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BMC Toys Production Roundup: March 2024
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BMC Toys - Classic Toy Soldiers Collection: Some restocks arrived in February, and the next shipment should arrive later this month. This batch has restocks of the popular T-34 and Gray German Tanks. New items arriving are the US Half-Tracks, Western Ranch Accessories, Tan Hanomag Halftrack and Tan German figure variants: BMC-67295 CTS WW2 US Half-Track OD Green BMC-67296 CTS WW2 US Half-Track Tan BMC-67297 CTS WW2 US Half-Track Gray BMC-67311 CTS WW2 German Infantry 32pc Soldiers Tan BMC-67316 CTS WW2 German Assault and Support 24pc Tan BMC-67336 CTS WW2 German Hanomag 5pc Tan BMC-67365 CTS Western Ranch Accessories 15pc ...
BMC Toys Production Roundup: January 2024
Posted by Jeff Imel on
BMC Toys - Classic Toy Soldiers Collection: This month I'll be working on contents for the 3rd wave of BMC CTS to include Alamo and Civil War items estimated arrival this summer. I'm planning a bagged set of 3 ACW cannon with 3 different barrel options in the package. Some restocks are estimated to arrive around Mid-February. BMC Toys - American Hero Collection: A lot of the Yorktown revival project development was put on hold to get the CTS line launched in 2023, so I'm looking forward to making progress this year. Digital model work was started for the accessories...
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- Tags: Molds, MPC, New Products, Package Art, Plastic Army Women, Potential Projects, Production
BMC Toys Production Roundup: December 2023
Posted by Jeff Imel on
BMC Toys - Classic Toy Soldiers Collection: The second wave has been well received and some items are out of stock. The initial production runs were lower quantities that were spread across inbound shipments, so some items will be back in stock around the beginning of February 2024. Some new items will arrive around April: BMC-67297 CTS WW2 US Half-Track Gray BMC-67295 CTS WW2 US Half-Track OD Green BMC-67296 CTS WW2 US Half-Track Tan BMC-67365 CTS Western Ranch Accessories 15pc The Western Ranch is similar to the Desert Ranch with brown animals,white fences, and leafed trees instead of bare trees....
BMC Toys Production Roundup: September 2023
Posted by Jeff Imel on
BMC Toys - Classic Toy Soldiers Collection: The initial wave of production is in transit and estimated to arrive around early October. These are production samples currently part of a massive product photo project: Here's the 1:32 scale WW2 German Hanomag and 1:40 scale Soviet 85mm T-34 Tanks with included alternate 76mm turrets: ... and new bagged figure set package photos: The second wave of new BMC CTS items is shipping soon and expected to arrive around mid-November: BMC-67290 CTS WW2 US Artillery 12pc OD Green BMC-67301 CTS WW2 US Soldiers 33pc Tan BMC-67302 CTS WW2 US Soldiers 33pc Gray...
BMC Toys Production Roundup: July 2023
Posted by Jeff Imel on
BMC Toys - Classic Toy Soldiers Collection:Test shots of the initial wave is complete and all colors have been finalized. A good selection of the new items should be available around October. Here's some of the pre-production samples: BMC Toys - American Hero Collection:Restocks of the BMC Yorktown, Iwo Jima Marines and WW2 Allies & Axis Flags are on schedule to arrive late July along with the new BMC WW2 German Flak Guns. Last month I mentioned the new blockhouse accessories would also arrive in July, but was mistaken, they are scheduled to arrive around October: BMC-67600 BMC Blockhouse Roof...
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