new BBI F-16 Thunderbirds, Enduring Freedom?

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 7:42 am

Someone posted on another message board that BBI is releasing, in Germany, two new 1/18 F-16s in Thunderbirds and Enduring Freedom paint schemes in June. He said it would be equivalent to $130 in US dollars. He posted photos that didn't post, so I asked for more info and the photos.

I thought BBI had canceled the Thunderbirds F-16 and the Enduring Freedom is a new one to me....Has anyone else heard of BBI's new F-16s?

exether_mega · Post by **exether_mega** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:04 am

dragon53 wrote:Someone posted on another message board that BBI is releasing, in Germany, two new 1/18 F-16s in Thunderbirds and Enduring Freedom paint schemes in June. He said it would be equivalent to $130 in US dollars. He posted photos that didn't post, so I asked for more info and the photos.

I thought BBI had canceled the Thunderbirds F-16 and the Enduring Freedom is a new one to me....Has anyone else heard of BBI's new F-16s?

BBi F-16 Thunderbird is canceled and all preorder refunded.
F-16 Enduring Freedom will be release in June or July. It will cost 120€ (157 US dollars).

phil

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:11 am

EXETHER_MEGA:

Thanks for the info and photos.

exether_mega · Post by **exether_mega** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:44 am

dragon53 wrote:EXETHER_MEGA:

Thanks for the info and photos.

phil

usmcchet9296 · Post by **usmcchet9296** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:05 am

If it does come out Id love to get it but I dont understand why BBi would release something so American in a European market

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:29 am

For what it's worth, here's the F-16 Thunderbirds being offered in Europe (Germany?)

http://www.heo.com/Elite-Force-F-16-C-1 ... i01156.asp

YT · Post by YT » Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:34 pm

dragon53 wrote:For what it's worth, here's the F-16 Thunderbirds being offered in Europe (Germany?)

http://www.heo.com/Elite-Force-F-16-C-1 ... i01156.asp

Very nice, would shipping to the US be prohibitive?

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:44 pm

YT:

Assuming the F-16 Thunderbirds is actually going to be released, it might be sold in the US by Militarytoyshop.com which has it as "Coming Soon"...

http://www.militarytoyshop.com/prodtype ... istory=cat

art2614 · Post by **art2614** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 1:17 pm

It will probably get cancelled too. I hate that they tease us and then snatch it back. I would be all over it if it does get released though.

YT · Post by YT » Sat Apr 18, 2009 3:06 pm

Yeah I guess I thought both of these were canceled, this thread gave me some hope that may not be the case.

Post by **aferguson** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 4:36 pm

it is my understanding that, the way bbi is operating now, is they will only release items if some etailer/retailer/importer foots the bill first. Merit paid for the desert 109G, so we got a desert 109G.

If someone in germany is willing to take on the thunderbirds, enduring freedom or anything else than bbi will make it.

vupa0101 · Post by **vupa0101** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 4:42 pm

so theres a minute chance? hey thats better than no chance at all :/

Post by **aferguson** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 4:44 pm

sure, there's a chance we could see lots of stuff from bbi....if someone is willing to front the money. We may even see their Hind produced one day..

YT · Post by YT » Sat Apr 18, 2009 7:22 pm

MMM...Hind!

Aviatornut.com · Post by **Aviatornut.com** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 10:57 pm

After the fiasco of the zero being stuck in the new government testing, I would be surprised that they would want to deal with the United States again

dcway · Post by **dcway** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:32 pm

the enduring freedom F-16 is a franklin mint model !!!!!
it's not a bbi bird !!! just look at it real close....
Dcway

popeye357 · Post by **popeye357** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:58 pm

it sure looks like this one:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... N%26um%3D1

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:57 pm

Here's a German ad for the BBI 1/18 F-16 "Enduring Freedom". It appears to be saying, if the Google translation is correct, that is a pre-order and will be released in Germany in late June, 2009.

http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... v%26sa%3DG

Panther F · Post by **Panther F** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:31 pm

That would be great.

usmcchet9296 · Post by **usmcchet9296** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:47 pm

Yeah I will get one since I dont have a F-16

pcsguy88 · Post by **pcsguy88** » Sun May 03, 2009 7:21 am

Movable flaps? Yeah, that's not the bbi F-16.

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Sun May 03, 2009 2:53 pm

From the German website, 48specialmodels.com, dated April 5, 2009:

"Blue Box has canceled the 1/18 scale F-16C "Thunderbirds" and announced a F-16C "Enduring Freedom" Version now. Because we don't know if this is changing again, we will not provide any product information until the item is in stock."

The Enduring Freedom F-16 is listed as a June, 2009 release.

NWarty · Post by **NWarty** » Sun May 03, 2009 11:02 pm

Well, I hope it rings true as I'd like to pick one up.

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Wed May 06, 2009 11:46 am

The F-16 Enduring Freedom may be a reality after all---Coreyeagle posted this recently:

"Interestingly enough, I had emailed BBI recently about a spare tail for the F-16 for my missing one and got a reply back from them.

They said they did not have any spare parts, however, they were thinking of possibly opening up the production line with a new model for the F-16 and then replacement parts may become available. I took this to mean they were thinking of doing another F-16, possibly in the near future. "

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 5:32 am

A German poster on another message board said his dealer told him BBI has canceled the F-16 "Enduring Freedom". Earlier, the F-16 "Thunderbirds" was also canceled.

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