AO Recon Thread

mikeg · Post by **mikeg** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:33 pm

In the Atlanta area-looking for
red 9 FW190A
yellow 11 FW190A8
P-51d Mrs.Bonnie
P-51d RAF

Maybe one day- to be looking for
checkertail P-51d
red 19 FW190A8
and spits

The most recent arrivals locally have been the winter 109, tarheel hal, and the Italian brown Fw190

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 5:56 pm

I found botht the 1:48 Panzer 38T and Marder IIIM at the Fresno Ca TRU, so they are at that store now as well

Kind of nice to see them there, as my local Wal Marts don't have much. In another sense, it is also ironic as the larger 32x Panzer 38 and Marder IIIM never made much of a showing at my local TRUs, yet this store now had six of each vehicle, albeit in a smaller scale

Jagdplastic · Post by **Jagdplastic** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 8:13 pm

The Cary, NC TRU had four 32X S1 Hetzers today. I picked one up. I've been pleased with the way most of the latest 32X armor releases have shown up at this TRU, the only one in Raleigh or Cary.

It doesn't seem to get much of the the 32X aircraft, though I did see one RAF P-51D Sharkmouth recently. There is no shortage of FW-190D yellow 15 aircraft, however. The store started with 12 of them around Christmas and still has 4 remaining. Once those are sold, maybe other aircraft types will show up.

mikeg · Post by **mikeg** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:00 am

There are five (5) fw190 white 7's at the WM next to perimeter mall, someone(s) buy 'em so they can put the red 9's out (maybe). What happened to the good old days when if a new box of six would show up I could walk out with at least three new planes/schemes? A varying assortment would be nice-maybe 190s and p-51ds-

Jagdpanther · Post by **Jagdpanther** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:17 am

Found the Mrs. Bonnie P51D and a Dak scheme 1:48 panzer IV today at WalMart.

[CAT]CplSlade · Post by **[CAT]CplSlade** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:58 pm

5 FW-190 White 7's at the Villa Rica WM now. And only 15 days after I bought mine online.

hworth18 · Post by **hworth18** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 4:18 pm

The Hetzers and 1/48 Tonys have shown up at TRU in Tulsa..

olifant · Post by **olifant** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:02 pm

Stopped at the Hawk's Prarie WM and there was nothing new, but to my surprise they did have what looked like an entire box of ME-108F/Gs. They had a few schemes I had missed the first time around so I picked them up. Must be clearning out old inventory...

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:42 pm

olifant wrote:Stopped at the Hawk's Prarie WM and there was nothing new, but to my surprise they did have what looked like an entire box of ME-108F/Gs. They had a few schemes I had missed the first time around so I picked them up. Must be clearning out old inventory...

Those are at most of my area Wal Marts as well. They are in slightly new boxes that have the ID info on the tab as opposed to the stickers that were on the original Bf-109 boxes. I picked up a "Yello 4" Bf-109F myself, but I'm sort of ticked to be getting last year's releases when other Wal Marts are getting the FW-190As and P-51D repaints...

olifant · Post by **olifant** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:44 pm

tmanthegreat wrote:
olifant wrote:Stopped at the Hawk's Prarie WM and there was nothing new, but to my surprise they did have what looked like an entire box of ME-108F/Gs. They had a few schemes I had missed the first time around so I picked them up. Must be clearning out old inventory...
Those are at most of my area Wal Marts as well. They are in slightly new boxes that have the ID info on the tab as opposed to the stickers that were on the original Bf-109 boxes. I picked up a "Yello 4" Bf-109F myself, but I'm sort of ticked to be getting last year's releases when other Wal Marts are getting the FW-190As and P-51D repaints...

I don't know if tickled is the word to use, but in a very sheep like manner I buy what is there...

Good call on the packaging, I didn't even notice the change.

hworth18 · Post by **hworth18** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:11 pm

Hetzers and both Marders have shown up at Walmarts here..

Jagdplastic · Post by **Jagdplastic** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:08 pm

I found one 32X FW-190A-8 "Red 19" and one shark mouth P-51 at the Fuquay-Varina, NC Wal-Mart today. This is the first FW190A or F model that has appeared in my area. Naturally, I picked up the 190, my first 32X aircraft. The shark mouth P-51 showed up a couple of weeks ago at the Cary, NC TRU.

Of the four Fw190A/F's that have been produced by 21st, this is the last I would have expected to find as it is the S2 version of the FW-190A which was introduced to us via Area21 on a later date than the rest.

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:23 pm

My local Hobbytown USA store has a great selection of the newest HobbyMaster items as of today, including the 1/48 tanks, F9F Panther, and the 1/32 Dauntless. The larger planes looked awesome, but are really out of my current price range. I did pick up the new B-110G Nightfighter, however

dragon53 · Post by **dragon53** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:17 am

The Houston ToysRUs on Katy Freeway near Memorial Mall has:

1. two 21st Century 1/32 RAF shark-nose P-51 Mustangs
2. several 21st Century 1/32 FW-190s

Jagdpanther · Post by **Jagdpanther** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:18 am

Philipsburg NJ Toys R US had one shark mouth P51-D which I picked up. Also they had the 1:48 scale Tony and 1:48 scale marder and 38t but those ill get later.

rmoore456 · Post by **rmoore456** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:55 pm

The P51 Shark Mouth and FW190 red 19 have arrived in central Illinois, found them at the washington and Peoria Walmarts.

Ray

Jagdplastic · Post by **Jagdplastic** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:15 pm

FW-190s Red 19 and White 7 are at the Cary, NC Wal-Mart. That store had 1 Red 19 and 2 White 7 's plus a P-51D shark mouth.

Sabrefan · Post by **Sabrefan** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:26 am

Saw 22 of the yellow 11 FW-190s at Walmart last night. They were not all together in the same area, but they sure had lots of them.

nstrong · Post by **nstrong** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 6:41 am

Shark-nosed P-51 at the TRU on John R in Madison Heights, MI.

Also had a nice 1/18th selection - Red Tail, new Corsair (both 21st and bbi).

mikeg · Post by **mikeg** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:42 am

NO yellow 11's, shark-nosed p-51s, or red 11's

BUT, a P-47 angie, and the schilling blue/grey striped P-47 for those late to the tbolt scene.

mikeg · Post by **mikeg** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 6:37 pm

OK, so I was wrong- I found 2 shark nosed P-51d's and picked the best of the lot, and both were quite good- also laying around were more Red B 262's, a Shangri La, and numerous yellow 15 D-9s

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:47 pm

Not really a sighting, but I got the FW-190A "Red 19" from foxholetoys.com today. The sent me a PERFECT example. This is the best-looking of the 32x FW-190s thus far, though all four really do look great

warhawker · Post by **warhawker** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:27 am

Found the new green 'Tony' last night at TRUs in Lewisville! As well as several Hertez!

jlspec · Post by **jlspec** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:27 am

WM near New Castle, PA has had the 38T and Marder IIIM for several weeks. Finally got the Hetzer and Marder III yesterday. Now I have all 4.

hworth18 · Post by **hworth18** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:00 am

The latest 1/144 Tbolts and 1/6 .30 cal Machine gune sets have shown up in Tulsa along with the 1/144 JE-J Spitfire/Fw-190 dual packs.. Also, the 1/148 Aleutian P-40s have made a brief appearance at one Wally World..
Not a whole lot new at TRU, but I am hoping to see more new 1/48 soon..