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Unimax Sails the Seven Seas this Fall

Building upon the success of their 1:700 scale warship series, Unimax announced the commissioning of their first modern era warship: USS Enterprise (CVN-65). The US Navy’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, Enterprise was embroiled in a number of post-WWII trouble spots, including the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, and the Gulf Conflicts (UNI86012). This particular version of CVN-65 will come with a complement of F-14 Fleet Defense Fighters and F/A-18 Hornet Strike Fighters.

Also shown for the first time was a 1:48 scale representation of the US Marine Corps’ AH-1W Super Cobra, perhaps the single-most important weapon in the USMC’s arsenal since the close of WWII (#UNI84007). Expect both the Enterprise and Super Cobra later this fall, just in time for the holiday shopping season.

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Dragon Cuts to the Quick

It’s refreshing to see Dragon continuing to reinvent the wheel by coming out with more installments in their Project Cutaway series. Their latest 1:144 scale offering examines the very first Boeing 747-100 to roll out of their Everett, Washington, assembly plant back in the late 1960s, and offers all of the detail and polish everyone has come to expect from their exceptional 3-D “peer inside” series (#DRP 47012). Their marketing promo hypes an August release, which can’t come soon enough for this fan of aviation history.

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Hobby Master Trots Out Their November Wares

In keeping with their monthly new product announcements schedule, Hobby Master unveiled their latest assortment of military aircraft and vehicles due out in November. While no new toolings were shown, the grouping did contain a couple of perennial favorites that have been out-of-stock for some time: a SBC Helldiver (HA2209) and SBD-5 Dauntless dive-bomber (HA0170).

Feel free to check out these and other notable new entrants in our July New Additions section located within the Product Round Up link.

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Unimax Unleashes Their July Arsenal

Arriving ahead of schedule, Unimax has confirmed that their July shipment of assorted Forces of Valor products are now headed out to their dealer network. Among the new items is this handsome 1:32 scale Panther Ausf. G medium tank, (#UNI80082), their first ever 1:72 scale Boeing Chinook CH-47 utility helicopter (#UNI85088), and a 1:72 scale take on a GMC Open Cab CCKW 353 6×6 2-1/2 Ton Truck (#UNI85099).

We expect these and several other items to be in stock by mid-July so get your orders in quickly to be guaranteed delivery.

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Dragon Reinforces the Afrika Korps

At long last, 1:72 scale armor buffs will soon be able to lay claim to an all-new Panzer III Ausf. N medium tank courtesy of Dragon Armor. Slated for an August release, Dragon’s first Type N Panzer III represents a vehicle that was attached to schwere Panzer Abteilung 501, then deployed to Tunisia from late 1942 to early 1943 (DRA60601). No doubt more Panzer IIIs are in the pipeline, with several already scheduled to bolster their armored brethren later this month.

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Dragon Takes a Giant Leap for Mankind

Looking to capitalize on the success of its own private space program, Dragon has announced plans to offer an all-new diorama as part of their burgeoning Dragon Space Collection. Their Apollo 11 scenic pays tribute to mankind’s first manned landing on the moon and contains 1:72 scale reproductions of the Lunar Module (LM), christened Eagle, which landed on the southern Sea of Tranquility, the command module, orbiting overhead, and two scale astronauts, representing mission commander, Neil Armstrong, and Lunar Module Pilot, Buzz Aldrin (#DRW50391). Look for this new set to touchdown some time this summer.

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The Collectors Showcase Decides to Summer in Anzio

In a departure of sorts, The Collectors Showcase took the wraps off of their latest World War II figure series – the Italian SS. The Waffen-Grenadier-Brigade der SS (Italienische Nr. 1), bettter known as the Legione SS Italiana, was created in November 1943, from 15,000 volunteers who began training at the Truppenubungsplatz Munsingen in Germany. In April 1944, three battalions fought against the Allied bridgeheads at Anzio and Nettuno with surprisingly good results, for which Heinrich Himmler, on May 3rd, 1944, allowed them to wear SS-Runes on black rather than red and be fully integrated into the Waffen SS. Look for this new five-piece figure set to defend the beaches at the end of August.

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Dragon Fires Up More Rockets

Dragon continues to produce an astounding array of space-related replicas, so it comes as no surprise that they would start to replicate some of the cargo-laden craft being used by NASA to ferry materiel into space.

Two three-packs were recently unveiled – the first modeling a trio of NASA Delta II Rockets w/Launch Pads (#SRW56394) while the second showcases a triumverate of Titan III Rockets w/Launch Pads (#DRW56395). Look for both 1:400 scale sets to blast off this summer.

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An F-16 Flies Into FOV’s Future

We’ve learned that Unimax will soon be offering a F-16 Viper as part of its ever growing 1:72 scale diecast military aircraft collection. Expected some time this summer, their first ever F-16 will be based upon a CJ version and will bear all the hallmark munitions associated with this single-engine workhorse (#UNI85047). This, of course, comes on the heels of their soon-to-be-released Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle, and will no doubt be followed by other important aircraft of the modern era.

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An F-16 Flies Into FOV's Future

We’ve learned that Unimax will soon be offering a F-16 Viper as part of its ever growing 1:72 scale diecast military aircraft collection. Expected some time this summer, their first ever F-16 will be based upon a CJ version and will bear all the hallmark munitions associated with this single-engine workhorse (#UNI85047). This, of course, comes on the heels of their soon-to-be-released Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle, and will no doubt be followed by other important aircraft of the modern era.

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