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by Jesse James » Tue Feb 16, 2010 5:37 pm
OK, sooooo....
I'm back from Toy Fair, and there wasn't much to say. Unimax and Merrit were both there. Unimax had lots of things out they already have had on the market. They had their 1:24 RC tanks on hand to demonstrate, but nothing new 1:18 or 1:16 really.
I talked with them, and WW2 sounded dead in the water as far as figures are concerned, and modern would continue with future waves, but no information otherwise was given.
Merrit (aka BBI, and now also aka JSI) had the spotted tomcat on display... That was it, and who I spoke with didn't seem too sure on more coming out soon, but said they're hoping to put out the flight crews, pilots, and AC Deck vehicles soon. They said balancing cost/price with those has been difficult, especially the flight deck stuff.
Basically JSI/BBI are one and the same at this point it seemed, all under the larger corporate banner.
Schleich was there but nothing new was on display... Mostly the same ole same ole we've already seen, known about, or which all bought years ago.
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