Reddit mentions: The best action figure vehicles

Okay FIRST! You should know, you can play any faction in Armada, Empire VS. Empire, Rebels VS. Rebels, Rebels VS. Empire.

Also the Thrawn expansion won't be available for another couple of months. Probably end of November - end of December.

If you want something to counter Thrawn's ISD Chimaera that really depends. This is a point game, you can have five Corvettes or one STar Cruiser, it's up to you. Do you mean a ship of a similar size? Then there's the Home One Cruiser and Liberty Cruiser, but there's also the Profundity Cruiser coming out with Thrawn. I feel you should also know the Chimaera will come with inferior cards, the regular ISD comes with the normal ISD-I and ISD-II cards. You won't have a fun time playing without the ISD-II card. I suggest finding a way of getting one.

Someone asked this a couple days ago. I'm just going to copy my answer over, you might find it useful.

Is this on a budget? Or just wondering what to get first? I'll link everything I name to Amazon, just so you can see what they look like and to see the rough pricing. You might have to change the url to your respective country's though.

It might look like a wall of text but I'm very brief on each ship here. The bottom will give you the best explanation. Please feel free to ask any questions about the various ships. I own at least one of each ship I name and have used them all at least once.

You could first invest in Squadrons. Rebel Fighter Squadrons Expansion Pack I, and Imperial Fighter Squadrons Expansion Pack I. Then there's also the Rogues and Villains Expansion Pack which includes ships for both factions. Such as the Millienium Falcon and Slave I.

For ships, it all depends on what you want your fleet to work as. Want large capital ships? Go for an Imperial-Class Star Destroyer, and a Calamari Cruiser, to which there are two options. The Home One Cruiser and the Liberty version. Easiest way of differentiating the two? Home One is slower and fires from it's flanks, Liberty is faster and spews out its attacks from it's front hull. All three are of course super fun to play, though they take a little more skill to manuever effectively. I rarely use fleets that lack my Star Destroyer Basilisk or my Home One Cruiser Allusis. My two favourite ships to use.

Want something smaller? Try an Assault Frigate or two. Great ships. They can lead fleets well as Flagships or support larger capital ships. Another invaluable Rebel ship is Mc30c Frigate. Fast, and deadly at close range. I rarely play Rebels, but when I do I always use this ship, along with the Assault Frigate or the Home One.

For the Empire you have lots of options. You can add a second Victory-Class Star Destroyer to your fleet, along with the core set Victory. They work pretty well, are easy enough to move around, and look cool. Want something up close and personal? The Gladiator-Class Star Destroyer is one of the most popular medium sized Imperial ship. Manueverable, deadly at close range, and very effective title cards.

Now lets talk Corvettes and Cruisers. Out of everything here I'm going to 100% suggest you buy at least one Arquitens Light Cruiser. Comes with great cards, works well as a Squadron carrier, picket ship, you name it. One fun and easy fleet I play is two or three Arquitens with a Gladiator, or two Arquitens and two Gladiators. They all fire from their flanks, so you line them up in a conga line like a convoy and fire salvos into your enemy. For something smaller the Raider-Class Corvette moves around the board fast, can move squadrons around, but is kind of hard to use unless you have experience with it. Still a very cool ship to own, I like using at least one when I run larger Capital ship fleets. Allows me to manuever my ISDs into space while also having something really fast to close gaps and push fighters around.

For the rebels there's options, depending on which flank you want to fire from. Front? Get another Nebulon-B. It comes with the Salvation and Yavaris title cards, which perfect the Nebulon-B. Corellian Corvettes are also good options. Side arcs? The MC30c Frigate.

Lastly lets quickly talk more speciality ships. I don't have any experience with Rebel Squadron dedicated carriers, but I do with the Imperial Quasar Fire-Class Cruiser Carrier. This thing exists solely to push Squadrons around the board. Know how to use it and you can wreck enemy fleets, make a bad move with it and it'll get torn to shreds ruining your strategy.

There exist two ships called Flottilas, they are very cheap and also exist solely as Squadron movers. They are the Gozanti Cruisers and Rebel Transports respectively.

That's the bulk of most of the ships. There are a couple others like the Hammerhead Corvettes and the Second wave of Squadron expansions, but these are harder to play with (in my opinion) and I'll let someone else tell you about them. Bottom line, it depends what kind of fleet you like playing. Squadron heavy? Look at Carriers and Squadron expansions. Classic ships? Go for a Star Destroyer or Star Cruiser. Want lots of ships in your fleet with lots of options? Get a bunch of Light Cruisers and Gladiators, and the various Rebel Frigates and Corvettes.

Edit: Forgot about the Interdictor-Class Star Destroyer. A personal favourite for casual games, but really hard to use competitively. A very expensive ship point-wise, and not very powerful attack wise. It has some cool abilities, like forcing enemy ships to change speeds, but that's about it. Shame really, this is by far my favourite looking ship.

If you'd like a more assertive answer. Buy the two Squadron expansions I. They come with classic ships like TIE Advanced, Interceptors and Bombers. And The Y-Wing, A-Wing, and B-Wings. Get one or two Light cruisers and one or two Nebulon-Bs. And if money isn't a problem get a Star destroyer and a Star Cruiser.

Maybe my kids aren't that creative or I just haven't shown them how to build cars and planes and stuff with their Legos, but my guess is: if they get the magformers, they might build the structure on the picture once or twice and then that's it. They make really simple "planes" and "cars" meaning they put two pieces together and tie a string around it or something and say, "look I made a car!" So the magformers would be a no go for me. Not for that price point atleast!

My kids love their magnatiles so I would probably pick the wheel bases for that, but I'm not sure if they'd build cool cars with them or anything. Like I mentioned in my earlier post, they just use their regular toy cars and stuff with the magnatiles. They basically make crazy multilevel garages with bridges and ramps for their cars and play house. The wheel bases for the magnatiles might not really add much to their play, but that's my kids. Maybe find a friend with the magformers and see how they like them? Lol

We have this set of vehicles that come apart with screws and a battery operated screw driver that they love. Of course they lose the pieces and then leave them everywhere... But if you're not set on adding to the magnet sets, you might consider something like that? It was from the learning resource center or something like that (it was a gift). It was similar to this but it has a battery operated drill
OCATO Complete Set of 5 Assemble Toy Take-Apart-Toys Vehicle Play Car Toy Set Multi Mix Educational Toy https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CJ6E2CY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_wxYHxbWDZ5VSC

Oh here I think this may be it or closer to it
Motor Works by Discovery Toys https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002AGMOQA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_zyYHxb5E38HJD

Anyway. Sorry if that wasn't as helpful as you'd hoped! Each kid is different and honestly... I'm trying to pare down on our toys since they only really play with a few toys anyway. They used to love Legos. Love love love them! But the magnatiles took over. Maybe Magnatiles are too easy and I should push Legos on them more, but eh....... I'm too tired.

Anyway good luck!

CamelCamelCamel shows that the Imperial Raider has been holding at $89 since mid february and it has recently dropped down to $76 (15% drop). It seems that around the holiday season it's price wildly fluctuates from around $80 to as low as $54, but $76 seems like its lowest between-holidays price.

Miniature Market: $85

CoolStuffInc: $85

This isn't by any measure the lowest this ship will get, but if you're hoping to get it in the next 6 months or so this might be the lowest price you'll find.

Not commenting on its playability in epic (as I don't play epic) the Imperial Raider offers the following for the X-Wing player: New Tie Advanced Pilots, four of the TIE/x1 title card, and the almighty Emperor Palpatine.

If you have no interest in playing Imperial then this ship offers nothing to you, and if you're interested in only playing competitively it doesn't offer much on that front either. Vader w/ TIE/x1 has been out of favor in the meta for a while now with the popularity of stress control and Emperor Palpatine was hit pretty hard with a nerf some time back. However Emperor Palpatine and Vader still do have their places in competitive lists occasionally and both are fantastic in casual play.

If you're wanting to fly the TIE Advanced and / or utilize a Palpmobile with the Epsilon / Upsilon shuttle and you're wanting to do it soon then this is a decent discount at $10 off the MM / CSI prices. However if you're not in a rush then I'd wait for the holiday / Black Friday season where you can get this for much, much cheaper.

The 1701 refit:

• At about $20, you've got the Hot Wheels version, which looks like it's got slightly less detailing than these toys and is at the same price point...might be larger than the ones in the monthly magazine.
  
• For about $50, there's the Diamond Select toy, which, although more expensive, is a VERY pretty, nicely-detailed and well-put-together display model (also does secret double-duty as a toy)
  
• At varying price points, there's the Furuta kit which is pretty small, but I've seen them sell for cheap on eBay.
  
  The NX-01:
  
  

• For around $10-$15 on eBay, another small kit, the F-toys (I think this is the Furuta?) kit offers a pretty nicely detailed NX-01.
  
  
• Between $15-$30 on eBay, the Hallmark ornament - you could probably snag one for cheap on there.
  
  
• I won't link the Bandai or Art Asylum toys/kits because they've ballooned in price to what I would call "unreasonable" (i.e, $100+)
  
  
• There's also this Johnny Lightning one, but it seems subpar...
  
  The 1701-D:
  
  
• For around $50-$70, there's the Diamond Select toy, which is big and beautiful.
  
  
• For around $15-$20, another small Furuta kit
  
  
• For $40 - I've never seen this before, but it looks amazing. You won't find that Aztec detailing on most of the toy ships.
  
  
• For $15-$30, you'll find lots of the Hot Wheels ones floating around on eBay
  
  
• For around $20-$25, heck, you'll often find the original Playmates toy floating around on eBay. And don't pay a cent more for it...there are so many of them that sell for no more than $25 on eBay that paying more for that original toy is a sin to your wallet...

Diamond Select may be the way to go. They are toys rather than models, but they are a good size, decent quality and cheap. No assembly or painting required. They do an Enterprise E.

I also have the 1990's Playmates USS Voyager. It's not as detailed, but it is pretty cool. I've had it since it was new! Why not snap up this little bargain...!?

DS9 would be the hardest to get I think. I have the Eagle Moss starships collection version. Its detailed, but only about 10cm in diameter.

Hope that helps!

Here's what a quick search of amazon showed up. These all have prime shipping and are some of my favorite ships. I can really recommend the NX-01 kit. It's a joy to build.
Enterprise NX-01 (or refit) - $23.35

TOS Enterprise - $24.44

Enterprise Refit/A - $23.19

USS Defiant - $25.62

Enterprise E - $14.69

Edit: the pricezombie bot is showing prices that don't include shipping. The prime options are your best bet on amazon right now. Maybe other sites have them cheaper. Look around

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OP said TDKR was a snug fit but he's definitely one of the bigger 6" figures I'm sure all the other would fit even better

BvS batmobile

Batman TAS posted below and you said you didn't like the '66 version

A-Wings are pretty essential.
B-Wings are super fun!

All this endless looking, are you asking your game store???

In addition, I may be crazy here, but... Amazon America does it for way cheaper, it's $24 currently.

$0-5: waterproof phone case- Great for when you're going to an outdoor event where it might rain or if you're putting your phone in a sweaty back pocket of a cycling jersey like myself.

$5-10: Tricorder -A must have for every Star Trek geek!

$10-20: Race Day Boost Vitamins -For when you train hard and work hard and need that lactic acid pumping in your legs on your big day!

$20-50: Pon Farr Perfume- To attract other Star Trek geeks! Duh!

There are a couple retailers accepting pre-orders for an anticipated January 2013 re-release (could be lies, as you have noted), the only place you can get it right now is through Amazon.com, where a couple sellers have it up for a little under 400$. It was a limited internet exclusive release, so you will pretty much need to find an online retailer that other googling star trek fans haven't found if you want to get it for something closer to retail price. That and Star trek conventions.

I just went through 10 pages of results for the item code number and all the results where either out of stock or pointing to the Amazon listing.

Alternatively there is the much easier to find Furuta model which is simply called "Future USS Enterprise 1701-D" http://www.amazon.com/Future-Enterprise-1701-D-Furuta-Star/dp/B001KXMSSS

Not sure if that would be a good solution for you though, it's smaller.

Unless you're amazing at painting, I imagine you'd get best results with metal models like https://www.amazon.co.uk/Welly-22495-Porsche-911-GTR3/dp/B002U4NIP8

The one on the right in this set was my favorite, I loved how industrial/tough it looked. I remember when I was a kid and when I wasn't playing with these things, I was imagining space battles in my head with them, along with miscellaneous other craft from various scifi universes. It's amazing how video games and movies put on a screen what we imagined as kids.

http://www.amazon.com/Galaxy-Voyagers-Micro-Machines-Collection/dp/B000FS4S9G/

Yup, they do a Mk V. It's a a little on the pricier side but looks like a fun build:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tamiya-300030057-35-WWI-British-Motor/dp/B00KGMT6AC

I gotcha covered kid :P
http://www.amazon.com/M-60A3-Tank-Bulldozer-Revell-Germany/dp/B001TJ0P88

Here's the manufacturer's page
http://www.revell.de/index.php?id=210&KGKANR=0&KGKOGP=10&KGSCHL=74&L=1&page=4&sort=0&nc=1&searchactive=&q=&SWO=&ARMAS4=&PHPSESSID=a2d9b5cb319258591956eb21af787038&KZSLPG=&offset=26&cmd=show&ARARTN=03175&sp=1

I also 2nd the use of Tamiya paint. Tamiya's paint line is great and easy to use.
http://www.squadron.com/ItemDetails.asp?item=TM81759

The Fujimi 917 has a few "nuances" that make it a little more difficult than a total beginner build. It's mostly good, and doesn't have much in the way of engine detail, which makes it good for starting out. However, it's got a multi-piece body that's hard to fit together straight. The clear parts also have no tabs for glue, making their installment very fiddly. Also, the long stripe decals are a hassle to put on. It'd be a good kit to tackle after getting one build under your belt.

If you're interested in Le Mans cars, I'd recommend starting out with -

Revell Corvette C7.R - Simple assembly, single-piece glass, one-color body.

Hasegawa Toyota 88C - One-piece body and low parts count

Hasegawa Porsche 962C - Ditto

Tamiya Toyota GT-One - More complicated and has a lot of engine detail, but the build is really straightforward and it comes with a paint mask for the body.

I have one as well (also the 2017 & 2015 cars). Bought it from Amazon.
Got to say I love every minute of looking at them.

https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Gift-Company-Ferrari-SF71-H/dp/B07BXVRQTZ/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=ferrari+sf71+1%3A18&qid=1567137716&s=gateway&sr=8-1

https://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Select-Future-DeLorean-Machine/dp/B001UFQNF0 It was this one, I'm a BTTF fan so it was a great coincidence!

Mostly books, charity items, Lego, and this awesome thing.

if you like that then you will love this

I know that at $150 USD it may seem like a steep price, but my wife got this for me on Christmas the year it launched (at $250) and I have had 0 reasons to be upset or disappointed with that price tag. It's completely faithful inside and out to what I believe is the season 1 look, it lights up, has functional seatbelts and a sliding canopy, and looks fucking awesome. 10/10, if you want more BTAS in your life this is a must have. Bonus: it fits all standard 6" BTAS figures in the same product line.

The Batplane is next on my most wanted list. Maybe one day it'll be in stock new or VG+ somewhere that isn't $300+.

I'd love to hear if anyone has or seen any ideas on how to mount this thing to a wall? I was kinda thinking something along the lines of a open diaorama I could mount on a wall in my basement.

https://www.amazon.com/DC-Collectibles-Batman-Animated-Batmobile/dp/B00VHUWZPK

They're also great post-it notes too. Get this to round out the whole aesthetic.

They looked too small when I saw them in a shop.

However these are great scale, though a bit expensive

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01BYBV2OQ/ref=cm_sw_r_wa_apa_i_TPhoDbDM6FGJZ

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00VI49GC0/ref=cm_sw_r_wa_apa_i_pPhoDb4SP5S37

You can see them on a table here

https://www.instagram.com/p/B0MJEjmjeYK/?igshid=13fjsfytd4vam

https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Rogue-U-Wing-Fighter/dp/B01BYBV2OQ/ref=pd_sim_21_65?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01BYBV2OQ&pd_rd_r=0B4QEAR0CJ9NJXNA49EE&pd_rd_w=HUXSw&pd_rd_wg=l8lnP&psc=1&refRID=0B4QEAR0CJ9NJXNA49EE

This looks like it might work out perfectly. Someone in the reviews posted images of the U-wing with IA minis, and as the legion guys are about a head taller, it looks it works really well. Only downside is the price, ($35), but with the untimely demise of toys r us, finding one out on liquidation sale shouldn't be difficult (at least, my local one had a bunch the other day).

I got it on Amazon! But beware, it is much larger than you think. Definitely not a shelf item unless you have a very big space to display it!

https://www.amazon.com/DC-Collectibles-Batman-Animated-Batmobile/dp/B00VHUWZPK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1541820767&sr=8-1&keywords=batman+the+animated+series+batmobile

Amazon had the first edition box at $55-ish last night when I was browsing. Not a bad deal if you have the conversion kit for the Empire already for the TIE X1 and don’t mind getting a huge ship conversion.

EDIT: It doesn’t show up on Amazon’s internal search, only on Google.

In all seriousness, the deal on the Imperial Raider is pretty good.

ISD $40 - https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Armada-Destroyer-Expansion/dp/1633441180/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1523465012&sr=8-1&keywords=imperial+star+destroyer+armada&dpID=51B2BxG991L&preST=_SX300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

Core set $80 - https://www.amazon.com/Fantasy-Flight-Games-SWM01-Armada/dp/1616619937/ref=sr_1_3?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1523465039&sr=1-3&keywords=star+wars+armada+core+set&dpID=61PKz%252BZAp9L&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

Liberty $30 - https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Armada-Liberty-Expansion/dp/B01FZAF0YK/ref=sr_1_2?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1523465056&sr=1-2&keywords=home+one+armada&dpID=51G5dDjrQtL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

Rebel Fighters I $19 - https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Armada-Squadrons-Expansion/dp/1616619996/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1523465076&sr=1-1&keywords=rebel+fighters+armada&dpID=51uXlYiE5hL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

rebel transports $19 - https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Armada-Transports-Expansion/dp/B01D1GR4SK/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1523465103&sr=1-1&keywords=rebel+transports+armada

Imperial Raider $18 - https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Armada-Imperial-Expansion/dp/1633441172/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1523465123&sr=1-1&keywords=imperial+raider+armada&dpID=51WkElfD9AL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch


Total - $206

Edit: This is USD. I'm not sure about Canadian money

Non Mobile: http://www.amazon.com/Importer-TFL-Functions-Mini-Forklift/dp/B001KMWMPS

Edit: Looks like there's one that comes with a pallet. http://www.amazon.com/Bruder-Toys-Linde-H30D-Pallet/dp/B00024QU8K/ref=pd_bxgy_t_text_y

Looks like it might be one of these: https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Rogue-U-Wing-Fighter/dp/B01BYBV2OQ/

This looks like a Bruder forklift to me, you can find them here on Amazon.

It's $68 on amazon. http://www.amazon.com/DC-Collectibles-Batman-Animated-Batmobile/dp/B00VHUWZPK

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B014D0Z6F6/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1487005327&sr=8-3&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=batmobile&dpPl=1&dpID=418b185NfOL&ref=plSrch

For the people who’s asked the linked is at follows


https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Gift-Company-Ferrari-SF71-H/dp/B07BXVRQTZ/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=ferrari+F1+1%3A18&qid=1567186355&s=gateway&sr=8-3#immersive-view_1567186384539

Product name might have changed

http://www.amazon.com/Motor-Works-by-Discovery-Toys/dp/B002AGMOQA/ref=pd_sim_t_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=0ZKBRNQ6BD382Q9R3HK9

The big one is the newest BTAS Batmobile can be found here: https://amzn.com/B00VHUWZPK

Batman APR150335 DC Comics Toy, Black, Standard https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00VHUWZPK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_JU3UCb4VFV4VD

Not OP, but think this is it;

Batmobile

Batwing

Here you go! It's a simple yet detailed build and comes with a motor and workable tracks.

Tamiya


https://www.amazon.ca/Tamiya-Models-MK-IV-Motorized-British/dp/B00KGMT6AC

This one?

It's the Imperial Raider. Fantasy Flight Games made it to counter the Tantive IV for the X-Wing Miniatures game.

Name: "Bruder Toy Forklift"

$28

Purchase Link:
https://www.amazon.com/Bruder-Toys-Linde-H30D-Pallet/dp/B00024QU8K

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/star-wars-armada/products/rebel-fighter-squadrons-expansion-pack/

https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Armada-Squadrons-Expansion/dp/1616619996/

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/star-wars-armada/products/imperial-fighter-squadrons-expansion-pack/

https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Armada-Squadrons-Expansion/dp/1633440001/

Here’s the ones I’ve bought so far.

Revell Snaptite Build and Play Star Wars: The Last Jedi! Resistance A-wing Fighter

Star Wars: Rogue One Rebel U-Wing Fighter