Magic Factory announced their new set.
This is partial text from the full article (usually with photos) at https://armorama.com/news/loading-up-bradley
This is partial text from the full article (usually with photos) at https://armorama.com/news/loading-up-bradley
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This looks like a great set. It includes a partial interior too. It needs the circular wall surrounding the turret though, or it will still be a very empty hull.
I hope Magic Factory releases a full interior in the future. More options are always better.
The figures will be prefect with a Meng Brad interior though. Also, the partial interior could be used to update an older Tamiya/Academy interior too. Lots of options.
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The figures look far to presentday for an M2 Bradley.
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They are. My guess is that Magic Factory is gearing them to their more modern M2A3/4 or M2A2 ODS SA as used in Ukraine and used “M2 Bradley” generically.
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M2 “Family". How’s that? 
While at first glance this seems like a great set, there’s little included that hasn’t been done. The partial interior is nice, but why settle for partial? If you’re going to do a thing, do it all the way. Money better spent just getting the Meng M2A3 with interior, or the Meng M3A3 Interior set, of which I already have more than I’ll ever use. Plus the added benefit of a better kit. I’ve shown many examples of the Magic Factory failings in other threads.
No need to 
As for the figures, meh. There’s no other way to say it - they look off.
Aside from that - the poses are easily replicated using better figures. I think Magic Factory could have had a real winner had they included hot boxes and their covers, and perhaps the ammo cans and boxed links. A solid four.
I’ll stick to scratch building for now.
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A final note on the Magic Factory interior:
One of the things Meng got wrong on their interior was the tread plate pattern on their rubber mats - they used an alternating three bar pattern, which is more closely associated with British treadplate.
It should be single bar, like this:
Magic Factory got the pattern correct, but it too is way off - almost half the number of bars. And no, I’m a bar counter - it’s just way to obvious when you look at the part. Let’s do better.
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I have to admit that the figures do look a bit strange…too skinny for one thing and their clothes are too straight, especially the shirt bottom. The helmet should hang over the ears and I don’t see that very well.
Any new figures are indeed welcome, but with figures, one would expect more from the set because there is competition out there regarding figures.
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