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Hobby Boss M19 coming..
warreni
Joined: August 14, 2007
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Posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 05:02 AM UTC
I have been waiting for an upgrade of the original Matchbox 1/76 Tank Transporter for decades and I see that Hobby Boss will be releasing the M19 Diamond T Tank Transporter in 1/35 soon! Woohoo!!
MandrakePOE
Joined: March 04, 2011
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Posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 07:55 AM UTC
Another step closer to this diorama:
...which can't be a bad thing!
Does anyone have any information on post war operators, beyond UK/US?
...which can't be a bad thing!
Does anyone have any information on post war operators, beyond UK/US?
guni-kid
Joined: July 21, 2007
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Posted: Saturday, June 20, 2020 - 02:49 AM UTC
I know, it's a crazy old thread, but I couldn't resist: Service countries for the M19 were afaik (besides US and UK): Germany (Bundeswehr 1950/60ies), Syria, Israel, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Canada, and a few examples were supposedly sent to the Soviet Union as part of the lend lease contract...
Please add any country I might have forgotten. It was Merit to release the M19 in 35th scale eventually, but they are not so easy to come by anymore it seems... are they out of production at Merit?
Please add any country I might have forgotten. It was Merit to release the M19 in 35th scale eventually, but they are not so easy to come by anymore it seems... are they out of production at Merit?
jfeenstra
Joined: April 24, 2014
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Posted: Sunday, June 21, 2020 - 03:04 AM UTC
Trumpeter has announced the release of the Merit M19 kits under the “I Love Kits” brand.
warreni
Joined: August 14, 2007
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Posted: Sunday, June 21, 2020 - 06:40 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Trumpeter has announced the release of the Merit M19 kits under the “I Love Kits” brand.
I don't think there is such a brand as I Love Kits...
RobinNilsson
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Posted: Sunday, June 21, 2020 - 06:55 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Quoted TextTrumpeter has announced the release of the Merit M19 kits under the “I Love Kits” brand.
I don't think there is such a brand as I Love Kits...
I think there is.
There is a honking big box on my desk with 'I Love Kits' a read heart, and the text "M65 280 MM Atomic Cannon Atomic Annie" printed on it
Frenchy
Joined: December 02, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, June 21, 2020 - 07:27 AM UTC
H.P.
warreni
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Posted: Sunday, June 21, 2020 - 08:43 AM UTC
No, it says I Love Kit. Is that a sample or a released kit?
RobinNilsson
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Posted: Sunday, June 21, 2020 - 09:03 AM UTC
The seller (ebay) had a whole bunch of them.
Didn't want to sell outside the US so I had to use a "middle man" to re-ship it to me.
There was a whole discussion thread about this some months back
Didn't want to sell outside the US so I had to use a "middle man" to re-ship it to me.
There was a whole discussion thread about this some months back
jfeenstra
Joined: April 24, 2014
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Posted: Sunday, June 21, 2020 - 12:18 PM UTC
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No, it says I Love Kit. Is that a sample or a released kit?
Pardon me Warren, I wrote “Kits” instead of “Kit”.
Before you discount everyone, perhaps do a bit of research? It has been discussed here already, and if you go to Hobby Search and Hobby Link Japan you will see all the ex-Merit kits (1/35, 1/18, 1/72, etc) listed as forthcoming under the “I Love Kit” branding, and as Robin has noted, the Atomic Annie has already been released - it is now available from Hobby Easy as well. These are all Trumpeter produced kits that were previously marketed by Merit (except the Atomic Annie).
RobinNilsson
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Posted: Sunday, June 21, 2020 - 12:43 PM UTC
petbat
Joined: August 06, 2005
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Posted: Sunday, June 21, 2020 - 02:25 PM UTC
They are co-produced with Apple. The logo should actually read:
'iLove' Kit. The heart was supposed to be an apple.....
'I Heart Kit' on a model kit.... What will they put on advertising next, hash tags?
"#plasticheaven"
'iLove' Kit. The heart was supposed to be an apple.....
'I Heart Kit' on a model kit.... What will they put on advertising next, hash tags?
"#plasticheaven"
guni-kid
Joined: July 21, 2007
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Posted: Sunday, June 21, 2020 - 10:01 PM UTC
Interesting, how a reanimated ancient thread can excel... should do a study on what are the crucial factors for that 
Back to topic: So they ARE actually out of production at Merits, but coming back to life from "I love kit" (nice name by the way!) as being a Trumpeter offspring. Did I get that story right? Price would be interesting, box art is exactely the same as with Merit, so they must have aquired the entire license for them...
Will those kits be sold worldwide?
Back to topic: So they ARE actually out of production at Merits, but coming back to life from "I love kit" (nice name by the way!) as being a Trumpeter offspring. Did I get that story right? Price would be interesting, box art is exactely the same as with Merit, so they must have aquired the entire license for them...
Will those kits be sold worldwide?
jfeenstra
Joined: April 24, 2014
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Posted: Monday, June 22, 2020 - 02:30 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Interesting, how a reanimated ancient thread can excel... should do a study on what are the crucial factors for that
Back to topic: So they ARE actually out of production at Merits, but coming back to life from "I love kit" (nice name by the way!) as being a Trumpeter offspring. Did I get that story right? Price would be interesting, box art is exactely the same as with Merit, so they must have aquired the entire license for them...
Will those kits be sold worldwide?
I actually think it's the other way around. Trumpeter agreed to produce a production run of kits for Merit (perhaps Merit provided all the research?), and after a certain length of time and/or once the production run was sold, Trumpeter is allowed to market the kits themselves. These are Trumpeter kits through and through, with Merit on the box. Not sure what happened with the Atomic Annie. I expect they've chosen a new branding simply to differentiate this series of kits from normal Trumpeter kits.
RobinNilsson
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Posted: Monday, June 22, 2020 - 06:55 PM UTC
Quoted Text
They are co-produced with Apple. The logo should actually read:
'iLove' Kit. The heart was supposed to be an apple.....
'I Heart Kit' on a model kit.... What will they put on advertising next, hash tags?
"#plasticheaven"
With cheap paper thin LED-displays and thin photovoltaic film I wouldn't be surprised if we got this
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