Wandered into a seaside gift shop and spotted this - thought '£2.50, why not'
They're down as 'World War II Soldiers' but if so I haven't the faintest idea what country! Probable best use would be some near-future conflict, definitely in the 'toy' range. I have checked and they can be bought online in both the
UK and
USA, just not at £2.50.
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| Box art has no similarity to the figures(though back of box does!) |
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| Weapons on some figures are weird - no idea what the one in the middle is meant to be. |
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| Minimal paint job and on 25mm bases they are... acceptable |
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| Comparison between my 'normal' semi-flat Chinese types and these |
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| Mixed unit - Retro Toys slightly shorter and a lot bulkier than the Chinese thin guys. |
Nice box! These figures used to be sold in Poundland (but no longer?) for £1 a 100, then 70 ... not such bad figures I found for my conversions such as
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The conversions are a lot better than the original figures!
Delete20 years ago, better versions of most of these figures were common in Dollar stores. Most were originally based on US soldiers, some bad copies of existing WWII, some vietnam era, some more or less contemporary.
ReplyDeleteMust admit, think I might have missed out a bit over the years by not taking this class of figure seriously - poor quality does actually have a certain charm with them.
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