F-104 "Smoke II" question...

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:17 am

Picked up a NIB "Smoke II" F-104 at a local WM yesterday, the odd thing was that it came in a German Marineflieger F-104G box

I don't really collect XD stuff all that much, especially aircraft, but it seemed kind of odd and interesting, so I bought it. My question is this...is it some kind of oddity/factory mistake kind of thing, or is this completely normal?? On a related note, I found this auction at e-bay this AM, and the guy is clearly stating that this is a "factory mistake" and whether that's actually true or not he stands to make a pretty tidy profit on this thing if anybody decides to put in a bid.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Ultimate-Soldier-F- ... dZViewItem

tkjaer21 · Post by **tkjaer21** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:20 am

This has been discussed over many times in the forum. 21C apparently sent them all in the German box from China. It is kind of a neat mistake to have.

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:25 am

This has been discussed over many times in the forum.

Hmmm... I must have missed that...... as I said I don't really collect XD much, especially planes. I may just hang on to it though, it does look sort of cool.

Sabrefan · Post by **Sabrefan** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:54 am

I picked up a Smoke II F-104 a few weeks ago at Walmart. It was in the German Starfighter box.

hworth18 · Post by **hworth18** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:58 am

All of the Smoke IIs I have ever seen in Walmarts were boxed in the german boxes...

vmf214 · Post by **vmf214** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:25 am

hworth18 wrote:All of the Smoke IIs I have ever seen in Walmarts were boxed in the german boxes...

Saw one at a WM in Rogers, AR before Christmas in the standard green box.

They also had a Flying Undertaker Mustang which I yet to see at any other WM in my AO.

momaw nadon · Post by **momaw nadon** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:35 am

I got may Smoke from BadCat and it was in the German box too. My S1 104 is the only one I have in a different box. I haven't got the two new ones yet, so I can't speak on them.
momaw nadon

vmf214 · Post by **vmf214** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:16 am

I personally don't like "smoke" in the German box, to me detracts from the German plane being a "special edition" and all... I also got mine from Bad Cat in the German box.

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:47 am

Thanks for all the input gents. It will be interesting to see if the e-bay guy gets big bucks for his "factory mistake"

STUKA · Post by **STUKA** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 4:31 pm

yeah - i remember when i picked mine up -i thought I had some sort one of a kind mistake - until I asked around the forum -

still pretty cool