Toy Fair Observations
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 1:21 pm
Hello All,
Well, we just got back from Toy Fair and was very impressed with some of the lines we saw. Dragon seemed to be MIA - the booth number listed on the Toy Fair map didnt jive with their location, so there's no way of knowing at present, if they showed anything new.
Anyway, here's our initial rundown for some of the lines we saw.
21st Century Toys - Several very cool-looking new 1:32 scale military vehicles were shown. I took some photos and will try to upload them tonight once we decompress a bit. To make a long story short, 21st will be offering a 105mm howitzer on wheels, a Long Tom 155mm arty, a Sherman Firefly, a King Tiger with a Porsche turret and a US M3 halftrack thats currently included with some of their playsets. The artillery looked very sweet, and should prove to be winners when they come out.
In the air, they showed off their Bunker Hill Avenger, an unpainted Me 262, and an upcoming P-38 Lightning. Great stuff, and great additions to any military collection.
Admiral Toys - Finally got to meet Jayson, Jim and the rest of the Admiral clan after speaking with them ad infintum by phone and by email. If you're into 1:18 scale aircraft, then you'd better run not walk to The Military Toy Shop and BCA to place your pre-orders for their Dauntless and F4C Phantom. Both looked incredible and even though they're exclusives to competitors of ours, you really owe it to yourself to add these models to your collection.
Their Skyraider looked equally dazzling, which was decked out with all sorts of ordnance, from rockets to fuel pods. Truly some amazing stuff they're coming out with at affordable prices.
Their 1:72 scale armor range was equally breathtaking, although they are migrating to ABS production techniques as opposed to tooling up metal vehicles. We have some photos to share tonight, just as soon as we do some cropping and scale adjustment.
Unimax - Got to see their upcoming 1:32 scale Lee, Stuart, Sd. Kfz. 7 along with some of their new 1:72 scale vehicles. All looked great and should complement their FOV line when they come out this spring. More new introductions will be announced later on in October.
Minichamps - Finally got to see their soon-to-be-released Centurion tank. We didnt take any photos since the image in their catalog is of better quality. I'll scan it tonight and post it to our web site.
Obviously, there are some other projects in the works that we cant discuss at present, but will surely share with you when we get the go ahead.
Cordially,
Lightning2000
www.themotorpool.net
Well, we just got back from Toy Fair and was very impressed with some of the lines we saw. Dragon seemed to be MIA - the booth number listed on the Toy Fair map didnt jive with their location, so there's no way of knowing at present, if they showed anything new.
Anyway, here's our initial rundown for some of the lines we saw.
21st Century Toys - Several very cool-looking new 1:32 scale military vehicles were shown. I took some photos and will try to upload them tonight once we decompress a bit. To make a long story short, 21st will be offering a 105mm howitzer on wheels, a Long Tom 155mm arty, a Sherman Firefly, a King Tiger with a Porsche turret and a US M3 halftrack thats currently included with some of their playsets. The artillery looked very sweet, and should prove to be winners when they come out.
In the air, they showed off their Bunker Hill Avenger, an unpainted Me 262, and an upcoming P-38 Lightning. Great stuff, and great additions to any military collection.
Admiral Toys - Finally got to meet Jayson, Jim and the rest of the Admiral clan after speaking with them ad infintum by phone and by email. If you're into 1:18 scale aircraft, then you'd better run not walk to The Military Toy Shop and BCA to place your pre-orders for their Dauntless and F4C Phantom. Both looked incredible and even though they're exclusives to competitors of ours, you really owe it to yourself to add these models to your collection.
Their Skyraider looked equally dazzling, which was decked out with all sorts of ordnance, from rockets to fuel pods. Truly some amazing stuff they're coming out with at affordable prices.
Their 1:72 scale armor range was equally breathtaking, although they are migrating to ABS production techniques as opposed to tooling up metal vehicles. We have some photos to share tonight, just as soon as we do some cropping and scale adjustment.
Unimax - Got to see their upcoming 1:32 scale Lee, Stuart, Sd. Kfz. 7 along with some of their new 1:72 scale vehicles. All looked great and should complement their FOV line when they come out this spring. More new introductions will be announced later on in October.
Minichamps - Finally got to see their soon-to-be-released Centurion tank. We didnt take any photos since the image in their catalog is of better quality. I'll scan it tonight and post it to our web site.
Obviously, there are some other projects in the works that we cant discuss at present, but will surely share with you when we get the go ahead.
Cordially,
Lightning2000
www.themotorpool.net
