maddadicus
2nd Lieutenant
- Joined
- Feb 8, 2006
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I started this in the matte section...thought to add it here..
Maybe folks are getting sick of my rants, but Britains made their reputation on sets, 6 foot figures or 5 horse figures in gloss. This idea of putting out 1 figure of 1 unit, at a time is driving my collecting mind ,nuts. I want marching sets, complete marching sets. I am tired of picking up the odd F.I.W. single figure ,with the hope that I might eventually get 6, down the road to complete, just that 1 unit. Now try to plan for completing 7 or 10 units. My Britains collection is the only incomplete ,oddball, hit or miss setup, that I have..Military figures normally walk or march, not stand with their feet wide apart ...which eliminates a number of the F.I.W. units for me to collect. The Sudan figures are great. What would it kill to make a 4 or 6 man marching set including an officer. How about the camel set with 3 troopers and officer. I have been collecting for years and I liked the old glossy marketing. Giving me a promissory note, that maybe, sometime down the road, we the mfg. might fill in some of the units, does not cut it for me..Very hard to plan, when a new owner, a new sculpter, or a new direction can make all future planned releases, null and void...Britains got me ,with their new quality and direction, but I am not sure, I understood how hard it would be ,to consistently collect them..Just my thoughts...Michael
Maybe folks are getting sick of my rants, but Britains made their reputation on sets, 6 foot figures or 5 horse figures in gloss. This idea of putting out 1 figure of 1 unit, at a time is driving my collecting mind ,nuts. I want marching sets, complete marching sets. I am tired of picking up the odd F.I.W. single figure ,with the hope that I might eventually get 6, down the road to complete, just that 1 unit. Now try to plan for completing 7 or 10 units. My Britains collection is the only incomplete ,oddball, hit or miss setup, that I have..Military figures normally walk or march, not stand with their feet wide apart ...which eliminates a number of the F.I.W. units for me to collect. The Sudan figures are great. What would it kill to make a 4 or 6 man marching set including an officer. How about the camel set with 3 troopers and officer. I have been collecting for years and I liked the old glossy marketing. Giving me a promissory note, that maybe, sometime down the road, we the mfg. might fill in some of the units, does not cut it for me..Very hard to plan, when a new owner, a new sculpter, or a new direction can make all future planned releases, null and void...Britains got me ,with their new quality and direction, but I am not sure, I understood how hard it would be ,to consistently collect them..Just my thoughts...Michael
