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11-25-2006, 03:06 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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 | Military Toys Alright, alright, so they're not technically "models" per se, but what the hell?  I don't know if there are any collectors of military toys out there (Clave?), but I thought I'd start a thread anyway and see how it fares. There are a few different manufacturers who make well detailed, realistic military toys, both of modern and vintage vehicles and aircraft. Companies like Admiral Toys, 21st Century Toys, and bbi. I own a few of the WWII birds by 21st Century, and I like them. I don't own as many as I'd like, as it's an expensive hobby. Some of these things can be a bit pricey. I am seriously thinking of getting the F-86E Sabre by Admiral Toys though. It's tempting as all hell. I wonder if they'll ever release an RCAF version.  Good link, for those into this sort of thing: 1:18 Squadron - 1:18th scale aircraft from Admiral Toys |
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11-25-2006, 03:15 PM
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| aka Dickcheese   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| So does anyone from the UK have some of the old Corgi diecast AFVs from the 70s? God I loved those as a kid, but certainly could never have afforded them.
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11-25-2006, 05:19 PM
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| Minister of Whoopass  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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| Hey Wayne, just wonderin if theres room in ur sandbox to come play with ur toys???
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11-25-2006, 08:36 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| No way, man! They're mine! Mine!!  "Mooooooom, Dan broke my Corsair! Now he's using it to beat people up!"   |
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11-25-2006, 10:18 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls
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| I always thought that the Girls and Aircraft thread was about toys |
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11-25-2006, 10:29 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| Oh it is, it is.  We're talking about the PG type of toys here though.  |
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11-25-2006, 11:42 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls
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| PG ...parental guidance Got this a yard sale for $5 the photo is taken on a 12" tile maybe one of the armour guys will tell me what it is Last edited by pbfoot; 11-25-2006 at 11:54 PM. |
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11-25-2006, 11:58 PM
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| "Shooter"   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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 | My wife will only allow me to have the one 1/18th scale aircraft. I got the razorback P-47 Thunderbolt "Jabo". They have a P-38 that is really cool. I have a ton of smaller collectible warbirds, I think they were made by Matchbox.
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11-26-2006, 06:29 AM
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| I had the Corgi Scorpion, which had a spring operated system to shoot little plastic shells, sort of semi-automatic. It was the last toy "tank" (everyone knows the Scorpion isn't a tank!) I ever bought, when I was about 13 or so. And what about the Corgi aircraft - not the new model-style ones, but the old toy ones? Fabulous! I had them all, the Spit I with an electric motor, like the Bf109e (trop), and the Hurricane II with a clicking wheel built into the fuselage, to simulate gunfire... and the Ju87 with dropped its bomb! That was the very best! I lay awake ALL NIGHT one Christmas eve, so excited I couldn't sleep! I must have been 9 or 10, and I knew what I was getting the next morning! Fantastic toys.
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11-26-2006, 07:38 AM
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| i've only got a few of the new Corgi Fighting Machines series as part of the showcase collection, each model's only a few inches but it allows me a big and varied collection, and by varied i mean i have 3 different lancs 
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11-26-2006, 01:52 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| My planes are stuck away in storage, but I'll attempt to dig one or two of them out and take a couple of pics later on. They're 1:18 scale, so they're about the scale of Star Wars figures, and each of them comes with a pilot and everything.  I'm not real satisfied with the Spitfire pilot though. He's not very true to life. The first two pics here aren't mine, but they're of two of the planes I currently own. The P-51D "Flying Undertaker", and a 74 Sqn. Spitfire Mk.I. I mean look at some of these things! Man, who wants to grow up, eh?! If only they weren't so bloody expensive. I'd own the entire Luftwaffe.  *All pics courtesy of Smalljoes.com |
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11-26-2006, 02:10 PM
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| Der Crewchief  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Some of those actually look really cool.
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11-26-2006, 04:22 PM
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| Looks like they even PAY you in the RCN! 
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12-04-2006, 05:39 PM
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| aka Dickcheese Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| Great! 
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12-05-2006, 05:14 AM
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| Siggy Master  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland
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| Like Matt308 + 
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