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| Author: | Joebros [ Tue Aug 23, 2016 10:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | True Heroes Battleship....kind of. |
New at TRU (well, saw it last week). They are calling it a Battleship, but it's more like a beefed up patrol boat. Price is $50.  The top of the bridge comes off to insert figures, and there is a heli-pad on the back. I can really see this next to a USS Flagg. |
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| Author: | Mysterious Stranger [ Wed Aug 24, 2016 12:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: True Heroes Battleship....kind of. |
USS Jane? |
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| Author: | Gaigaan-Dnok [ Wed Aug 24, 2016 6:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: True Heroes Battleship....kind of. |
That's actually pretty cool. If I had the space to display my Flagg right now, I'd totally get a couple of those for escort ships. Might grab a couple, if a good sale comes up, for the future when I may actually get the Flagg set up again. |
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| Author: | pluv [ Wed Aug 24, 2016 9:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: True Heroes Battleship....kind of. |
When this eventually shows up in my neck of the woods I will be grabbing it for sure. For shore? |
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| Author: | MarkM [ Wed Aug 24, 2016 10:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: True Heroes Battleship....kind of. |
Oooh, yes, please! I'll take 2 to go with the Flagg. |
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| Author: | OreoBuilder [ Wed Aug 24, 2016 10:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: True Heroes Battleship....kind of. |
Keeping my fingers crossed that it shows up in Canada. I'll be picking it up for sure if it does. OB |
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| Author: | Suntzu [ Thu Aug 25, 2016 1:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: True Heroes Battleship....kind of. |
Nice It's like a small USS Nathan James |
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| Author: | Spartan [ Thu Aug 25, 2016 3:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: True Heroes Battleship....kind of. |
Any pics anywhere of this thing outside of the box? I want to get a better idea of how big it is. My Flagg does need an escort vessel. |
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| Author: | MarkM [ Thu Aug 25, 2016 3:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: True Heroes Battleship....kind of. |
Suntzu wrote: Nice It's like a small USS Nathan James Paint it sparkly and campy and call it the USS Nathan Lane. Or maybe bulk it up a bit and make it the USS Kevin James. |
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| Author: | Suntzu [ Fri Aug 26, 2016 6:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: True Heroes Battleship....kind of. |
MarkM wrote: Suntzu wrote: Nice It's like a small USS Nathan James Paint it sparkly and campy and call it the USS Nathan Lane. Or maybe bulk it up a bit and make it the USS Kevin James. http://the-last-ship.wikia.com/wiki/USS ... s_(DDG-151) Photoshop the sparkles? |
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| Author: | Sean_C [ Sat Aug 27, 2016 12:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: True Heroes Battleship....kind of. |
Fill it full of cocaine and call it the USS Rick James |
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| Author: | greenshirt [ Tue Sep 06, 2016 10:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: True Heroes Battleship....kind of. |
Has anyone bought this and/or able to provide better pics? For a giant box with all kinds of room for detail photos, it has pretty crappy ones. |
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| Author: | DarkJedi [ Tue Sep 06, 2016 10:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: True Heroes Battleship....kind of. |
Sean_C wrote: Fill it full of cocaine and call it the USS Rick James "What ship is that?" "It's Rick James..." |
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| Author: | 2DARK2C [ Tue Sep 06, 2016 11:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: True Heroes Battleship....kind of. |
LOL  USS RICK JAMES beached!
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| Author: | toygeek [ Fri Sep 09, 2016 1:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: True Heroes Battleship....kind of. |
Well, one just came into my TRU this week, and I picked it up. It's pretty disappointing. Chap Mei / True Heroes has been doing great with the size and packaging, but when you take it out of the box, the first impression is "bath toy." This ship is LIGHT. The entire hull and deck is that thin light plastic the sub was made of as well, only the superstructure is Joe-quality plastic. There is a sad lack of detail inside the bridge as well. The light/sound unit for the radar just makes lights and sounds (would have been so much cooler if the dish was motorized) and it's on a tiny peg and keeps falling off. I wish the entire ship was of the same quality plastic as the superstructure. It seems that after the C-130 they switched to the cheap plastic as a cost-cutting move. To top it off, the window box packaging sits right on the deck and makes a permanent mark! The ship was $53 here in PA with tax, which is a terrible value for what you get. It's really only worth $30 at most. I took it right back to the store. Wait for a sale. Pictures coming soon.. |
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