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LOL didn't even notice that. Well I pulled the trigger and will have a real review soon.

How many times have you said "I really like the Doom Wing and/or Fire Lord Daemon Engines of Tzeentch but how can I field them when no one makes a flying robot demon dinosaur thing?"






https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Doom_Wing
https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Fire_Lord


Well your years patient waiting are over thanks to the "Dinosaur Millitary Airplane Vehicle Toy Set, with 8 Vehicle Helicopter, 12 Dinosaur Models, Decorative & Launchable Missiles, Collapsible Launch Pad, Army Playset Gift for Kids Boys Girls"



With an openable Dinosaur Mouth and Launchable missile it will provide many hours of imagination and creative play to stimulate cognitive development. You also get 12 realistic dinosaur figures!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D6VVFFZS

I am seriously tempted to pick on up to make a Doom Wing and/or Fire Lord. And have 12 realistic dinosaur figures.

I always love the Google Translate descriptions of these toys

If anyone is wondering what I would like for my birthday...

(GI Joe aircraft carrier stocked with Robotech/Macross fighters and mecha)

It does get me wondering if I could find an off-brand today carrier and fill it with 40k or Aeronautica planes.

Cool carrier. Now, looking at the size of it, wouldn't it be cheaper to get some decommissioned one from the US Navy?

I can only hope that Hasbro never does a HasLab to reproduce either the USS Flagg or the Technodrome. The monetary and space costs would be high, but the will to resist would be low...

So my aging memory is that the infamous GI Joe aircraft carrier was 5' long but that seemed impossible so I checked.




It was SEVEN FEET LONG! So yes you could land multiple Skystrikers or VF-1A Veritechs on it. Or a whole lotta 40k aircraft.

In these dark and deprived times you'd be lucky to find a 3' long aircraft carrier.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=toy+aircraft+carrier

So I guess it will have to a Epic project

 insaniak wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
10 stackable model volcanos for $10.

Yeah I can see a use..

Potentially useful, although the fact that the stacked example pic has a broken one sitting on top isn't a great sign for longevity.

Eh, slap some filler over it and the fragility of the underlying plastic doesn't really matter anymore

Another find while shopping for 7' aircraft carriers

https://www.amazon.com/Airplane-Toy-Set-Kids-Helicopters/dp/B0CR3VPWZ8





The helicarrier I picked up in Egypt a few years back has made its way to the US.



It's a good size and a nice blocky cargo flier type thing.



Also...

Not just an ideal gift for kids age 3 4 5 6 7 8, This airplane airport toy model set will be developing practical early educational skills for kids.Get ready for thinking skills, shape recognition, creativity, hand eye coordination, motor skills, problem solving skills, and cognitive processes.

So if you know any 345,678 year old kids this is the ideal gift for them!

That carrier is great looking. Is the cargo good big enough for 28mm figures to stand inside?

The off-brand SHIELD Helicarrier is pretty cool looking, and based on the picture it looks like it paints up decently. Next to the painted carrier I couldn't help but notice what looks like a grimdark-ified Starfleet runabout.

Two GI Joe aircraft carriers on ebay right now.. £2500 & €10,000....

stroller wrote:
Two GI Joe aircraft carriers on ebay right now.. £2500 & €10,000....

Ah.. GW pricing... I'll keep looking at yard sales, lol

You can always get two 3' aircraft carriers?

So the volcanoes came, and yeah even though the ad has the size I was still disappointed in how small they are.

But they do stack!

So I recommend them for smaller scale games. Or if you come up with a scenario involving 8 small volcanoes.

Back to GI Joe. Well if those prices are too rich, somebody else wants $850 US for the BOX

stroller wrote:
Back to GI Joe. Well if those prices are too rich, somebody else wants $850 US for the BOX

Toy collectors are a breed all their own. There are some who would happily pay that much for just the box some desirable toy came in. And would likely drop 10 grand for the actual toy.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
So the volcanoes came, and yeah even though the ad has the size I was still disappointed in how small they are.

But they do stack!

So I recommend them for smaller scale games. Or if you come up with a scenario involving 8 small volcanoes.

They're perfect for a Chaos Wastes table, or something similar.

 ZergSmasher wrote:

stroller wrote:
Back to GI Joe. Well if those prices are too rich, somebody else wants $850 US for the BOX

Toy collectors are a breed all their own. There are some who would happily pay that much for just the box some desirable toy came in. And would likely drop 10 grand for the actual toy.

They arent buying the box just for the sake if having the box. They'd buy it because having that box ups the resale value of their copy of the toy.

They'd buy it because having that box ups the resale value of their copy of the toy

This feels about as pointless as people obsessing over the value of their house while they're living in it with no intention of moving...

Buy things because you enjoy them, and enjoy having them, instead of worrying about what you can sell them for.

 insaniak wrote:

They'd buy it because having that box ups the resale value of their copy of the toy

This feels about as pointless as people obsessing over the value of their house while they're living in it with no intention of moving...

Buy things because you enjoy them, and enjoy having them, instead of worrying about what you can sell them for.

You do realize that
1: there's entire stores (both online & Brick & Mortar) who buy & sell old toys for a living, right?
(There's one about a mile down the street from my house infact!).
They will buy boxes, instructions, sticker sheets, parts, etc to increase the value of incomplete stuff they take in (that people bring in, yard sales. Estate sales. Trade...) it has nothing to do with enjoying having the thing & EVERYTHING to do with its sale price.
The more complete the toy, the higher the value they can ask. It's exactly the same as having a parts-matching vintage car.
2: There ARE collectors out there who get more enjoyment by having the box/etc for thier toy.
Again, just like being able to say you have a parts-matching car. Bragging rights - with the bonus that if you do ever need to sell....

For what it's worth there are also folks who collect GW boxes and unopened blisters.

I remember one guy on FB showing off his recreation of a 90s GW store.

Hey.

If it don't hurt no body, whatever makes you happy.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
For what it's worth there are also folks who collect GW boxes and unopened blisters.

I remember one guy on FB showing off his recreation of a 90s GW store.

Well, I guess that's one way to display your collection....

I had some star wars style hover trucks 3d printed and i was looking for some other scifi cars in a similar scale-



i picked up the blade runner 2040 spinner toy- pretty good quality



So i decided to try and find the original police spinner in the same scale. i found a Christmas tree ornament and a model kit but they were not the right scale nor did i feel like painting.....so i ended up with this "not lego" kit-



got it put together this week. turned out great. had to glue a few spots to keep it together but it turned out to be what i was after. the company has kits for a bunch of scifi movies/tv and games including battle tech mechs and space ships from the expanse, and mass effect for example.

That "not-Lego" set is from Bluebrixx, isn't it? I looked at their website before and I liked a lot of the Star Trek models they had.

Its from ECUNORC-

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=ECUNORC&ref=bl_dp_s_web_0

OK, so went to the local Dollar Tree and picked up some of the Final Faction toys to play around with..

Kharn Rumbler and Poison Weapons pack



and the Human Arrow ATV and Weapons and Armor pack



With trusty Primaris Marine Pete standing in for scale, here is the parts layout



and



I had high hopes for the Arrow.. the Rumbler looked FAR to large, and I was right.

Rumbler has 5 components, and Arrow has a dozen.. took less than a minute to build the Rumbler, and 5 for the Arrow





Did not get into the weapons packs, after realizing the size issues

I had also gotten a Synthoid and weapon pack, and just left them alone



If anyone here WANTS these items, let me know, cause I am just not going to use them at all and would rather get them to someone who might than donate them to a thrift store.

However, the next post was a bit more exciting for me...





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Wife texted me from Michaels that the Spooky Season plywood buildings were on sale for $6 instead of $10, so she picked me up a couple to play with.

So, came home with the Pumpkin Patch and the Haunted House buildings..










these look like they would be pretty darn scale for my Blackwater Gulch board, and I have little issue with breaking apart a $6 kit. They each have a small light in the base that can be popped out.. the only small issue I think I will have is that everything is glued togeather, so taking off the roofs might be tricky to try to move models around inside.

How much was the Arrow? I can plate that and make my Ork Trukks for my Speed Freeks army.

 Just Tony wrote:
How much was the Arrow? I can plate that and make my Ork Trukks for my Speed Freeks army.

the Arrow was $1.25.. the extra weapon pack, $1.25, the Rumbler, and the poison weapons, $1.25 each etc.

Let me send you a PM

 porkuslime wrote:

 Just Tony wrote:
How much was the Arrow? I can plate that and make my Ork Trukks for my Speed Freeks army.

the Arrow was $1.25.. the extra weapon pack, $1.25, the Rumbler, and the poison weapons, $1.25 each etc.

Let me send you a PM

$1.25?! From Dollar Tree? How can anyone afford this hobby anymore?