Vahalla Awaits! (1 Viewer)

[Winston]

Plenty of discussion on the forum regarding different era's. So wondered if anybody collected the Vikings?

The Thunderbolt Catapault with the 2 figure add on. Is one of my favourite stand alone pieces that Conte have made.

 

[marco55]

I collected the Viking series a couple of years ago including ship # 2.I thought they wer very nice but my interest waned.I also had 20+ historical figure kits painted.Got rid of them a couple of months ago.
Mark

 

[bearybones]

I agree with you Winston. Conte's Thunderbolt Catapult is a fabulous piece. Conte makes excellent medieval siege engines. I too have the Thunderbolt Catapult and also their ballista, for use in my Crusades diorama. The Crusades is my era of interest, so I don't collect the Viking figures, except for a small few that compliment the siege equipment. I just ordered another ballista last week. Got the first one about two years ago, just after it was first released. I had Conte's battering ram "I Hear Ya' Knockin'", for about a year. It's also a great piece, but as my diorama developed, I decided the ram didn't really work well with the way the diorama was evolving. The thing is a foot long, so it takes up a lot of space. It comes with two great figures and about 20 little arrows that you can stick into the hides on top. When the catapult and ballista were released, Conte was supposed to be coming out with a really substantial siege tower, but it never materialized. Perhaps it will show up on the scene sometime up the road.

George

 

[The Lt.]

With the passing of Tony Curtis who also star in his favorite movie the Vikings RC is paying tribute to his passing on his web site. www.conteco.com and I'm sure you'll notice how the set RC annouced awhile back resembles one of the photos appearing in his tribute.

 

[Winston]

A film I've never watched.

So will take it as a recommendation to do so.

 

[mikemiller1955]

Wiston...that is a really nicely detailed pice by Conte...one of their best in my opinion...

Joseph...that was a great movie when I was a kid...

 

[marco55]

A film I've never watched.

So will take it as a recommendation to do so.

A little dated compared to today's movies but still a very good movie.
Mark

 

[rayb]

i carnt believe you havent seen that film colin its a classic, i still do the viking call

 

[Winston]

i carnt believe you havent seen that film colin its a classic, i still do the viking call

Utter shame.

Are you going to the Birmingham soldier show at the end of the month Ray?

 

[HAWKEYE]

a classic movie, one of the best made. if you have any kids let them watch it. mine were 7 and 9 when they saw it and they loved it.