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[semperrandyfi]

I have and they were excellent soldiers and officers. If this move attracts more people to the hobby, I'm all for it!

Brendan

Bully!

WW2 Soviets had women in the air force as pilots,tank crew members and ,of course,snipers. Straight leg ground pounders? I do not know.

Does Canada sell toy soldiers in big box stores? Nary a one here in Buffalo as a loyal devotee of The People's Republic of Occupied New York

I do believe not a store in this region even sells the collector's metal sets. Pity that,eh?

Take care

P.S.What unit did you or are presently serving if I might be so bold in inquiry?

 

[BHogan]

Bully!

WW2 Soviets had women in the air force as pilots,tank crew members and ,of course,snipers. Straight leg ground pounders? I do not know.

Does Canada sell toy soldiers in big box stores? Nary a one here in Buffalo as a loyal devotee of The People's Republic of Occupied New York

I do believe not a store in this region even sells the collector's metal sets. Pity that,eh?

Take care

P.S.What unit did you or are presently serving if I might be so bold in inquiry?

It's hit and miss. Some stores do, and some don't. I don't think there's any motive behind it other than a general preference from consumers for electronic toys.


And I was a FOO attached to the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment, although I'm in a staff job right now.

Brendan

 

[rahway]

BMC has now set up a site on Backerkit.com for pre-ordering the Plastic Army Women.


https://bmctoys.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders?fbclid=IwAR3PQ_CDkDvc7zF3SGyTPfqKsszpvr_RnK8H_zKQmBvdnO5ajIw94h9KeCg

 

[rahway]

BMC has distributed a photo of the additional "stretch goal" poses.

 

[rahway]

BMC has published a photo of the stretcher bearer.

 

[Bdyh]

BMC has published a photo of the stretcher bearer.

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A stretcher bearer and Margaret Houlihan. Nice!

 

[rahway]

BMC has distributed their latest update.


“After months of being sworn to secrecy, I can finally announce that Little Big Shots with Melissa McCarthy invited 7 year old Vivian Lord and her family out to California to be part of the program. Vivian's letter brought the Plastic Army Women project to the media's attention last summer and really helped get the project moving forward. I'm not supposed to reveal any spoilers, but I have mentioned that some of the resin prototypes were deployed to California earlier this year for a secret mission, so maybe we'll get to see them a little? The show will air on NBC this Sunday evening at 7pm Eastern (March 24th, 2020).


To give a quick update on the project, all the all the resin prototypes have been delivered to the plastic injection mold maker. Getting to the tool making phase of this process is a major milestone for the project. Minor refinements are being made to make sure the bases are all the right size and that the finished plastic figures will come out of the steel molds smoothly. It takes a couple of months for the plastic injection molds to be made, then the molds will be tested, refined, and tested again until the they're ready to ship to the factory in Pennsylvania for production of the finished plastic figures. Another refinement that will be made by the tool maker is the Prone Sharpshooter is getting her bipod back. The bipod had to be removed from the original sculpt for casting the resin prototypes, but we should be able to restore it for the plastic version. Here's a quick mockup from the tool maker:


Another detail we're working on is the Military Working Dog leash. I made a prototype out of some wire and we're going to try to have it molded with the dog so it doesn't get lost in production but is easily detached for play.”

 

[rahway]

 

[rahway]

BMC has provided another update on the Plastic Army Women kickstarter project.


https://bmctoys.com/blogs/news/bmc-toys-plastic-army-women-project-update-10?fbclid=IwAR1c_7UAUyUqQaxhQitNi-VNZu6HHakGz5lm0i1RR0vJDdO15DEO3ZwMICk

 

[combatmen]

I like all the poses. I just would hope they would take the poses and using them make a set of WW2 G.I.'s, hopefully some winter ones.

 

[rahway]

Jeff Imel says that he is still aiming for an October release. The Backerkit site is ready and backers will shortly receive invitations to the site.

 

[rahway]

Here is the new update from Jeff Imel of VictoryBuy:

The project is behind schedule, but also making good progress.
The Plastic Army Women injection molds are nearly complete.
Kickstarter Rewards should start shipping around November 9th.
Kickstarter Backers please complete your survey here: https://bmctoys.backerkit.com/ .
If you need help send an email to shop@bmctoys.com.
Pre-Orders should start shipping around Thanksgiving.

 

[rahway]

[FONT=&quot]Update from Jeff Imel:[/FONT]
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The plastic injection molds have arrived at the factory in Scranton. The new package insert cards have been delivered by the printer. The molds have been tested at the local factory as part of pre-production. Molding of the figures in the Kickstarter Exclusive Copper color is starting and will be followed by tan, pink, then the all-important OD Green. Final production of the plastic Rosie the Riveter packs and bonus Copper color Rosie figures is complete and should arrive at out fulfillment warehouse in Ohio later next week. Art for the Bucket set Labels is complete and ready for the printer. [FONT=&quot] Mold on left, test shots on right. [/FONT]

 

[rahway]

Rosie the Riveter sets have been added to the BMC online store.

https://bmctoys.com/search?type=product&q=Rosie

 

[rahway]

The Plastic Army Women Kickstarter orders are starting to shp.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVgwJNT2hSs&feature=youtu.be

 

[rahway]

[FONT=&quot]VictoryBuy has added three new colors of Plastic Army Women: Red, Blue and Medium Green. These are being sold at a higher price than the original colors.

https://bmctoys.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders[/FONT]