This past Christmas, I got this guy – the World War Robot portable Day Watch Armstrong from 3A Toys – as a surprise gift:
After a couple of hours, I was looking around online, finding out as much as I can about ThreeA’s World War Robots. I have always liked the way these toys looked, especially the weathered paint apps on other variations, but I’ve always thought that they were way too pricey for me. Now that I have one on-hand, I can see now how people who collect this line can’t get enough.
Guest reviewer moldie13 is back, this time with a review of the exclusive Red Under the Bed set from the World War Robot portable line from threeA Toys. His previous AFP reviews include the WWR Heavy Bramble MK 2.5 Gravedigger and the WWRp Armstrongs.
In mid-February of last year, threeA Toys, through their online store, bambalandstore.com, put their WWRp (1/12 or six-inch scale) versions of their “Large Martin” robot design up for sale in a few different varieties. Yhere were three sets offered, each set with one Large Martin (with a massive shoulder mounted cannon over it’s right arm), one Damn Large Martin (with a cannon over EACH arm), and an RPG Bramble. You could buy each set individually, or you could drop the cash for what many threeA followers considered a bit of a grail at the time – the “Three Times Three” set, with one of each set combination, and the added bonus of an exclusive WWRp version of Blanc de Plume! that’s nine robots and one human figure total.
Folks were excited when these were announced, but what really got the blood pumping was the declaration that two additional sets would be offered in very limited numbers – the “Frosty Choad” set and the “Red Under the Bed” set, each containing one Large Martin, one Damn Large Martin, one RPG Bramble, a Bertie and a Square. and each essentially offering a full “squad” of one particular “colorway” (the threeA faithful term for color theme).
The standard Large Martin sets shipped out to eager collectors late last year, but the exclusive “Red” and “Choad” sets have just now begun to land in the hands of some of us eternally-patient WWR collectors.
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Available this Saturday the 15th of Jan, 9-00am Hong Kong time, for a period of 24 hours. It will cost 150usd and will get you a 12month membership in 3AA, which nets you 12 months of 15% discount at Bambaland or Bambasia ( depends on where you buy the membership ), also access to exclusive […]
The threeA membership is on sale starting today at 8PM EST (that’s 9AM on January 15 in Hong Kong, for those of you who are time zone-challenged). Last year at this time I had no idea that I’d be considering selling body organs to be able to keep buying stuff from threeA. I did the math – if I had signed up for the sub last year, it would have nearly paid for itself with all the WWRp items I bought – and I’d have a Nom de Plume on top of that.
So this year, I’ll be signing up, if I can, for the 15% discount for 2011, the Action Portable Tomorrow King, the 3AA hoodie, and more. If you’re digging threeA toys, this is a great deal – don’t miss out!
3AA 2011
Available this Saturday the 15th of Jan, 9-00am Hong Kong time, for a period of 24 hours. It will cost 150usd and will get you a 12month membership in 3AA, which nets you 12 months of 15% discount at Bambaland or Bambasia ( depends on where you buy the membership ), also access to exclusive 3AA toys and variations. Included in the pack is a Action Portable OYA TK ( exclusive to this set ), membership card and a 2011 3AA Hoodie. But wait there is more, it comes in a fancy box ! woooooooo….
WHAT YOU WANT MORE, WEEELLL HOW ABOUT an Adventure Kartel comic by T P Louise and Ashley Wood, never to be sold again, holy shit bags, what a deal !
Awesome day for AFP with respect to threeA Toys. If you didn’t see moldie13’s review of the threeA Toys WWR Heavy Bramble MK 2.5 Gravedigger, be sure to check it out. We’re also seeing early pics of the WWRp Noir de Plume, shipping now. Noir commands the rogue squad of Dirty Deeds Berties, so I really can’t wait to get my hands on him.
Here’s some top notch pics from lukaaa on the 3A boards. Click through for a whole lot more.
via 1:12 NOIR de PLUME.
The last we saw of him, moldie13 was out in the desert shooting pics of the WWRp Armstrongs. We loved those pics so much that when he showed up with the Heavy Bramble from the big brother World War Robot line (WWRp is a 6-inch scaled line, while WWR is the original 12-inch scaled line), we asked him if he’d share some more pics with us.
The day of New Year’s Eve, the buzz started over at the threeA forums about the WWR Heavy Bramble MK 2.5’s finally hitting in Southern California, which spells a drop in Vegas on the same day – and I had to go to work… which meant that if I missed the delivery, I’d have to wait a few more days for a robot I’d already been waiting for months to show up. “It’s worth a shot,” I thought to myself. So I ripped off a post-it note and scrawled “LEAVE PACKAGE HERE” and printed and signed my name, got on my bike, and pedaled to work.
New Year’s Eve Twenty-Ten – the end of the worst year I can remember having. The story’s long enough already so I’ll spare you the rest of the details and get to the point – it worked. One big-ass box from threeA Toys sitting on my doormat. The year would end with a hunk of Heavy Bramble happiness after all.
This is the World War Robot Bramble Mark two-point-five, the “Heavy Bramble,” termed so for its upgraded carrying capacity (its arms are gigantic in scale compared to the original Bramble model) and its massive cannon, the PORNSTAR RPG.
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