Where to buy metal toy planes for a gift?

[wood pecker]

What is the best scale to buy or place to buy some military planes for a kids gift. A little larger than matchbox but smaller than 1:72 so they will fit on his book case.

Not the expensive wooden type but the metal type less than $20 that has realistice landing gear if possible. Some of the cheaper ones have gigantic wheels that are bigger than the plane.

Thanks for any help.

 

[fly4unclesam]

Metal Planes

Try www.geminijets.com

 

[wood pecker]

Thank you.

 

[FL000]

This one has a variety of sizes: http://www.badcataviation.com/igacfi.html

I saw only 1:72 on this one, but I didn't look very deep: http://www.crossroadsdiecast.com/index.html

 

[acpilot]

The Ertl "Jet Tran" series is exactly what you are describing. They don't make them anymore, but I'm sure you can pick them up off of ebay.

 

[JungleJett]

Boeing sells them...

They are called the F/A-18E..