Arm your girls with Trumpeter!
The chinese company Trumpeter will be releasing a set of vietnam-era rifles in 1/3 scale. They are of the Armalite M-16 family consisting of an XM177E1 and an M16A1 with 3 pronged flash hider. It appears that the handguards can be removed and that the barrel does include a realistic gas tube. The upper and lower receiver seem to be separate parts, while the XM177E1 appears to have a collapsible buttstock(as to how far it can extend in and out, is to be determined) However it does not seem that these models will have working actions like the Dragon 1/3 scale firearm series.
Look for it around April or May.
http://www.trumpeter-china.com/war513/products/en_message.asp?id=836#
http://www.hlj.com/product/TRP01902
Lastly, some pics from Trumpeter's website
Ooohhh.... Like thats all we need... Dollfies with even *more* firepower.... :P
OOooh nice! Thanks for the heads up. I think I'll be getting one for my already gun toting Dollfies XD
...you mean the M14 and 3 Glocks WASN'T enough for Yuki and Saber?!?
One thing about the M-14 is it doesn't quite fit in the dollfie gun hands without a bit of contortion. Most firearms with pistol grips like the M-16 will fit well because of the way the gun holding hand is designed.
But I don't think we could ever have enough dollfies with guns...Someone's gotta protect the house while I'm away!
Well, looks like one more for the collection!
Got 5 on preorder myself. Gonna see what kind of kitbash/customs I can do...
china O_O
one thing to anticipate is the plastic quality.
Trumpeter models are actually of very good quality, quite a few people from my local IPMS chapter prefer them. That and Trumpeter also offers kits in larger scales than most model companies.
About time someone other than Dragon got the hint.
I don't collect Dollfies, but I hope that the next 1/3 gun in Trumpeter's list will be one of the QBZ-series bullpup rifles that are currently in service among the Red Chinese Army.
...who knows, maybe they'll make a 1/3 Bushmaster ACR, and you;'ll have a Dollfie cosplaying as a character from Modern Warfare 2...
We'll finally have a Ramirez dollfie. Wonder if that would require a DDII or dynamite body XD
Hope they release the M79 as well. >:)
63.5*37.4*44cm~~~0_0
it seem very big item~
Yeah those measurements threw me off, maybe that's a different set of dimensions for something else.
Here's the dimensions of the model gun fully built:
Model Brief Length: 267.56mm Width: 88.5mm
So it's about a foot long...