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Thursday, February 15, 2018

T is for Toy Fair '18 Reports - Norev

Good news for Collectors, bad news for 54mm Toy Soldier Collectors, as Norev showed-off a new line (well; new to the author!) of 40mm farm sets which I suspected were designed to complement the 1:32nd scaled vehicle ranges of Siku and Britains-Tomy (or is it Tomy-Britains!?), but they had their own tractor/trailer set on display and it's all 1:43!

Smaller animals are over-scaled, those rabbits look positively dangerous and the hen could damage that farmer, but he's the all important figure and he looks well in-line with Britains, Starlux or Timpo.

Imported into the UK via- Amerang, there is a nice - if rather generic - farmhouse and a barn/outbuilding which will be of far more use to large-scale war-gamers, I recon it'll easily take a 'hidden' Acht-acht; sight it on the rockery and it'll have fields of fire over the whole of the vicar's lawn! What? It's always a vicar's lawn, or a padre's - men of peace seem to love a bit of vicarious blood-letting!

1:64th scale Construction vehicles were also on show, but without figures or accessory blisters, but play-mats hinted at a wider range?
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8 comments:

  1. RanalcusFebruary 15, 2018 at 12:40 PM

    Sorry to bother you Mr. Walter
    But do you still build model kits?

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  2. Hugh WalterFebruary 15, 2018 at 3:12 PM

    You're not bothering me! The answer is not clear . . . there are model kits to build - lots of them! But building them is not currently on the horizon!

    H

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  3. RanalcusFebruary 15, 2018 at 4:06 PM

    Also did you ever build Gundam model kit (Bandai) or Mini4wd (Tamiya)?

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  4. Hugh WalterFebruary 15, 2018 at 4:14 PM

    No, but there's these in the 'pile'!

    http://smallscaleworld.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/r-is-for-recent-aquisitions.html

    H

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  5. RanalcusFebruary 15, 2018 at 4:35 PM

    I have few Imai (And Arii and few other non-existend now manufacturers) kits and even kit from Xabungle too.
    You got fine vintage loot

    Here is my old backlog, my old "hobby room" at my Grandmother's house.
    https://twitter.com/ranalcus/status/922443839117373440

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  6. Hugh WalterFebruary 16, 2018 at 4:57 PM

    Cheers Renalcus - I'm not on Twitter! If you want to send it to the Blog, I'll happily put it on the Blog!

    H

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  7. RanalcusFebruary 16, 2018 at 5:02 PM

    It is more like I CAN send you small package with old toys/model kits. From time to time I need to "remodel the layout" of my hobby room, as the free space is worth more than gold now and there are times that I prefer to give away stuff for people that will appreciate it rather than sell it or throw it away (it this times not many people want to get "old stuff" that is not super popular RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT).

    So if you want I can send you small package in next few months.
    You can talk to me at twitter or send me an email to Diaboroc@gmail.com

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  8. Hugh WalterFebruary 19, 2018 at 2:41 PM

    Donation?!! Absa-freakin'lootly (as one of the small scale dealers used to put it!), I'll eMail you!

    H

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