Announcing The Motor Pool’s 15% Off ‘Back to War’ Sale!

The Motor Pool’s 15% Off ‘Back to War’ Sale!

The leaves will be falling soon, but that doesn’t mean we can’t drop our prices even sooner. Music to everyone’s ears, no doubt, it means we’re launching our 15% off ‘Back to War’ sale. Naturally, this discount applies to any in-stock item listed throughout our site, and cannot be applied to pre-ordered, back ordered, or special order merchandise.

As always, we would greatly appreciate it if you could keep these orders separate and do not combine non-qualifying items with sales merchandise. If you have any questions, feel free to call or email us. Customers must apply discount code “TMP100” at the point of checkout in the coupon code box. Sale ends Sunday, September 30th, 2012….[posted 9/6/2012]

Note: Due to stringent MAP guidelines enforced by the distributor, we are unable to apply any promotional discounts to the following lines: Blitz72, Century Wings, Falcon Models, Hobby Master, Oxford, Panzerstahl, Sky Guardians Europe, SkyMax, Virgin Galactic and X-Plus.

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Dragon Introduces a New Line of Premium Vehicles

Flakpanzer V "Coelian" Anti-Aircraft Vehicle
Dragon’s 1:72 scale Flakpanzer V “Coelian” Anti-Aircraft Vehicle – Unidentified Unit, Germany, 1945

Looking to stay on top of the 1:72 heap, Dragon today showed off a new line of military vehicles they are calling Ultimate Armor. According to their web site:

“Ultimate Armor series is a new line-up of Dragon Armor, featuring unusual and rare vehicle types such as the first one Flakpanzer V “Coelian” presented here. Those unique items will cater to the demands of discerning collectors. Many such rare fighting-vehicles will come up.”

The first vehicle in the line is a Flakpanzer V “Coelian” (DRR60590) which never saw service but nevertheless was intended to augment Germany’s armored forces as a means of warding off low-flying enemy aircraft. Dragon is indicating a November ship for this intriguing item, which will carry a retail price of $39.99.

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The Motor Pool Blog: Bigger is Better!

Now that our web hosting solution has completed the necessary upgrades to our site, we will be utilizing our newly integrated blog to report new product announcements and the arrival of key items, as well as post general news pieces we would ordinarily debut on our News pages. Our new blog has a great many tools and features we plan to utilize in the coming weeks, which are designed to improve the user experience and keep us more in touch with our customer base. Once we feel comfortable that the blog is working as planned, we will deactivate our current news page and utilize it for other means. We hope you enjoy the coming improvements.

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Ebay Integration to Begin This Week

Ebay
E-bay: The preeminent site for auctions worldwide!

According to our web hosting solution, we will soon be able to launch ebay listings through our web site rather than from a third party developer. This means that our auctions will be broader in scope, more timely, more informative and, above all else, be integrated within our order fulfillment system complete with an order number. Fortunately, this comes ahead of the all-important holiday season, making this a critical addition to our full-featured e-commerce site. We hope you enjoy our latest improvement!

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Minichamps Takes the Corner Turn with Barry Sheene

Minichamps 1976 Suzuki RG500 GP Motorcycle - Barry Sheene, World Champion
Minichamps’ 1976 Suzuki RG500 GP Motorcycle – Barry Sheene, World Champion

At long last, we now have in stock Minichamps’ 1:12 scale 1976 Suzuki RG500 GP Motorcycle which was ridden by world champion, Barry Sheene. Long a favorite among biking enthusiasts, the Sheene Suzuki is an important addition to their prestige line of motorcycle collectibles, which comes with a handsome presentation case and a short history of the rider and bike.

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September's Bounty Coming to Harvest

German 88mm Flak 36/37 Anti-Aircraft Gun - Unidentified Unit, Stalingrad, 1942
Panzerstahl’s German 88mm Flak 36/37 Anti-Aircraft Gun – Unidentified Unit, Stalingrad, 1942

We’re happy to report that a great many new items are winging their way to us as we speak. For openers, all six of Panzerstahl’s 88mm FLaK guns are expected, as is the first flock of Aviation 72 aircraft. Several new Hobby Master products are also on the docket, including their first ever British Comet cruiser tank.

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September’s Bounty Coming to Harvest

German 88mm Flak 36/37 Anti-Aircraft Gun - Unidentified Unit, Stalingrad, 1942
Panzerstahl’s German 88mm Flak 36/37 Anti-Aircraft Gun – Unidentified Unit, Stalingrad, 1942

We’re happy to report that a great many new items are winging their way to us as we speak. For openers, all six of Panzerstahl’s 88mm FLaK guns are expected, as is the first flock of Aviation 72 aircraft. Several new Hobby Master products are also on the docket, including their first ever British Comet cruiser tank.

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War Master, Up, On the Way!

War Master's 1:72 scale US M109 Self-Propelled Howitzer - 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized), Kosovo Force (KFOR), Kosovo, 2000
War Master’s 1:72 scale US M109 Self-Propelled Howitzer – 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized), Kosovo Force (KFOR), Kosovo, 2000

We’re thrilled to report that the latest wave of War Master 1:72 military vehicles and aircraft are on their way to us and should be in stock on the 13th. Several notable new items are in the mix, including this US M109 Self-Propelled Howitzer which was attached to the 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized), Kosovo Force (KFOR), then deployed to Kosovo, during 2000 (WMTK018). We expect to sell out of several of these new introductions so we urge you to review your pre-orders to see if you’re already down for the September shipment.

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August Forces of Valor Shipment On the Way!

Forces of Valor Russian T-34/85 Medium Tank
Forces of Valor’s Russian T-34/85 Medium Tank – 22nd Guards Armored Brigade, 5th Guards Armored Corps, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1945

Great news for all you diehard FOV fanatics! Our August shipment of FOrces of Valor products are en route to us and expected to arrive on or around August 24th. The latest batch of goodies include a 1:32 scale rendition of the feared Russian T-34/85 medium tank as well as a multi-colored take on the US M26 Pershing heavy tank. Other items are also on the manifest, including the eagerly awaited US Dodge WC54 ambulance.

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BBI's 1:18 Scale F/A-18C Hornet Now in Stock!

BBI's F/A-18 Hornet
BBI’s US Navy McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet Strike Fighter – VFA-86 “Sidewinders”, USS Enterprise (CVN-65), Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2004

In addition to receiving a restock on their F-16 Fighting Falcon and MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, we now have available BBI’s eagerly anticipated F/A-18C Hornet Strike Fighter. Based on a bird flown by VFA-86 “Sidewinders”, that was embarked upon the USS Enterprise (CVN-65), during Operation Iraqi Freedom, we fully anticipate record sales numbers for this warfighter, particularly as we edge ever closer the holiday season.

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