I hear you on the gripes. Friendly fire, there is a page called 1/72 scale soldier review. Great page, it has helped me spend my money more wisely. I also think it makes the manufactures up their game, being thrust into the world for most to see. Adam
Bugbear Number One - Non glueable plastic! When playing with toy soldiers (as opposed to wargaming) the number of poses is important (I still remember my disappointment with the then new Airfix modern Soviet troops) and the odd figure in an odd pose (the chap brushing his teeth etc) do come in handy but only one would be better. Odd poses (jabbing the floor with a bayonet etc) can come in handy for gun crews (or enthusiastic mine clearing) but again too many and your stuck with a load of 'spares'. For toy soldiers and diorama building a 'bag of blokes' would be handy, 'stretcher bearers' as for the old Airfix sets could also be carrying jerry cans or used facing each other and loading a heavy round on a two-man cradle (for the crewless Airfix 5.5 inch gun for example) . Blokes lying down could be injured or fitters working on something or just troops relaxing. If they made figures with separate heads available it would be nice, if in soft plastic make it head neck and a V of body to fit a V shaped opening in the upper body to get a decent grip (if 'stepped' they could be slot-in-slot-out with no glue required). Likewise a selection of arms would be handy (but again gluable plastic would be essential).
Every hobby has its ups and downs. My biggest problem is OCD and i gotta buy every version of every vehicle. Spending too much money is my number one complaint! Lack of display space and long term storage tie for number two.
Where do you start? Figures swinging the rifle like a club, US paras doing the'mash potato', figures without bases! Yes, we can convert, buy separate sets for support or go 'metal'. I made my own boarding party of WW2 RN from WW1 infantry and WW2 helmets because in all the PSR site there's not one RN set. There are glaring holes in the plastics ranges but it will be a long time (maybe 3D printing) before we see the main stream manufacturers fill more glaring and niche gaps..... anyway, whatever happened to the window you used to get in Airfix figure boxes?
Ronan- totally agree with the Airfix kits. I buy out of nostalgia but there is no excuse for the Airfix commandos. My biggest gripe and it's not like the molds don't exist (if in a bigger size). The British Paratroopers need to be redone. But generally the British Airfix troops are awful except the 8th Army. Remarkably the Australians and Gurkhas are really quite good. Agree with the box art and what you get- you are guilty of your bad advertising. I'll differ on the crew served weapons. These days there are lots of kits with crew served weapons (if missing crew members) but sometimes disproportionately so. Agree on the inconsistent scale, but Plastic Soldier Review does a good comparison scale that makes it all better for the World War 2 gamer. Here's the link I've used. for my diorama making. www.plasticsoldierreview.com/ShowFeature.aspx?id=25#WW2GerInf. I appreciate your scale comparisons with the armored vehicles. I would add one more, a bit more variety- No American engineers or British engineers when we have some good German Pioneers?
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I hear you on the gripes. Friendly fire, there is a page called 1/72 scale soldier review. Great page, it has helped me spend my money more wisely. I also think it makes the manufactures up their game, being thrust into the world for most to see.
Adam
Bugbear Number One - Non glueable plastic!
When playing with toy soldiers (as opposed to wargaming) the number of poses is important (I still remember my disappointment with the then new Airfix modern Soviet troops) and the odd figure in an odd pose (the chap brushing his teeth etc) do come in handy but only one would be better. Odd poses (jabbing the floor with a bayonet etc) can come in handy for gun crews (or enthusiastic mine clearing) but again too many and your stuck with a load of 'spares'.
For toy soldiers and diorama building a 'bag of blokes' would be handy, 'stretcher bearers' as for the old Airfix sets could also be carrying jerry cans or used facing each other and loading a heavy round on a two-man cradle (for the crewless Airfix 5.5 inch gun for example) . Blokes lying down could be injured or fitters working on something or just troops relaxing.
If they made figures with separate heads available it would be nice, if in soft plastic make it head neck and a V of body to fit a V shaped opening in the upper body to get a decent grip (if 'stepped' they could be slot-in-slot-out with no glue required). Likewise a selection of arms would be handy (but again gluable plastic would be essential).
Every hobby has its ups and downs. My biggest problem is OCD and i gotta buy every version of every vehicle. Spending too much money is my number one complaint! Lack of display space and long term storage tie for number two.
Where do you start? Figures swinging the rifle like a club, US paras doing the'mash potato', figures without bases! Yes, we can convert, buy separate sets for support or go 'metal'. I made my own boarding party of WW2 RN from WW1 infantry and WW2 helmets because in all the PSR site there's not one RN set. There are glaring holes in the plastics ranges but it will be a long time (maybe 3D printing) before we see the main stream manufacturers fill more glaring and niche gaps..... anyway, whatever happened to the window you used to get in Airfix figure boxes?
Ronan- totally agree with the Airfix kits. I buy out of nostalgia but there is no excuse for the Airfix commandos. My biggest gripe and it's not like the molds don't exist (if in a bigger size). The British Paratroopers need to be redone. But generally the British Airfix troops are awful except the 8th Army. Remarkably the Australians and Gurkhas are really quite good. Agree with the box art and what you get- you are guilty of your bad advertising. I'll differ on the crew served weapons. These days there are lots of kits with crew served weapons (if missing crew members) but sometimes disproportionately so. Agree on the inconsistent scale, but Plastic Soldier Review does a good comparison scale that makes it all better for the World War 2 gamer. Here's the link I've used. for my diorama making. www.plasticsoldierreview.com/ShowFeature.aspx?id=25#WW2GerInf. I appreciate your scale comparisons with the armored vehicles. I would add one more, a bit more variety- No American engineers or British engineers when we have some good German Pioneers?