Hey everyone. I'm new to collecting, and this is just my second day posting on my board. I'm currently a 1:32 modern guy that's looking to expand into 1:32 Revolutionary War collecting as well. Part of what excites me about the modern day stuff is setting up potential battles in addition to historical ones.
I just bought some Forces of Valor Modern Vehicles and (The LAV and the Amphibious Assault Vehicle) and some Figarti Iraq toy soldiers to go along with them. An MLRS is on it's way.
As I posted on the Figarti forum, part of the reason I hesitated for so long was that until I found Figarti, I'd only seen U.S and U.K. weapons and figures in 1:32 scale. While nice for display, there were never opposing forces for them. I assumed that had to do with the politically touchy issue of making, say, Al Qaeda toy soldiers.
I have a few questions. First, does anyone know if Forces of Valor plan on releasing any more "opponents" for Modern U.S. Forces. (I'm defining modern for the purposes of this question as anything post-Vietnam to today)?
They could be Iraqi or Afghan insurgents, Republican Guard units from the first gulf war, modern Russian or Chinese equipment. Even Warsaw pact stuff from the cold war. Please keep in mind that I'm not really up to painting yet.
Wraith recommend some figures for from a company called Field of Conflict, who did a three piece generic Mid-east terrorist three piece set. But for now, it looks like my marines will be guarding a checkpoint and taking fire from a small group of some lightly armed Iraqi National Guard forces. Even if the T-72 shows up, I don't think it'd be much of a threat.
I understand that, with so many figures manufactured in China, their government might not be thrilled at producing "enemy soldiers" for foreign consumption. But one would think that they or the Russians would make their own contemporary military toys for domestic consumption.
My second question - and this might be the wrong forum for it - but is there someplace else besides FOV where I might find, for lack of a better word, "opposing soldiers" to fight my modern Marine and Army Units in 1:32 scale? Again, the closest I've come is a 1:32 Iraqi T-72 tank that I ordered off e-bay and I'm holding my breath to see if it wasn't a misprint of a 1:72 version.
Last question - does ANYONE make 1:32 modern aircraft/helicopters? Every time I've come close, I see that it's a mislabed 1:48.
I understand for Wraith that there are very few modern collectors. But I can't be the only person who's had this issue.
Any insight into these questions would be greatly appreciated.
-Mark
I just bought some Forces of Valor Modern Vehicles and (The LAV and the Amphibious Assault Vehicle) and some Figarti Iraq toy soldiers to go along with them. An MLRS is on it's way.
As I posted on the Figarti forum, part of the reason I hesitated for so long was that until I found Figarti, I'd only seen U.S and U.K. weapons and figures in 1:32 scale. While nice for display, there were never opposing forces for them. I assumed that had to do with the politically touchy issue of making, say, Al Qaeda toy soldiers.
I have a few questions. First, does anyone know if Forces of Valor plan on releasing any more "opponents" for Modern U.S. Forces. (I'm defining modern for the purposes of this question as anything post-Vietnam to today)?
They could be Iraqi or Afghan insurgents, Republican Guard units from the first gulf war, modern Russian or Chinese equipment. Even Warsaw pact stuff from the cold war. Please keep in mind that I'm not really up to painting yet.
Wraith recommend some figures for from a company called Field of Conflict, who did a three piece generic Mid-east terrorist three piece set. But for now, it looks like my marines will be guarding a checkpoint and taking fire from a small group of some lightly armed Iraqi National Guard forces. Even if the T-72 shows up, I don't think it'd be much of a threat.
I understand that, with so many figures manufactured in China, their government might not be thrilled at producing "enemy soldiers" for foreign consumption. But one would think that they or the Russians would make their own contemporary military toys for domestic consumption.
My second question - and this might be the wrong forum for it - but is there someplace else besides FOV where I might find, for lack of a better word, "opposing soldiers" to fight my modern Marine and Army Units in 1:32 scale? Again, the closest I've come is a 1:32 Iraqi T-72 tank that I ordered off e-bay and I'm holding my breath to see if it wasn't a misprint of a 1:72 version.
Last question - does ANYONE make 1:32 modern aircraft/helicopters? Every time I've come close, I see that it's a mislabed 1:48.
I understand for Wraith that there are very few modern collectors. But I can't be the only person who's had this issue.
Any insight into these questions would be greatly appreciated.
-Mark
