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I believe I've mentioned the Dollar Tree store proprietary "Final Faction" action figure line, but that was regarding mecha and accessory packs. The Kharn alien force has some great options for bug type aliens too. Possible Tyranid applications?
-Crawler bugs come in a 2-pack
-Huntra. Tail has a launcher which I removed for the picture
-Decimator
-Synthoid. Pretty big but cool shape.
Interesting mix. Decimator And Synthoid share the same arm sockets and they can be swapped with each other or the Synthoid weapons pack.
At $7 you can almost get 10 for the price of one GSC Ridgerunner.
I bought the Decepticon patrol car when the first Transformers movie was released. The Enforcers will look appropriate when painted in a black/white scheme.
Kid_Kyoto wrote: Any still pics of it or do I have to watch a video?
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Guess it's up to me.
Imperial ground transport thing (the old Sears toy)
Bad batch shuttle
Imperial Lambda Shuttle
At-At (comes with speeder bikes!)
With more news from Series 5 to come.
YES!!!! Anakin's Jedi starfighter from the Clone Wars cartoon!
I'm hoping the AT-AT is affordable enough I can put together a Blizzard Force vs. Snowspeeders for a Star Wars miniatures game.
They also need to come out with a TIE Defender - that's the only ship I don't have from the old Action Fleet. I'd so like to do X-Wing at Action Fleet scale - I did one yeaaars ago at a Con with Star Warriors and a Death Star battle.
Eilif wrote: I believe I've mentioned the Dollar Tree store proprietary "Final Faction" action figure line, but that was regarding mecha and accessory packs. The Kharn alien force has some great options for bug type aliens too. Possible Tyranid applications?
-Crawler bugs come in a 2-pack
-Huntra. Tail has a launcher which I removed for the picture
-Decimator
-Synthoid. Pretty big but cool shape.
Interesting mix. Decimator And Synthoid share the same arm sockets and they can be swapped with each other or the Synthoid weapons pack.
The Crawler bugs and Huntra could make decent Tyranid Bio-Titans for Epic or Adeptus Titanicus.
Have the Star Troopers toys been mentioned in this thread? They're fairly cheap and include some cool-looking alien bugs. Bendy plastic, but eh. I grabbed one to use as a whip scorpion in Gorkamorka.
The Crawler bugs and Huntra could make decent Tyranid Bio-Titans for Epic or Adeptus Titanicus.
Have the Star Troopers toys been mentioned in this thread? They're fairly cheap and include some cool-looking alien bugs. Bendy plastic, but eh. I grabbed one to use as a whip scorpion in Gorkamorka.
I've been keeping tabs on them online, but I've yet to see them for sale in a store. Some good looking bugs though.
7 wooden hexagons that stack. Add some doors and grubbings from the Maelstrom's Edge terrain sprue and you've got some nice wooden bunkers that should be easy to store.
Plenty of use in Post Apoc or Eastern Bloc use also as the very similar Studebaker duce and a half was nearly-cloned into the Soviet trucks that were manufactured into the 90's.
Today I also found Another 3 buck Menards truck.
Unspecified 80's custom van. Possibly a GMC Vandura like the A-Team had. Has opening front and rear doors. Available in black, orange, and green versions of the same flame scheme.
Ripe for Post Apocalypse or Super Hero gaming I think. 28/30mm Aquaman for scale.
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A fairly high tech looking truck for exploring the badlands or just delivering an order of organs to the body bank. I'm not sure about the scale but at 7"x2" it should look OK with 28mm figures.
The Mission Fleet line continues to deliver some great ships. I'm considering a couple of them to stash away with all the figures I've got set aside for my "Someday" 28mm Star Wars Project.
The Thundercats vehicle really shows the downside of the upsizing of action figures. Big vehicles and playsets for 3.75" figures were never cheap but they were at least manageable, However, when you double the height of the figure, you quadruple the size (and apparently the price) of the toys.
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NapoleonInSpace wrote: They're all toys, guys. You know it. I know it. We're grown men who love to play with toys.
Take a deep breath.
Deal with it...
I think you missed the point of this thread my friend. We're all having fun with our toys here. Given your recent thread on gaming with RISK pieces, I'd have thought this thread would be right up your alley.
Of course, if you'd like to be rude about it, you're welcome to ...
Eilif wrote: The Mission Fleet line continues to deliver some great ships. I'm considering a couple of them to stash away with all the figures I've got set aside for my "Someday" 28mm Star Wars Project.
The Thundercats vehicle really shows the downside of the upsizing of action figures. Big vehicles and playsets for 3.75" figures were never cheap but they were at least manageable, However, when you double the height of the figure, you quadruple the size (and apparently the price) of the toys.
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NapoleonInSpace wrote: They're all toys, guys. You know it. I know it. We're grown men who love to play with toys.
Take a deep breath.
Deal with it...
I think you missed the point of this thread my friend. We're all having fun with our toys here. Given your recent thread on gaming with RISK pieces, I'd have thought this thread would be right up your alley.
Of course, if you'd like to be rude about it, you're welcome to ...
Just Tony wrote: Playful sarcasm rarely translates well to text. Either denoting it with blue text or /s afterward would have saved some grief...
To me, discussions about toy soldiers can cause a very limited amount of grief. Not quite like commenting on the amorous skills of someone's mother.
However, this IS, after all, a forum about toy soldiers, or military miniatures, or whatever one prefers to calls them, so maybe I overstepped a line.
So, if I caused any hurt feelings, it was unintentional, and I apologize. All friends.
Fair enough. No harm done.
I notice you're a bit newer to the forum so in the spirit of friendliness I'll offer one small piece of advice. Generally posts that are on the topic of a given thread and especially those that offer useful information are more appreciated than attempts at humor and sarcasm. This is specially the case if those attempts could be read as insulting/superior/dismissive/etc.
Welcome, and I hope your enjoy your time at Dakka.
I think what I like about this picture is that the Big Bad is off to the side, yet everyone is firing/focusing/pointing out other things, except for that one girl looking to the right who's about to say "Uhh... guys? Slow down! Mumm-Ra is right there!".
I usually avoid transformers for my 28mm Mecha. Too expensive and -except for a couple designs like the Macross licensed Starscream- too recognizable as transformers.
However, I found this guy for 3 bucks at a resale shop. 28mm Warlord Brit on the shoulder for scale.
The scale appropriate cockpit is what really sells it for me. Once that is remounted flush to the top of the mech, wings removed and a few other minor mods, this would be a convincing mech in the general style of the other Macross designs in my collection.
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