Small Scale Military Headquarters

I usually don't do 1/18th but over the last year have picked up quite a few pieces. Last night I picked up a new 1/18 FOV Bradley and some figures and was worried by a thought:

This 1/18th monster is $5.00 less than the 1/32 version at Target. If I was 10 again, or a parent buying a toy for the grubbers, why would I pay more for what appears to be less?

Am I worried over nothing or should we be concerned for FOV 1/32 at Target?

Go back to bed Oli.....
The collector base between 1/32 and 1/18 is pretty broad and most people buying these are adult collectors, not kids anyways.. Most adult collectors have their scale and are pretty set with staying there..

be afraid....be very afraid. 1/18 is coming to get you; all of you.....mwahahahaaaaa

hey Aferg I thought u were a small scale guy not a XDer! Have you switched over? And yeah you have a good point there Olifant. Non-collectors would see something twice as big for cheaper. Uh-oh...

i have never been a small scaler......tiny toys don't appeal to me.

I don't think there is any worry for 1:32. 1:18 (while certainly growing in appeal) is still not as big of a collector market as the 1:32nd and smaller scales have thus far been. Besides, the FOV 1:18 pieces actuually lack in terms of detail when compared to their 1:32 counterparts - especially the Bradley. That is probably part of the reason why they're cheaper...

21st Century Toys, to use the example of another company that has dabbled both in 1:18 and 1:32 (plus 1:6, 1:48, and 1:144), has shown their 1:32 line to perhaps be the stronger of the two. The 32x line has cranked out a far greater diversity of armor types and has beat its larger cousin in terms of new releases and repaints for 2007.

So again, there isn't anything to worry about

aferguson wrote:i have never been a small scaler......tiny toys don't appeal to me.

Really? Why are you the moderator of the tiny toy forum then ?

i'm moderator for all the forums.

The collector base between 1/32 and 1/18 is pretty broad and most people buying these are adult collectors

I agree. Don't see this as a problem for FOV's 32X line at Target, or anywhere else for that matter.

aferguson wrote:be afraid....be very afraid. 1/18 is coming to get you; all of you.....mwahahahaaaaa

ROFLMAO

hworth18 wrote:Go back to bed Oli.....
The collector base between 1/32 and 1/18 is pretty broad and most people buying these are adult collectors, not kids anyways.. Most adult collectors have their scale and are pretty set with staying there..

Really? I would have said most of the stuff went to the little ones. For the most part, TArget doesn't really cater to collector niches.

ostketten wrote:

The collector base between 1/32 and 1/18 is pretty broad and most people buying these are adult collectors

I agree. Don't see this as a problem for FOV's 32X line at Target, or anywhere else for that matter.

I also agree. I would go further to say that from what I have witnessed in WM, TRU and lTarget, 1:18's "GI-Joe" sized, toy-like appearance and durable construction is appealing to children and parents where as the 1:32 scale models seem attract more adult collectors. So they seem to be able to coexist.

But then again it is very rare I see a kid looking at or buying any of the 1:18 or 1:32 military vehicles or figures. The little ankle biters are usually captivated by one of the 5 million different anime toys or the wrestling stuff.