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Posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 07:20 AM UTC


MiniArt upgraded their figure kit released in 2016. This set features the same figures but with additional resin heads.

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Posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 07:23 AM UTC
Interesting that it includes resin heads; I see that as a real advantage over other sets and hopefully the start of a trend. You could say it’s a head start over the competition...
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Posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 07:34 AM UTC
I agree with Kylie ! I also hope that they sell the heads separately, already having original offering. And, maybe some of their other figure kits will get a re-working too.
MiniArt has become the master of ultra detailed kits. Keep up the good work !
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Posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 08:47 AM UTC
When I saw these I started looking for Jacques Tati but his head wasn't there (at least not that I could see).
Would have been cool if he had been in that group
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Posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 10:56 AM UTC

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When I saw these I started looking for Jacques Tati...

Who's Jacques Tati - the Parisoner who was crying (in the newsreel) when German forces were parading under the Arch de Triomphe?
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Posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 12:04 PM UTC
Used the set once myself and liked it. The resin heads are a welcome addition and upgrade. Hope it is a trend. Al
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Posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 12:32 PM UTC
Actually the resin head sculpt of the priest looks like Fernandel's
personification of Don Camillo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Camillo_and_Peppone#/media/File:Don_camillo4.jpg

Remove the Gendarme and these could very well pass as Italians villagers too.

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Posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 06:44 PM UTC

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When I saw these I started looking for Jacques Tati...

Who's Jacques Tati - the Parisoner who was crying (in the newsreel) when German forces were parading under the Arch de Triomphe?


Mr Tati was a French comedian/film maker. His films have a special humour, bordering on quiet madness. The dialogue is usually very toned down, sometimes to the level of muttering. Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean) has said that he was inspired by Tati.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Tati
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Posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 06:49 PM UTC

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Actually the resin head sculpt of the priest looks like Fernandel's
personification of Don Camillo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Camillo_and_Peppone#/media/File:Don_camillo4.jpg

Remove the Gendarme and these could very well pass as Italians villagers too.

Cheers,


Absolutely! With Don Camillo in mind the hand gesture looks as if Don Camillo is preparing to spread the word of the Lord in his very own, physical, way
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Posted: Thursday, May 14, 2020 - 12:15 AM UTC
Never heard of Don Carmillo. Now I'll have to look it up. My first thought was if the smoker's cigarette was replaced by a pipe you would have a Maigret vignette.
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Posted: Thursday, May 14, 2020 - 12:46 AM UTC
For those who may be interested, some interesting reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Camillo_and_Peppone

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Posted: Thursday, May 14, 2020 - 02:40 AM UTC

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Never heard of Don Carmillo. Now I'll have to look it up. My first thought was if the smoker's cigarette was replaced by a pipe you would have a Maigret vignette.


Maigret + gendarme + witness/suspect nr 1 carrying that basket of bread as excuse for being at the scene.
Or was it the priest that did it? Hmmmm, that old guy, laughing and smiling, what dark secrets could he be hiding? Has the basket carrier been a choir boy when he was younger? Did the priest do anything? Doesn't that priest have a shifty look? .... hmmmmm

/ Robin
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Posted: Thursday, May 14, 2020 - 09:58 AM UTC
These look like very useful figures but all I can think of is 'Allo 'Allo ( a chhesy British sitcom from the 80's/90's when I look at the Gendarme.

Regards J

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Posted: Thursday, May 14, 2020 - 10:41 AM UTC

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These look like very useful figures but all I can think of is 'Allo 'Allo ( a chhesy British sitcom from the 80's/90's when I look at the Gendarme.

Regards J



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Posted: Friday, May 15, 2020 - 12:27 PM UTC
"'ello 'ello" it is indeed. Or a scene from the original Pink Panther movies. Either way I need a set for a dio I have long wanted to do.
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