Japanese infantryman

[arj]

Here's a link to Amazon.jp showing a 1/35 Platz figure set--with Ron Volstad box art no less: https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/PLATZ-DR6044-Japanese-Soldier-Plastic/dp/B015J7PFLM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3R9LTTI54MKXR&keywords=1/35 wwii japanese army figures&qid=1692292046&sprefix=1/35 wwii japanese army figures,aps,121&sr=8-1

CC

Platz is a strange name for this set.
It's actually a Dragon set No. 6044.
Have Dragon sold this set to Platz?

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Warren SMITH]

Dragon did bring out a twin set of US marines and Japanese with a resin figure of Nicolas CAGE, maybe that, is the set mentioned above, but sold as a single pack.

Smithy

 

[arj]

Dragon set No. 6044:-

My question about Platz remains.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Nap]

On the Amazon link there's also this showing in " recommended "



Nap

 

[arj]

Dragon did bring out a twin set of US marines and Japanese with a resin figure of Nicolas CAGE, maybe that, is the set mentioned above, but sold as a single pack.

Smithy

Unfortunately, I have not been able to locate these Dragon sets (of course, I could very easily be wrong).
What I did locate was this set:-
http://www.dragon-models.com/d-m-item.asp?pid=DRA6555

On the other hand, Masterbox have a couple of sets, one of which fits your description:-
https://www.mbltd.info/figures/1-35-scale/world-war-ii-era/3544.html
https://www.mbltd.info/figures/1-35-scale/world-war-ii-era/3542.html

Cheers,
Andrew

P.S. I went back to the Dragon site and put in a search for 'Windtalkers', and this came up:-
http://www.dragon-models.com/d-m-item.asp?pid=DRA6167
It's dated 2003 and does not have any details of contents, so perhaps it's no longer on their inventory. That might explain my failure to find it in my original search.

 

[arj]

Just remembered ... Fine Molds brought out a series of 1/12? scale caricature figures from WW2.
One of them was a Japanese soldier:-

I have this one partially constructed and waiting to be added to my other four, which can be found in Galleries at:-
https://www.planetfigure.com/useralbums/arjs-fine-mold-figures.694/view

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[C Child]

Hi All,

Here's PLATZ's "About PLATZ" home page: http://www.platz-hobby.com/index.php?main_page=shippinginfo&language=en

Says they're a distributor for Dragon Action Figures, among many others. No doubt they re-boxed (and maybe re-popped) the Dragon IJA set and perhaps others.

Too busy right now to dig any deeper into their inventory, but they sure make and/or distribute a lot of different stuff.

CC

 

[C Child]

My bad: Just remembered that Dragon Action Figures are not the 1/35 sets, they're the large-scale GI-Joe-type figures. But PLATZ is definitely a distributor of Dragon's AFV kits. CC

 

[Warren SMITH]

Hi, yes the windtalkers set is the one I was talking about..

 

[Nap]

Hi guys

Have a look at this ......https://www.themodellingnews.com/2023/08/preview-update-more-details-on-border.html

IJN Fight deck ...

Here's the figures 1/35th

Nap

 

[Woods457]

There's this one but very difficult to find these days...





I was very fortunate to pick up both figures a few years back..

 

[Warren SMITH]

Just came across these on Ebay from a seller in the UK, Bahard_12, he also has some nice U boat crew for sale as well.. 1/16 scale.. 50 quid.. for the set... He states they are 3D printed..
Has anyone heard of him..

Smithy