I've always wanted a Kiowa but damn...

[thelegoguy]

Holy shit!!!!
That's madness....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BBi-Elite-Force-1-18-Kiowa-Helicopter-/221224967953?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item3382091f11#ht_139wt_958

 

[The Ewokhunter]

that's the super rare WTFareyousmoking version

 

[K-Tiger]

It doesn't even have the pilot. Fuck that!

I'm not a fan of the politics that got the OH-58 in the inventory, but hell if the Kiowa Warrior doesn't look aces up on a shelf. I've really come to appreciate the SFOR markings, especially after I found out it was a real-life bird (minus a few markings Bbi skimped on).


I'd still like the faded CARC version, but I don't reckon that's gonna happen.

 

[XOC2008]

They obviously don't actually want to sell it.

 

[YT1]

I've got a NIB one I was thinking about selling...

 

[fogger1138]

Hell, I'd sell my loose one for half that.

 

[Giga Bread]

They obviously don't actually want to sell it.

It's obvious that the wife wants him to sell it so she has more space for her hobo figurines.

 

[nacho]

Is that the same bird that was on clearance at one of the etailers for about $30 not even a year ago?

 

[NSA]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/118-BBI-Eli...e-Bird-Helicopter-MINT-Lot-of-3-/281108772216

Little birds!! I like how the PTE one is thrown in there. People are not paying these prices are they?

And yes. I believe I got 2 or 3 of those Kiowas from Bad Cat in 2009 for like $30 or $35.

 

[fogger1138]

Is that the same bird that was on clearance at one of the etailers for about $30 not even a year ago?

I don't think so, it's been pretty difficult to find for a while now, as I recall. 4-5 years ago, though, sure.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/118-BBI-Eli...e-Bird-Helicopter-MINT-Lot-of-3-/281108772216

Little birds!! I like how the PTE one is thrown in there. People are not paying these prices are they?

And yes. I believe I got 2 or 3 of those Kiowas from Bad Cat in 2009 for like $30 or $35.

I really need to find back doors for my MH-6.

 

[K-Tiger]

I got my 58 from Bad Cat (before they unveiled their douchebaggery here) for 25, and I know for a fact it went down to 20 for a time.

 

[NSA]

Your right it may have been $25. I remember thinking they were kind of weenie copters at the time. Though I may still have thought F.A.n.G.'s were cool at that time too.

 

[fogger1138]

I got my 58 from Bad Cat (before they unveiled their douchebaggery here) for 25, and I know for a fact it went down to 20 for a time.

Me too, but that was in 2008 or so, not just last year.

 

[K-Tiger]

Nah, they've been shooting in price for at least 2-3 years now.

Real sleeper piece.

 

[fogger1138]

It's a nice helicopter. I just wish the back doors opened.

 

[NSA]

Yeah that'd be the tits.

 

[nacho]

There was somebody that clearanced a stash of them more recently, long after we knew better. It might have been two years ago, but it was long after the stank days and monkey depot madness.

 

[NSA]

Hell any of the choppers are cool to have these days!

 

[fogger1138]

There was somebody that clearanced a stash of them more recently, long after we knew better. It might have been two years ago, but it was long after the stank days and monkey depot madness.

I missed that - I would've bought a second one at $30.

 

[Videoviper]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/118-BBI-Eli...e-Bird-Helicopter-MINT-Lot-of-3-/281108772216

Little birds!! I like how the PTE one is thrown in there. People are not paying these prices are they?

And yes. I believe I got 2 or 3 of those Kiowas from Bad Cat in 2009 for like $30 or $35.

I grabbed a little bird last Christmas, because every year during spring/summer someone discovers this thing for the first time & is usually willing to part $$$ instead of waiting 2 months for Big Lots to start stocking them.

I may be turning mine into a AT copter.

 

[K-Tiger]

It's a nice helicopter. I just wish the back doors opened.

Don't know that we're missing much.

 

[fogger1138]

Maybe not.

 

[K-Tiger]

Think they could have pulled this off?

 

[NSA]

I'm surprised they didn't do different models though, like they did with the MD-500

I'd be cool to have one of these:

 

[K-Tiger]

Not sure how the hell the fluke that was the MD 500/MH-6 happened. Totally different fuselages.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

I was certain it was gonna be mannnys for sell thread

 

[The Ewokhunter]

I was certain it was gonna be mannnys for sell thread

give it time, the week is still young.

 

[WildBill]

The back of the Kiowa is a total mess....Any advantage the C47 turbine gives to that machine is wasted in unjettisonable weight in the back seat...