Argh damnit. This discussion brought to mind the movie making fun of how the Bradley was developed. I even want to say it had someone like Carey Elwes in it or something.

It did have him in it! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144550/ Did anyone else ever see this? lol

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Kelsey Grammer, too. I saw it once years ago and thought the "Bradley" was a made up vehicle for the film. Imagine my surprise when I saw 21C and BBI versions of this thing on shelves and that it was indeed a real military vehicle after all.

All you wanted to know about the M113A2 APC Bradley. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_Bradley

Its the same tank that Target has from F.O.V. I believe. The Target near me also had the M1 Abrams as well.

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FoxholeToys has the F.O.V. Bradley on sale for 44 bucks
how much is target selling it for ?

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Around $25 or a little less.

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How is the Bradley? I passed up a desert camo one on clearance last month.

Really ? so these websites are jacking up the price ?
how much should I normally look to spend on FOV vehicles ?

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You sure about that? I could swear I saw the 1/32 Stryker at Target recently.

FOV is kinda new to the 1:18th scale vehicles. Last yr I believe was thier first time out. The Abrams was $30. If you have any Targets around you might want to check those out BEFORE ordering online. Yes a LOT of places online double the price that you buy. They also had a WW2 anti aircraft tank vehicle as well. Don't remember that price cause wasn't interested in it. Also if you have any hobby stores (not hobby lobby or micheals type, but more train, model airplane hobby like stores) you might want to check those out for the BBI and other type of vehicles. I know the train store here in the Denver metro area had the 1:18th planes and helicopters at one time. Though don't remember seeing any 1:18th 21st stuff at Wal mart lately. Though wish they would have got those Hueys' in that were with the Platoon figs.

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I found this:
http://www.3000toys.com/catalog/item_de ... VALOR85007

How much bigger is 1:16 and 1:18? If that Stryker is anywhere close to this tank, looks like I'll have to pass.

I THINK that the price on that is cause its DIE-CAST. The figures are detachable not poseable. So the Stryker would be WAY less.

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1:16 isn't much bigger at least from what I've seen while looking at die cast cars
1:16 seems to be more detailed a lot more detailed
I found something on Wikipedia that said that GI Joe figures are 1/18 scale but are compatible with 1/16 scale vehicles

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1:16 is just a little bit bigger than Joe scale. Some times you can make Joes work with them without it looking bad the same way you can make things that are smaller work with Joes. I've mostly seen civilian trucks and stuff at 1:16 and toywise they are all very big vehicles. Good if you want dump trucks or construction vehicles, bad if you want a Jeep Wrangler that looks like a Marvel Legends figure should be driving it.

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Sadly, this story is very, very true (a bit exagerated though) and reflects how Army (and sister services) acquistion used to work. A lot has been fixed since, and many of our laws and rules stem from that (Live Fire Testing being the biggest one).

But the Bradely, despite what it was supposed to be, turned out OK, mainly thanks to fine Americans taking what they have got and adapting doctrine and tactics to fit the tools at hand.

It mounts a 25mm Bushmaster chaingun, good for targets out to 2500-3000 meters
A coax 7.62mm Machine gun for 1000-1200 meters
A pair of TOW II for targets in the 3750 meter range (max effective, not max) with another 7 rounds in the hull.

A very able legacy vehicle, that despite some quirks has served well over the years

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Don't feel bad, 21st didn't re release the Huey with the Platoon line.