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Tuesday, July 02, 2013 - 01:56 AM UTC
Four figure sets have been announced by Dragon Models in 1/35 scale, and they are all set for Vietnam.
Dragon Models has four figure sets coming our way, and all are American soldiers serving in Vietnam. These all look to be re-releases of figures sets that were marked out of production. The sets include Marines during the Tet Offensive, Marines at Khe Sanh, Green Berets, and even the 1st Cavalry with a figure wearing the famous hat.

3305 – U.S. Marines (Tet Offensive 1968)
3307 – U.S. Marines (Khe Sanh 1968)
3309 – Green Berets
3312 – U.S. 1st Cavalry

According to Dragon Models USA, these re-releases should be out in August 2013.
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I have these figure sets, and they're actually quite good for their age. Good to have them available again.. although they were always "gottable" from HK Hisham
JUL 02, 2013 - 05:44 AM
Another Dragon "burn". Maybe they think the older modellers are so old by now that they have forgotten these figs and think they are new, and that the younger modellers hadn't seen them before and think they are new.
JUL 02, 2013 - 07:22 AM
seeing the responses on this thread makes me want to dig them out and paint up a few...just to prove what can be done.
JUL 02, 2013 - 08:47 AM
They stopped too short.They really need to rerelease the helicopter crew,that's hard to find.Always seen plenty of these on hobbysites. Tom
JUL 02, 2013 - 08:56 AM
to be more precise : green beret kit have good details, but the figure are giant size compared to the other kits (like the marine recon set, which is a good set by the way). Khe Sanh, you could could be called flat figures : No folds, no curves, stif figures. 1st cavalry, I never had them on hand. Tet offensive is my second Dragon figure kit I made, so my memories are not that good on the quality of the set. The pair of the black buy carrying the wounded has an interesting poses. In the nam series, in my opinion the best kits are Us navy seals 2, Marine recon, and ARVN rangers.
JUL 02, 2013 - 08:57 PM
Julien,you`re right, these 3 sets are the best of NAM-series. 3305 set looks too "old-fashioned" and simple (especially anatomy, strange folds), figures are closer to 1:32 scale than 1:35. But 3305 boxart is absolutely amazing! To my mind one of the best from Dragon collection. Although all these figures of 1990th era have no contemporary level, but I like it, cause my Nam fever began with it. :-)
JUL 02, 2013 - 10:11 PM
I wish they would re-release ALL the 'Urban Elite' series too, I appreciate the re release of the Nam stuff, but come on Dragon you pump out a new box of German WW2 every week so give us some NEW MODERNS....please.
JUL 02, 2013 - 11:16 PM
Bummer, when I saw the headline I was hoping this was going to be an all new Vietnam era tank crew for their M48. Oh well, maybe the crew will materialize with the next Vietnam announcement from Dragon...or someone else. Despite their age, (right around 20 years old, yikes, has it really been that long?) these guys bring back some good memories. I remember, the Tet figures being on the bulky side while the Khe Sanh figures were on the thin side. Regardless, I loved the little detail parts they added for the helmet bands like the bottle of LSA and toothbrush or the shell for the M79. I've since traded off all my unbuilt Dragon Marines in favor of the Hobby Fan and Bravo6 USMC figures but I did pick up a couple of the Air Cav and Green Beret figures not too long ago. Probably more for nostalgia than anything else but they are quite usable.
JUL 03, 2013 - 05:24 AM
I'm with Sherb. I was expecting new releases. Not only was the detail pretty poor, the guns looked too small, especially the M60. I bought the Khe Shan and Tet set with the intention of putting them in a dio. However even though they are both 1/35 the 2 sets were totally different. No way the could both be used together. I'd like to think Dragon have improved upon them and given them the same treatement thier latest generation figures have.
JUL 03, 2013 - 09:04 AM
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