if they were toys and similar you could I suppose, let slide some of the innacuracies etc but, they are not toys, not marketed as toys, and, are not priced as toys. They are sold as accurate replicas of history and a lot of the marketing emphasises the thoroughness of the research. We here of these vast book collections and vast array of people adding input to the design and build of figures and AFV's and yet there are still issues with basic things like precise and definite measurements for scale of objects that have no leeway like AFV's weapons etc.
They also choose to make silly errors on things which should not happen especially when depicting famous regiments, divisions etc that are so simple to look up in a few seconds or, the number of mistakes on the Tigers from all manufacturers I mean something as well known as a Tiger!!!! Conversely, they can add some of the smallest detail that you would expect them to miss
Alex like many likes accuracy and detail but, as a diorama maker quests for scale as the pivotal issue and that cannot be solved because the manufacturers each have their own interpretation of what a concrete measurement like 1/30th is when looking at a exact measurement say on a Tiger.
detail errors don't obfuscate the hobby or what I buy but this is a toy soldier forum and is exactly the place to discuss the products and, those who have no interest in the detail and are just wowed by the model in front should understand that the hobby is built on its attention to detail (that is from the manufacturers not collectors) and if they get them wrong then they should expect that a great number of collectors will know.
The problem lies in the history and what manufacturer one is raising issues with as to how it will be received by the manufacturer and the manufacturers group of collectors or, some of them. Innacuracies have been raised on a number of occasions in other makers and have been just observed by the manufacturer and corrected without all the associated name calling histrionics and childish PM stuff that goes on in some.
Perhaps when people, as is usually the case, try to offer explanations about what is wrong and who is wrong on here they should address the manner in which they respond.
Look back at the history of the forum and these events are the norm the same things said and subjects brought up as would be expected as its a narrow topic. You see the same debates and what have you the same people trying to make out the fun has gone or this or that etc and the same people feeling the need to adopt multiple identities and try and make out this or that. There is always a group of righteous individuals who do no wrong and a group where its easy to lay all the woes of the world on.
As someone I am remarkably gaining a little respect for says you could not make this stuff up!!!!
Mitch
