BBI - Blue Box Toys Information Q&A (Mike)

SGT. Saunders · Post by **SGT. Saunders** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 12:12 pm

HI Mike

Im not going to try to fish. I have a new Q for you, I was looking at the pics from the Fall toy show 2004 at figures.com and in the BBI Elite Force section I can see pics of 1/18 scale WWII U.S. Airborne figures that don't have the shoot and harnes they look like ground ready Paratroopers are these figures to come out or are they prototypes for the ones that did come out? I see other pics of 1/18 scale figures like a WWII U.S. Ranger?

Thank you.
SGT. Saunders

Post by **aferguson** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:03 pm

Mike wrote:

" for Sgt Saunders

Yes we did show some additional WWII figures at the show but so far we have been too busy to get them into production.
Not much more I can add to that."

pastel_monster · Post by **pastel_monster** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:45 am

Hi Mike, would you be able to post contact information for Elite Force 1:18 distributors in Hong Kong, Australia or the general Southeast Asia region? I can't find any product here! Thanks!

Post by **aferguson** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:14 pm

Mike wrote:

" for pastel-monster

Thanks for the enquiry...which country are you located in?"

Rogo · Post by **Rogo** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 7:11 pm

Hi Mike,

A question regarding QC. I have been interested in picking up a BBI Corsair, yet even though I've seen 6 come through my 2 local Toys R Us stores, that have had finish quality problems that prevented me from taking one home.
One had a badly bent prop blade, one had a bad paint foul-up on the spinner and base of prop blades, one had missing antenna masts, and 3 had the forward shifted stenciling of the US insignia and '19' leaving the dark blue shadow visible.
I realize I shouldn't expect perfection, and have corrected many small paint problems in 1:18 over the years, but it pains me to see such an awesome plane come so close, yet have a QC problem that is beyond my meager abilities to correct.
Is BBI aware of such concerns and how are the problems being resolved?

Thanks a lot,
Rogo

pastel_monster · Post by **pastel_monster** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:17 am

Hi Mike,

I live in Singapore. It doesn't look like any toy distributor here carries your 1:18 line because I haven't seen any locally before.

Post by **aferguson** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:45 pm

Mike wrote:

"for Rogo
Thanks for the comments on the Corsair. To date I have not seen too many comments regarding any problems on this item but I will advise your comments to our QC people to be aware of these issues.
Thanks for your support. "

Morian Miner · Post by **Morian Miner** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:43 pm

Mike,

Aside from the Zero, any other releases before the end of the year (don't need details of what, just wondering if I need to keep an eye on TRU)?

(please, please, please - no "wait and see"

)

eddie372 · Post by **eddie372** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:05 pm

Hello Mike:

Certainly thankful for the input and inside scoop you've been giving us for the past few days. I also am a diehard fun of BBi and its products and greatly appreciate the F-16 and 18 models.

Having said that, I'd like to suggest some form of 'animation' for the airplane products you make. Specifically, I'm talking about moving props, lights, realistic engine sound, retractable landing gears. Not that we'd have to have them all in a single model, but as many as possible would be great.

Years ago I bought a jet airplane toy for my then baby boy. I bought it only because it had moving stairs, lights and better still... the most realistic jet engine sound I've ever heard in a toy. I was inlove at once and bought on the spot. And that was twenty years ago!

I do believe that making such products would increase their appeal beyond the die-hard hobbiests set. Likewise, I believe that the marketability of such models would expand exponentially, thus bringing in economies of scale beyond those your company experiences now.

Any thoughts on this Mike?

Eddie372

mediump · Post by **mediump** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:06 am

this might be O/T ...
BRAVO to BBI for giving us the accessories we need!

Mike, I would like to express my appreciation to you guys for the excellent paratroopers that came out, especailly the accessories that came with. I am a big fan of BBI 1:18 because of this, extra weapons packs have always been a favorite for me since I was a knee high GIjoe collector, they are much needed and much appreciated. I am looking forward to seeing new things from BBI
job weel done
phil

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:50 am

Mike wrote:

" For Morain Miner

I guess you just need me to say "wait and see" and I have to do that, but if I was you I would keep my eye on retail as you never know what shows up sometimes.

for eddie 372
Thanks for you support of our line. We are always looking to improve our line and welcome input from consumers.
We have discussed some of the features you mention and will continue to review our options as they apply to market demand.

for pastel_monster
Unfortunately the 1:18 line is not well supported in Singapore, it seems that 1:6 is more favored.
My best recommendation would be Australian sites."

Morian Miner · Post by **Morian Miner** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:55 am

Actually, Mike, that was a good enough response.

pastel_monster · Post by **pastel_monster** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 9:10 am

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the reply, but don't you have a distributor in Hong Kong whom I can purchase the 1:18 stuff from directly? It would be cheaper for me to ship them over from there rather than Australia.

SGT. Saunders · Post by **SGT. Saunders** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 11:58 am

Hi Mike

Im hoping that the WWII 1/18 ground ready Paratroopers and WWII Rangers find them self on a production line soon. "Wait and see"

Thanks Mike

SGT. Saunders

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:26 pm

SGT. Saunders wrote:Hi Mike

Im hoping that the WWII 1/18 ground ready Paratroopers and WWII Rangers find them self on a production line soon. "Wait and see"

Thanks Mike

SGT. Saunders

They maybe here sooner than you think. I was just looking over the chat forum at Joe Customs and there is a buzz going on about new BBI WWII soldiers being spotted at TRU. Word is they ARE NOT the paras. It was also said that they are selling for $4.99 each. There are figures from the 82nd, 101st, 29th Infantry, and a couple of rangers. Keep your eyes open troops.

Morian Miner · Post by **Morian Miner** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:55 pm

Can you hear me kicking myself?

Was at TRU yesterday and saw a full peg of BBi figures and figured it was just the old paratroopers, even though they didn't look quite right.

digger · Post by **digger** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:46 pm

VERY GOOD NEWS.

I am a little upset that our recon is about 2 days late...we're losing our edge...

Now for the typical 2 week lag for the east coast....it's ok though, now that I know they are out I can wait...thank you bbi for more figures.

digger · Post by **digger** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:46 am

So much for waiting 2 weeks

.....what's tha skn#? I gotta start making phone calls....

Please guys, not the UPC but the all powerful TRU SKN# is what we need....

mediump · Post by **mediump** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 9:14 am

YESS!!!

SGT. Saunders · Post by **SGT. Saunders** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 4:50 pm

Hi Guys

Thanks for the info, great job in getting the info! Thank you.

Im hoping BadCat will have them soon, will BadCat get them? If their showing up at TRU's and BadCat doesn't have them now maybe he wont. I can't get them in my local TRU because of the french, the only way I get figures is to order them on-line. Is thier any way I can talk to BadCat to know if he is going to get the new BBI WWII figures? Please show some pics if any 1 can.

For Mike. Any info on this would be nice.

Thanks
SGT. Saunders

parrish333 · Post by **parrish333** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 3:26 pm

The new BBI figs landed at a TRU near me recently. Very nice product! A couple rangers, some "ground-ready" paratroops (3), and a 29th infantry mortar man.

They still have all the great gear of the paratroops, just minus the parachute and parachute packs. It's a lot of bang for 5 bucks!

No complaints about them, they all looked great.

Post by **p51** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:10 am

Any status on the Red Devils F-18C Repaint Mike?

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 6:54 pm

Mike wrote:

"for P51..
As I am aware the Red Devil livery will not appear till 2006. "

Quixote511 · Post by **Quixote511** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:19 pm

Good to see you are still around Mike
Aaron

Post by **p51** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:39 pm

for P51..
As I am aware the Red Devil livery will not appear till 2006.

Very cool! So does that mean it's a go? Last I heard of it it was still part of Bad Cat's expierment to see if there was enough interest.

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