What are people buying?

[BaronVonWreckedoften]

Finally, I nailed a box:



donald

I bet my one turns up now!

[ochoin]

Nice! It does make you wonder why it was produced as a limited edition though?

It was OOP for a long time & I think they brought this back as a sop to demand?
Not sure but the box is old & I got it for....more than I care to say from an acquaintance in Sydney.
My dear Baron, I expect that box is sadly mouldering in the city dump, snatched by some hopeful villain expecting gold,frankincense or myrrh & utterly disappointed at finding plastic figures.
Crime here has risen remarkably in the last few years & whilst I have lost no further post, I fully expect an attempt on my beloved '86', now parked in the carport whilst my wife's Lexus now resides in the garage. If/when this happens, you will hear my cry of anguish in London.

donald

[Jamanicus]

Finally, I nailed a box:



donald

I have these from about 20 years ago....no box, but they're in a plastic sandwich bag with my other 1:72 stuff from being a kid.

[ochoin]

Obviously, you don't need *that* many artillerymen.
Judging by the excellent Revell SYW limbers in my collection (1 per box, sadly), I must have acquired 5 sets over the years and used them for both the French & the Austrian armies - my third SYW army, the Prussians, uses AWI artillerymen as their uniforms are sufficiently different.
So even if I somehow acquire a Russian SYW army (unlikely), I have enough to see all my needs.

donald

[BaronVonWreckedoften]

Two books by Andrew Field - "PRELUDE TO WATERLOO Quatre Bras: The French Perspective" and "WELLINGTONS WATERLOO ALLIES". The former is an amazing book that gives unit-by-unit breakdowns of the various French manoeuvres on 16th June, which will assist in creating equally detailed forces for a series of Sharp Practice scenarios, whilst the latter examines the structure and key involvements of each of the non-British components of the Anglo-Allied Army, including their often-overlooked and sometime controversial - not least between themselves - participation in repulsing the final assault by La Garde and d'Erlon's Corps right at the death.

Both highly recommended, based on what I have read so far (which is pretty much all of both of them ).

[DougM]

Other than a bunch of books, which I have no shelf space for, took advantage of the Northstar specials to add a couple more 7YW regiments, and a WW2 Polish platoon for CoC.. with the caveat that Polish platoons were huge and I'm going to have to buy some more packs...

Other than that, STL files for Sumerians, a Bastle House and some BAOR Cold War from a Kickstarter.

[Penda]

Just ordered the bones of a Pyrrhic army from Aventine: three phalanxes, Companion Cavalry, Greek Light Cavalry, Pyrrhic General & staff on foot, Mounted Successor general, skirmishers with Javelins. With the elements I can borrow from my Carthaginians or Republican Romans that will almost do for an army in our Hail Caesar games. I'll add some Tarentines at a later date before Keith retires in September 2025.

[DougM]

Oh. Very nice... I've always been tempted by a classic phalanx army. So far I've resisted.

[tim.w]

Very jelous. My velites are Aventine and they're very nice. If I had the money I'd invest in a load of stuff. I had thought they were winding down this year so that gives me hope. I have a Carthaginian army on my birthday wishlist for December so we'll see.

[Penda]

I have a Carthaginian army on my birthday wishlist for December so we'll see.

I'm sure you will be fine, Keith is not retiring until September 2025.