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My older son is pining for a toy Higgins boat. For those who don't know, the Higgins boat is the infantry landing craft used in WW2. You can see one in Saving Private Ryan.

Has anyone ever seen one, or heard of a place where I can get one?

Maybe you can find it in some hobby shops,if you don`t mind model kits.

What scale?

You could try Toys R' Us under the military section.

Oh and he said toy, so I presume he doesn't mean models.

Here you go Mike. Happy capitalism day

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Darth Wong wrote:My older son is pining for a toy Higgins boat. For those who don't know, the Higgins boat is the infantry landing craft used in WW2. You can see one in Saving Private Ryan.

Has anyone ever seen one, or heard of a place where I can get one?

Smart kid, when I was his age I wanted to play with guns and fight the bad guys, he wants to send other people to play with guns and fight enemies.

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Expensive version

And this:

http://fetco1.homestead.com/bmcproducts.html(D-Day Model)

neoolong wrote:What scale?

You could try Toys R' Us under the military section.

Oh and he said toy, so I presume he doesn't mean models.

Some hobby shops sells die cast replicas....and how come the Toys R Us where you live have a military section,here its all disorganised.

Not sure if they'll have what you're looking for but the Toys R Us near me carries a lot of the stuff in the Ultimate Soldier line which has some rather large and detailed military toys. The website doesn't appear to show the boat you're looking for but considering all the other stuff I've seen in their line at TRU I wouldn't be shocked if they made one.

Check target. They currently carry a soilders of the world line, or something simmilar to that. They are slowly releasing vechicles. The last one was a navy jeep with an SP.

Zed Snardbody wrote:Check target. They currently carry a soilders of the world line, or something simmilar to that. They are slowly releasing vechicles. The last one was a navy jeep with an SP.

I should get that for Lonestar. It's close enough, so I can remind him of how he spent Xmas '03.

Darth Wong wrote:Has anyone ever seen one, or heard of a place where I can get one?

There is one over at the D-Day museum in New Orleans. If you have enough cunning and whits you may be able to jack it under cover of darkness, and sneak it back to Toronto.

Good to know HAB's Child Indocternation Program is working.

Wicked Pilot wrote:
There is one over at the D-Day museum in New Orleans. If you have enough cunning and whits you may be able to jack it under cover of darkness, and sneak it back to Toronto.

For about the same effort you could simply build one.

Darth Wong wrote:My older son is pining for a toy Higgins boat. For those who don't know, the Higgins boat is the infantry landing craft used in WW2. You can see one in Saving Private Ryan.

Has anyone ever seen one, or heard of a place where I can get one?

Jeez, nothing like leaving it to the last minute Mike!