NOR013-NOR025 Waffen-SS for the Battle of Normandy!! (1 Viewer)

[uksubs]

Hi ,
Thanks for the response, I'm actually familiar with this company and their models and have held one and fired one at the BOTB re-enactment in PA they are not cheap and very very nice ...sorry about the partner :wink2:. I forgot you live in the UK where gun laws are well lets just say a topic for another thread :wink2:. I think I will get one of these http://www.americantactical.us/3108/detail.html like I mentioned they are a lot cheaper to own and shoot and it would be a fun plinker. Here is a video of one in action and no that's not me {eek3}:wink2:http://www.gunblast.com/GSG-StG44.htm regards Gebhard

Thank for posting the link look very nice ,got my Mp44 shipped over couple of years back from USA for a fair price but with having two young kids can see why my partner does not want war stuff all over the house .would like to go back to the USA and go on the gun range myself and fire a mp44 ^&cool

 

[Gebhard]

Thank for posting the link look very nice ,got my Mp44 shipped over couple of years back from USA for a fair price but with having two young kids can see why my partner does not want war stuff all over the house .would like to go back to the USA and go on the gun range myself and fire a mp44 ^&cool

If you ever get to the east coast I'm sure with a phone call I could make that happen for you, but you'd have to pay for the ammo ^&grin:wink2:.. regards Gebhard

 

[Simpson & his donkey.]

Strange question^&confuse^&confuse....I did not know that the Vietman figures were larger then Stalingrad Range:wink2:....First legion is 1:30th....Anyway The New Waffen Figures are Fantastic......Really detailed.....Excellent Camo.....WELL DONE FIRST LEGION...{bravo}}{bravo}}.....FIRST LEGION RULES:salute::

There is a size difference for sure and I hope these photo's pick up on this. The Stalingrad figures come up to the shoulders of the Vietnam figures and are smaller . Heads helmets weapons all are smaller. Chris.

 

[Rob]

There is a size difference for sure and I hope these photo's pick up on this. The Stalingrad figures come up to the shoulders of the Vietnam figures and are smaller . Heads helmets weapons all are smaller. Chris.

Hey Simmo,

Very nice Vietnam figures and backdrop you have going on there mate, Vietnam not my sphere of interest but these look really good,

Thanks for posting mate (those figures sure would look good with Figarti's Helicopter)

Rob

 

[uksubs]

If you ever get to the east coast I'm sure with a phone call I could make that happen for you, but you'd have to pay for the ammo ^&grin:wink2:.. regards Gebhard

Cheer for that Gebhard , think that something I would like to do for my stag do ^&grin

 

[uksubs]

Hey Simmo,

Very nice Vietnam figures and backdrop you have going on there mate, Vietnam not my sphere of interest but these look really good,

Thanks for posting mate (those figures sure would look good with Figarti's Helicopter)

Rob

So Rob with all the interest in Fl lately which range are you going to collect mate ? I'm collecting the German east front figures at the moment :smile2:

 

[Simpson & his donkey.]

There is a size difference for sure and I hope these photo's pick up on this. The Stalingrad figures come up to the shoulders of the Vietnam figures and are smaller . Heads helmets weapons all are smaller. Chris.

Still haven't heard any feedback about the new SS figure size. Chris.

 

[FirstLegion]

Still haven't heard any feedback about the new SS figure size. Chris.

The Waffen-SS are part of the WWII range so are of course consistent in size with our WWII figures. The Vietnam range is a totally different range with a totally different sculptor so Vietnam will be consistent with Vietnam, WWII with WWII, Napoleonics with Napoleonics etc... While we would of course love for every figure we ever make to be totally size consistent, with so many talented sculptors working on different ranges of hand produced products it just isn't possible unfortunately.

Hope this addresses your question. In the future if you have questions and want a quick answer, please do send an email.

Best,

Matt

 

[Rob]

There you go Simmo, a polite, friendly helpful reply from Matt, seems like it wasn't a strange question to ask at all mate!.

Best

Rob

 

[Mitch]

That is an interesting position with figures being different scales in different ranges. I had heard someone say that the FL Vietnam figures worked well with Figarti releases from that era. I know Figarti figures are usually smaller than the current stated 1/28th scale figures of the main manufacturers like K&C, CS and TG so, if they are bigger and Simmo's pictures show that clearly how do they compare with Figarti and work? (anyone have both like to reply?) and, could I see a picture of a current 1/28th scale figure with one of these Vietnam figures for comparison?

I am confused at the notion that a sculptor will make a figure at a larger scale than what a manufacturer requires. FL are 1/30th so, talented or not would that not be what the sculptor is required to produce? Artistic license surely would not allow a sculptor to change a companies range.

I suppose it is why scale is a topic of continued discussion for all manufacturers in this hobby and while it is good to know that manufacturers will remain constant within each range I would like to know the latitude that is seemingly given to sculptors to move around 1/30th which is still the scale the hobby purports to use
Mitch

 

[Rob]

Mitch raises an interesting point here Simmo, have you tried a FL Vietnam fig next to a Figarti Vietnam fig, would make for one hell of a collection if they worked well together.

Rob

 

[Vezzolf]

Simmo, Thanks for posting your photos:salute::.... Definitely a size difference between the Vietman Range and WWII Stalingrad.... I was not aware of that....But as long as the scale is... "consistent within the range"... that's the most important factor for me since Vietnam figures will never be displayed with WWII figures....The Vietnam figures look good....I may consider that range someday....(As Rob suggested, it would be interesting to see if Figarti Vietnam and FL Vietnam are close to the same size??)..... but for now I'm more focused on the New Waffen figures (and NAPS).....As Matt explained as long as the Waffen and US Normandy figures match up well in size with the Stalingrad WWII scale that's what counts....Consistency within the range/historical era is what most of us want in our collections :salute::

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Every manufacturer and many collectors have the size problem. The problem arose because K&C originally made 1:28 figures and 1:32 AFVs, later increased to 1:30. Surveys done on Treefrog showed that collectors preferred the larger figures at 1:28, preferred the AFVs at 1:30 and not bigger at 1:28 - but still would like the figure scales and AFV scales to match :rolleyes2:

The FL ranges do have different size figures between ranges but are consistent within a range. Clearly the FL Viet figures are quite a bit larger than the WWII figures. It will be interesting to see what FL will do if they make any Viet AFVs or vehicles. Will they be larger than 1:30 to match the figures.

I don't know why the manufacturers all skirt the problem or come up with convoluted explanations when anyone with eyes can see the issue for themselves. I'm sure it's not the sculptors making that big a variance on their own.

Terry

 

[jazzeum]

I saw the FL and Figarti Nam figures side by side at the 2012 Chicago Show and they work well together. That was everybody's consensus.

 

[Vezzolf]

The FL ranges do have different size figures between ranges but are consistent within a range. Clearly the FL Viet figures are quite a bit larger than the WWII figures. It will be interesting to see what FL will do if they make any Viet AFVs or vehicles. Will they be larger than 1:30 to match the figures.


Terry

Of all the TS manufacturers FL has had the most historically accurate, proper scale and proportionately sized figures. (especially within each range FL is very consistent).....The WWII series is...Very Accurate....Very Predictable...especially in regards to figure size and AFV scale, they match perfectly....If they do choose make Viet AFV's or Vehicles they will likely be in proportion to the scale of the Vietnam figures they produce. The popularity of the Vietnam series could be a factor as to wether or not Viet AFV's are ever even made by FL....But at least they seem to go well with Figarti Vietnam figures and the Figarti Viet Helicopters....And that's good for the guys who are collecting the Vietnam Era....I personally do not think that the Vietnam Range will ever be as popular as the FL WWII range.

 

[Blowtorch]

wether or not Viet AFV's are ever even made by FL...

This in 1/28?! Oh BABY!!

 

[jazzeum]

I think Rich Schuster (nysoldiers) posted recently that FL would be making some Nam AFVs.

 

[Vezzolf]

Brad, That's interesting news:smile2:....Did he say which AFV's we might actually see produced?

 

[jazzeum]

Frank,

He said a M113 APC. This was in the What Happened to Vietnam thread. Sounds like he must have been taking to Matt.

Brad

 

[Warrior]

I personally do not think that the Vietnam Range will ever be as popular as the FL WWII range.

Well I'm just one dealer speaking, but I've sold a **** ton of FL VN codes, not as many as WWII naturally as there are more WWII codes in the catalog presently, plus for a long time I was Matt's sole "Show Agent", so I sold a lot then, but you'd be amazed at how popular the VN codes have been.

A lot of my customers were actually in country, so they have a connection to the figures perhaps?

And yes, they go great with the Figarti Vietnam figures...............