“It’s a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers.”

– Sergeant “Oddball”

A few diehard fans of the Forces of Valor range have pointed out that Walterson’s latest production schedule unveiled last week now indicates that the upcoming 1:16 scale Tiger I tank will be a late production model instead of the mid production version announced previously. To be frank, we haven’t had the opportunity to discuss this apparent change with the manufacturer so we’re not sure what’s in the cards as it stands right now. With the Shizuoka Hobby Show just a week away, we’re hoping that the manufacturer will provide some insight as to which model they indeed plan to portray, as well as its crew, commander and unit affiliation. So, before we get bombarded with requests for more information, please hang tight until we can get hard-and-fast details regarding which version they plan to offer. Lets just hope its not the T-34 conversion shown here.

In other news, we contacted the manufacturer to determine the feasibility of offering a Tiger I tank as depicted in the feature film, “Kelly’s Heroes”. Thinking outside the box, if you will, the hypothetical set would include a 1:16 scale figure of its commander, actor Karl-Otto Alberty, along with scale replicas of Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland and Telly Savalas as they approached the tank on foot in sort of a High Noon scenario. We’re not sure if the manufacturer would entertain such an idea, and if so, the costs associated with using the actor’s likenesses, not to mention the licensing fee from the film studio. In this day and age anything is possible so we’ll keep our fingers crossed and shrug off any “negative waves” that might come our way.