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09-10-2020, 10:13 PM | #81 |
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Ended up getting the Matchbox aircraft carrier. It's kind of neat, but it got me itching to get something better and bigger to display my Top Gun and other die-cast jets of similar size. I found this one from Lakeshore Learning. Even though the website doesn't specify the brand, it's actually the large 31" Motor Max carrier without any lights or sounds which is exactly what I wanted. I know it's the Motor Max one because it came in a Motor Max box. I think the ones with extra lights and sounds ruin the look of it. Even with shipping it came out to just under $40 which was still a bit cheaper than what Amazon is selling similar ones for. It's already got some good paint apps for the runway and such, but I think it can look better with some detail paint apps to spruce it up a bit.
https://www.lakeshorelearning.com/pr...xoCkCwQAvD_BwE On a similar note I picked up the Matchbox Top Gun 4-pack which may be the only way to get Iceman's F-14. Incidently, the listing on Walmart shows it comes with a Rouge Nation F-14 and the "Rooster" F-18. What I got in their place was Maverick's F-14 and Maverick's F-18 which is fine by me. I have them all already anyway. Just needed Iceman. It seems to go in and out of stock, and will probably end up in stores at some point. https://www.walmart.com/ip/seort/246...ted=true&la=12 I'll post some pics once I set everything up for display. Regarding the Lanard offering. Yeah, pretty disappointing to say the least. All the Walmarts around me have tons of those sets with 2 strangely small jets and the standard Lanard pilot figures repainted to look like Maverick and an enemy. My plan is to wait until it goes on clearance and get 1 or 2 sets. I can put Maverick in one of my Sky Strikers. Maybe use the enemy pilot in either the Silent Strike black Sky Striker or my Python Patrol X-30. Last edited by sharky; 09-10-2020 at 10:32 PM.. |
10-02-2020, 10:21 PM | #82 |
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Today at Walmart I saw a new wave of Matchbox Sky Busters Top Gun jets. The only 2 new ones I saw in the assortment was a yellow deco F-18 Hornet and a black deco F-18. I assume they are additional characters in the movie. So far, I noticed there's blue (Maverick), red (Rooster), yellow (Hangman), and black (Phoenix).
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10-07-2020, 11:21 AM | #83 |
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So the original numbering was /15
One of the newer ones is /16, wonder what that could be. |
10-07-2020, 02:47 PM | #84 |
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I know there's an Iceman F-14 I got with the 4-pack. Maybe he'll be a single release?
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10-23-2020, 07:12 PM | #85 |
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Did Matchbox kill the line already, once the initial stuff sold I never saw restocked and now their spots are gone at all my stores.
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10-23-2020, 07:43 PM | #86 |
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Yeah in essence your paying 20 bucks for a cool helmet. Someone in the lanard board said tom cruise had a likeness clause in his contract or something. Not sure if that is true or some more bs from over there.
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Regarding the Lanard offering. Yeah, pretty disappointing to say the least. All the Walmarts around me have tons of those sets with 2 strangely small jets and the standard Lanard pilot figures repainted to look like Maverick and an enemy. My plan is to wait until it goes on clearance and get 1 or 2 sets. I can put Maverick in one of my Sky Strikers. Maybe use the enemy pilot in either the Silent Strike black Sky Striker or my Python Patrol X-30.
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10-23-2020, 07:59 PM | #87 |
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Lets not forget about the F18 that came out in '96 with the ID4 line. That wasnt a horrible jet. I would be happy with something like that. It would be too scale with the warthog that came with the Terminator Salvation line. Which on another note not sure why they used that in the movie. It likes a good bye pretty jet every time they go against the hunter killers.
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Mattel is either holding inventory for a small push next summer (if the movie still holds and retailers will even want it by that point) or they're just going to "write off" the line at this stage and let what's out there sell down.
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10-23-2020, 08:41 PM | #89 |
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Matchbox didn't "kill" the line, the Top Gun series was probably only ever planned to run until the end the of year. As is, the line was supposed to "peak" this last summer when movie was supposed to be released.
Mattel is either holding inventory for a small push next summer (if the movie still holds and retailers will even want it by that point) or they're just going to "write off" the line at this stage and let what's out there sell down. People were just starting to find Hangman & Phoenix's F18s. |
04-16-2021, 10:57 AM | #90 |
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Just a heads up that the Skybusters 4-pack is back up for order on Walmart. This seems to be the only way to get the Iceman F-14.
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