model kits from high street stores ...

TsrJoe · October 22, 2009, 02:02:28 AM

following on from 'Home Bargains' brilliant sale of £1.99 '21st Century Toys' 1/32 scale kits i noticed a few more on my day off yesterday which might be worth as looksee ...

'The Works', 1/35 Challenger tank £5.99 (Tamya copy?) 1/72 Sukhoi 27 £4.99, 1/72 Abrams tank (toy like) £4.99

'Marks and Spencer' 1/32 Revell (ex Matchbox) Spitfire Mk.22/24 £15.99

its worth keeping an eye out in stores like 'Poundstretcher' etc on the chance they may get kits in too (this happened a number of years ago when stocks of Hasegawa and Esci kits appeared at cheap prices!)

cheers, Joe

Mossie · October 22, 2009, 02:58:14 AM

I've seen them before in TK Maxx. I think they just tend to get whatevers on clearance. There's often several car kits, mostly Revell, but they occasionally have other stuff, you've just got to pop in from time to time. Due to the way TK Maxx stock, I imagine it varies from shop to shop.

thedarkmaster · October 22, 2009, 03:05:26 AM

Nothing in the Derby " works " so it may be a shop by shop basis

Weaver · October 22, 2009, 03:10:46 AM

Yeah - the local Home Bargains never got the 21st Century stuff either....

thedarkmaster · October 23, 2009, 01:34:29 AM

Update on derby "Works" went past last thing last night and they have the Challenger and a Leopard ii in 1/35 and the M1 and also a Merkava in 1/76 finally the had one Sukhoi, but not anymore

beowulf · October 23, 2009, 03:18:45 AM

i agree with the comment about tk maxx...............thier stock can be quite erratic but i always walk thro the one in nottingham when im passing...............few weeks ago i picked up the Revell Corvette C5 le mans 1/24 for the princly sum of 4 quid!.......result!

Weaver · October 23, 2009, 04:49:44 PM

Had a look around Stockport this afternoon:

The Works: "Lee" brand 1/35th Chally and Leo II. 1/72nd Tiger I, Su-27 Sea Flanker and Leo II. Bought the last two:

Leo II looks good (comes in a vast box with a display plinth). Tracks and wheels are moulded in one piece.

Flanker's okayish: soft plastic and a few fixable moulding glitches. Basic shape looks okay, missiles notably inaccurate. As Pyromanic has discovered, it's a copy of the Italeri kit.

Had a chat with the manageress and it seems they order them as "Kits: assorted. Five of" so they have no idea what they're getting.

TK Maxx: various Revell cars, custom bikes and Star Wars easy kits. Nothing that appealed and no favours on the price either.

Mossie · October 23, 2009, 06:16:24 PM

Had a look in The Works today & saw everything mentioned but the Leo. There where two versions of the 'Sukho1' (yep, that's the way it is on the box!), a Su-27 Flanker B & Su-27 'Sea Flanker', (a Su-27K/Su-33 Flanker D).

Weaver · October 23, 2009, 06:47:36 PM

Mine's the Sea Flanker.

philp · October 23, 2009, 08:27:53 PM

Here in the US the most common place to find discount kits is Big Lots. While my local ones have not had anything lately, I have picked up some good deals in the past. Last one was the Polar Lights Capt America and Lost in Space Robot with Dr. Smith. Both were under $10.

D-Angle · October 24, 2009, 09:24:14 AM

Thanks for the tip guys, just popped into my local Works and grabbed 2 Flankers and a E-2C Hawkeye.

Weaver · October 24, 2009, 10:38:52 AM

The Leo IIA5 box lists the following other kits in the range on the side of the box:

Tiger I
Berge Tiger (Tiger recovery vehicle)
Panther D
M1A1 Abrams
Berge Panther (Panther recovery vehicle)
Mekava (Mk. not specifed, but looks early)
M2 Bradley (Mk. not specified, but has applique armour)

The Su-27 Sea Flanker box has pictures, but no names, of the following other kits in the range on the side of the box:

Su-27 (standard)
YF-22
Longbow Apache
Regular Apache
Mil-28 Havoc (accurate, not the old ESCI "guess")
Ka-50 Hokum (ditto)
E-2C Hawkeye
Mirage 2000 two seater (Mk. not clear: it has AAMs and 2-tone grey colour scheme)

B777LR · October 25, 2009, 01:20:01 AM

Quote from: Weaver on October 24, 2009, 10:38:52 AM
The Leo IIA5 box lists the following other kits in the range on the side of the box:

Tiger I
Berge Tiger (Tiger recovery vehicle)
Panther D
M1A1 Abrams
Berge Panther (Panther recovery vehicle)
Mekava (Mk. not specifed, but looks early)
M2 Bradley (Mk. not specified, but has applique armour)

The Su-27 Sea Flanker box has pictures, but no names, of the following other kits in the range on the side of the box:

Su-27 (standard)
YF-22
Longbow Apache
Regular Apache
Mil-28 Havoc (accurate, not the old ESCI "guess")
Ka-50 Hokum (ditto)
E-2C Hawkeye
Mirage 2000 two seater (Mk. not clear: it has AAMs and 2-tone grey colour scheme)

Sounds like they have a deal with Italeri. They do all those kits. The Tigers are horrible kits though. You need some replacement tracks, the in-box single-link plastic glue-together thingies are useless. They have flash and don't fit together...

Weaver · October 25, 2009, 01:39:36 AM

Quote from: B787 on October 25, 2009, 01:20:01 AM
Sounds like they have a deal with Italeri. They do all those kits. The Tigers are horrible kits though. You need some replacement tracks, the in-box single-link plastic glue-together thingies are useless. They have flash and don't fit together...

The Leo I've got has one-piece track and wheel assemblies like some of the wargames-oriented kits you can get nowadays. Frankly, if the moulding's good (and it is) than I'm all for this: track systems are a major, unrewarding PITA in 1/72nd scale.

I'm doing a Revell Marder at the moment with the plastic multi-part tracks and yep, it's a nightmare, not helped by the instructions being flat wrong....

beowulf · October 25, 2009, 02:49:01 PM

Quote from: Weaver on October 25, 2009, 01:39:36 AM

I'm doing a Revell Marder at the moment with the plastic multi-part tracks and yep, it's a nightmare, not helped by the instructions being flat wrong....

i agree..........ive been stalled on a revell nashorn for months cos i just cant face doing the tracks!

model kits from high street stores ...

B777LR