Fine Molds have quietly released a 1/35 scale set of WW2 US Marines.
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Posted: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 07:20 AM UTC
pjmooney
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Posted: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 07:51 AM UTC
IMHO...really an uninspiring set...
The Marine on the left looks to have a cargo pocket on his trousers and the officer looks more like he has a Jungle Jacket on than WWII Utilities!!!
The poses look stiff and I am hard pressed to see how they would fit into a diorama without radical repositioning.
The antithesis of the GEN 2 figures...
One man's opinion....
S/F
Pat
The Marine on the left looks to have a cargo pocket on his trousers and the officer looks more like he has a Jungle Jacket on than WWII Utilities!!!
The poses look stiff and I am hard pressed to see how they would fit into a diorama without radical repositioning.
The antithesis of the GEN 2 figures...
One man's opinion....
S/F
Pat
acav
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Posted: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 10:10 AM UTC
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IMHO...really an uninspiring set...
The Marine on the left looks to have a cargo pocket on his trousers and the officer looks more like he has a Jungle Jacket on than WWII Utilities!!!
The poses look stiff and I am hard pressed to see how they would fit into a diorama without radical repositioning.
The antithesis of the GEN 2 figures...
One man's opinion....
S/F
Pat
I concur - in fact, they're almost as bad as (and very similar to) a set of US Marines that Hasegawa brought out in the early to mid nineties.
The Hasegawa set were also bereft of weapons and field gear - truly horrible.
There are a couple of similar poses in both sets which leads me to wonder if this is really a 'new' set after all.
Disappointing.
acav out
youngc
Western Australia, Australia
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Posted: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 12:17 AM UTC
hmmmm.....
wierd
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alanmac
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Posted: Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 02:11 AM UTC
Don't think this will be sending shockwaves through the figure modelling industry....
In a word, terrible.
Like something from the 70's. Wooden, lacking animation and the fact they don't supply weapons and equipment is downright strange.
i nearly purchased some of this company's German soldiers and tank crew figures off of ebay but they were expensive for 4 figures and from the small image I could see looked lacking in detail.
This confirms my suspicions and I'm glad I left well alone.
Not in the same league as Masterbox, Miniart, Tristar or Dragon.
Alan
In a word, terrible.
Like something from the 70's. Wooden, lacking animation and the fact they don't supply weapons and equipment is downright strange.
i nearly purchased some of this company's German soldiers and tank crew figures off of ebay but they were expensive for 4 figures and from the small image I could see looked lacking in detail.
This confirms my suspicions and I'm glad I left well alone.
Not in the same league as Masterbox, Miniart, Tristar or Dragon.
Alan