New MIcro Machines Military Collection

 Finally, Micro Machines military vehicles are here! Not seeing a lot of info on the web about these so I thought I would share some photos and my comments.

This is set 05 titled Protection Force.

It contains the following vehicles with pretty generic names.

122 Light Vehicle (Here it is compared to the GI Joe Vamp from Jada.)

123 Sledge Tank (Turret is one piece cast with the hull.)

124 Hovercraft

125 Chopper

126 Viper (They really phoned this one in. Worst casting of the bunch. It even has a little hole in the body for the package retention wire to go through.)

Like others have stated the detail on these new MM's are not nearly as detailed as the old, but I am still excited to add them to my collection.

1/64 Scale Cars for Car Wars and Gaslands Part 3

Here is part 3 of my favorite toy cars for use with Car Wars or Gaslands. Many of these vehicles come battle ready right out of the package while others I tacked on a weapon using the Museum Gel technique discussed in a previous post. I still have more toys like this of varying scale in my collection and plan to show case them in future postings. All photos below include a figure that is roughly 28mm tall (about 1 1/2") for reference. Where possible I will list the toy manufacture.

First off, we have two of my favorite Hot Wheels. The car on the right is the original Sting Rod from the Action Command series. This is one of the first “out of the box car with weapons and armor” that I acquired when it was first released. It will always hold a special place in my collection. The truck on the left is also from the Action Command series that I acquired a few years ago.

Next on the left we have the Sting Rod 2. This version doesn’t feel as subtle as the original Sting Rod, but since I have many copies of it I am not concerned about using it in the arena. On the right is a Hot Wheels “Armored Batman” car. This was a recent series of vehicles designed as caricatures of superheroes. It’s armored nicely and dirtied up a bit. Just waiting for me to stick a gun or two on it.

Finally, my favorite vehicle of this type. Another Hot Wheels called Turbo Turret. This is the best battle-ready vehicle in this scale! The gun in the turret is a bit large, and I have chopped it back on several models. The turret even spins! I wish Mattel would do an entire series of these. (Note: The guns were red and I painted them black.)

1/64 Scale Cars for Car Wars and Gaslands Part 2

 

Here is part 2 of my favorite toy cars for use with Car Wars or Gaslands. Many of these vehicles come battle ready right out of the package while others I tacked on a weapon using the Museum Gel technique discussed in a previous post. I still have more toys like this of varying scale in my collection and hope to show case them in future postings. All photos below include a figure that is roughly 28mm tall (about 1 1/2") for reference. Where possible I will list the toy manufacture.

 Below are 3 Hot Wheels Star Wars “Spaceship” cars. These cars were modeled after the various spaceships in the Star Wars universe and often had guns sculpted on them. On the left is the Tie Fighter car with two gun like protrusions on the front. In the middle is the Millennium Falcon car with two guns on the front a turret on the top. On the right is Darth Vadar’s Tie car.

Next on the right is another Star Wars spaceship car. I forget which fighter it represents and I stuck the gun on it with Museum Gel. I also stuck the turret on the car on the right for this photo shoot. It’s also a Hot Wheels and part of a camo line from a few years back (as is the car I feature in my original Museum Gel post).

Finally, here are two more cars I stuck guns in the front and the camo car again showing up in the back. All the cars are Hot Wheels.

My 1/64 Scale Cars for Car Wars and Gaslands

 Here are some of my favorite toy cars for use with Car Wars or Gaslands. Many of these vehicles come battle ready right out of the package while others I tacked on a weapon using the Museum Gel technique discussed in a previous post. I have more toys like this in my collection and hope to show case them in future postings. All photos include a figure that is roughly 28mm tall (about 1 1/2") for reference. Where possible I will list the toy manufacture.

GI Joe Toys?

I believe the toy on the left is a GI Joe toy from Hasbro though I can't find any info on it. The toy on the right is a cheap knock off of another GI Joe toy (I have the nicer version in my collection somewhere). These vehicles have too many weapons and the weapons are way too large for my taste, but I am including them here for completeness.

Technical Truck

Next up is a Majorette brand technical truck. This truck can also be used for modern skirmish wargames.

Dual Guns on the Top

On the left is a Maisto brand Leadslinger and on the right is the Green Hornets car, possibly from a Happy Meal? The Leadslinger has obvious armor and while the guns are a little over the top it's still an awesome vehicle. I wish more toy companies would turn out this sort of thing. (I painted the guns as they were the same chrome as the engine.)

Invader

Here's a Hot Wheels car with an oversized gun. I cut the back of the gun off on the toy on the right.

Two More Hot Wheels

The Hot Wheels on the right is a Fast Attack Vehicle that has several different variants (I will post some others when I dig them out). The  El Camino on the left doesn't have any guns on it (yet) but I've seen some pretty good conversions on the web and feel it fits the theme.

That's all for now. Watch for my next post on this, coming soon!

The Wood Chuck

 Occasionally I find a toy car that inspires me to try my hand at painting and customizing. Below is one such car.

Here it is in it's original packaging. It is called Erikenstien Rod.

Here it is in its current state. Called the "Wood Chuck Truck" because it's Chuck's truck protected with old barn wood. I still want to do more to protect the wheels on the back, but haven't figured out what to do yet.

One Page Spaceship Wargame Rules

I created a one page set of spaceship rules and posted them on Pz8's forum. You can find them in PDF form here.

One Page Spaceship Rules