Re: SG2 vehicles (was Re: Full Thrust...)

Brian spake thusly upon matters weighty: 

> Very cool. I'm looking for some APCs for the rest of my company. The
> Minitank Marders are very nice, but a bit expensive for me to want to
buy
> another eight or ten of them...I'll have a look thru the Hotwheels
racks
> at a toy store sometime, and see what I can see.

The Aliens APCs are good. They are more apt in 15mm than 25mm. I put 
them next to the galoob ferret (both are from the same scale). WHOO 
BOY. The APC is taller, about three times as long, and now the fusion 
guns on the roof realy scare me when compared to a .30 in the Ferret. 

> there's even less Science Fiction vehicles in 15mm scale than in 25, I
> think...Irregular makes some, but Irreg's quality is quite low often,
and
> their styling odd - I've got some of their 'star marines' in 15mm.
> Tabletop Miniatures makes half a dozen different vehicles, but I
haven't
> ordered any of their stuff yet. Aside from those two, 15mm SG2 players
are
> SOL. GZG had, 8 or 10 years ago, a couple of vehicles. I only know
this
> because a friend has some catalogs of Jon's from that long ago - those
> vehicles are, I think, long out of production. (Jon, that's correct,
> right?)

15mm is close to 1/72. So M1s, Leopards, Marders, Hummvees, etc 
should be available in model stores.  

 
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