Friday, May 6, 2011

Mystery Set

Found this the other day while searching for figures suitable for Cold War British Infantry. Never seen them before and can't remember the site where I found it in the first place, not even sure if they're 1/72? Anyone have any ideas/information about these figures or, more importantly, where you can get them?

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  1. AlMay 6, 2011 at 3:32 PM

    Now I remember, got the picture from google images

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  2. Robin SuttonMay 6, 2011 at 3:47 PM

    I've got a sprue of those too, and can't remember either!! Gee that was helpful..LOL

    Robin

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  3. ModernKiwiMay 6, 2011 at 4:18 PM

    The short answer is that you can't. They're masters for ACTA's British Army set, a set that is apparently "on hold" and seems to have been in that state for several years.

    Still, if Orion can get around to releasing their Israeli's, maybe ACTA can release these. I know I'll buy some.

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  4. AlMay 6, 2011 at 4:25 PM

    Thanks boys. Right, I expect every Blogger to imediately petition ACTA and tell them to get their arses into gear!

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  5. AnonymousMay 6, 2011 at 4:54 PM

    They look alright to me. ACTA figs are usually a bit small, so maybe they can be combined with the Matchbox NATO paratroopers.

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  6. The Angry LurkerMay 6, 2011 at 5:22 PM

    They're nice but unavailable according to ModernKiwi?

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  7. AlMay 6, 2011 at 6:28 PM

    If these are masters, then what's left to do? Matchbox para are getting hard to come by now too I think? But yeah probably a good mix

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  8. Paul´s BodsMay 7, 2011 at 4:49 AM

    They are a nice looking set, but unavailable.
    The Matchbox para´s ?
    Revell have re- released them.
    Cheers
    paul

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  9. TonyMay 12, 2011 at 1:22 AM

    Hello...You can try here.....Check it...;)
    http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Index.aspx

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  10. AlMay 12, 2011 at 1:50 PM

    Thanks Tony, appreciate the info

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  11. AlMay 14, 2011 at 7:36 AM

    Thanks for the info Tony

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  12. DCMay 22, 2011 at 11:22 PM

    At least some of those are direct copies of the old Britains Deetail modern British 'Beret' figures - presumably 'pantographed' down to 1/72nd. I don't think they are the old Matchbox figs. You can see what i mean here (scroll down):
    http://www.die-cast-toys.com/plastic-soldiers/britains/britainsww2.html

    cheers.

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  13. AlMay 23, 2011 at 4:54 PM

    Thanks DC, very interesting, I have never seen these before, hopefully they'll get around to producing them in 1/72 eh?

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