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by olifant » Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:25 pm
First 1/18 was a winter 109 in the motorworks box. I was doing 1/32 and the thing seemed huge.
Sixty AC/Helos/Vehicles and about 200 figures later my latest has been the BBI 109.
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Still have all those pesky 1/32 fellers too.
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by grunt1 » Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:34 pm
First: S1 Lou IV Mustang from TRU
Latest: 88 or BBI 109, whichever hits the front porch first
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by Black_Dragon_One » Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:39 pm
my first xd m48 and bell...
whats up doc....
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by 1958Zelda » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:01 pm
Grey Tiger 1.
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by P39time » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:03 pm
I can remember hauling butt to get to TRUs when a good friend of mine told me they had six BBI F-18s there. I could not wait to get home and put that model together.
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by B-29 » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:16 pm
P-38 Samantha Payton. Got it for Christmas what seems like a long time ago.
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by Black Lion VF-213 » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:20 pm
BBI Checkerboard cowled Corsair was my first XD. I was looking down the aisles back in 2006 looking for a birthday present for my nephew when all of a sudden I saw these huge Corsairs. I couldn't resist, so I bought one for myself and one for my nephew. I had to tell my brother in law to make sure he supervised his son with this since this wasn't truly old enough yet to appreciate or handle such an awesome model.
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by normandy » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:21 pm
S-1 Panther and S-1 Me-109 followed by the S-1 P-51........ and its been down hill since then.
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Just kidding, my hats off to 21st Century. I really get a kick out of 1:18th XD.
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by popeye357 » Tue Oct 28, 2008 5:07 pm
BBi little bird...and then it went downhill from there.
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by zonetoys » Tue Oct 28, 2008 5:57 pm
A very long time ago, I went to TRU on my lunch hour to check what new 1/6 stuff they had for my son. TRU was having a sidewalk sale and I spotted the XD S1 Tiger. WOW, a model already built for $12. Then I spotted the XD Sherman and then the Jeep, all on sale! Had to have them (only one of each). Shortly after, they had a sale on the figures, and it went from there. I originally bought these for my son, but was hooked once he started setting up dioramas with dad's help and money. So now it is more me than him collecting this stuff!
Last XD was the pre-order for the Flak 88.
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by Jesse James » Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:15 pm
My first XD were a Kubelwaggen and a U.S. squad leader. I was hooked and got a Panther the next week... Never found a US rifleman for ages till they reshipped under the better paint aps.
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by MG-42 » Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:26 pm
[+] > My 1st. XD , was that hybrid ;
The Tiger I Ausf.E , I bought , @ my neighborhood WAL* MART back in '04 .
........ I thought I'd never get into XD , especially the AC ,.. until I saw the tank !
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by Sky Ray » Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:08 pm
FOV's M1A1 Abrams sucked me in to 1:18 land, now I don't care too much about 1:32 anymore.
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by AlloySkull » Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:26 pm
S1 Me-109, and a very old German MG gunner. I was a mere youngin. Years later I saw the 32x Stuka on the shelves... hooked, again!
Latest would be the Admiral CL-13.
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by newwavepop » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:38 am
hey im not a millitary guy as much as the rest of you are.im just a long time fan of 3 3/4 action figures.ive collected many lines for a very very long time.since the early 80s really.
i am also a bit of a ww2 history guy and a big fan of just good looking uniforms. and so i always wanted some nice german sodiers and had never seen any outside of like the mediocre german disuise indy from the vintage line.
so one day i went into a tru after not having been in one for awhile.and just as i was about to leave i noticed a clearance section,so i went and looked and they had the xd fountain,farmhouse,barn and building ruin sets on clearance. i couldnt believe my eyes! i had no idea the stuff existed.so i got them all and had i had more moeny i may have bought a few more sets that day.
i hate to say ALL the series one stuff is still my favorite.
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by Foxhole Toys » Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:13 am
I don't know if anyone else got in on the very first offering at TRU back in 2000 (other than tman), but I sure did to my extreme excitement!
I happened to walk in and purchase one of EVERYTHING they had:
Full set of German Infantry
Full set of US Infantry
Willys Jeep
Kubelwagen
Me 109
P-51 "Lou VI"
Sherman Tank
Panther Tank
From then on I was completely hooked on collecting!
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by Tinman » Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:16 am
Black_Dragon_One wrote:my first xd m48 and bell...
What a great way to start!
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by Teamski » Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:37 am
Oh jeez..... My first XD was getting both the Lou IV and #12 Messerchmitt back in 2001......
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by aferguson » Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:24 pm
yes i was in on it at the very beginning too. October 2000 i bought the Panther; and everything else very shortly after that.
i never met an airplane i didn't like...
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by Rylau » Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:16 pm
I'm with Matt from Foxhole. I was in TRU looking for my next SW figure and saw the display of soldiers. Looked good so I bought one. Opened it up at home and it had 13 points of articulation !!!! After 20 years of SW with very little movement I went back to the store and bought EVERYTHING. Then I got on Groundpounder and that was a very fast 8 years. Also a very expensive 8 years. Bob
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by normandy » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:19 pm
this may sound silly r but is this 9th and how is the tiger?
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by grockwood » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:53 pm
My first were the S1 Sherman and Panther.
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by VMF115 » Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:40 pm
The bbi corsair and zero…………..next I knew with in 3 months I had over 20 1/18th aircraft ……….but since last years I found the plastic fumes of 1/18 and 1/16th armor.and have been sniffing every since.
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Captain Wild Bill Kelso: My what?
Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Your guns! Ack, ack, ack, ack, ack!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: [fires his airplane's guns] AHHHH!
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by Tambo » Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:08 pm
The first release 21st 109 was my first. My most recent was the Rudel Stuka.
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by Jay » Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:58 pm
S1 green Stuka
"you get in a steep dive in this thing and you've got almost no maneuvarabilty at all. You couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with the broad side of another barn"