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Dragon armor : Modern tanks
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 2:02 am
by cheesecake
hi all,
i began since few times the collection of dragon armor series... really great collection.
So, i like too modern tanks... few are available, but the choice is too straight !
(german, US and UK)
I see here some specialist and seller of diecast model, so, someone know if other modern tank will be released soon ?
like french leclerc, israeli merkava or chinese type80 ou russian T80-90 ?
Modern Armor
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:12 am
by lightning2000
Hello Cheesecake,
IXO Models will begin releasing their range of 1:72 scale military vehicles (including many of the vehicles you mentioned) starting in November. If you're in Europe, you may find them under the Altaya brand.
Cordially,
Lightning2000
www.themotorpool.net
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:13 am
by cheesecake
a serie by ixo/altaya began one month ago in france.
three items are released :
Tiger from GD
AMX30
and i forgot the third...
but, the quality of altaya is not very good, when you have tasted Dragon armor tiger for example...
thanks a lot lightning...
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:52 am
by Tshintl
Hi Cheesecake,
As Lightning suggested, IXO/Altaya is the best for what you're looking for. They are pretty cheap in France too, I spoke to a friend that lives there and he said they were selling on average for just 6 Euro ($7.61 for the current exchange rate)). Below is a link showing pictures of most of them:
http://www.diecast72.com/altaya.asp
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:38 pm
by aferguson
those are cute.....quite a line up too.
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 5:35 am
by cheesecake
Tshintl wrote:Hi Cheesecake,
As Lightning suggested, IXO/Altaya is the best for what you're looking for. They are pretty cheap in France too, I spoke to a friend that lives there and he said they were selling on average for just 6 Euro ($7.61 for the current exchange rate)). Below is a link showing pictures of most of them:
http://www.diecast72.com/altaya.asp
I could compare the GD tiger from altaya and one of the Dragon tiger i have (60098)... and the quality is largely better for dragon you know !
Even the price are cheap, i would like rather an beautiful tank than altaya.
For information, the price of altaya :
- Tiger GD : 3,95 € (3,10 $)
- Amx 30 : 7,95 € (7,10 $)
- Sherman : 11,95 € (11,10 $)
i don't know if 11,95 € is the final price for the collection...
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 5:48 am
by Tshintl
cheesecake wrote:
I could compare the GD tiger from altaya and one of the Dragon tiger i have (60098)... and the quality is largely better for dragon you know !
Even the price are cheap, i would like rather an beautiful tank than altaya.
For information, the price of altaya :
- Tiger GD : 3,95 € (3,10 $)
- Amx 30 : 7,95 € (7,10 $)
- Sherman : 11,95 € (11,10 $)
i don't know if 11,95 € is the final price for the collection...
Yes, I fully agree. The detail on Dragon Armor is much better than on Altaya/IXO, there's really no comparison between the two. That's probably the main reason Altaya is a bit cheaper than Dragon Armor.
The same thing happened with Altaya tanks in Spain, they started out cheaper and then went up in price after a few releases. I think they cost about 10-11 Euros right now and have remained that price the majority of the time. They make unusual subjects though which is good.