After a small ceremony the 69th Spielwarenmesse was declared open yesterday evening.
It goes from 31.01 till 04.02. and of course we want to know if there are any new products or innovations in 1/72.
As always, I'll post some links to the usual reports and will try to list all the relevant 1/72 items during the next days.
My focus will be on 1/72 plastic vehicles and figures. If there should be remarkable ship or aircraft kits I may mention them.
Understandably there's not much news at the first day, so I give a summary of what was announced beforehand.
Armory
72412 - M4A1/A2 Walker Bulldog, US/Nato cold war tank
Flyhawk
FH3301 - M1A2 Abrams SEP with mine clearing blade
Hasegawa
35116 - Japanese WWII Navy Airmen
HobbyBoss
82924 - Infanterie- & Kommandowagen for german WWII Panzerzug BP42 armoured train
82925 - Artillerie- & Flakwagen for german WWII Panzerzug BP42 armoured train
IBG
72039 - Type-89 KOU gasoline (hybrid), japanese WWII medium tank
72052 - 40/43M Zrinyi II, hungarian WWII assault gun with side skirts
72055 - Type 1 Chi-He, jap. WWII med. tank
72056 - Type 2 Ho-I, jap. WWII infantry support tank/self-propelled howitzer
72057 - Type 3 Chi-Nu, jap. WWII med. tank
72058 - Type 3 Chi-Nu Kai, jap. WWII med. tank
72059 - Bergepanzer III (very rough quick build kit)
IBG is also involved in a new magazine & quick-build kit combination called "The World at War", similar to the "First to Fight" range. First issue will contain:
W001 - Panzer III Ausf. A
Italeri
6182 - "Battle at Malinava 1944" WWII playset, 2 russian Izbas & a Barn with 2 Tiger I kits, IS-2, T-34/85 & germ. + sov. inf.
6183 - "Beau Geste Touareg Revolt", french north afrika playset (most probably Esci 237 "FFL", 238 "Muslim Warriors" with building & scenery ?)
6184 - "Vietnam War", playset (potentially Esci 229 "NVA/Vietcong", 228 "US Forces" & scenery ?)
6187 - "Colonial" Wars british Infantry/Sepoys (Esci set 232 ?)
6188 - Crimean War brit.11th Hussars (Esci set 220 ?)
6189 - WWII Free French Infantry (Esci set 205 ?)
6190 - Cold War/1980s Warsaw Pact Troops (Esci set 242 ?)
6191 - Cold War/1980s Nato Troops (Esci set 241 ?)
7074 - Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind, germ. WWII AA-tank (Esci 8063)
7075 - M60A1Patton, US/Nato cold war tank (Esci/Ertl kit 8315)
MAC
72136 - Druckereikraftwagen (Kfz.62), ger. WWII Mercedes Benz G 3a light print shop truck
72137 - Funkkraftwagen (Kfz. 61), ger. WWII Mercedes Benz G 3a light radio truck
Military Wheels
7263 - T-60-3, soviet WWII light AA tank with double 12,7mm guns, open turret
7267 - T-45, soviet WWII light tank with 45mm gun
7271 - T-60, soviet WWII light AA tank with double 12,7mm guns, closed turret
7279 - T-60, soviet WWII light tank with 37mm gun
OKB Grigorov
- M24 Chaffee, us WWII/korean war light tank
Revell
00451 - Flower Class Corvette (upgraded "Technik"-Edition) 02/2018
05147 - Patrol Torpedo Boat PT109 (NEW kit) 02/2018
05228 - Search & Rescue Daughter-Boat "Verena" (re-release) 10/2018
03262 - Pz.Kpfw. VI Ausf. H Tiger (re-release) 01/2018
03263 - Sd.Kfz. 7, late/armoured version (former MACO kit) 02/2018
03264 - 15cm Panzerwerfer 42 auf sWS (former MACO kit) 03/2018
03265 - M109 self-propelled howitzer, US Army version (kit variant) 04/2018
03266 - Pz.Kpfw. II Ausf. L "Luchs", Sd.Kfz. 123 (former MACO kit) 06/2018
03267 - Flakpanzer IV "Wirbelwind", 2cm Flakvierling (former MACO kit) 07/2018
03268 - Mercedes-Benz G4 Staff Car (ICM cooperation kit) 08/2018
03269 - Soviet Heavy Tank IS-2 (cooperation kit) 07/2018
Riich
72004 - Type 4 Ka-Tsu, jap. WWII amphibious tank
72005 - Oshkosh M-ATV, US modern MRAP all-terrain vehicle M1240
S-Model
SP072001 - M132 armoured flamethrower, US cold war vehicle on M113 chassis
SP072002 - M113A1 APC/LRV, australian M113 variant with Cadillac Gage T50 turret
SP072003 - L3/33, italian light tank variant with 20mm gun
SP072004 - Willys MB Jeep with mounted 37mm AT gun
SP072005 - Willys MB Jeep with M1917 MG
(note that these are part of new range of single kits with resin add-ons)
still on their list (2 kits per box):
- Matilda II
- Panther Ausf. G late
- M40 Recoilless Gun
- M274 "Mule", 1/2 Ton, 4X4 light utility truck
- Pz.Kpfw. II Ausf. A
T-Model
- SSys 50t vierachsiger Flachwagen/Schwerlastwagen, ger. WWII 4-axle railway flat wagon
- SSyms 80t sechsachsiger Flachwagen/Schwerlastwagen, ger. WWII 6-axle railway flat wagon
Waterloo 1815
026 - WWII German SS Cavalry Set 2
042 - WWI Italian Cavalry
043 - WWI Italian Infantry Set 2
044 - WWI Italian Elite Troops (Arditi)
058 - Nap. Prussian Mounted Line Officers & Staff 1813-15
Zvezda
5017 - Panzer IV Ausf. H tank
5041 - Ferdinand tank destroyer
5056 - T-14 "Armata" tank
5061 - T-35 tank
6216 - WWII german AT-rifle team
6217 - WWII german snipers
AoT battle-/playsets:
6235 - "Crossing the Oder"
6236 - "Zeelov heights"
6237 - "Assault on Berlin"
... and as far as I understand, they're offering a 1/72 range of die cast tanks as well now.
Will continually add news as soon as they leak out.