99000 Series - WWII figures and AFVs

1/72 scale

Dated: October 5, 2008.

Any collector knows what the worst part of toy soldier collecting is, the wait! It's often a wait of months and even years before new sets show up. Designing and producing each set takes a long time. Every set of new toy soldiers (from any company) you've bought have probably been a year in the making.

It cannot be determined for certain when a set will be released due to vagaries in the mold making process, but to make the wait as painless as possible we have created this page which shows the production status of the sets in the form of little graphs, so you'll how close to production the next set is. The graphs show the stages of production rather than time. The right side illustrates the progressive stages of production which you can follow, from sketches to master figures to test shots to painted figures to box art. Once the figures are in production the graphs will be taken off.

Various stages:
01) Research of uniforms and design of set.
02) Sketches are drawn.
03) Sculpting starts.
04) Sculpting ends.
05) Pattern making starts and ends.
06) Mold making starts.
07) Mold making continues.
08) Mold making continues.
09) Fitting of mold.
10) Testing of mold.
11) Production begins!

Plastic figures and easy to assemble hard plastic armored fighting vehicles. The AFVs only have a few pieces each, they are perfect for:
1) younger modelers or beginners, a great way to start them off on kits, not toys because they are accurately molded and true 1/72 scale.
2) wargamers who want to build up an army quickly.
3) modelers who want to use parts for kit bashing.

Photoetched Parts 2 kits per bag Sold in the US by www.greatmodels.com. Search under Hauler. They are number 72001-5. Sold in the EU by www.hauler.cz and their distributors.	Pictures
99001 Sherman M4 2 tanks per box	Test shots Painted test shots Box Customized Sherman Sherman Duplex Drive Sherman ARV Customized Sherman Pacific Sherman Painted kit M4A2 conversion (1) M4A2 conversion (2) Funnies Painted kit
99002 Jagdpanther tank destroyer 2 per box	Box and test shots Painted Model Winter Jagdpanther Painted Model Painted Model Painted kit Painted kit Painted kits Painted kit Painted kit
99003 Panzer III medium tank	Box and sprue Painted Model Painted model Painted model DAK PzIII DAK PzIII Desert PzIII PzIII G Sig33 auf PzIII G
99004 US M10 tank destroyer 2 per box	Box and sprue Painted and accessorized kit Tank Destroyer family Paolini's painted and accessorized kit Painted and accessorized Conversions Painted kit Painted kit Polish Wolverine Painted kit Conversions
99005 Russian T34/76 2 tanks per box	Box cover and test shot Painted test shot Winter T34 Captured T34 Bergepanzer T34 Stalingrad Wargaming Painted kit
99006 WWII German Mortar Team Late Germans in ankle boots, camo smocks and helmets.	Box cover Painted test shot(s) Painted figures Painted figures Painted figures Painted figures Painted figures Painted figures Painted figures
99007 WWII German MG Team Late German.	Box cover and test figures Painted figures Painted figures Painted figures Painted figures Painted figures Painted figures
99008 Achilles 2 per box.	Box cover and test shot Painted accessorized kit Tank Destroyer family Painted test shot Painted test shot Painted kit Polish Achilles
99009 Russian T34/85 2 tanks per box	Box Painted test shot Painted tank Winter T34 Game pics
99010 German Motorcycle Reconnaissance Made in paintable and glueable plastic.	Box and Test sprue Painted test shots Painted figures Painted figures Painted kit Painted Models
99011 German MPs Made in paintable and glueable plastic.	Box and Test sprue Painted test shots Painted figures Painted figures Painted figures Painted figs Painted Models
99012 Sherman M4A3 76mm	Box and test sprue Painted test shot Painted test shot Painted test shot Painted test shot Painted model Painted model Winter model French Flandres Painted model
99013 Cromwell	Box, test shot Painted kit Painted kit Challenger tank Diorama Painted kit Challenger conversion Painted kit Painted kit Wargame Wargame Centaur Centaur Conversion Polish Cromwell In diguise
99014 Sherman M4A3 75mm	Box Art and tank Painted test shot Painted Model Winter Model
99015 Sherman M4A3 105mm	Box and tank Painted test shot Painted kit
99016 PzIII Ausf J	Box and tank Painted kit Panzerbefehlswagen III SU-76i conversion Painted kit Early Desert PzIII PzIII in a box
99017 Sherman Firefly	Box and test shots Painted test shot Painted model Painted test shot Beutepanzer Firefly Recovery Vehicle Painted kit Polish Firefly
99018 Stug III	Box and test shot Painted test shot StugIII Conversion StugIII test shot Diorama Painted kit Wargame Winter StugIII Wargame Stuh 42
99019 Hanomag	Box art
99020 Russian SU-85	Box, sprue and kit Painted kit Painted kit Painted kit Jagdpanzer SU-85(r) Painted kit SU85 and SU122 SU-85
990xx Valentine	.
990xx Crusader	.
990xx Panther	.
990xx Priest	.
990xx Some soft skin transport	No further info

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