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@Oaka: What is that bird model from?

I wish I knew. I rescued it several years ago from a friend's basement as he was clearing out a lot of his models. I have been searching, but there are no clues on the model itself on what company could have made it.

The saddle looks to fit a 54mm model or larger. The kit is heavy resin, so I would expect it to be considered a model rather than a toy.

Looks like an angry Chocobo


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As an other alternative, though, what about a big anti-grav weapons patform. Not fast enough to be a true flyer, but much more like an agile hovertank?

This is probably too expensive to use as a counts-as Riptide ($225), but it comes in at 15 inches tall and would be a pretty sweet alien auxiliary.

Here is a nice one.

http://www.hlj.com/product/kbykp-259

Not out until the autumn, though.