herrmill

Yep, Chinese innovation at work in its truest form.

DirtyBird69

Figures...somebody FINALLY comes out with a T-72, but you can't get it in the states...ARRRGH!....come on HL/Taigen here's your chance!

mordock999

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Here's More News on the T-72 front: I got an e-mail from Bob Herne at ETO Armour and asked about the possibility of Them carrying the T-72 Magazine Series, and he pretty much echoed what Hal_Husker said earlier. The price per magazine installments and overseas postage would be VERY Expensive, therefore he probably won't be offering them to the USA.

Sorry for the Bad Tidings. 1st, 35rctank won't offering an R/C conversion kit for the FT-17 and Now THIS.

I haven't given up Hope for a 1/16 Scale T-72, but its slowly fading.

sevoblast

After speaking with the CFO of ETO, aka VCO (now that's a code that NSA will have to crack!) I have decided to not carry this tank. My chief worry is what happens if one has half or 3/4 of the kit over a period of a year and then the maker decides to stuff it? That will leave me morally bound to buy them all back. If someone is going to this much trouble for a magazine then I think one can assume that there will be more modern Sov armor coming.

borealis

We just have to wait a couple of years, and eventually the whole set will be available on Ebay (happened the same with the Hachette Tiger), and some resin manufacturer will clone it too.

DirtyBird69

That would be great....give me a BMP!

HAL_HUSKER

HobbyExpo 2014 is over now! So I met DiAgostini Russia and even now they are not sure about T72 kit release. On my question how about try sales in one of our cities Yaroslavl, they said that it is just a try and not final disigion has Ben taken... I will update you more.

borealis

It's a pity they don't have a clue about the worldwide selling potential of such a model....

DirtyBird69

No doubt, I'd buy one in a second!!!!!

mordock999

Dear DeAgostini International,

For the LOVE Poly Styrene, DeAgostini! Release the DARN T-72 Magazine/Kit Thing in the USA! We DO Have a DeAgostini USA, here. And They Do have a Kit Series. Heck, They even have a 1/8 Nitro Hummer Kit/Series in circulation! But Not one tank Kit. The ONLY Armor Series DeGostini USA has is Samurai Armor. HELLO? Samurai Armor? For USA Sales? PLEASE!

(SIGH) Sorry for Rant. Over and OUT.

Yours Truly,

Uncle Mordo

borealis

Yesterday I had news from a fellow tanker that DeAgostini is working to release this tank in Italy. He has been asked to write some articles for the magazine accompaining each part release. So there is chance we will be able to get it someday.

Elefant

Yeaaahh, great news.
Thanks borealis.

mordock999

Thanks Very Much for this information. I'll be watching future developments with GREAT Interest.

DirtyBird69

Whew....God I hope so...I want one SOOOOOO bad!

modelbob71

We sure need one to go against the Abrams.

borealis

I have news that the T-72 should be available now in Russia.
Hal, will you check it out?

EugeniRUS

Not Hal, but I can confirm. Number one is for sale accompanied by promotion on TV.

borealis

Ty Eugeni,
the Russian DeAgostini site homepage holds a couple of videos of it, indeed:

http://www.deagostini.ru/ecm/web/dea-ru/online/home

Bear in mind that the shown electronic functions (sound and dynamics) are those of the prototype: the final ones will be much better since they have been completely re-designed by the maker of the IBU2.

I think I can publish some hires pictures I took last october, when I had the chance to drive the prototype:

Fury25

Comprehensive videos of building the t72 kit - six videos all up + a couple of general ones

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh_...mNrPnyjkpzGQDQ

HAL_HUSKER

Does it mean that T-72 will have the battle unit Tamiya protovol (as IBU does)?

borealis

Hi Hal
I will ask about this detail. For sure the prototype's original board was IR compatible only against another T-72.

borealis

I have been talking with Ivano, and DeAgostini hasn't required compatibility yet, but the proposed hardware (it's not a stock IBU2, it's a custom project) can deal with it. There is not a definitive word yet. It will be a matter of software wheter or not to support it, but the final decision is in the editor's hands (DeAgostini). Maybe if customers do require compatibility with Tamiya IR code, they will just implement it.
The electronic boards have not been produced so far, so there is still time to change things software-wise.

B/Man

There sure are a lot of familiar looking internals in that tank. I wonder if Heng Long is producing the kits for DeAgostini?

borealis

Not directly, AFAIK, but they probably supply some internal components (or the same 3rd company supplying Heng Long...).

HAL_HUSKER

thanks for this... I will talk to the Editor-in-Chief here and advise... at least will try...