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07-07-2009, 01:53 PM
zuludelta
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The BBI 1:18 stuff is a collector's market.
I think the adult market for 1:18 scale realistically rendered military-themed figures and vehicles is relatively limited, at least when compared to 1:64, 1:32, and 1:6 scale toys. I think the problem is that it's a bit of a "bastard" scale: it's too big to create anything larger than a realistically scaled Humvee or Little Bird helicopter without becoming prohibitively expensive in terms of production cost (not to mention storage and shipping) and it's too small to allow for the amount of obsessive detail and articulation that many adult militaria collectors are interested in.
I tend to look towards the Hong Kong and Japanese markets for action figure trends (since they're pretty much the hub of the hobby) and there's not a lot of manufacturer, retailer, or collector interest in the 1:18 scale, I suspect for the reasons I outlined above.
A shame, too, since 1:18 is my "default" scale. As a kid, I was never much into toys except for GI Joe (and the occasional Matchbox and Hot Wheels car), so my interest, as far as military action figures and vehicles go, is limited to that scale.
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