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Ideas for 2007 new releases

Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:05 am
by DAK
WW2 Hungarian Infantry and heavy weapons

Late war SS infantry with MP44 assault rifles

U.S. Paratroops

Romainian Infantry and Heavy Weapons in Dutch helemts

Italain Semovente 105 SPG.

Fiat G50 fighter

Redo earlier German and Soviet infantry pack.

2007 New Models

Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:12 pm
by ACWBill
I like your suggestions but doubt they will come to fruition.

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:23 am
by Theodore
Modern and possibly older emergency units.

Police, swat, firefighter, bomb squads western civilians, and vehicles for such for urban combat and insurgency.
It would also work well for table top exercises for homeland security and emergency execises. I am considering putting together forces for tabletops, but I'm considering matchbox car scale because they have those types of vehicles.

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:59 am
by Mk 1
Theodore told us:
Police, swat, firefighter, bomb squads western civilians, and vehicles for such for urban combat and insurgency. ...

I'm considering matchbox car scale because they have those types of vehicles.
Don't give up on micro scale!

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Much is possible in the way of civilian kit. It just takes a bit more work and creativity sometimes. That's all.

Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 1:53 am
by Luca
Why not doing the M50 Ontos, great vehicle.

Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:38 am
by fullmetaljacket
different world war one naval countries like italy and usa.

fullmetaljacket

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 12:17 am
by shawno
I think they should do up armoured versions of the vehicles they already have, like adding armoured cabs onto the FMTV's and HEMTTs...honestly I never think enough attention is payed to logistical vehicles...

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 3:06 pm
by John1911
How about some more variety in the French WW2 range?
Laffly trucks (logistic, limbers & troop carriers), AMC and AMR light tanks and horse drawn limbers for pneumatic wheeled guns.

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:39 am
by GHQ
The list is still not set in stone, but is very close. We will give a little insight with regards to the comments already posted. US WWI Micronauts will be added, the French WWII Micro Armour is going to be expanded, the Ontos should make the final cut, the German WWII infantry will be expanded, and Romanians will be added.

Making our new release schedule is a complicated art/science. We receive about 20 suggestions a day, so obviously we can't make everything. We have our own ideas about gaps to fill and lines to add, and we obviously listen to our customers because you are the ones who buy the models. It's a tough process. Some people suggest the same things every year, but unfortunately not many others agree that those items should be at the top of the new release list. Taking a list of thousands of suggestions and turning it into a list of about 50 new releases, and keeping as many people happy as possible is a difficult tightrope walk. It takes several months, and many meetings that constantly trim the list down bit by bit. Sometimes the things that we really think would be good are not highly requested. For example, last year we released the Russian WWI Micronauts. Not many people had reqested those, but we thought that they would be popular. Since they have been out people have been buying them like crazy. In addition, the release of those has sparked a lot of interest in the other WWI ships, so we are following with the first US WWI ships on this schedule.

Please know that we realize that everyone isn't always going to be thrilled with all of the items that we release. We have been doing this for 40 years, and we feel that we have a pretty good idea of how to keep the majority of people happy with our scheduled releases. Remember, we want to come as close as we possibly can to keeping eveyone happy.

Keep the suggestions coming, we always like to hear what you have to say.

Thank you for your support,
GHQ

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:19 am
by DAK
YEEEEEEEEES!!!!! ROMANIANS!!!!!!! PLEASE LET IT BE THE INFANTRY AND HEAVY WEAPONS SETS!!!!!!!! THAT WILL MAKE MY YEAR!!!!!!! THANKS GHQ YOU RULE!!!!!

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:45 am
by Mk 1
DAK declared:
YEEEEEEEEES!!!!! ROMANIANS!!!!!!! PLEASE LET IT BE THE INFANTRY AND HEAVY WEAPONS SETS!!!!!!!! THAT WILL MAKE MY YEAR!!!!!!! THANKS GHQ YOU RULE!!!!!
BUT But but but but ...

But I already BOUGHT my Romanians!

Italians to be the infantry (except for the LMGs and light mortars, for which I bought French).
Italian AT guns (47mm Bohlers).
French prime movers (UE's and Laffly light trucks)
French Artillery (75mm Mle 36's).
French Trucks (Renaults)
German Tanks (35t's)

I just haven't painted 'em up yet is all. Honest. I already got my Renaults and Lafflies painted up. I was gonna get to rest of 'em. Really I was. I even bought more paint last weekend . . . :oops:

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:24 am
by thenorthman
Modern items! :D

German Infanrty, CHinese Infantry...

South African Items...Modern... :D

Sean

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:30 pm
by Donald M. Scheef
I'm glad to hear that US WW I Micronauts will be appearing in the upcoming model year. Although I'm still working primarily on WW II ships, I do intend to increase my collection of earlier-era ships. I hope that you will have a few WW II ships in the collection, and consider going back further to the Russo-Japanese War and Spanish-American War.

It's worth while for all of us customer types to remember that GHQ both listens to us and has its own objectives. Even if none of the ships on my "most-wanted" list appear, I will continue to buy from GHQ because I think they have the best quality models. I will also continue to send in requests for my favorites.

Don Scheef

My suggestions

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:23 pm
by IRISH
GHQ,

I am glad to hear the US will now have a presence in the WW1 Micronaut's line.
Now I can hopefully kit bash my Utah for Pearl Harbor.
I agree with Don that hopefully you will also include the earlier ships ranging from the Sino-Russian and Spanish-American that survied to the 1914-1918 era.

My suggestions for others are:

WW1 Austro-Hungarian, Italian and French ships.

WW2 Merchants, Auxilaries for all navies
Submarines: Earlier U.S., Dutch, Japanese I-400, ROs, Italian
Carriers: U.S.: Langley, Midway, Saipan, CVEs, British: Indomitable, CVLs,
CVEs, Japan: CVLs, CVEs, Unryu, Shinano
Cruisers: U.S.: Fargo, Salem, Worchester, British: E-Class, Counties, C class
Japan: Oyodo, Kuma, French CLs
DDs: Japan: Shimikaze, British: W & Vs, A-I Leaders, Later than Js, French

There is a detailed list under one of Don's wish list

Keep em coming, Nobody does it better!

Thank you,
William ( IRISH ) Compton