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Here's the 3 Armadillos I have.

L to R.
Standard Hot Wheels. Best for 6mm, maybe up to 10mm
Large Hot Wheels. good for 10-15mm
Lightspeed series. 20mm and up, though as we've seen there are some impressive conversions to small scales as well.

We'll have to get you the big one for 6" action figures to finish the family lineage.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
We'll have to get you the big one for 6" action figures to finish the family lineage.

Ha!
I'm watching it but it's still around 40 bucks. If it dips below 30 I'll pick one up.

My son loves these vehicles for his star wars figures as they don't seem to make SW vehicles in 3.75" scale anymore. We've got the Lightyear truck and picked up the fighter last week at half off.

UK discount toy site BargainMax currently has 25% off ghostbusters toys with code GHOST25

https://www.bargainmax.co.uk/brand/ghostbusters.html

Not great toys but the proton pack struck me as a nice lump of plastic for £3.37



Here it is horizontally with some 28mm figures for scale, I think it makes a cool industrial scenic piece. Just a little extra greebling and a few scale breaking details (fake screw heads etc) to obscure, a dirty paint job and it can hit the table





Since this one arrived I’ve ordered a second, and also some of the blasters just in case they’ll make good industrial chimneys or spaceship parts.


*if this code expires you can always get 10% off with a sign up. And free shipping over £10

That's a fantastic piece. Doesn't even need any modding!

 rosafari wrote:
UK discount toy site BargainMax currently has 25% off ghostbusters toys with code GHOST25

https://www.bargainmax.co.uk/brand/ghostbusters.html

Not great toys but the proton pack struck me as a nice lump of plastic for £3.37



Here it is horizontally with some 28mm figures for scale, I think it makes a cool industrial scenic piece. Just a little extra greebling and a few scale breaking details (fake screw heads etc) to obscure, a dirty paint job and it can hit the table





Since this one arrived I’ve ordered a second, and also some of the blasters just in case they’ll make good industrial chimneys or spaceship parts.


*if this code expires you can always get 10% off with a sign up. And free shipping over £10

Surely there must be somewhere in the States that carries that...

I really love this thread.

The Ghost Busters photon pack is on Amazon for ~$12, not as good as 3GBP but better than a sharp poke in the eye.

https://www.amazon.com/Ghostbusters-Roleplay-Classic-Standard-E9538/dp/B081VZXP1N

For my addition, I've been thinking about this bunker. It's only detailed on one side but if you close it up, add a roof and some statues it would be an interesting brutalist Imperial building.

Yeah not hard to make it out of foam core but at $13 might be worth the effort saved.

https://www.amazon.com/BMC-WW2-Bunker-Walls-Accessory/dp/B07V5JW4WW/

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
I really love this thread.

The Ghost Busters photon pack is on Amazon for ~$12, not as good as 3GBP but better than a sharp poke in the eye.

https://www.amazon.com/Ghostbusters-Roleplay-Classic-Standard-E9538/dp/B081VZXP1N

For my addition, I've been thinking about this bunker. It's only detailed on one side but if you close it up, add a roof and some statues it would be an interesting brutalist Imperial building.

Yeah not hard to make it out of foam core but at $13 might be worth the effort saved.

https://www.amazon.com/BMC-WW2-Bunker-Walls-Accessory/dp/B07V5JW4WW/

Hell, you can find several light expanding foams to fill that out with. It actually would make a decent fort for a mini-siege in WFB. Think Rorke's Drift but with Beastmen assaulting Dwarfs or Empire or whatnot. I'm pretty sure I could whip up that scenario in a heartbeat...

The BMC bunker is a classic. Just know that you'll probably have to raise the for to get your minis to the level of the firing holes as it's built for 54mm figures.

Head up for my fellow Brits.

The Lightyear Zurg Fighter is currently £4 in Argos

Not mine, but probably the best "Lightyear to 40k" I've seen so far:

Sorry if the pics don't work...

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
We'll have to get you the big one for 6" action figures to finish the family lineage.

Unfortunately I'm six weeks away from being able to provide a "which is small and which is far away" photo as one of each is currently waiting at home for me.

Found my squad cars!

https://www.amazon.com/%F0%9F%9A%93-KiNSMART-H2-Hummer-Interceptor/dp/B00PCM6KX2/



At $7 you can almost get 10 for the price of one GSC Ridgerunner.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Not mine, but probably the best "Lightyear to 40k" I've seen so far:

Spoiler:

Sorry if the pics don't work...

That really is fantastic. Just the sort of thing to get the mind whirring on how to convert these.

 JoeRugby wrote:
Head up for my fellow Brits.

The Lightyear Zurg Fighter is currently £4 in Argos

...and £5 from Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Buzz-LightYear-Spaceship-Vehicle-Hyperspeed/dp/B09CG5NCZS/ref=sr_1_2?crid=21TRN1TTO80KE&keywords=Disney+Pixar+Lightyear+Hyperspeed&qid=1680187656&s=kids&sprefix=disney+pixar+lightyear+hyperspeed%2Ctoys%2C156&sr=1-2 if you can't find any in stock at Argos

dumb_numpty wrote:

 JoeRugby wrote:
Head up for my fellow Brits.

The Lightyear Zurg Fighter is currently £4 in Argos

...and £5 from Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Buzz-LightYear-Spaceship-Vehicle-Hyperspeed/dp/B09CG5NCZS/ref=sr_1_2?crid=21TRN1TTO80KE&keywords=Disney+Pixar+Lightyear+Hyperspeed&qid=1680187656&s=kids&sprefix=disney+pixar+lightyear+hyperspeed%2Ctoys%2C156&sr=1-2 if you can't find any in stock at Argos

Just be aware, she's a big one.

Menards is at it again ...
1947 Dodge Power Wagon and 1958 Plymouth Fury are $5 each and also available in a bunch of different paints.
Hummer is only 3 bucks and is also available in open bed and traditional enclosed cab (with TOW launcher) configurations.

Is there a link?

I need that Hummer. I need like 5 of them.

Those that can be ordered are here.
https://www.menards.com/main/grocery-home/menards-collectibles/train-stuff-from-menards/train-stuff/c-13318.htm?ipp=36&rid=rScqekU6bq&Spec_ShopByType_facet=O+Die-Cast
Unfortunately that's rarely everything and the $3 vehicles are almost always non orderable.

I was not aware there was a large Hotwheels variant of the Armadillo!

Darn!

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

dumb_numpty wrote:

 JoeRugby wrote:
Head up for my fellow Brits.

The Lightyear Zurg Fighter is currently £4 in Argos

...and £5 from Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Buzz-LightYear-Spaceship-Vehicle-Hyperspeed/dp/B09CG5NCZS/ref=sr_1_2?crid=21TRN1TTO80KE&keywords=Disney+Pixar+Lightyear+Hyperspeed&qid=1680187656&s=kids&sprefix=disney+pixar+lightyear+hyperspeed%2Ctoys%2C156&sr=1-2 if you can't find any in stock at Argos

Just be aware, she's a big one.

She's perfect for things like 5 Parsecs, Stargrave etc.

Saw this on clearance at TJ Max. Looked like the speeder would scale nicely with the starwars minis i have... and yup. Pretty close.

Someone on the Books of Faces recommended these are AoS giants. $35 on Amazon vs $100+

https://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-Magical-Creatures-No/dp/B07H5JK3VT

 Smokestack wrote:
Saw this on clearance at TJ Max. Looked like the speeder would scale nicely with the starwars minis i have... and yup. Pretty close.

Yeah, they had scout trooper bikes in the same scale back in the day that were for a time easier to get a hold of than the WotC ones... Might have to see if I can track down that Mando set locally.

 Smokestack wrote:
Saw this on clearance at TJ Max. Looked like the speeder would scale nicely with the starwars minis i have... and yup. Pretty close.

I've got that one and it looks great. There's also a scout trooper biker from a couple year back that scales similarly.

Seeing as we all seem to love the Lightyear toys, especially the different flavours of Armadillo and the Zerg ships, here's some Youtube hosted inspiration.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgTPGG5SCUg&t=29s

Star Wars Microgalaxy is still chugging along. I have the Inquisitor ship on the way and it seems some new releases are coming.

https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Micro-Galaxy-Squadron/dp/B0BCH4DBNZ/ref=pd_vtp_h_pd_vtp_h_sccl_7/131-7987237-4837004



The V Wing fighter was always one of my favorites so I'll pick this up when it is in stock.





The Jedi starfighter and Resistance X-Wing less so but still cool.



With the Flash coming mech is starting to leak out as well.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NNMPNNQ/



First you can reenact the scene where the Flash assaults several people and is then brought to justice by Batman because in a superhero world being rich and famous is no protection from the law.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09M54L119



Then you can reenact those classic storylines with Nam-Ek. Remember Nam-Ek? Can't have a Bat Wing toy without Nam-Ek.

I believe a Micro Galaxy AT-AT has just been previewed at Celebration 23.

 alphaecho wrote:


I believe a Micro Galaxy AT-AT has just been previewed at Celebration 23.

Ooh... That would be very tempting if I didn't already have five of the WotC models...

 insaniak wrote:

 alphaecho wrote:


I believe a Micro Galaxy AT-AT has just been previewed at Celebration 23.

Ooh... That would be very tempting if I didn't already have five of the WotC models...

I have one of those but this one appears to be gearing up to have noises and a light up command centre!

https://rebelscum.com/story/front/Star_Wars_Celebration_2023_Jazwares_Micro_Galaxy_Squadron_190803.asp