Helicopter gunships from Avatar: The Way of Water for something released in 2022.

I like the earlier wish list of an Aliens drop ship and a TIE Bomber.  I'd add to these a 1/350 Rebel Blockade Runner and a USCSS Nostromo from the original Alien movie.

mustang1989

 

 

Tim Kidwell

Good stuff, everyone!

I hope you all had enjoyable holidays, and happy New Year to you.

 

 

 

 

 

Happy New Year to you too Tim as well as everyone else here.

 

 

Thanks!

Tim Kidwell

Good stuff, everyone!

I hope you all had enjoyable holidays, and happy New Year to you.

 

 

Good stuff, everyone!

I hope you all had enjoyable holidays, and happy New Year to you.

I would love to see anything from the Expanse, large scale figures and space vehicles. Also, a mounted 120mm, (or larger), figure of Sam Elliot from 1883.

Dodgy

SteveCB

The Darkstar from Top Gun Maverick, and the cars from Devotion, besides updated kits for planes.

 

When I read "Darkstar", I thought of that awful 1970s movie of the same name.  "Bomb ready!"

the Baron

 

 

castelnuovo

That strange looking German airplane, flying wing style, from one of the Indiana Jones movie.

 

 

 

I think someone scratchbuilt one, or kitbashed it, from a toy.  It might have been here in the forum. It was pretty cool!

 

Here's what the toy is like:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ntizumi/albums/72157680404715338

How about the Phoenix, from that movie where they crashed a C-119 in the desert and built a plane from the remnents?

castelnuovo

That strange looking German airplane, flying wing style, from one of the Indiana Jones movie.

I think someone scratchbuilt one, or kitbashed it, from a toy.  It might have been here in the forum. It was pretty cool!

Yeah!!

That strange looking German airplane, flying wing style, from one of the Indiana Jones movie.

The Darkstar from Top Gun Maverick, and the cars from Devotion, besides updated kits for planes.

Tim Kidwell

 

...Something more recent because is ended in January 2022, but along the same lines, is the Tachi/Rocinante from The Expanse. There's so much there, from rock hoppers and ice haulers to racers and capital ships. 

 

Good call, Tim!  Yes, I'll second that, "Expanse" subjects would be welcome, too.  The Mormons' generation ship would be cool to see kitted, the Earth and MCR naval ships, a ring gate, the Laconian ships-so much material!

I'm a little surprised we didn't see more kits and figures from 'Thrones' and 'Avatar'. Dark Sword Miniatures did do a line based on the 'Thrones' series but I think it was only the characters from the first season or so. 

Another I think would be cool was Quill/Starlord's starship from 'Guardians of the Galaxy'. The delta shaped one, I think it's a cool design and wished we'd seen more of it. 

the Baron

 

 

Gamera

Those are cool guys! 

I don't really watch TV anymore and the only 2022 movie I've seen is 'Everything, Everywhere, All At Once'. The only vehicle I remember from that was Joy's busted-up rusted German car (it was either a BMW or a Mercedes, I can't remember which). 

Not sure I want to model that one though.... 

Looking forward to everyone else's picks!!!

 

 

 

Speaking of German cars in TV shows, do you remember the short-lived series, "Tabitha", a "Bewitched!" spin-off starring Lisa Hartman as Tabitha Stevens?  It aired in the late 70s.  She drove a Volkswagen Thing, the upgraded civilian version of the old Kuebelwagen.

 

Never seen the series but always thought the Thing had a very Kuebelwagen look to it, guess that explains it!  

Tim Kidwell

 

 

Rob Gronovius

I would like to see some of the dragons and riders from the HBO series House of the Dragon. A diorama scene where Aemond kills his nephew Luke when he loses control of his dragon.

 

 

 

 

Seems like a perfect license for a company like Reaper!

 

When Avatar came out 13 years ago, I was expecting some injection molded vehicles, and perhaps animals and characters from Games Workshop.  They do astonishingly good fantasy kits, with excellent engineering/molding and literally razor sharp detail.

I liked the big gunship the best, although it had a lot of impractical features, like missiles that fired through the lift fan air stream, and the silly twin cockpit.  The small size of the lift fans would have resulted in very high ground pressure in low hover.

Pawel has a project model bashing a Ukrainian Field Ambulance. I'd like to see an update from him.

I'd be up for some form of Ukrainian rocket artillery.

Otherwise, my wife watches a lot of Hallmark which means I do too. They sell a bunch of nice diecast trucks, but those are built up.

Bill

Rob Gronovius

I would like to see some of the dragons and riders from the HBO series House of the Dragon. A diorama scene where Aemond kills his nephew Luke when he loses control of his dragon.

 

Seems like a perfect license for a company like Reaper!

I would like to see some of the dragons and riders from the HBO series House of the Dragon. A diorama scene where Aemond kills his nephew Luke when he loses control of his dragon.

castelnuovo

Don't watch much TV but wouldn't mind seeing something from the Dakar relly

 

This is something that I've been saying for a while--more RECENT Dakar (and rally endurance race in general) please. Zvezda did release a 1/35 scale KAMAZ-43509 in Red Bull livery, but that is a fraught subject, and we won't go any deeper than to say it exists.

(Fair warning: Before it starts, keep any Ukraine/Russia comments out of this thread. I do not want to see anyone posting whether they'd buy said kit or reasons why. Not the point of this thread. Please do not respond to this warning, either. No need to express solidarity or disapproval. Keep to the thread and its spirit. Sorry, Castel, for feeling I have to put this in my response to you. Back to the thread!)

As an aside, I think models of Rocket League (what I call "soccer car") cars would be cool as an entry-level kit series. Not strictly 2022, but they're always updating, so I'll give myself a pass!    

the Baron

I'd like to see a model of Serenity from "Firefly".  There was a short-run resin kit, and there is a board game that includes a small resin model as a game piece.  But I'd like to see a new kit, whether injection-molded or in resin.

 

There are many dedicated Browncoats, and I like the Serenity a lot.

Something more recent because is ended in January 2022, but along the same lines, is the Tachi/Rocinante from The Expanse. There's so much there, from rock hoppers and ice haulers to racers and capital ships. 

Don't watch much TV but wouldn't mind seeing something from the Dakar relly

Tim Kidwell

 

 

Real G

I haven't been watching much TV this year, and have only been to a couple of special screenings of anime movies (Macross Plus, Spirited Away, Gundam: Kukurusu Doan's Island, and Nausicaa).  I'd love mainstream kits from Macross and Nausicaa, but both came out in the 1980-1990 period so they don't count.  There are kits from the Gundam movie, which did cone out this year, but most are Premium Bandai Exclusives, so it's exorbitant price city for us outside of Japan.  

I tend to like stuff from the older 1980 properties.

 

 

 

 

 

I'm under embargo (can't say what I've been told or by whom and which company) at the moment, but some of your anime model vehicle wishes might come true in 2023.

 

My spies tell me that new Nausicaa kits might be on the way, as 2024 would be its 40th anniversary.  They might be from Aoshima.

From Macross Plus, Hasegawa did 1/72 kits of the VF-11, YF-19, and YF-21 in airplane mode, and had announced a robot mode YF-19 about 20 years ago, but nothing came of it.

If we are allowed to wish for kits from old properties, an accurate 1/72 Aliens Dropship tops my list.  2nd would be an injection molded 1/72 Gunstar from that lovably goofy movie the Last Starfighter.  3rd would be a 1/72 Bandai TIE Bomber.

Great thread, Tim!  If we had a Like feature, I'd click Like!

I'd like to see a model of Serenity from "Firefly".  There was a short-run resin kit, and there is a board game that includes a small resin model as a game piece.  But I'd like to see a new kit, whether injection-molded or in resin.

I'd also like to see pictures of the Alliance cruisers, just the models.  You can't really see that much of them in the series.  And the models might have been CGI, too.  But I've never found any examples.  The ships were huge, and they looked like nothing so much as floating city blocks of skyscrapers.

Gamera

Those are cool guys! 

I don't really watch TV anymore and the only 2022 movie I've seen is 'Everything, Everywhere, All At Once'. The only vehicle I remember from that was Joy's busted-up rusted German car (it was either a BMW or a Mercedes, I can't remember which). 

Not sure I want to model that one though.... 

Looking forward to everyone else's picks!!!

Speaking of German cars in TV shows, do you remember the short-lived series, "Tabitha", a "Bewitched!" spin-off starring Lisa Hartman as Tabitha Stevens?  It aired in the late 70s.  She drove a Volkswagen Thing, the upgraded civilian version of the old Kuebelwagen.

murph

I could swear I remember seeing an early 'E' model Sabre, or was it a Canadair Sabre 2, with the slatted, narrow chord wings and the "V" shaped windscreen somewhere.  Maybe it was a dream...

 

Hmmm. I think I know the show and the models youre thinking of ...

Real G

I haven't been watching much TV this year, and have only been to a couple of special screenings of anime movies (Macross Plus, Spirited Away, Gundam: Kukurusu Doan's Island, and Nausicaa).  I'd love mainstream kits from Macross and Nausicaa, but both came out in the 1980-1990 period so they don't count.  There are kits from the Gundam movie, which did cone out this year, but most are Premium Bandai Exclusives, so it's exorbitant price city for us outside of Japan.  

I tend to like stuff from the older 1980 properties.

 

I'm under embargo (can't say what I've been told or by whom and which company) at the moment, but some of your anime model vehicle wishes might come true in 2023.

stikpusher

 

As for myself, I wouldn't mind seeing Mando's modified Naboo Starfighter...

 

That would be cool. We've seen a couple of niceLu finished 3D-printed models at shoes, but I'd go for a Bandai 1/72 scale model of the fastest ship in the Outer Rim.

I haven't been watching much TV this year, and have only been to a couple of special screenings of anime movies (Macross Plus, Spirited Away, Gundam: Kukurusu Doan's Island, and Nausicaa).  I'd love mainstream kits from Macross and Nausicaa, but both came out in the 1980-1990 period so they don't count.  There are kits from the Gundam movie, which did cone out this year, but most are Premium Bandai Exclusives, so it's exorbitant price city for us outside of Japan.  

I tend to like stuff from the older 1980 properties.