Thomas Voigt's photos from Nuremberg Toy Fair 2017 are now posted:

http://www.primeportal.net/whats_new.htm

Thanks Thomas!

Don Busack

Thanks for keeping up with traditions!

Cheers,
/E

Yesss !!!


another ugly heap of resin becomes obsolete

/ Robin

Edit: Or a least nearly obsolete, Azimut 35081 is the Sagaie version which has a more powerful 90 mm gun.

16th Panther G from Trumpter, very pleased !

The Mini Art modern tanker figures look nice.

Looks like my wallet's going to take a beating in 2017 !
Thanks Thomas for the fotos !

Hi;

The Leopard EX has me Foaming at the Mouth !!

CHEERS; MIKE.

Interesting stuff, especially the AFV Club M113.

Minart have come up trumps again with their figures. The Kharkov SS set is perfect for a Kharkov dio I'm collecting figures for so I'll invest in a couple of sets of those when they come out. I didn't really want to get the Tank panzer riders because (a)they're resin which my budget struggles with (b)they were in kinetic poses. These are ideal as they're just riding from A to B chillng out. The US infantry in ponchoes are something really out there. Something I'd never have thought of but fantastic! They lend themselves to allsorts of possibilities. I wonder if they have really pi**ed off facial expressions? I can remember how happy I used to be stagging on in the pouring rain in places like Brecon and Sennelager. I would think with a bit of work they could be converted to Vietnam era grunts just by changing their feet. I'm not sure. Miniart are rapidly becoming one of the most interesting manufacturers out there for me as they're very diorama orientated with their range of buildings and now contents of the building even so far as laying the table for dinner! Their figure range is consistently spread across the board rather than saturating the market with Germans like Dragons been doing for years. They're varied in ouput, nicely moulded and detailed and very usable.
I'm a bit disappointed with Tamiya's new stuff. The Valentine looks nice but I wish they'd start producing their own kits again rather than take the lazy option of reboxing an Italeri kit and sticking about a tenner onto the price. I have nothing against Italeri kits so I'll stick to buying the Italeri one at the cheaper price as a few extra small arms won't convince me to spend extra on a Tamiya reboxxing of it.
Some really interesting stuff coming out this year by the looks of it

Wish Miniart would finally release their US tank crew. It's been listed on their website as "Coming Soon" for over a year!

Wow, lots of goodies for sure! One thing I noticed however, are there less company representatives this year? No show from Academy, Asuka, Bronco, Dragon, Rye Field and Meng?

Real nice and welcome releases. Miniart's USMC and US ARMY tank crews look pretty nice. All the alrady discussed in other threads releases of Trumpeter.
Kinetic will release both the M3A3 and the IDF M109. They should take better care concerning the Doher version. The Doher variant includes an external generator, positioned instead the right-back basket. Due to the lack of one basket, the left basket is a bit bigger (to contain the camouflage cover). This is not seen in the Rochev version.
Really interested releases from TIGER. They only should take care for the sign in front of the new Leopard:
The #4629 kit is the LEOPARD REVOLUTION and not the LEOPARD II RI. The LEOPARD II RI is a total different variant used by Indonesian forces. Hopefully TIGER will consider to release it next as well as the LEOPARD 2SG!
Also as expecting TIGER has already the T-90MS 2015 in release schedule

which is also listed by Trumpeter.

Yes thats very odd.

Either they did not show up or tyhe pics have not been uploaded yet

Good point. Bronco usually release some really interesting stuff, both vehicles and figures so Im surprised they're not in there.

The IBG Scammell looks very nice too. I see another company also announced a Scammell. Spoiled for choice.