AO Recon Thread

vmf214 · Post by **vmf214** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:15 pm

Picked up the Shangri-La P-51 today at TRU, nice.

flpickupman · Post by **flpickupman** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:37 am

Anyone have photos of the new(er) North Africa (Lybia?) Bf-109. The one with the cartoon lion?

warhawker · Post by **warhawker** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:00 am

I think Tman has it as a review. Check for his postings.

flpickupman · Post by **flpickupman** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:01 am

Will do. Thanks.

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:17 pm

vmf214 wrote:Picked up the Shangri-La P-51 today at TRU, nice.

What? Any pictures? Cool find!

warhawker wrote:I think Tman has it as a review. Check for his postings.

Here's a picture of the "North Africa" or "Schultz" Bf-109F:

This is one of my personal favorites from the 32x '109 series

nooker21 · Post by **nooker21** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:46 am

Saw two Shangri La mustangs at the TRU in anaheim hills, CA

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:45 am

Things are looking up at DC/Baltimore metro area TRU and Target stores for 21st, BBI and FOV. I visited one of each today and came away with a pretty good haul including the following items: Sets A and B of both the new 32X DAK and Italian figures @ $4.99 ea. (I honestly can't get too excited about the Italians but I picked em up anyways.) Two new items from the FOV 1:72 "battle extreme" series: A US halftrack with 105mm howitzer and troops, and the new M26 Dragon wagon, I picked up one of the halftrack sets and two of the Dragon Wagons @ 15.99 ea. the DW wasn't something I desperately wanted or needed but it is a unique and interesting piece that is pretty much unseen outside of kits, and since my collecting has shifted primarily to smaller scales I figured it was a good addition to my collection. I also picked up a 1:48 scale Wirbelwind from 21st, I don't collect this scale but it had a very attractive dark green camo pattern, and it only set me back $6.99 so I went for it. Both stores also had nice selections of 1:18 items from BBI and 21st but I didn't buy any. I think this is good news considering 21st has all but disappeared from local WM stores except for a few dusty remnants and clearance items and nothing new is being stocked. A quick note on the new 32X figures....these are a vast improvement IMO over previous releases, some of which looked like Zombies from a grade B horror movie.

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:00 pm

nooker21 wrote:Saw two Shangri La mustangs at the TRU in anaheim hills, CA

No "Shangri La" P-51s in the Fresno area TRUs yet, but then they seem to get new stuff a week after the other TRUs in California, if at all.

I did, however, find the "new" 1:144 packs with the "Old Crow" P-51 and "Red 19" FW-190 at Wal Mart, so things weren't entirely a bust

blurx7 · Post by **blurx7** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:08 pm

I just got home from a short road trip, and don't have pictures yet, but on Tuesday I stopped at TRU and found the Long Tom 105mm artillery piece in a single window box with a camo pattern paint job. I have not even looked at it closely yet (still in my car) but it is nice and certainly different from the piece we have seen previously in the boxed combination set.
Thought you would all like to know it's out there!

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 6:30 am

I stopped at TRU and found the Long Tom 105mm artillery piece in a single window box with a camo pattern paint job.

Ooooh, I like the sound of that, thanks for the heads up. Could you possibly give us a peek at this jewel?? Thanks.

Jagdpanther · Post by **Jagdpanther** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:24 am

Nice find! Yes pics wood be nice?

blurx7 · Post by **blurx7** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:39 pm

OK, try these...
http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w251 ... P_3220.jpg
<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w251 ... P_3219.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>
http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w251 ... P_3218.jpg
http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w251 ... P_3217.jpg
http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w251 ... P_3216.jpg

Upon closer inspection, its the same piece as before but with different paint.

mikeg · Post by **mikeg** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 7:22 pm

I found the shangri-la TRU in Atlanta today - 1 left at Akers Mill

mikeg · Post by **mikeg** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 7:35 pm

mikeg wrote:I found the shangri-la at TRU in Atlanta today - 1 left at Akers Mill

Jagdpanther · Post by **Jagdpanther** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:35 am

mikeg wrote:I found the shangri-la TRU in Atlanta today - 1 left at Akers Mill

Thanks Blurx! It looks really great.

DocTodd · Post by **DocTodd** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 10:44 pm

Man, what's the deal. Here in my local WM in 1:32 scale they are repeating the same fiasco that they did in 1:18 scale with the FW 190. There are at least 8 Blue 12's on the shelf and no other planes. NO other FW 190's hav been spotted. What an assortment. I guess they will sit for a while.
Todd

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:26 pm

Funny, but I never saw any of the 1:32 "Blue 12" FW-190s in my area. There's currently alot of P-51s to be had over the stores in my area, if there's any 21c products in the first place.

mikeg · Post by **mikeg** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:04 am

I found the corsair-zero dogfight set today-a new zero scheme is neat, but who needs another big hog?

c44 · Post by **c44** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 7:27 pm

Re: who needs another big hog? Not anybody on the East Coast, the Hogs are the only Corsairs that seem to have made it to any states on the Atlantic...frustrated again...!

MG-42 · Post by **MG-42** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:48 am

I finally broke down and bought the Operation Cobra "Breakout" mini-playset I passed on a couple a months ago.

It's great when you can find stuff , "in your own backyard".

hworth18 · Post by **hworth18** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:35 pm

I saw one report about the 1/144 Hellcat/Zero dogfight set, has anyone else seen these????

Rowsdower · Post by **Rowsdower** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:53 pm

At Wally, I haven't seen an aircraft (besides the sudden explosion of different 109 schemes) or vehicle since before the resets. Play sets vary from store to store so you’d need visit a tore or two to get them all. At TRU there are quite a few of the single boxed Long Tom’s and Firefly’s, along with the German and Italian figure sets. Besides Bullfrogs and the solitary Shangri-La I snagged, I have yet to see any other aircraft at TRU.

MG-42 · Post by **MG-42** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 3:34 pm

hworth18 wrote:I saw one report about the 1/144 Hellcat/Zero dogfight set, has anyone else seen these????

>>> Yes , as a matter of fact I did. ... When I found the "Operation Cobra Breakout" mini-set I noticed it ,.. but I'm not into that smaller scale though "hworth18".

Mitch v MG :p51:

hworth18 · Post by **hworth18** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:26 pm

MG-42 wrote:
hworth18 wrote:I saw one report about the 1/144 Hellcat/Zero dogfight set, has anyone else seen these????

>>> Yes , as a matter of fact I did. ... When I found the "Operation Cobra Breakout" mini-set I noticed it ,.. but I'm not into that smaller scale though "hworth18".

Mitch v MG

Okay, thanks.. I just hadn't heard anything else except a few spotty reports in the beginning, and I collect 1/144, so I was interested..
Need to see these in my AO soon...

digger · Post by **digger** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:17 am

I saw Hellcat v. Hayate at TRU, but not v. Zero.

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