toys

Mr Furious · 04-01-2011, 17:16

WTF?! Alright, which one of you is their technical advisor?! ‘Fess up!!

http://www.redplanettoys.com/rpt_gallery.html

kgoerz · 04-01-2011, 17:45

Those are awsome. But $200. With a little work you can turn a reasonably priced action figure into one that looks like that. It's called weathering in the Model world.

04-01-2011, 23:34

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Originally Posted by kgoerz

Those are awsome. But $200. With a little work you can turn a reasonably priced action figure into one that looks like that. It's called weathering in the Model world.

I agree but, the one thing which separates these from regular "plastic" models is the gear. Even buying the stupid little backpacks, slings or whatever, cost mucho dinero. I totaled up all the pieces and it came out to roughly 150 for what I wanted to do, so I ended up just making my own from scratch. Took a lot longer, but it turned out alright and it was cheap

. Just some good ole clay paint and plastic. Sorry for the crappy picture.

I'm not sure if the website which was linked is the one I am thinking of, but a friend down at Benning supposedly knows of a guy who gets hired to build scale replica's of guys in uniform. He sculpts the head and then throws all the gear on as well just like this. From what I hear he turns a nice profit but does really nice work.

35NCO · 04-02-2011, 00:42

Alot of money for toys. Still cool looking though, maybe good for the desk or office bookshelf someday. The MACV-SOG guy looks alot like Clint Eastwood.

greenberetTFS · 04-02-2011, 05:44

To bad they didn't have "SF Team Sgt",it be worth pitching in and getting one for TS's graduation from Chef School...............

Big Teddy

kgoerz · 04-02-2011, 05:46

Kit for the 12" figures is almost as expensive as the real thing. A tricked out M4 rifle will cost you about $45

04-02-2011, 07:55

Or you guys could just go cheap. Get a 12" figure throw him in a chef uniform sew a group flash onto the front of his chefs hat and give him a Green Beret knife instead of a chef knife.

for TS that is.

longrange1947 · 04-02-2011, 08:03

Prices have gone wild, my SF Sniper and SF door kicker only cost me about 45.00 6 years ago. The mags comeout, the slides work, the scope covers pop open, the grenades, well the pins could get lost, what happened to the prices?????

The SF HALO guy was the real expensive one and he was only 85.00!

ES 96 · 04-27-2011, 07:43

Reading this thread... I'm reminded of this scene from Spaceballs:

Helmet - playing with your dolls again?

I'm sure that doesn't apply here.....right?