If you own the art from the 1970s why pay to update . Probably had a hard time finding a computer that still took the 14 floppy disks that the image was stored on.
"Boba Fett's Starfighter" sigh, I'm going to call it by it's proper name, the one I grew up with, "Simple man making my way across the galaxy and certainly not taking part in any slavery-type activities that might impact reaction to my Disney Plus series-One"
Very interesting. I'll be curious to see reviews of the quality of those. I'm kind of in love with the Gunpla-esque quality and ease of construction of the Bandai SW kits (the Bandai 1:48 ATST is an absolute joy to build) . Old SW kits were not always great but an affordable B-wing is hard to say no to. 1:64 would probably look fine alongside 1:56 minis, especially if built without a figure in the cockpit.
Note that Amazon has the B-Wing called 1:144 in the title, but the listing has what I assume is the correct 1:64 scale listed.
It does seem like the price for the Snap-together X-wing (1:63) has gone up a bit at $32. I'm pretty sure my son and I bought and built that same kit not long back for $20 bucks or less and it's a pretty basic kit. The Bandai kits are only 1:72, but cost less than $30, both Rebellion and Resistance models are available and they are probably flawless in construction and execution.
The ships would probably look good as terrain on a Legion board - with Fett's ship, you could even do a Bespin mission trying to stop him from getting away with Han in carbonite.
Spotted in Hobby Lobby, some new Bandai mini kits. I have some of their Imperial Star Destroyers, small (~3") but so, so well made. A real joy to build.
They have the gorilla At-At from the sequels and a set of Vader's TIE and a vanilla one. Also saw the double set of the Death Star II and ISD.
Much rejoicing at Casa Kyoto, the 'Havoc Marauder' shuttle from Bad Batch is getting a model in late 2022. The Lambda Imperial Shuttle is one of my favorites and the Marauder is basically a more aggressive version of it.
Sounds like a great kit, but it's going to have a pretty tiny cockpit in 28mm. The 1/89 ish (aprox. HO scale )classic kit of the Lambda might be better on a 28mm table if you can find one at a good price
Nicorex wrote: Does anyone make like 32mm-40mm sized Gundam miniatures/models? I have searched but can not seem to find anything.
Only Bandai makes Gundam kits. For that, you're looking at either 1/60 scale Perfect Grades (on the small side - more like 25-28mm, stupidly expensive), or 1/48 Mega Size Models (sizing is going to be a bit closer to 30mm, much more affordable when they were first released, I believe these are now out of production and there were only a handful of suits produced, so its probably slim pickings and not any cheaper than Perfect Grade)
Nicorex wrote: Does anyone make like 32mm-40mm sized Gundam miniatures/models? I have searched but can not seem to find anything.
Only Bandai makes Gundam kits. For that, you're looking at either 1/60 scale Perfect Grades (on the small side - more like 25-28mm, stupidly expensive), or 1/48 Mega Size Models (sizing is going to be a bit closer to 30mm, much more affordable when they were first released, I believe these are now out of production and there were only a handful of suits produced, so its probably slim pickings and not any cheaper than Perfect Grade)
Pretty sure they're asking for models that are 32-40mm in size, not at scale.
There's 1/300 scale Gundam models.There's also the bottle cap figures and Gashapon toys.
That's one of the 1/300 kits next to an assembled one, the box, and some of the bottle cap figures. You can see the wall plugs near them for scale.
If you haven't seen them yet, check out the latest Avatar toys from McFarlane toys. They have one series that looks to be right about 1:50 scale (30-32mm or so, if that's your preferred reference). Check out the RDA Seawasp, the CET-OPS Crabsuit, and the Amp suit with driver. They were on the pegs at my local Target today.
mrgrigson wrote: If you haven't seen them yet, check out the latest Avatar toys from McFarlane toys. They have one series that looks to be right about 1:50 scale (30-32mm or so, if that's your preferred reference). Check out the RDA Seawasp, the CET-OPS Crabsuit, and the Amp suit with driver. They were on the pegs at my local Target today.
Good catch! They were mentioned in the thread on toys but not everyone looks at that.
I haven't built and photographed mine, but Xabungle kits from the 80s are back in production and 10-16 bucks each. Mostly odd smaller scaled Mecha that might be useable as large robots, but there's a 1/48 personal hover skimmer thing that scales up well with 28mm. I remember seeing some of these in wargaming kitbashing back in the 90's but they've been out of production for a very long time.
I have a feeling these will not be around for long, so jump now if you see one you like.
The manufacturer Border Models is expanding its Command & Conquer range with the 1/35 Grizzly Battle Tank - this model kit could be used as a stand in for the Rogal Dorn Battle Tank in Warhammer 40.000 games.
One of the perks of this model kit is, that you do not need glue or paint (if you want to build it out of the box).
Happy hunting to all of you.
Panzerkorps Cerberus wrote: The manufacturer Border Models is expanding its Command & Conquer range with the 1/35 Grizzly Battle Tank - this model kit could be used as a stand in for the Rogal Dorn Battle Tank in Warhammer 40.000 games.
Spoiler:
One of the perks of this model kit is, that you do not need glue or paint (if you want to build it out of the box).
Happy hunting to all of you.
It's a cool design and one I didn't know about as I didn't play C&C back in my rts days though I did play Starcraft which had a similar unit apparently. Do you just remove the tank wheels/tracks when it transforms to its emplacement mode?
edit: For those wondering, 1/35th scale looks to be slightly smaller than the old Inquisitor line so hatches on this will be pretty big compared with 40k figs especially non-primaris.
warboss wrote: 1/35th scale looks to be slightly smaller than the old Inquisitor line so hatches on this will be pretty big compared with 40k figs especially non-primaris.
28 mm heroic is like 1:56 in height, but at least 1:35 in width. 1:35 hatches work fine for 40k.
BrookM wrote: The variant model looks weird, my initial thought was the drone tank, but that was not a direct copy of the Grizzly.
fairly sure it is meant to be the defensive turret, which in Red Alert 1 was a turret off the "medium tank" (what later games would call the grizzly) on a fixed fortification. while the game icon showed it on a concrete bunker, it being a deployable stabilization mount would fit better.
warboss wrote: 1/35th scale looks to be slightly smaller than the old Inquisitor line so hatches on this will be pretty big compared with 40k figs especially non-primaris.
28 mm heroic is like 1:56 in height, but at least 1:35 in width. 1:35 hatches work fine for 40k.
This is my experience with 1/35 models and 28mm as well. Hatches and doors that a 1/35 (54mm) true scale figure is supposed to crouch or wiggle through look great alongside 28mm heroic figures.
I've still got a 1/35 M113 that I did up as a Rhino 20 years ago.
BobtheInquisitor wrote: Is that for the 1/144 scale Gundams? How hard would it be to fit to Dropzone scale?
I posted a question to Amazon and this is answer I got.
Q: How big is it assembled?
TruthInAdvertising answered:
"It's a 1/72 scale so you're looking at a Big Daddy. For reference, your standard Gundam HG is 1/144 and a MG is 1/100. So, truck and trailer from end to end, you're looking at 10-ish inches long. You can easily lay down a standard HG Gundam (5-6 inches long) in the trailer and will still have some wiggle room. You can also attach additional trailers thanks to an included hook up part and it comes with a custom heat claw that fits pretty much any Amaim mecha kit. All-in-all, it's a worthwhile purchase."
It's for a line called Warrior at The Borderline/Kyōkai Senki and mechs are smaller, so it fits their 1/72 mechs but also 1/144 Gundams.
Real world size seems 10".
Something for me to hunt for while in Japan for New Years.
"It's about 1/72 scale. It's about 9.7 inches long with a 6.8" wingspan. I cut and fit a 1/72 scale pilot from another model kit and fit it into the cockpit because I really wanted a pilot for it."
All I can think of with that 18 wheeler is Universal Soldier with Van Dam. I know it doesn't look like it at all, but it does have the lines that make it look like it will expand outwards to be a cool command center.
. Probably had a hard time finding a computer that still took the 14 floppy disks that the image was stored on.
Ornthopter from the movie DUNC
