King Tiger on EBAY??

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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by pickelhaube » Tue Jan 25, 2011 9:17 pm

PanzerArm wrote:Well if it does end up being one of a kind I don't think Pickel will have to post a poll to see if people would be interested in him making one :lol:


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I was ready to press forward but every time the spector of 21st/JSI making it would come up.

Can anybody say Jagdtiger ?
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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by killer 88s » Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:25 am

Berkut wrote: Okay. Anyway here are some pics to make the tank-freaks sweat some more. :mrgreen:

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I still say the third picture is a 32x with full sideskirts. The turret, gun mantle, commanders copula, and spare track links looks different than the other two pictures above it. Also look at the tools on the hull. The first 2 images of the 1/18 prototype shows the mounts on the hull. The third picture has the mounts molded as part of the tools themselves like the cold steel versions.
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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by Mad Sam » Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:09 am

The third photo certainly seems to be a 1/32.

The '1/18' on E-bay has all the same detail features as the first two shots, but the painted version in the third picture matches the other 1/32 releases for detail not the E-bay item.
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Size of muzzle brakes. Early grooved v late smooth mantlets. Commanders sighting vane only on 1/18. Armour interlocks between front and side of turrets.
Position of spare track/hangers. Joint between spare track and links (wide gaps on 1/32) Size of bow mg housings. Some of these have already been mentioned, and there's probably more, but all can be picked out in the pictures

The only diferrence with other 1/32 releases is full side skirts.

Have All-go ever have access to the 1/18 prototypes or moulds?

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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by normandy » Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:49 pm

Its still holding at $630.99 with 18 bids...........2 days left.

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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by AMERICAN_GRENADIER » Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:48 pm

you are correct sir!
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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by ram04 » Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:57 pm

It seems that you would have to be a true blue 1/18th collector to spend the amount of money that this tank looks like its going to command, as much as I would like to have a 1/18 Kingtiger, I believe I will wait and get one of Heng Longs 1/16 RCs when they come out.

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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by aferguson » Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:44 pm

there will be a last minute flurry of bidding no doubt. It will top over $1G, which is madness. You could commission PH to make one and have it painted for far less than that i would bet.

Even at its current price; you could buy a 1/16 KT and Jagdtiger and Jagdpanther and KV-1 and have plenty of money left over for batteries.
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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by MUDHEN336 » Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:30 pm

$659 and counting... This is crazy!
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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by snake » Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:15 pm

MUDHEN336 wrote:$659 and counting... This is crazy!

Why do these bidders keep bumping the price up? :roll:

As has been said before, whoever wins this better hope this is truly "one of a kind".

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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by NWarty » Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:29 pm

If All-Go does make the KT this year....Then cue the "Price is Right" losing music for the winner of this auction:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A

Then again, this auction is ridiculous in my opinion given that there are already a couple of examples in 1/16 (R/C no less) WAY BELOW this bid.

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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by lancelot » Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:58 pm

Not that I want insinuate that this Ebay price is reasonable, but I feel that it can be confidently said that whoever wins this will at the very least be able to boast about having an almost one of a kind KT. Even if others pop up on Ebay it wouldn't really matter, they'd probably sell for similar prices and I don't think there would be that many. I stand firm in my opinion that practically no armor (if any armor at all) like the KT will be released this year, especially by Allgo. If JSI announced they were going to make King Tigers I wouldn't be so skeptical, however they haven't (to my knowledge).

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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by Jesse James » Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:41 am

Seconding the comments that I'd rather own Heng Long's for a lot less, RC, and have plenty left over to buy a 2nd, 3rd, or more.
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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by Aslav » Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:02 am

Yep!, definitely agree with the above comments. Bidding has slowed now, but it will get "Hot and Heavy" in the last few minutes of the auction.
Back in the day when prices of $70-90 were estimated for a KT release, I was weighing up the high purchase price. 1c under $660 with shipping to be added is WAY out of my price range :shock:
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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by Threetoughtrucks » Thu Jan 27, 2011 2:11 pm

This kind of money on a displayed prototype, even the KT, is just dopey.

OK, so chances are that the 1/18 KT will never see the light of day, but I just have the feeling that AG did go that far as to start production and there is a warehouse full somewhere in China and they will show up some day.

But then I do believe in the Easter Bunny and Santa. 8)

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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by ram04 » Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:20 pm

I have to agree with TTT, this is crazy money and for what?, I know its a neat piece, but I would have to wonder about someone who spent that kind of money on it :roll:

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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by aferguson » Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:33 pm

it just jumped $100.......up to 760 now.
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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by NightVyper » Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:59 pm

Holy crap! i think it will reach a grand or come close some people don't care about cost.
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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by NWarty » Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:54 pm

ram04 wrote:I have to agree with TTT, this is crazy money and for what?, I know its a neat piece, but I would have to wonder about someone who spent that kind of money on it :roll:
Precisely, this is not a 1/18 aircraft piece that has no counterpart in the model world. It's a 1/18th Armor Subject that has three VERY good examples that have been built by HL, Matorro and Tamiya. All three containing RC guts.

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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by aferguson » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:28 pm

speaking of which, whatever happened to the matorrro Jagdtiger? It was announced and released months ago but seems to have vanished.
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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by NWarty » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:39 pm

Don't know aferg. Shoot, I haven't been keeping up on rcuniverse.

The more and more I look at this thing, the more it looks like 1/32 given the molded on details.

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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by killer 88s » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:51 pm

The KT in the ebay auction is definitely a 1/18, but the painted one that 21st/all-go used in their promotion is a 32x with full skirts.
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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by hotrodrock » Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:32 pm

aferguson wrote:speaking of which, whatever happened to the matorrro Jagdtiger? It was announced and released months ago but seems to have vanished.

You must have missed the posts between myself and tankduel. The Jagdtiger is in stock and ready for order. But it is an exclusive commissioned by Awesome Hobbies in Australia. I doubt you will see any for sale anywhere else. Thats the only place I have seen any.

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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by Jesse James » Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:04 am

Let me just say, prototypes sell for a lot in other hobbies, so I'm not shocked at the price, but it just seems odd because prototypes seem more popular in more well rooted toy lines... I mean, Star Wars prototypes have their own sub-culture of collectors.

So I'm not shocked at $1000 for a legitimate prototype of the tank, it's just more that anyone's that interested in it considering this hobby has always seemed so small I guess. I'd totally plunk that kind of change down on a prototype Star Wars item I really wanted, if I could justify blowing that much money on anything other than home improvements, a car, surgery... :)
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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by aferguson » Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:47 am

the Jagdtiger is an exclusive? Wow, i've never heard of that for these tanks before. Shipping from Australia must be a bear.
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Re: King Tiger on EBAY??

Post by normandy » Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:18 am

Whats the going rate on a bear? and is that Canadian or U.S. $? :wink:

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