Which of these "uncommon" eras would you like to see? (1 Viewer)

[Jack]

Buy the boat buy the boat buy the boat....... that way all the Napoleonics will be mine ALL MINE!!!!

Check my post on your other thread - you are dealing with forces you cannot comprehend (I am an Indiana Jones fan!)

 

[Phil]

really i would have thought you were more a Nacy Drew fan...lol....and the naps are still going to be ALL MINE!

 

[aujj65]

Good to see that the Franco-Prussian War is well out in front......I wonder if any manufacturer will produce a range?

Jeff

 

[Jack]

Great to see the Franco Prussian War up there but there is such a spread that its hard to mount a really indisputable case for any of the 'uncommon eras' to be produced.

 

[Mitch]

I would quite like to see one or more manufacturers addressing the samurai. FL do some nice figures but, It would be nice to see some others in the mainstream doing their renditions
Mitch

 

[lancer]

I find it rather odd that none of us have voted for the Russo-Japanese conflict considering how important it was. It had a tremendous naval battle at Tsushima, which was perceded by an epic effort on the part of the Russian Navy to even get their fleet to the war zone. The war also had some interesting land campaigns around Port Arthur and Mukden that foreshadowed WW1 and it's trench warfare. I have a minor interest in the war and have done some reading on it, but I didn't vote for it either. What do you all think about the lack of interest? Is it the location, the participants, the time period? What? -- Al

 

[Napoleon1er]

I find it rather odd that none of us have voted for the Russo-Japanese conflict considering how important it was. It had a tremendous naval battle at Tsushima, which was perceded by an epic effort on the part of the Russian Navy to even get their fleet to the war zone. The war also had some interesting land campaigns around Port Arthur and Mukden that foreshadowed WW1 and it's trench warfare. I have a minor interest in the war and have done some reading on it, but I didn't vote for it either. What do you all think about the lack of interest? Is it the location, the participants, the time period? What? -- Al

It's because it too place in a "remote" area, and is not really part of the Western Tradition of conflicts. I would like to see, it, but I didn't vote because I just don't think I would have the money or space. There would be some nice cossacks, and some very interesting transitional uniforms!

 

[Jack]

You are quite right about its historical significance, but I wonder if its relative obscurity stems from what followed. The Edwardians were obssessed by the Titanic disaster but once August 1914 rolled around they lost interest as almost every family got its own personal taste of tragedy. The death of History in the classroom has ensured that teachers barely get time to look at their own nation's history let alone arguing for the importance of a war that few remember.

Perhaps too, the sheer size of World War One dwarfed everything else, although as you quite rightly indicated there were other forces at play. Would the massacre of Armenians or the famine in Russia in the early twenties be part of our historical inheritance had the Holocaust not occured? I have taught history for many years, both at school and university level, and though the Russo-Japanese War was part of the lead up to WW1 and WW 2 it did not form a set part of the curriculum. In fact, I have never seen the Arab-Israeli conflict take anything approaching centre stage, so there are huge gaps. There was, however, always plenty of time set aside to cover the evils of European civilisation! My dealer made the point that one history curriculum he saw did not include WW1! (my toy soldier dealer - my other dealer is not much of a history buff!)

 

[larso]

"really i would have thought you were more a Nacy Drew fan...lol"


When he played cricket, it was said he ran like a Nancy?

As for other eras. The New Zealand wars would provide another colourful opponent to the British Colonial forces. I've also thought that the Mongols have been severly underrepresented given their significant impact on their world. They destroyed many states and some of the battles were of a monumental scale!

 

[Jack]

'When he played cricket, it was said he ran like a Nancy'


When you bowled I did not have to run - just had to wait for a spectator to throw the ball back!

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

Well, Sandor...I haven't voted...but you have included some interesting choices. Over the course of this past year, there is one conflict that has interested me more and more and that I truly would like to see enter the toy soldier world...the English Civil War. Three wars, really...but spectacular uniforms so different from anything currently on the market. Besides, I have always wanted a beheaded Charles I vignette to add to my display shelf, and while a Charles II figure would be great, you would have to exile it to the closet following the conflict.

 

[Phil]

in the words of Sir Viv "its round and red you go fetch it"

 

[Jack]

in the words of Sir Viv "its round and red you go fetch it"

and fetch it I did!

 

[Denver]

Only one of these ranges interests, the Barbary Coast US Marines.
However, I would probably buy only one box set.
Since I already have a bagged set of them from Barzso,
a metal set might not encourage me to buy it.