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That marder and hetzer repaint is sweet
Just wondering for those who went to the toy show if they had any new 1/18 aircraft?

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I forgot something else I saw - a company that sells tiered stands to display your figs. They are thin metal and come in various sizes and can be attached to make bigger displays. They also sell small black magnets that go in the figs peg hole so they can stand without an obvious base.
The best part? I asked them if they were going to come out with stands for figs without peg holes (bbi) and they said they were soon. Not only that - they are releasing a device that makes a factory hole in the figs foot. This is what I want! Never had the skill or patience of an old friend who put holes in his figs feet. This little device has my name all over it.
When I dig out the flyer I will post the website of these guys.
The best part? I asked them if they were going to come out with stands for figs without peg holes (bbi) and they said they were soon. Not only that - they are releasing a device that makes a factory hole in the figs foot. This is what I want! Never had the skill or patience of an old friend who put holes in his figs feet. This little device has my name all over it.
When I dig out the flyer I will post the website of these guys.
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Re: nytf
EXCELLENT!!digger wrote:I forgot something else I saw - a company that sells tiered stands to display your figs. They are thin metal and come in various sizes and can be attached to make bigger displays. They also sell small black magnets that go in the figs peg hole so they can stand without an obvious base.
The best part? I asked them if they were going to come out with stands for figs without peg holes (bbi) and they said they were soon. Not only that - they are releasing a device that makes a factory hole in the figs foot. This is what I want! Never had the skill or patience of an old friend who put holes in his figs feet. This little device has my name all over it.
When I dig out the flyer I will post the website of these guys.
Can't wait to see the info!
Thanks, digger!!
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This is the company:
http://www.minimagstands.com/
They said the little tool should be out in about a month.
http://www.minimagstands.com/
They said the little tool should be out in about a month.

new AC
Sadly they have adopted the same policy as the other manufacturers - say nothing about new AC. As a result we are in the dark on all fronts. I really wish we never gave the companies a hard time about missing deadlines or announcing planes they wind up not making - now we get no announcements, nothing to talk about except wishlists.EnemyAce wrote:Digger, what did they say when you asked them about this and other 1:18 birds?
IMO, the $90 21C F-4 is dead now that they are out of WM. Hopefully AT realizes this and comes out with theirs in the next couple of years.
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Re: new AC
yeah - biting the hand that feeds you is normally not good policy.digger wrote:Sadly they have adopted the same policy as the other manufacturers - say nothing about new AC. As a result we are in the dark on all fronts. I really wish we never gave the companies a hard time about missing deadlines or announcing planes they wind up not making - now we get no announcements, nothing to talk about except wishlists.EnemyAce wrote:Digger, what did they say when you asked them about this and other 1:18 birds?
IMO, the $90 21C F-4 is dead now that they are out of WM. Hopefully AT realizes this and comes out with theirs in the next couple of years.

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Re: new AC
digger wrote:
IMO, the $90 21C F-4 is dead now that they are out of WM. Hopefully AT realizes this and comes out with theirs in the next couple of years.
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So wait, 21st is DONE with Wal-Mart, or am I misreading something there Dig?
Or is it just airplanes that are done? I'm a little disappointed if they're done completely... If it's airplanes, I can hardly blame them though because my stores have been loaded with planes for years that won't move.
The figures always seem to move for quite a while then slow down, but still sell steadily generally.
TRU's so unreliable, I'm a little disappointed... The fewer stores mean it's tougher to find anything there, so I really was looking forward to the line at two stores... I hope figures are fine at least.
Or is it just airplanes that are done? I'm a little disappointed if they're done completely... If it's airplanes, I can hardly blame them though because my stores have been loaded with planes for years that won't move.

TRU's so unreliable, I'm a little disappointed... The fewer stores mean it's tougher to find anything there, so I really was looking forward to the line at two stores... I hope figures are fine at least.
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It's a shame, really, but 21st shot themselves in the foot with that to an extent... Umpteen airplanes all at once was dumb, and they should've NEVER left their bread and butter of World War 2 unless it was to go very modern IMO... Those 50's/60's jets all nosedived (no pun) at retail though because they simply didn't jump out to consumers as coming from today or from a WW2 movie...
For 3 years my area's been deluged with planes, and that's been a big problem I know.
At least figures seem to be doing well enough, and that's fine by me. I'm bummed though that now we probably won't see the King Tiger or 88 at WM, which I really was hoping for.
For 3 years my area's been deluged with planes, and that's been a big problem I know.
At least figures seem to be doing well enough, and that's fine by me. I'm bummed though that now we probably won't see the King Tiger or 88 at WM, which I really was hoping for.
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I think walmarts distribution problems shot our hobby down, I live outside of Chicago and have 5 walmarts near my home and 3 near my work and I still havent seen a quarter of what 21st put out, the last plane I found was the spitfire 4 years ago
, however I drove up to St Paul MN. last summer and stopped at a walmart in the midddle of Wisconsin and they had an endcap and a dedicated spot just for 21st and they were loaded with f-104s f-86s and p-51s. To this day I still have not seen a Stuka since TRU early days and I never found an Avenger which I always wanted. Maybe this should be addressed to walmart?

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you almost have to wonder if WM and 21st had a contract that ran its course - seeing that as soon as WM stopped putting new planes out TRU quickly put them on the shelves. TRU and 21st couldnt work together due to stipulations in the WM contract? Now 21st and WM have a new contract with fifferent rules etc and this allowed 21st to deal with TRU?
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Re: new AC
Was it us sniping at the manufacturers that caused the news blackout, or the way one company would announce something they were working on and then another would suddenly come up with a H-U-G-E fanfare about this secret project they have had for years that makes the first company think "once is coincidence, twice is taking the 'joke' a bit too far and three times is just a large company trying to bury a competitor"... especially if the huge fanfare claims the model will be much cheaper and out sooner. Even more annoying is when the second company suddenly goes all quiet once the first company seems to have back-burnered the project in question.STUKA wrote:yeah - biting the hand that feeds you is normally not good policy.digger wrote: Sadly they have adopted the same policy as the other manufacturers - say nothing about new AC. As a result we are in the dark on all fronts. I really wish we never gave the companies a hard time about missing deadlines or announcing planes they wind up not making - now we get no announcements, nothing to talk about except wishlists.
IMO, the $90 21C F-4 is dead now that they are out of WM. Hopefully AT realizes this and comes out with theirs in the next couple of years.
I'm still waiting on new helis rather than fixed-wing lumps. But even though I cannot think of a single heli (okay,except the Mil 26) which cannot be split to fit into a "standard" size XD box, there's still no sign of any.

As for repaints, has anyone else wondered if the reason moms and pops don't buy all the stock at WM is because, to most people, a P51 is a P51 is a P51 regardless of what colours she wears? Little Joe Genaro's folks aren't gonna go pay more money for another airplane that looks the same, mostly, as the one(s) they got him last year. Mebbe that's why so many planes hang around for so long now, and why WallyWorld thinks nobody cares any more.
My two oldest nephews got plastic kits for Christmas - one got a Red Arrows Gnat (last mount before the Hawks they use now) and his brother got a Spitfire. But it's easier for my sister-in-law and her husband to tell the kids "Go play your DS's" than to sit down and help them stick little bits of plastic together. I've tried to get 'em interested in the kits but all I get is told how much fun I could be having trying to capture and train Pokemon in some cutesy little NintenD'uh! "role-playing" game...

