet..

I picked up a few of these today and was generally pleased with them.

Mark

Who makes them?

21st.


Saw them too, look great, but at the price, i dunno.

pics please.

I picked up a couple of the Hellcats and Hayates, a 262 and a P-51.. I really like these with the plus that the props spin freely (They don't on the CanDo stuff) and the quality is really good.. I have also noticed that these sell VERY quickly.. Of the 6 Walmarts I hit, most had them, but were close to being sold out with 2 stores sold out completely..

Get'em while you can!!!!

I was lucky when I came across them. They had just been put out and weren't even in the computer system (which made checking out alot of fun ) I had my pick of the litter and noticed the aforementioned flaws on some of the planes. In the assortment I found, the Hellcats and KI-84s were generally in the best shape, with the P-51s and ME-262s varying. All in all, the new planes look very sharp!

Tman same thing at my wally world.The planes were not in the system yet either.Clerk said"oh one of those again."when she was paged to the front to get a price check So I wasnt the first to buy any as the box was fairly empty with just couple hellcats a p51(looked wierd to me kinda too skinny in the fuaslage so i left it) and me 262.

Here are some pics I found on the 'bay...

I like how the Mustang, while harkening back to the origional product that started this whole XD craze, is more-or-less correctly tooled

The Hellcat and the KI-84 are the best in the series, IMHO.

I've been trying to stay 1/18, but I had to pick up a ME262 for an at-work toy. The more I look at it, the more I think a little dio with a few of these guys going after a B-17 would be cool.

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Greetings,

These planes remind me somewhat of my childhood days collecting the Micro Machines. With those, I think you got 5 for about $5 or something like that. Then later on the Micros got a little bigger and you only got three of them, or four, or something like that.

They are neat little planes but I will not be buying these. They are very nice and are well detailed for being so small, but I just like the 1/32 machines and have a pretty full collection of things already. Plus my big guys take up a lot of room and these little guys would get lost on my big shelves. Perhaps they would be good for student prizes, but then again, they are war toys, don't know about that.

I think my favorite is the KI-84, very neat looking plane. I've never seen a model of one before either. Good stuff, go for them guys.

Regards

Corey

These planes came out in NNJ recently. I picked up a set and found them to be quite nice. The remind me of the old Bachmann Mini Planes I used to have in the early 1970s`. The interesting thing is that the Bachmann planes usually had working landing gear on most planes and bomb bay doors on some planes. The paint work on the 21st planes is definitly state of the art though...

TJ

Picked up a Hayate and Hellcat yesterday, I think these little guys are pretty cool and not a bad deal for the money. I also noticed these things are flying off the shelves if you'll pardon the bad pun. Unfortunately, their armor counter parts look like they have been collecting dust on the shelves for a while.

Dan

I've noticed that too, that the 1:144 planes are quick sellers. There are 3 stores that got them in my area and all have sold out! The 1:144 tanks and most other 21c products have never gone that quickly!

Does anyone know if these are the only 4 types of aircraft 21st will put out this year? I would like to create an entire 1/144 diorama with the armor that is on clearance right now but I would like to use some German air support for my blitzkrieg.

I have been picking up the Minicraft Models that are also 1:144 scale. They go together in a few minutes and they paint up well with brush painting. Here are a couple shots of the Avenger and the Nakajima Recon plane along side the 21st planes.

TJ