AO Recon Thread

Coreyeagle48 · Post by **Coreyeagle48** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:03 am

Great day at Walmart

Found a great example of the Spitfire and also found the 1/144 Spitfire-190 and the 1/144 Spitfire-Hayate dogfight sets.

Is there a 1/144 set with a P-47 and a 190 as well? I seem to remember that being mentioned

Corey

rmoore456 · Post by **rmoore456** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:33 pm

Found the new artillery set, the one with the artillery crew, at the Joliet, Illinois TRU yesterday.

Ray

Dauntless · Post by **Dauntless** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:38 pm

Found 2 spits at a Walmart just outside of town. They weren't with the other 21st toys, and almost hidden in the RC toy section.

As soon as the Brit Mustang and FW-190's kinda clear out we might see a bunch of these.

I looked and was hoping to spot the desert "White 7" Fw-190, but didn't see it. I'm hoping they mix it up with that one or another when finally hitting the shelves in force.

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:45 pm

I found the new 1:144 halftracks today. Nice little vehicles. No Spitfires at my local Wal Marts (though the RAF P-51s and "Red 19" FW-190s are showing in greater numbers now) and absolutely nothing at Target.

hworth18 · Post by **hworth18** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:28 am

Stopped by my local TRU today and found new repaints of the 1/48 38T, and both Marders. The Marder and 38T repaints are the same schemes that have shown up at Target.

mikeg · Post by **mikeg** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:39 am

whoa........one of the local TRU just put out the Lanowski Black P-47 along with the black 1 fw190d9. I imagine anyone thats wants 'em has them by now, but I would not currently expect to see them in a local store.

Tambo · Post by **Tambo** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:27 am

All my Walmarts are clearing out the 32 scale stuff and everything is maked down. Planes are now $10. Time to make room for Hanna Montana and rid the stores of anyhing good.

mikeg · Post by **mikeg** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:36 am

Carefull.... if your blessed with a young daughter (under 10), you'll find that you get used to her tunes- beats the hell out of most other female vocalists popular at the moment. don't laugh........too much........stop, please.

mikeg · Post by **mikeg** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:06 pm

OK, good, lets change the subject.. I bought a spitfire for my dad today-seeing these things just brings that out in a rational man- we still have his grammer school drawings of airplanes made during the early 40's

hworth18 · Post by **hworth18** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 2:11 pm

Many Walmarts in my AO seem to be claerancing out the 1/32 planes and the going rate is $11.00

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 2:41 pm

hworth18 wrote:Many Walmarts in my AO seem to be claerancing out the 1/32 planes and the going rate is $11.00

Darn, it very well may be official that Wal Mart is dumping (or at least moving along) the 32x products - and the Spitfires have yet to arrive in the west

At least you got me one, Hworth18

I guess that if anything good comes out of this, all those Bf-109F restocks will get sold in my area. They NEVER should have been there in the first place! The fact that nearly ALL the new releases for the past year have gone to the south and midwest - and only to those regions - is terrible. The hicks and farmers there don't need those toys anymore than do the hicks and farmers where I live, so why do they get the items first?

21c really should take an in-depth look at their relationship with Wal Mart and the way they distribute their products. It is the distribution system that killed XD and which has probably cost 21c a fortune in lost sales. Poor decisions on their part, simply poor decisions...

olifant · Post by **olifant** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:20 am

I only had time to hit one local WM this weekend, and this one is not well known for it's large 21C stock. All 1/32 AC and armor are $11 with the playsets $15. I haven't seen an RAF P-51D and only the S1 FW in this AO and have had to rely on fellow board members to help me out. So what aircraft do I find on clearance? You guessed it!

My only worry is this marks an end to cheap 1/32 from 21C...

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:07 pm

Finally found the 32x Chinese Infantry figures at a local Wal Mart, though I know these are old news for much of the rest of the country. First time I've seen them. They looked good and are an interesting choice. They work well with the Japanese figures, US Army soldiers in ETO uniforms just not quite cutting it

Bruzzer · Post by **Bruzzer** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:37 pm

Found some two S1 Spitfires in NorCal SouthBay Milpitas store. Had to grab them up for my airforce.

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:39 pm

Oh good, those planes have hit the west coast! I hope to see them in the Fresno area soon, assuming someone hasn't already grabbed them or 21c doesn't completely disappear from Wal Mart... I visited four Wal Marts today and found the usual P-51s, FW-190s and Bf-109s.

rmoore456 · Post by **rmoore456** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:39 pm

Found the 1/32 Pz 38 and the Marder that have showing up at Target at the Walmart in Lincoln, Illinois today. Also found the two new 1/48 Marder repaints there.

Ray

rmoore456 · Post by **rmoore456** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:54 pm

Found the 1/32 P-51 Double 00 and the FW 190 #2 at the Peru, Illinois Walmart today. They were in the 32X Green boxes.

Ray

[CAT]CplSlade · Post by **[CAT]CplSlade** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:27 pm

5 XRD Spits at the Carrollton, GA, WM. Already had one so I just checked a couple and they had QC errors, so I assumed the rest did too and pushed them back without looking. Fine from a toy standpoint, and probably easily fixable, but noticeable enough to someone who actually cared about the quality (especially considering its WM, fer F's sake). A few 38's and Marders over in the mark-down aisle along with tons of the MG-34 sets and 1/144 planes.

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:09 pm

rmoore456 wrote:Found the 1/32 P-51 Double 00 and the FW 190 #2 at the Peru, Illinois Walmart today. They were in the 32X Green boxes.

Ray

Well, then there is hope for those of us that can't find them at Target... Still, given that you've found the planes in the midwest, it will be months before they show up in my neck of the woods, if at all, so its still a loose-loose situation

rmoore456 · Post by **rmoore456** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:56 pm

tmanthegreat wrote:
rmoore456 wrote:Found the 1/32 P-51 Double 00 and the FW 190 #2 at the Peru, Illinois Walmart today. They were in the 32X Green boxes.

Ray
Well, then there is hope for those of us that can't find them at Target... Still, given that you've found the planes in the midwest, it will be months before they show up in my neck of the woods, if at all, so its still a loose-loose situation

Found them today at the Normal, Illinois Walmart.

Ray

mikeg · Post by **mikeg** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 5:47 am

Some new stuff, but nothing I gotta have- long tom kits w/crew at walmart, morter crew kits, chinese and russian infantry kits at TRU. The TRUs around the northern part of atlanta are mostly devoid of 1/18th AC-are they going to restock with anymore?? except for the one with 8 or so P-40s.

B-24Sharky · Post by **B-24Sharky** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:13 am

Found the Double Nuthin P-51 at the Warsaw, In Walmart

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:00 pm

Found three 32x Spitfires today at one of the Fresno, CA Wal Marts

Guess the distribution system finally pulled through this time, though the 21c quality control did not. All three had defects, whether it was paint scratches, blotches, or glue smears. The Spitfire I got from Hworth18 was in far better shape. I may still go back and get another, however

hworth18 · Post by **hworth18** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:49 pm

tmanthegreat wrote:Found three 32x Spitfires today at one of the Fresno, CA Wal Marts Guess the distribution system finally pulled through this time, though the 21c quality control did not. All three had defects, whether it was paint scratches, blotches, or glue smears. The Spitfire I got from Hworth18 was in far better shape. I may still go back and get another, however

If you decide not to get them Tman let me know, the last batch that showed up here is pretty good.

I picked up 4 more, for you know, just in case....

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:23 pm

This afternoon I found new FOV 1:72 armor at the Clovis, CA TRU. The new pieces were the US M-3 Lee and the Panzer IV. They came in an assortment with the previously released T-34

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