The F-14 looks cool enough that I might actually have to break my no aircraft/no modern rules!
I'm kinda surprised that they couldn't manage to get it painted for the display, even just a flat grey would have looked better, it's still a win though.
On the down side of this exhibit is pretty much everything else I was excited about from seeing the HK toy fair pics. Panther and Tiger are shown as straight repaints without the added zimmerit, skirts, and cupola mg. I'm really hoping that this is just a case of not having the updated versions on hand and we'll actually get all the new stuff with the actual relase versions (then again, if they had them for the HK show there's really no excuse for not having them on hand here).
The figures... I still can't believe they're actually planning to re-release the 1st series figures, once again I'm hoping that they're just using them as "filler" until they get some new stuff to actually release. The packaging is interesting, if I was interested in keeping my figures sealed from view in a bookcase... It also looks really expensive, I can't imagine they'd be selling these for under $10 each which just doesn't work, especially if they're the same old figures released 9 years ago.
I really hope the international market is super excited about the M16 halftrack cause they're sure as hell not going to be selling many now that they're 4 for $30 at MD all day long.
I hate sounding so negative about this stuff, I just don't understand some of the decisions they seem to be making on re-releases. I really hope they're successful beyond belief so that we can potentially get some new stuff further down the line.
oh yeah, the cover flaps on the armor boxes are a nice touch but the logo with the red helmeted flaming skull, not so much...