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08-20-2013, 02:25 PM | #141 |
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Merged a couple OLD threads on 1/18th Humvees.
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08-20-2013, 09:41 PM | #142 |
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Do all 4 doors on the 21st century Hummers open?
Nice comparison photos by the way! Thanks for adding the threads together Steevy Maximus. |
08-20-2013, 10:08 PM | #143 |
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Wow. Thats all I can say.
So it seems that some new PTE items were spotted in New Zealand in June 2013. One is an 8 wheeler amphibious vehicle and the other a tracked Hummer in urban camo. Sure fixed plastic tracks which don't move aren't as cool as moveable rubber ones. But I think a tracked Hummer has never come out before. I dig it big time. Tracked Hummers have been around for a while, even the Chinese copy Chumvee has a tracked option. One also featured in the movie Inception so its not just made up. This company adds tracks to all kinda of vehicles American Track Truck Source = JoeCustoms.com > View topic - New Power Team Elite at Big Lots |
06-22-2015, 06:52 PM | #144 |
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My first post so sorry for any rookie mistakes. I don't know if this will be of interest to anybody but it was to me so I thought I would make a post.
Anyway while finding 1/18th scale Hummers is fairly easy today given the ones produced by BBI, 21st Century, World Peace Keepers and of course the recent Joe Hasbro versions it wasn't always so. As many of you may know the first decent version of a Humvee was produced by Toy Island Inc in the early 1990s for the Robocop TV series. The two versions released were the 'Tactical Command Vehicle’ and the ‘Tactical Field Ambulance'. What you may not know is that the Humvee mold was so successful that it was used for several other vehicles. I've tried to attach photos as examples (taken from this site & others). The first of which was the 1996 Mortal Kombat 3 remote controlled Humvee also released by Toy Island Inc. It used the same mold as the Robocop Tactical Command Vehicle only with different lights, wheels that turned and of course the fact that it was remote controlled. Unfortunately the color scheme is horrible. In mid 1996 in limited numbers a French company called 'The Majorettes' released a copy of the MK3 remote controlled Humvee only this time without remote control. It retained the same lights as the MK3 version but added the gun from the original Robocop Tactical Command Vehicle and thankfully had a camouflage paint scheme. The final version of the original Robocop Tactical Command Vehicle was the famous 'The Corps ATK Command Vehicle' released in 1997 by Lanlard. Its partly famous because Lanlard was evetually sued by GM in 2004 for violating IP rights. The Corps ATK Command Vehicle is also famous because for almost a decade it was the most realistic Hummer out there for 1/18th figures. They increased the suspension greatly, gave a desert camouflage paint scheme and added a ton of weapons, including a missile launcher, and two machine guns on the roof that could operated by standing on the back seat through two open hatches cut into the roof. While the side doors still didn’t open as in all releases, it was still a massive improvement on previous versions. The hood still opened while the aerials, front and back bumpers, and fuel tank generally added to the tough looking military nature of this vehicle. Still at its heart the mold was the same as the Robocop version. If anybody knows of any other versions of the Robocop Humvee it would be great to know. Equally if anyone has a collection of all the different versions it would be cool to see them together. Its funny how companies like Toy Island and Lanlard end up using each others molds, it continues today. GM v. Lanard Toys: What is "Functionality"? http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions...6a0393p-06.pdf |
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