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08-18-2009, 11:53 AM | #8391 |
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Have you seen the pictures of the new toys that are coming for Christmas for this new movie "Avatar"? Not the last air bender, but the new James Cameron film that coming in December.
They're 1/18 scale, and a lot of them have a military theme... There's a vehicle that looks very similar to the Sigma 6 Dragonhawk, but a little smaller. It looks really cool to me. I'm hoping to buy 4 of them depending on how much they cost. |
08-18-2009, 11:57 AM | #8392 |
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There's a helicopter that looks A LOT like the Sigma 6 Dragonhawk. It's all green - a realistic as possible for such a futuristic vehicle. I think it looks really good.
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08-18-2009, 12:01 PM | #8393 |
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Then the RoC figures came out and well yeah.... I got motivated to display stuff. I don't have all the 25th/vintage stuff out. I did pull out the VAMP (the box it was in was easy to get to and not in the closet) to use in the bunker set-up. The only 25th stuff I have displayed is the VAMP, Clutch and Cutter. Now I may dig out more because I have a PIT coming this week and not enough figures to man it and still display in my bunker set-up. But I don't have any of the MOC hanging up like I had. I'll probably hang up my RoC MOC since they are sitting in the way, lol My big "fear" is that where I was going to display the PIT, is where my cat likes to lay down, so I'm worried he'll get up there and knock everything over constantly.
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08-18-2009, 12:02 PM | #8394 |
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Yeah, this is the one I saw. Very cool looking. Kind of reminds me of the dropship from Aliens.
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08-18-2009, 12:10 PM | #8395 |
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The only question is whether or not the 25th/ROC figures will fit into these vehicles. The packages say that they are designed to fit 3 3/4" figures - almost as if they're anticipating Joe fans buying the vehicles. However with the newer figures being nearly 4" tall, I hope they really are compatible.
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08-18-2009, 12:43 PM | #8396 |
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Have you seen the pictures of the new toys that are coming for Christmas for this new movie "Avatar"? Not the last air bender, but the new James Cameron film that coming in December.
They're 1/18 scale, and a lot of them have a military theme... There's a vehicle that looks very similar to the Sigma 6 Dragonhawk, but a little smaller. It looks really cool to me. I'm hoping to buy 4 of them depending on how much they cost.
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08-18-2009, 02:13 PM | #8397 |
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The movie's main character is a U.S. Marine (from what I've read on Wikipedia). So the toymaker tries to figure out a way to make more money... "what if these Avatar toys could also be marketed and sold to Joe fans?" I don't think the Avatar figures are supposed to be very good, but I haven't really seen a good picture of them. I don't know how articulate they are. If they the same size as Joe, I may pick some up on clearance to use as Terrorists. I did that with Indiana Jones. But that's eventually what happens with most movie toys. They end up on clearance, and the toy company's profit margin takes a significant hit. I think this toy collector is specifically trying to make sure that doesn't happen with the vehicles, which cost more to produce. The figures are probably cheaper to make, but if they can sell a lot of vehicles, it may work out well for them.
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08-18-2009, 02:15 PM | #8398 |
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The pictures of the boxes have a little sign on them that says something like: compatible with 3 3/4" figures. It is so obvious that this particular helicopter/aircraft is so similar to the S6 Dragonhawk... I think they're intentionlly trying to market these vehicles to collectors of other toy lines.
I'm going to see scenes from Avatar this weekend at my local IMAX - it's absolutely incredible-looking, from what I'm told.
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08-18-2009, 02:18 PM | #8399 |
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Is there a sneak preview? Are you going to Udvar-Hazy? I haven't seen any previews or pics. I'd really like to see some... I don't know a whole lot about the movie.
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08-18-2009, 02:19 PM | #8400 |
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I always liked that Aliens drop ship and wished that they had made one for us when it came out. A really cool looking futuristic military troop transport!
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