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hooben t55 golden eye
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:39 pm
by panzershrek
Hi everyone, hopefully, when hooben bring out their t55 im going to buy one. I have found a particular model id like to model, but i dont know what its designation is! Heres the link, its the tank bond steals in goldeneye, could anyone tell me what model of t55 it is with those upgrades?
Also, does anybody have any news about the release, and any ideas about the price yet?
Cheers guys,
Alex
Re: hooben t55 golden eye
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:58 pm
by Mackem
Hi Alex, I'm following the progress of the Hooben T55 closeley aswell.
Latest info is release via general retail early next year. No definite info about the price
apart from the vague statement that it will be half the price of a 1:16 tamiya kit. ( which one though? )
Cheers
John
Re: hooben t55 golden eye
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:30 am
by Abo
I posted the original thread on the forum that shall not be named back in september. It was featured in military modelling magazine. The price quoted then for the basic stand alone kit was about £120. The pound has dropped in value since then of course. Other guys have quoted prices for all up kits, dunno where they get thier sources from though.
Re: hooben t55 golden eye
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:00 pm
by Militarymight
Ive been in touch with the owner who i am trying to build a business relationship with. he says there wares will be displayed at the toy fairs in Tokyo and asia next year. The T55 will be released in january and in the Summer a 1/16 Maus and E100 and Abrahams.
Re: hooben t55 golden eye
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 5:43 pm
by Woz
Pulled from another forum-
"I've been told to expect under $300 for the complete kit including electronics.
As far as I know its still on for early 2009 - the Merkava / Challenger would be later next year. "
Re: hooben t55 golden eye
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 3:00 am
by Ex_Pat_Tanker
I'm still in mourning over their decision not to make an Isreali Sho't - Merkava 4 and Chally 2 are nice but I want a Super Centurian, dammit!
Re: hooben t55 golden eye
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:20 am
by BigPanzer
Hi,
Was it a T55 used in Goldeneye? I'm not very knowledgable on Russian armour conversion for film use, but I thought it was later than that. If I'm wrong, please tell me! Though T55's have been disguised as almost everything, including Tigers before now! Anybody planning on using the chassis to make THAT Tiger ??
(Full of nostalgia - the best WW2 film ever made. Pours myself another whisky and whistles the first 4 bars of "Burning Bridges" over and over again. Now where the h*ll did I put the DVD?)
Peter