Ramen Toys

nacho

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These guys are starting to produce enough stuff that they at least deserve a catch-all thread. While it appears to be a skeleton crew operation, they seem very transparent (lots of video updates), very honest about challenges, changes, pricing, and product decisions, and mostly they seem like fans of many of the same 80's properties we all love here.

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At the moment, they're working on a black '68 Hell-Charger for your Ghostrider needs, and it looks better than the failed Marvel Haslab, and at a cheaper price. There is also a variant of this product that is an orange '69 Charger with "special decal set" for all your 1:12 Duke of Hazzard needs. Both have lights and engine noise effects, and can fit up to 4 "normal sized" ML, Classified, Valaverse, Multiverse figures. These cars are supposed to ship in the Jan/Feb timeframe. Fingers crossed.

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They've shown renders and prototypes of what the guy calls a 1:12 Bread Car... which is a GMC van. They are going to offer a base black or white unit plus an "alpha" vehicle with lots of extras that happens to very much resemble the A-Team van. Basic seats two, Alpha seats four. Preorders aren't up yet, but he says earlybird pricing will be $99/$125 for the two versions and regular price will be $140/$175, IIRC. Both of those are before shipping, which is non-trivial (it's $50 on the chargers). Still, getting a 1:12 A-Team van for $175 shipped with an earlybird PO seems like a steal.

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He's also working on some MASK toys in a smaller scale, maybe original MASK scale? Not sure if he's remaking something or making toys that never got released. I'm unclear on all this as I never collected MASK, but those who did sure seem excited for what he's putting out.

And Ramen also announced they would be at one of the Joe conventions... "fest" if I'm not mistaken. He said they are doing some actual licensing with big companies like Hasbro (he let it slip) and implied that renders we've seen of a 1:12 Bridge Layer were likely to get produced :eek: So I guess Hasbro is letting them do stuff they can't do at retail and can't imagine themselves doing as a Haslab? Either way, I'll take it.

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On top of all that, they've got a modified canopy for the McFarlane Batmobile, some Centurians and Siverhawks projects, Top Gun pilots, Bravestarr figures, and a host of other things. These guys seem all over the place, but as long as they can deliver, I'll try to support them.

They do seem small, and I suspect there will be some non-trivial delays when they get into the heart of shipping the Chargers en-mass, as those logistics are often time consuming. He said they are trying to hire more help and if they can get the right sculptors, they might consider making figures of the Duke Boys and A-Team to go with the vehicles. That feels like a long way off pipe-dream, but if half of the irons they've got in the fire pan out, they'll be making a splash this year. I'm definitely rooting for them!
 

nacho

"Big Guns"
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Tiger Orange in the house...

Haven't had the time to focus on getting the decals on it yet. All the swappable parts... bumpers, gas cap, push bar, center hubs, etc attach via press-fit or magnets which is interesting. Overall it's big, heavy, and pretty sturdy. The only things that look fragile are the door handles and side mirrors.

The finish is a very matte/flat plastic (not painted), but the orange is extremely saturated, almost day-glow more than hugger/hemi orange. Not sure if I care enough to repaint, probably not. The more I look at it, the more I'm like, "close enough."

Worked on my 6" Duke boys over the weekend... they're gonna be sweet when I get the nerve to paint eyeballs. The bodies are going to be spot on, and the head sculpts I found are pretty solid likenesses.

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nacho

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Tiger Orange 2.0 is up for PO, along with the Duke trio.... or as a package deal.


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The GL upgrades are nice, but not enough for me to want to buy the vehicle again. But the figures... they look pretty good. And while I like my Classified Bo and Luke, there was no chance I was attempting a Daisy, so I'm glad Ramen is taking a swing at these.

The livestream hinted that there might be a police car in the works... which would be sweet. Ramen could repaint a Dodge Monaco / Plymouth Fury into about a thousand variants from Dukes to Smokey and the Bandit to the Blue Brothers to the A-Team. Pretty much every action show in the 70s and early 80s had some mopar sedan cop cars. It's not confirmed, but I'm optimistic.
 
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Dang, those are tempting, particularly the Duke Boys for about the price of 3 CS figs. Give them a couple CS compound bows and they are good to go. Maybe a stubby revolver for Daisy.

I need to stop before I talk myself into this. At least the price of the car is helping to back me off a little. I have other vehicles to pay for! 😉
 

nacho

"Big Guns"
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Even with non-trivial shipping, the figs cost somewhere between Classified/Valaverse and BigBadWorkshop/FreshMonkey. Ramen's Top Gun pilots were $80/ea, so $80 + shipping (no tax) for all three feels like a huge win.

The car is large, but it's pretty. However, the figures are sold separately, so a body doesn't *have* to buy the car if space is a problem.

Eddie pointed out that the livestream mentioned that there is a limit to the number of POs they're taking... presumably because of limited time reserved at the factory. So if you're going to talk yourself into getting them, it might pay to not wait until the end of the PO window... as they might cap out sooner. Or that could be just a sales tactic... but who wants to find out?