New 8cm NCS vehicle sets available at Bandai.com

by **Doc** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:12 pm

Hot on the heels of Col. White and Destiny, sets C and D of the 8cm vehicles are available here:

http://www.bandai.co.uk/brand-home.aspx ... perPage=30

Not a huge fan of these, but the 'closed' version of the Cheetah is an improvement...

Doc

by **yorkie** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 8:13 am

Must get the Russian Druzynik tank.

by **Chris C** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:01 am

I think I might have to buy both new sets - an Albatross at last!!

by **Doc** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:31 pm

Yeah, the Albatross is a big draw. Gonna have to make room...

by **yorkie** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:55 am

The Bandai Micro vehicle sets C and D arrived yesterday. Though for some reason the boxes are marks sets 2 and 3, so sets A and B were 1 and er 1?

Set C:
Rhino 9cm long, 2cm high. Button on the top front that emits a driving sound when pressed.
Albatross. Very nice toy, accurate profile. No gimmicks. Landing gear fixed in the down postion. The underside (including the cockpit) is hollow so the Rhino can be clipped on underneath. The Rhino is out of scale with the Albatross (Rhino is too large). Albatross is 13cm long, 10cm wide and 5cm high.

Set comes with a 3cm Captain Blue figure.

Set D:
3 vehicles in this one.
The Druzynik tank. Awesome. Very detailed, and a great paint job. This is as good as the japanese candy toy models and it's larger. All plastic, treads don't move. Thankfully no wheels underneath like some other toys have when tank treads don't move. Tiny button on top when pressed emits driving sound and cannon firing sound.
10cm long, 7cm wide, 4cm high. The set is worth it just for this one.

Cheetah. Matchbox/Hot Wheels size (8cm long), all plastic. No gimmicks, a very nice little model. The Cheetah in set B last year had wings extended, this version is the standard car mode.

Stallion Raid Bike. Comes with a detachable canopy/wing. 7cm long, 2cm high, 9cm wide wings. Nice paint job - in Captain Blue's bike colours. The canopy on the wing is not transparent - just painted light blue. Would have been nice to have a seated figure to place on the bike.

Set comes with a Conrad Lefkon figure.

by **shadokp** » Sat May 06, 2006 2:37 am

Star Trader co uk now has the latest vehicle sets and Destiny Angel and Col White for reasonable prices. FAB Gear has them as well in the US but at a bit higher price.

KP

by **Chris C** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:42 pm

Finally got around to ordering some of the new sets, (birthdays on the horizon), and I have to say the Albatross and Rhino set is quite lovely. :grin: