Reaper Marines and toy-bashed transport

[James Holloway]

Brilliant! I remember that toy from a few years back. I even had the link to some webstore in the US that sold them.

It's linked on my blog (which is, in turn, linked in the first post) if anyone is interested.

[Cherno]

The vehicle reminds me of the Scrambler from Spacehunter - Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

[Chico]

Those Marines are great looking, at some point I need to order them (Along with the Bones Pirates while I'm at it)

Glad you had fun with the Chico Challenge Week™ as well

[nic-e]

The vehicle reminds me of the Scrambler from Spacehunter - Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

It's not just me then god that was a ridiculous film.

[stroblight]

Nice job!  I converted the car too, but haven't gotten around to painting yet.  Switched wheels and turret.

[James Holloway]

I really like that turret! Where is it from?

I would have liked to do something about the wheels myself -- they are a bit silly looking -- but it was a spur-of-the-moment idea and I didn't have any good replacements to hand.

[stroblight]

The turret is from Old Crow.  Have any other toy conversions planned?

[AzSteven]

The vehicle is an older design from TimMee Toys, first released in 1978.  These are the same folks that made the cool M-48/M-60 hybrid plastic tank you see in all sorts of dime store toy soldier bags today (knock-offs from the original 1964 toy).  The current incarnation of TimMee Toys (Processed PLastics) is not exactly the same company and I don't think they have the molds to this vehicle.

I dont think anyone is currently making the armored car, but its fairly easy to find them for cheap on EBay.  I don't know how common it would be over in Europe though - TimMee was mostly distributed in the USA, but the hordes of Chinese knock-off toys that might include copies of that vehicle were probably sold in Europe.

[commissarmoody]

I think I had a few of those growing up. Damned if I know where they are now.

[James Holloway]

The turret is from Old Crow.  Have any other toy conversions planned?

Yeah, I have a big stack of stuff I keep meaning to get around to. I've done a few in the past, too; one of these days I'll post some photos. I'm terrible about photographing models.

[eilif]

The vehicle is an older design from TimMee Toys, first released in 1978.  These are the same folks that made the cool M-48/M-60 hybrid plastic tank you see in all sorts of dime store toy soldier bags today (knock-offs from the original 1964 toy).  The current incarnation of TimMee Toys (Processed PLastics) is not exactly the same company and I don't think they have the molds to this vehicle.

Processed Plastics did has the molds and has produced it for some time.
http://www.processedplastic.com/ourtoys.html
Check the Timmee section and playlet section.
I'm pretty sure I bought it under the processed plastic brand when I was a kid.  They also have a sweet C-130 Hercules.  Wish I'd kept that one.

Here's a seller who has them in stock (the tan ones anyway) and at a price that might even be worth shipping worldwide.http://littlegreenmentoys.com/Tim-Mee-Tan-Armored-Car-02-0001.htm

[Predatorpt]

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Here's a seller who has them in stock (the tan ones anyway) and at a price that might even be worth shipping worldwide.http://littlegreenmentoys.com/Tim-Mee-Tan-Armored-Car-02-0001.htm

Unfortunately they are a US-only seller:

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