…or did they legalize pot in China?
Think I’ll pass on this Flyhawk release!
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Mobile kitchen tank
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What’s odd is that Google has no info on this “Iron Ears” as a manga or anime. Nada… Did they just make this up?
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That will probably be VERY popular in North Korea
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If it is, it will be banned by Lil’ Kim (or, Rocket Man). Only he is allowed to be popular!
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That’s… odd. Might mean we see a new 1/72 FT-17 come from it though.
A few years back I stumbled on the Asuka Firefly rebox in the cartoon colours. On a shelf in a toyshop amongst a load of Pokémon stuff. Don’t recall it coming with the silly girly figures though. It actually worked out cheaper than an original boxing and I have proper decals, so no way was I going to leave it.
I have thought from time to time to stick it on eBay. I have a theory that fans of whatever cartoon it’s from, will pay more than the original Asuka boxing is worth. I might have a look and see what the going price is though before I make a gamble.
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It looks a bit like what Sweet did years ago with their 1/144 aircraft. Cartoon style boxes and instructions but proper little kits inside although some did come in ‘grown up’ boxes and a couple did come with Cat deck crew.
Example of their cartoon style
And grown up style
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“That’s… odd. Might mean we see a new 1/72 FT-17 come from it though.”
Flyhawk already have several 1/72 FT-17 versions. Maybe some “Beutepanzer” from WWll.
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Good to know. To be honest I see very little Flyhawk over here, so I’m not a 100% sure of their line. Besides from the occasional ship, rarely see them in the wild.
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I’m sure I’m not overstating that Flyhawk is currently the best 1/700 ship models, and among the top 3, or 4 producers of 1/72 armour. I hope my examples do them justice:
FT-17
Abrams M1 A1
HMS Penelope
KMS Bismarck
HMS Naiad
USS Ward
WWl German destroyer G37
I always buy my kits from Chinese ebay vendors. They have the lowest prices and shipping.
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I have no idea what this Iron Ear Series is. Maybe we’ll never know. There are many Japanese culture fads we will never comprehend.
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Just came across this on Artstation website
More here :
https://www.artstation.com/tomorrowlp
Rather close match if you ask me…
H.P.
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Those are fantastic, thanks for sharing.
I’ve only ever bought one of theirs, a late war Royal Navy light cruiser. I forget which at the moment, but yes it is a very nicely detailed model. I must get around to building it now that life has calmed down a little now.
Will have to keep my eyes open for more of theirs. I do want to get the Dauntless.
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Thanks. It helps to build a good model when you start off with a good model. I might mention that these are out of the box builds because I buy the Deluxe versions of the kits (comes with complete PE, and replacement turned barrels, although the plastic ones are excellent).
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This sort of thing comes up every now and then, it just might lure younger people into the hobby, you never know. I know these have been posted before by me on another thread but it shows to me it’s not isolated to one specific group. Japanese Command might even be Furrys!!!
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It’s definitely colourful 
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Interesting idea, it’s like those anime kits with the tanks and the female anime figures. I wish Flyhawk good luck with this; whether it works or not.
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Flyhawk tried the “cute toy” ('toon) style models with a ship kit a couple of years ago - or maybe last year! Didn’t seem to go very far. 
I guess they call that a “learning experience”. 
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