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jimbrae
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Posted: Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 10:24 PM UTC
Dragon Models have just announced another 1/35th scale figure set with 6655 - Panzer-Regiment 7 10.Panzer-Division Smolensk 1941. Not particularly unusual in itself, however, it seems there are signs of a slightly different approach. The Report can be seen:



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Thanks!

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Posted: Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 11:12 PM UTC
actually, Guderian figure is not new - it was previously released in one of their Pz IV kits.
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Posted: Friday, March 11, 2011 - 02:59 AM UTC
Roman's right, it is an older figure, but quite good - 2. Gen. if I remember corectly. But the new figures looks just right for any Pz. III or IV. New "Tankers" are ALWAYS welcome, and I actually like them, even though some modellers probably will get very upset about yet another German set. But I do agree, a couple of allied tankcrew sets would do just fine.
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Posted: Friday, March 11, 2011 - 03:27 AM UTC
The figures look nice. Good timing with the new Pz. III H release as well. I might be tempted, but not half as much as I would be for a good allied crew.
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Posted: Friday, March 11, 2011 - 05:17 AM UTC
A three figure set with a bonus fourth figure? I'd rather have another crew figure for the other side of the turret.
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Posted: Friday, March 11, 2011 - 05:28 AM UTC

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But the new figures looks just right for any Pz. III or IV. New "Tankers" are ALWAYS welcome


I agree!
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Posted: Friday, March 11, 2011 - 06:11 AM UTC
The detailing looks like DML have taken styrene up a notch. Excellent figures in my estimation. The Guderian figure creates more problems than it solves, because he wouldn't be walking around without a staff and a staff vehicle. But it's nice tooling nonetheless.
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Posted: Friday, March 11, 2011 - 06:30 AM UTC
after I will see them in the "flesh" I'll be convinced, Dragon more then once had super boxart , but once you get to assembling the figs, some are not exactly the pose like on the box, and the other panzercrew had undersized figs in my opinion.

we'll see


Greetz
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Posted: Friday, March 11, 2011 - 09:50 AM UTC
It's great to have a new panzer crew set, but a fourth figure is certainly not a 'bonus', unless DML plans on downsizing subsequent figure sets to only three figures.
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Posted: Sunday, March 13, 2011 - 02:43 AM UTC
I agree that it's nice to see a historic personality included in a figure set, but to call it a bonus is misleading at best when the set is 4 figures in total. Now, if the Guderian figure was added to a set of four figures that would indeed be a bonus. Based on the CAD images the figures look nice, it's just a shame they had to over-hype what they were offering.

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Chris
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Posted: Friday, July 01, 2011 - 07:41 AM UTC
Did I miss something? Looks like Gerald Ford in a greatcoat! Now if only they would release a set of golf clubs I would be set

Rick Cooper
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