Re: Halcyon Aliens Dropship - found 'em!

> From: 	 Doug_Evans/CSN/UNEBR@UNebMail.UNeb.EDU
> Reply-to:	 FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> To:		 FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> Date: 	 Wed, 18 Mar 1998 12:21:58 -0600
> Subject:	 Re: Halcyon Aliens Dropship - found 'em!

> -The Halycon Dropship is OK.	There is not a whole load of detail in
it and
> -if you want to model the  MLRS weapons payloads open they will need a
bit
> -of work as there are no hydraulics etc, otherwise it makes an
excellent
> -dropship.  It is around 12-124 inches long by about 4 wide.	It is
too
> -small to look like it realistically carries a Galoob M577, however,
the
> GZG
> -LIPPC is almost perfectly sized to look like it can be carried.
> -
> -Stuart.
> 
> Which brings up an interesting point; on Geo-Hex's site, the above
vehicle
> has a listing of 'M38D LIPPC Light APC - will fit in the cargo bay of
our
> dropship!', but nothing in the other listings refer to a dropship.
There
> are two VTOL's, and the one with 'pewter wings and weapons systems',
the
> AV9A2, sounds the most likely, but there's no piccie(I'm starting to
REALLY
> like that word) on it. Certainly grant you I may not have delved
deeply,
> but not sure where else to look.

Well Jon does have a dropship, we just never got it into production 
here in the US.  We would have to do a redesign to get it into the 
Urethane plastic we use, and I've yet to find someone here who could 
get the job done!  

KR
> 
> KR, please illuminate. And, if I see you at GenCon, I'll be certain to
> remember your name, and probably mis-pronounce. ;->=
> 
> Whoops, thought of another ?: are the wheels on the LIPPC separately
cast?
> 
> The_Beast
> 
> 
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