Achtung! German S.S. 1:18 figure set now available
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Achtung! German S.S. 1:18 figure set now available
I thought I would let you guys know first. Available exclusively at SMALLJOES.COM:
http://www.smalljoes.com/german_ss_schutzstaffel.shtml
http://www.smalljoes.com/german_ss_schutzstaffel.shtml
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Interesting. I must have missed this before, but do all the soldiers have different head sculpts? Nice touch, rather than just some SS clone army.
I would love to get one, since it looks really nice, but I just can't get past the mental block of having my own little SS squad. Personal issue, I suppose.
I would love to get one, since it looks really nice, but I just can't get past the mental block of having my own little SS squad. Personal issue, I suppose.
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Gotta go for it...
I certainly understand the simpathies expressed but I just ordered a set. I think this will be possibly a historic event in toy soldier production and will cause one heck of of a stir. I want one before they are pulled.
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Nobody ever said anything about ethics with respect to the markings, did they? I think you might have made that up.tmanthegreat wrote:Not my cup of tea, but aren't those 21c figures? I wonder how the company that was too ethical to put swastikas on their German aircraft came up with this The figures do look good, from a paint/sculpt point of view.
Anyway, thank you Corey for having the onions to stock these, my order is on the way. And thank you also for not playing the pre-order game, very refreshing quite frankly.
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FYI, I suspect 21st Century only left swastikas off of some of their German planes because larger retailers like Wal-mart and Toys R Us requested (read: demanded) it. 21st had swastika decal sheets that they provided to smaller retailers for certain planes, that could be passed along to the end-consumer who wanted to decorate their plane more authentically.tmanthegreat wrote:Not my cup of tea, but aren't those 21c figures? I wonder how the company that was too ethical to put swastikas on their German aircraft came up with this The figures do look good, from a paint/sculpt point of view.
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21c has no qualms that i'm aware of about putting swastikas on german items, where historically correct. They were just restricted by retailers (and certain elements of the public), not wanting them to be seen in toy stores.
I think this set is very interesting and excellent value...and i am pretty sure that once they're gone, they're gone.
I think this set is very interesting and excellent value...and i am pretty sure that once they're gone, they're gone.
i never met an airplane i didn't like...
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Yes, I believe so.momaw nadon wrote:Didn't SBP have it going for $150 or something outrageous like that.
That or they were just determined to make a huge profit from the set. We'll never know.momaw nadon wrote: If so you got a better price than they did.
Yes, they're numbered. According to the ltd. edition sticker each set is number 'X' of 5000. However, I can tell you that the manufacturer is apparently only reserving the right to produce that many because only about 1/2 of that amount were actually produced thus far. I am doubtful that a second production run will ever be fired up unless this item is a barnstormer of a seller.momaw nadon wrote: How limited are they?
Are they numbered or something like that?
Because the sticker says one thing and the actual production run says another, I didn't post the confusing details of this to the web site but at least you guys now know.
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THANKS FOR YOUR CONCERN. ITS THE ONLY BAD TRANSCATION IN OVER 200 PURCHASES, SO I GUESS I SHOULD NOT COMPLAIN. BEING IN AUSTRALIA IT JUST SEEMED TO HARD TO RESOLVE FROM HERE. JUST HAPPY AFTER NEARLY A YEAR THIS ITEM HAS RE-APPEARED. I MUST SAY I FIND THE SMALLJOES SITE THE BEST FOR EASE OF BUYING WITH STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS & IMMEDIATE POSTAGE CALCULATION. HOPE TO USE THEM MORE OFTEN.