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New Schleich Truck Article: 42004 possible 1/18th use?

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:39 pm
by Spudkopf
A new truck from Schleich, Article: 42004, this may have possible 1/18th use, would make a great basis for a large technical?

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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:42 pm
by Spudkopf
.....and these items

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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:47 pm
by Birddog
Looks cool, do you have a link to the listing?

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:48 pm
by Spudkopf
G'day Birdog

Just found them on the Schleich home page:

http://www.schleich-s.de/english/index.php?lang=2

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:51 pm
by Birddog
Cool, thanks for the link. Have to keep my eyes :shock: open for one.

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:29 pm
by Rowsdower
Holy Cow! Those would be perfect for a Tears of the Sun or some sort of covert ops in Africa diorama. Very nice.

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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:46 pm
by kevrut
I wasn't sure what the measurements would be, so I tried to do the conversion for the truck.

L--11 5/8"
W-- 4 3/8"
H--7 5/16"

Let me know if I'm too far off.

I wonder if the height includes the tailgate.

Nice truck, anyone know if this is an actual existing truck or is it just made up. It looks like something from the 50's or 60's.

Kevin.

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:06 pm
by Spudkopf
G'day Kev

My first guess was for a 1970's Beford, but it could pass as one of Soviet or Chinese origin.

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:29 pm
by Spudkopf
I think the building below will make an excellent French style colonial rubber plantation house for the Vietnam Period.

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Rowsdower wrote:Holy Cow! Those would be perfect for a Tears of the Sun or some sort of covert ops in Africa diorama. Very nice.
When I first saw it I had the same line of thought, an ideal vehicle for one of the many (and ongoing) African wars, but also with some vegetation camouflage the truck could be used as an NVA transport on the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and in and around the I Corps AO.

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:13 pm
by Morian Miner
I definitely need one of those trucks. Nice find.

Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:23 am
by Razor17019
For the building it says:
Article size in mm (L x W x H):
540 x 500 x 300

What does that convert to?
Is it close to 1/18 scale?

Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:55 am
by Rowsdower
Spudkopf wrote:When I first saw it I had the same line of thought, an ideal vehicle for one of the many (and ongoing) African wars, but also with some vegetation camouflage the truck could be used as an NVA transport on the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and in and around the I Corps AO.
Great for the new Platoon figures if the scale is close!

Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 9:21 am
by aferguson
building is about 21 inches by 20 inches by 12 inches

List price for it looks to be about $150.

Schleich 1:18 stuff

Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:02 am
by MG-42
Some Schleich is sold @ Target. ... 1:18 farm animals and such.

I don't know about the vehicle or buildings , I didn't see any of those yet , but they do carry some stuff.

Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:14 am
by ZBEAR
The truck looks like a cross between an Unimog and a Pinzgauer.

Schleich 1:18 stuff

Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:18 am
by MG-42
ZBEAR wrote:The truck looks like a cross between an Unimog and a Pinzgauer.
>>> Yeah ,.. it does , but an older one of course. :wink: 8)

Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:59 am
by KAMIKAZE
Thanks for the heads up Spudkof.

Mark

...pay day...

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:02 am
by alf
Hi,

I first bought 2 of them, but seeing the quality of the stuff I bought the big one and almost the complete collection (minus the truck which look really tiny...but I may change my mind)

Here come Comparaison pics...
Again sorry for the poor quality of the pics, It comes from a video camera.










Schleich 42003


Quality ++++

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Playability ++++

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Caveat 1: a bit undersized for 1/18

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Caveat 2: price (80Euros on ebay and lot more in shop )
Caveat 3 (optional): room

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Schleich 30654


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My favorite item...P.E.R.F.E.C.T
gonna buy more of them.












Schleich 42014


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Schleich 42005


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Schleich 42022



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useless ?

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Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:05 am
by Razor17019
Alf,
You had it kinda rough with those military rebels, didn't you?

The pics are great! I would have never thought the plantation building was as big inside and out by the other static pic. The other items you show in your pics are really nice - water tower, open shed, big tree.

Thanks for sharing with us!

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:40 pm
by RED
Hey yall!!! The farm house,water pump, and the wind mill look pretty sweet!!! They all would look great in any DIO!!! :wink: ---RED---

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:46 pm
by V2 MAN
Man those look sweet :wink: The plantation house i have thought of 3 possible uses for. 1- a ww2 japanese jungle house, 2- a vietnam period junlge building, and a captured dak africa village house :wink: Ill have to look into those :)

xd

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:41 pm
by kevrut
Great pics. I'd really like to get a few of those trees.

Was ALF warning that guy to watch his head while going through the doorway? :lol: That'll leave a mark!

Kevin.

Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 2:39 pm
by alf
Thank you for the comments, I promise I will do better pics of everything soon.

> You had it kinda rough with those military rebels, didn't you?
yeah... As always It ended in a crate flying to an ATF secret lab...

> Was ALF warning that guy to watch his head while going through the doorway?
NO, NEVER :)

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:19 pm
by JamesW
Toys r us sells some schleich stuff in cluding the building:

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.js ... age=search

150 bones! is a lot to spend.

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:30 pm
by Gusthebus
Has anyone found any of these in the actual store at Target or Toys R Us yet?