.Glencoe Models has acquired some of the most desirable model molds from the golden age of model building. Their kits have won awards from national hobby contests to the covetted Kit of the Year award at the Nurnberg Toy Fair. They have been featured on The Learning Channel and the SCI-FI Channel
FIGURES
Glencoe, Marx US. Marines.. Box of .20 assorted Figures, in 12 action poses,1/32 scale many not seen in years. Molded in high density polyethylene Price $9.99 ea.
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Glencoe Japanese Infantry. Box of 20 assorted figures, in 11 action poses 1/32 scale great detail. From Marx molds terrific detail Price $9.99 ea.
WWII Russian Infantry. Box of 18 assorted figures in 6 action poses. From Marx molds, super detail. Price $9.99 ea.
Military Models.
Great Modern Soviet armor models in hard to find 1/32 scale .They fit perfect with your armymen, outstanding for dioramas from the 1950s to Desert Storm..
At 2300 hrs. on February 1968, Capt Frank Willoughby, commander of the Special Forces camp at Lang Vei, heard the call he had been fearing that evening,"We got tanks in the wire!" For the first time during the Vietnam conflict, the NVA were deploying tanks against U.S.troops. Entering service in 1952 and used in over thirty countries from Vietnam to the Middle-east. Price $11.99
.Developed by the Soviet Army in 1954, the BTR-50 was designed to carry troops and equipment and keep up with tanks. Used in combat by the Egyptians,Israelis, Iraq, India,and Vietnam. Produced in several forms by Czechoslovakia and China Price $11.99
The Frog 3 is a spin-stabilized, tandem-two stage rocket. while usually used with a HE warhead it is capable of carrying a nuclear weapon. It's range was about 30 miles, athough obsolete by today's standards they are still found in Warsaw Pact inventories. Some were even seen in Desert Storm. Price $14.99 out of stock
Please note the following are unassembled plastic kits
Space & Sci-Fi
1940s Spacemen, Spacewomen & Robots.
WOW! Do you remember these? Glencoe brings back to Earth some of the First space figures ever produced. 12 in all with helmets included .These are 90mm .. " You might not beleve it now, but one day they will put a man on the moon"
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There are ten different figures and some figures have detachable helmets. the helmets were made to fit the 5 male figures but will also fit two of the spacewomen. There are two types of helmets some have a thick section on the side and some in front. They fit very snuggly and are easy to crack if forced on. You can trim the earphones on the figures or the thick sections of the helmets for a good fit. As these are made from the original 1940s Archer molds this problem remains. Some surface cracks SEE PHOTO below for figures that the helmets fit. This set includes 3 spacewoman, one holding a baby,quite a statement for post WWII. The first space Babyboomer.
Extra helmets are included in the set of 12 figures. They come bagged in a handy take along box. metallic colors ,12 assorted figures in ten poses
The year is 1997. Space travel has become routine. There is a regular excursion to Mars on the S.S. (Space Ship) Mars Liner class rocket. This is not an angular and rectangular design but a sleek and graceful craft that is all first class. This is the way we predicted space travel in the 1950's unassembled plastic kit 1/144 scale Price $9.99 ea sold out
Designed by Wernher von Braun, the circular space station was our first conception for living and working in space over lengthy periods of time. The rotating motion would provide an artificial gravity for the occupants. unassembled plastic kit 1/300 scale
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Price $19.99 set of 12
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At 10:48 pm January 31, 1958, the US Army successfully launched Americas first earth satellite, Explorer 1, from a modified redstone missile called the Jupiter C. The Jupiter C was the successful result of efforts of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency of Huntsville Alabama. This Historic kit is 1/48 scale. Comes with Launch platform, 2 scale figures and master decals. This easily assembled kit stands over 20 inches tall when completed.
Price $9.99 ea. sold out
Explorer 1, The First successful US earth satellite roared skyward onboard the Jupiter C Rocket January 31, 1958. It carried high and low powered transmitters. Its looping orbit allowed some of these instruments to first measure the bands of intense radiation surrounding the Earth known as the Van Allen Radiation Belts. Explorer 1 remained in orbit for over 12 years after making 58,408 circuits of the Earth. This 1/6 scale kit includes rotating base and scale master decals.
Price $9.99 ea.
Relive the dawn of the space age all over again with these 2 fine kits from Glencoe Models
Three Stage Ferry Rocket . Limited Edition
This Heavy Booster Rocket was Designed by Wernher von Braun in the 1950s Another example of how future designs were though of at that time. unassembled plastic kit 1/288 scale
Price $9.99 ea Sold out
With enough power to Destroy a planet. The Robot GORT is ready to battle your Armymen. 5" tall and made of steel, Comes in it's own display box. From the SCI-FI Epic (The Day The Earth Stood Still) 1951
