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Initial D World | Posted: Dec 4 2013, 05:19 AM |
IDW Facebook Fanpage Group: Staff Posts: 383 Member No.: 37,931 Joined: Sep 27th 2011 Location: Initial D World | AUTOart, a very well-known name in the die-cast models community, is bringing the extremely popular PROJECT.D AE86 to outside of Japan. Yes, that means us overseas Initial D fans can finally get our hands on this beautiful work of art. For many years, the AUTOart 1:18 Scale Toyota AE86 was made only available in Japan and few selected South East Asian countries. Those of us who are stateside weren't so lucky and had to pay big bucks to get them from auction sites like eBay and Yahoo! Auction. No more of that nonsense! AUTOart is bringing the tuned-up version of the AE86 to North America this coming January. For a price of $170 USD, it is such a bargain when you consider the details they put into this model. If you have a nice digital camera, you can literally take hi-res photos and fool your friends into thinking you own a real AE86 from Initial D. Without further ado, check out the pre-order link below if you are interested in getting one. They also have the largest selection of 1:18 die-cast models, be sure to check out their showroom: http://autoartmodels.com/product.web.Showroom.do | Pre-Order Link | » TOYOTA SPRINTER TRUENO (AE86) INITIAL D | http://autoartmodels.com/web/product/en/2151 Available by January 2014. Pre-order now for $170 USD (Shipping not included: $15) | Editor's Note | Please refer to this page to see if your country is on their list. http://www.autoartmodels.com/web/en/aboutUs Thank you! Image size reduced, original size: unknown. Click here to view the image in its original dimension. |
Nomake Wan | Posted: Dec 4 2013, 09:25 AM |
ShiMACHaze Group: Advanced Members Posts: 19,542 Member No.: 5,394 Joined: Feb 5th 2005 Location: Drydock | I love how good it looks but I hate that it's not 1:12. |
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Shirogane | Posted: Dec 4 2013, 09:30 AM | ||
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I'unno, a 1:18 model could take up so much space as it is. 1:12? Goodbye desk (or anything, really) space. | ||
Perry | Posted: Dec 4 2013, 12:26 PM |
Like an eagle! Group: SITE OWNER Posts: 8,014 Member No.: 1 Joined: Sep 15th 2002 Location: San Leandro, California | 1:18 is pretty big already. @.@ For Trueno, that's 23.3 cm (9.2 inches) If we go 1:12, then it's going to be 35 cm (13.8 inches) That's gigantic!!! |
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Nomake Wan | Posted: Dec 4 2013, 12:34 PM |
ShiMACHaze Group: Advanced Members Posts: 19,542 Member No.: 5,394 Joined: Feb 5th 2005 Location: Drydock | 1:12 is the same scale as figmas. Thus, a 1:12 Trueno would be driveable by my massive collection of Anime figures. |
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kyonpalm | Posted: Dec 4 2013, 12:38 PM | ||
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For $170, it better be gigantic. | ||
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Spaz | Posted: Dec 5 2013, 09:15 AM | ||
Just a guy towing a car across the country to chase a dream. Group: FORUM MODERATOR Posts: 9,272 Member No.: 30,193 Joined: Jul 25th 2008 Location: Plymouth, MN |
TWSS | ||
kyonpalm | Posted: Dec 5 2013, 10:00 AM | ||
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I was going to say something like that instead when I responded to Perry, but I figured it'd be best to take the innuendo and run with it. | ||
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Shirogane | Posted: Dec 5 2013, 08:13 PM | ||
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You could always make it 1/4. | ||
Avegaille | Posted: Dec 7 2013, 01:04 AM |
IDW Full Member Group: Members Posts: 49 Member No.: 30,605 Joined: Sep 11th 2008 Location: Manila, Philippines | I would love to own one of these things if it wasn't for local customs here. =x |