Holy diorama Batman! Somebody really wanted this.

hotrodrock · Post by **hotrodrock** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:35 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0021301333

I have 9 or 10 of these dioramas. Don't think I paid more than $35 for any one of them. Got one of the desert ones for $15.

AMERICAN_GRENADIER · Post by **AMERICAN_GRENADIER** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:07 pm

what year was this released??

Panzer_M · Post by **Panzer_M** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:54 am

back when FOV was new. I remember a few of the dios

ltcbj · Post by **ltcbj** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:50 pm

The winner sniped it four seconds after the next losing bidder and two seconds before the auction closed.

The seller said that he had several in his description so I really don't see the scramble.

ketelone · Post by **ketelone** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 4:36 pm

These FOV dioramas are still readily available for a lot less than those evilbay prices....

ltcbj · Post by **ltcbj** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:18 pm

There's a sucker born every minute. That's a quote.

hotrodrock · Post by **hotrodrock** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:40 pm

ketelone wrote:These FOV dioramas are still readily available for a lot less than those evilbay prices....

As I mentioned, I got all of mine for $15-$35. All from good old evilbay.

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:32 pm

hotrodrock wrote:
ketelone wrote:These FOV dioramas are still readily available for a lot less than those evilbay prices....
As I mentioned, I got all of mine for $15-$35. All from good old evilbay.

$15 is an absolute steal, and $35 is still a great deal for any of the FOV diorama series IMO. I'm no expert on the chronology of the FOV product line, but I am pretty certain these have been OOP for quite some time, so I'm not sure about how "readily available" they are now. I have one of the Caen Tiger dio's tucked away around here someplace, and as best I can remember I paid about $55 delivered for it, that was about 1 year ago and I considered it a fairly good deal at the time. I believe I also have a Normandy KT dio that I paid about the same price for. $115 does seem excessive however, especially if the seller has multiples for sale.

hotrodrock · Post by **hotrodrock** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:42 pm

Think they came out in 2004. I believe they were a hobby only item and not available at the big store outlets like the rest of the FOV line. Retail was about $70 when they were first released. I have several of the smaller ones that had the jeep and schwimmer wagon.