When you get a deal like this, you just have to tell someone!
Popped into my favorite LHS after work tonight, and in the half-price stack what did I find, but Trumpeter's 1/35 Op Telic Challenger 2.
For 1,100 yen! That's right at $10 USD! Didn't think twice about picking that baby up.
I have Trump's original Kosovo Chally 2, and a quick peek in both boxes revealed some slight detail differences (turret and suspension parts) in addition to all the new Op Telic armor .
Also, I had thought that the canvas-like material under the side skirts was not included in the Trumpeter kit, but it was indeed there as nicely molded parts.
Anyway, it looks like a good kit. I think I'll wait for the Tamiya's Op Telic Chally 2 to come out, then use all three kits (if necessary!) to make a super-duper Challenger 2.
Anybody else have both kits?