Pages

▼

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

A is for "And Now For Something Completely Different"!

A title I fear we have had before at least once, but after that vintage Soviet-bloc stuff, we're going the other way entirely with this little post, we looked at the figures from "the other" Kentoys before, here, but the rest of the play-set had some stuff of interest; primarily to war-gamers and/or modellers/dioramists in the 1:72nd-scale bracket.

Battlefield in a Box; Honda; Kentoys; Military Base; Military Miniatures; NO 29645; Panzer IV; People Carrier; Pick-up Truck; Plastic Army Toys; Rocket Launcher; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Technical Trucks; Toyota; War Games Accessories; War Gaming; Weapon Store;

No matter how hard you tug your brain when doing rocket-launchers (the other month) there will always be a few who fall through the net (I found some other green ones while looking for this lot's tub!), and here another one, not cap-firing, but sprung-loaded and ready to scare some kittens!

I think the truck and bottom - green part - of the rocket's cradle started life as a fire appliance/ladder-truck, in red plastic! It's a sort of late-FROG or Scud mounted on a vehicle which would disintegrate if asked to actually launch the thing, but for a bit of battlefield tactical-support in an 'old school' game, it's ready to run!

Battlefield in a Box; Honda; Kentoys; Military Base; Military Miniatures; NO 29645; Panzer IV; People Carrier; Pick-up Truck; Plastic Army Toys; Rocket Launcher; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Technical Trucks; Toyota; War Games Accessories; War Gaming; Weapon Store;
 It's escort-vehicle is a reasonable rendition of a Panzer IV and possibly the source (for the pirates) of the twin-barrelled ethylene rack-toy effort which was kicking around the pound-shops and 99p-stores a few years ago? Colouring would need sorting, but again, when I bought this (early 2000's?) it was just a cheap, ready-to-go 1:72nd scale model - bargain!

Battlefield in a Box; Honda; Kentoys; Military Base; Military Miniatures; NO 29645; Panzer IV; People Carrier; Pick-up Truck; Plastic Army Toys; Rocket Launcher; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Technical Trucks; Toyota; War Games Accessories; War Gaming; Weapon Store;
While support/C&C crews can travel to and from the weapon store in relative comfort, with a pair of 'technicals' (Toyota and Honda I think?) in a rather fetching 'British racing-green'!

Battlefield in a Box; Honda; Kentoys; Military Base; Military Miniatures; NO 29645; Panzer IV; People Carrier; Pick-up Truck; Plastic Army Toys; Rocket Launcher; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Technical Trucks; Toyota; War Games Accessories; War Gaming; Weapon Store;
However, the budding gamer's table isn't complete until it's littered with gribbles (like Tribbles - lots of them and they get in the way - but not so furry) and the set didn't disappoint with multiples of all these; a gamut of civil riot-control barriers and preventative-signage, and military defence stores including what appears to be elephant caltrops! You got two each of the larger pieces and four each of the smaller ones.

That's it; another box ticked, Kentoys (the other one!) NO 29645 - Military Base 1:72 play set.

at

4 comments:

  1. Terranova47October 22, 2020 at 8:51 AM

    Love the fire engine/rocket launcher.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Hugh WalterOctober 22, 2020 at 12:29 PM

    But I wouldn't like to drive it more than 5-miles-an-hour round a bend!

    H

    ReplyDelete
  3. CyberOctober 19, 2022 at 6:39 AM

    I am so sad this company is pretty much unknown. I got the Vaccuformed folding military playset from Tuesday Mornings when I was a little kid and I loved it so much. I still have the launcher and the panzer. They are sitting right in front of me now. I went through my old toys to find them and googled the name for a while but kept just getting construction toys and those Tonka playsets that were like slot cars that went around a track. I really wanted one of those as well. It's a shame that this is the only place that has an documentation on their military toys. I was hoping I could find someone selling some on ebay but haven't had any luck.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Hugh WalterOctober 19, 2022 at 2:08 PM

    Hi Cyber - I do occasionally see them on fleaBay, but searching for them is not easy, best to try 'Plastic Army vehicles' or 'Plastic Military Vehicles' and set the results to "Ending Soonest" so the first few pages of results are the auctions and all the buy-it-ow dross is further down the results!

    H

    ReplyDelete

Put your bit here and thanks for visiting....Feel free to correct, add something, ask a question, have a dig or blow a metaphorical raspberry!