My HQ has not been very exciting. Some days I think I should just sell off more of it and get it smaller. Other days I think I should sell all of it. Above are four vehicles I was contemplating trading in locally. The Locust was one of the last BBTS purchases I made from their former vintage department. It hasn't gotten a lot of use. I have not even unboxed my vintage Tomahawk or Retaliator that has sat packed up since I moved from my former HQ.
Others have come into my collection since being in my current HQ. The Eliminator 4WD came in in 2013, The Sea Ray in 2016 the Persuader in late 2017.
I decided against trading in today.
But I did get these, the Mudfighter (thank you, 3DJoes!!!) and a helmet-less Gyro Viper. Neither are mint, the Mudfighter a C7.5 by my grade but complete. I graded it down a .5 for the sight warp on the one rear landing gear/wing piece. Dogfight had more play wear than what I have seen on the Mudfighter so far. I like this pistol a lot. Long before I ever had a Dogfight figure I had one of these pistols and 1988 Iron Grenadier Destro used this pistol in many adventures back in the day.
This is my first Mudfighter. I can't recall seeing one in person before. It's everything I expected, though. I was not expecting a lot. Dogfight has a bit of a strange CIA type of characterization vibe to me and this little propeller-driven plane just seems like something that could go hopping around somewhat unobtrusively, save for that loud noise. But unlike one of the massive jets, like a Skystriker, this is the type of plane that can operate in those short, rough, rugged areas.
The profile is kind of fun.
It really sits low on the ground.
It is really fully-loaded on the bomb side.
There was a prototype picture that I came across somewhere that had what looked like the Rattler/ Thundermachine cannons up on the nose and found that to be really cool. As is, the cost cutting that likely occurred left the front guns something to be desired.
The green of the 1989 Mudfighter carries closely over into the Generals 1990 Locust. The green reminds me of my Mobile Battle Bunker, too, that's long gone, however.
