Maisto, a word.

K-Tiger

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Do a BMW R71 or R75, please?




Indy BMW, passable, but we know you could do better.

Look at this shit, they even put the raised lettering on the oil bath air cleaner! Legible, no less!





Even if you DID miss the suicide shifter on the WLA?:D
 

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I got mine at Hobby Lobby, but i've seen the Maisto line at Walmart, and i think Target and TrU carry them, as well.


I will say my 1936 EL Knucklehead feels a lot sturdier than the WLA. Not sure why, but it does.
 

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that raised lettering is really impressive...whod'a thunk ANY toy manufacture would go thru the trouble of that?
 

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They even put the Harley name on the foot rests.

Hell, the tampoed markings on the Bbi MD 500 are just gibberish.
 

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i would really love a bmw R71 or R75.
i have been collecting maisto motorcycles for a while now and target and walmart have them the cheapest but TRU usually has the harleys and hobby lobby has them but they are expensive.
 

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BMW R71 0r 75 would be tits. I need to remember to check for these next time I am out..
 

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K, was it you who had a picture of Snakeeyes riding one of these? When I saw that picture, I knew I'd have to do the same...if I can ever find one.
 

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I sure did.

Which reminds me, i need to paint the metal strap around the Thompson scabbard.
 

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This would also be excellent to go with most any Cpt. America figure.

I imagine most 1:18 figures are actually gonna look a little ( or a lot) large on it.

I find females work the best on the more vintage-based Harleys.

As for you, Paul, you've abandoned me to these Sandbox fanatics, i hope all your customs break. ;):p
 

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anybody see these harleys at hobby lobbys recently? Last I saw one was like 2 months ago, kinda regreting not buying them :rolleyes:
 

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1:18 is still proving too small for Joescale figures, and after dealing with 1:16 scale Bruder stuff, I'm still convinced that Joescale is NOT true 1:18, more like 1:17.
 

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I think he was selling them on sshq, but I'm not a member there and almost never browse there
 

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anybody see these harleys at hobby lobbys recently? Last I saw one was like 2 months ago, kinda regreting not buying them :rolleyes:

I picked up a '53 a number of weeks back, but i didn't see another '42 WLA. Walmart should have 1:18 motorbikes in red boxes in the toy car aisle, but the ratio of "manly" bikes compared to crotch rockets and enduros is pretty low.

You're really gonna want to confine riders to female figures.
 
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HEY! I love sport bikes amd dirtbikes :) I have a walmart right down the street(I don't know why but I pretty much never go there) and I probably already have all the 1/18 bikes they got but its worth a shot
 

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Enduros have their uses with Joes, crotch rockets not so much.

I need to check the PX, they usually have them. I really need Maisto's VX1000 for that Heartwrencher torso.
 

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all the targets and TRUs in the area have dropped the maisto bike altogether. i wonder why? its a good thing i have like 7 of the WLAs before they started disappearing.
 

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I'd like another one, and then a Marauder Thompson to hack up so the holster isn't empty.

I like the idea of the Maisto line. They're dirt cheap when you're not buying them at Hobby Lobby.
 

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i like them too but like i said they are gone and now all thats left are the crotch rockets at walmart, and they are in different packaging.
 

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Yeah, i gave up on TrU and choppers. The search continues!
 

K-Tiger

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I refuse to use PayPal, so eBay is a no-go anymore.
 

K-Tiger

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No, just don't trust it, plus it was a money-grab by eBay. Fuck that.


Plus eBay is full of morons anymore. I don't need the headaches.