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Posted: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 01:19 AM UTC
Dragon have announced another German figure set.



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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!

EDIT: These are not Gen 2 set after all, the mistake was mine-apologies all round.
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Posted: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 08:18 AM UTC
I like the guy with the PPSH. The others look a little stiff
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Posted: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 08:40 AM UTC
I think those look like CAD pictures. I don't think the actual figures will be as crisp. In my experience with Dragon the CADs always look much better than the finished product....HOWEVER...I will definitely buy a set of these. Dragon do set the standard for styrene figutres.


Jeff
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Posted: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 08:56 AM UTC
might actually get around to building the 1945 dio, I've fiddling with since I was a kid, with this set and a couple their other Gen 2 sets
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Posted: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 07:41 PM UTC
As Jack Bauer says DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Too many figures not enough money

A Question??
Could I use these figures in conjunction with the GEN 2 Luftwaffe Field Division Novograd???

Chris
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Posted: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 11:39 PM UTC
they need to leave the god damn wermacht alone and get me those god damned Allied sherman riders!!
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Posted: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 12:24 AM UTC
I agree that the PPSH guy is the best. This is an SS version of "desperate defence". Nice but not really original
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Posted: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 12:58 AM UTC
they are awsum i cant wait for the set to come out just the german infantry set i need!
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Posted: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 02:10 AM UTC

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they need to leave the god damn wermacht alone and get me those god damned Allied sherman riders!!



I got a shipping notice from HLJ to say that miy Sherman Riders are on the way.
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Posted: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 02:31 AM UTC

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they need to leave the god damn wermacht alone and get me those god damned Allied sherman riders!!



They're not Wehrmacht... they're WSS

I like them... plenty of potential there... besides, those tank riders look quite boring...

Rudi
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Posted: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 03:22 AM UTC
I'm not sure of these figures, none of them are pointing at anything. Could it be we may have seen the end of pointing figures?
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Posted: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 05:00 AM UTC
I personally like the crouched officer the best. More like a single figure though since he seems to be wearing much lighter cloths comparing the rest of the squad.
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Posted: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 05:09 AM UTC
Really nice set of figures. Nice detail, poses and facials.
Dragon are the weapon of choice for modellers on a budget
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Posted: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 08:28 AM UTC
I read on another figures site that Dragon does their initial masters in 1/16th scale. That's why there's a difference between the initial pics they show and the actual figures in 1/35 scale.

I don't mean, of course, that the actual figures are bad... but just not as great as the initial pics.

Nice looking set, by the way.

Hisham
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Posted: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 10:28 AM UTC

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I'm not sure of these figures, none of them are pointing at anything. Could it be we may have seen the end of pointing figures?
Joe


A figure with alternate pointing arms will be in the Cyber Hobby release.
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Posted: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 10:43 AM UTC

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I'm not sure of these figures, none of them are pointing at anything. Could it be we may have seen the end of pointing figures?
Joe


A figure with alternate pointing arms will be in the Cyber Hobby release.


One figure? Why not all of them? Just think of all the dioramic possibilities.

"
-Sarge, check this out.
-No, no, take a look over here!
-I think this one's much more interesting.
-Shut up all of you! It has to be this one.
"
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Posted: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 01:27 PM UTC
Is it just me or does the second guy's weapon carrying position look really awkward?

I could see lifting it up that high if her were stepping over something, but the rest of the posture (including how far back his arms and gun are) does not sell me on wary advance, ready to fire.

Maybe it's just me...

I'll end up buying them anyway.

Mike
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Posted: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 07:35 PM UTC
Mike,

Are you refering the 2nd guy from the left in the full picture? The weapon doesn't bug me so much as the map case positioned over the groin area. It looks awkward, uncomfortable and unnatural...Imagine running in that setup with the map case banging you in the family jewels with every bound you take

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Posted: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 09:20 PM UTC

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I like them... plenty of potential there... besides, those tank riders look quite boring...

Rudi



I assume you're an axis modeller?? you would surely find any seated or resting figure boring seeing as you have so many to choose from you have to remember us OD fans have had nothing but squidgy old tamiya offerings for years!

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Posted: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 09:29 PM UTC

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I assume you're an axis modeller?? you would surely find any seated or resting figure boring seeing as you have so many to choose from you have to remember us OD fans have had nothing but squidgy old tamiya offerings for years!



You assume too much. And you know what assumption is?

My WW2 interest has been limited to Brit for years, so yes, I know all too well about the limited supply of Allied subjects. It's only recently that I have fostered an interest in the WSS.

You want me to excited about tank riders? Give my a set of Commonwealth riders... oh wait... we didn't ride tanks... we slogged through Europe on our feet!
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Posted: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 11:31 PM UTC
There might be some odd details in the set, like the map case over the groin area, but overall a very nice set with some good diorama possibilities. I could see these guys in a city or behind a tank.

Thanks for the news update
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Posted: Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 12:05 AM UTC

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The weapon doesn't bug me so much as the map case positioned over the groin area. It looks awkward, uncomfortable and unnatural.

Rudi



Maybe his family came from Scotland originally
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Posted: Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 12:06 AM UTC
The bloke with the ushanka-looking hat on has a nicely sculpted face I reckon. I hope that it comes through on the actual figures! Because there is no helmet strap, are these a complete head, or two pieces again?
Brad
Oh, and Rudi, here are some chaps doing, um well... nothing at all...

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Posted: Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 12:41 AM UTC

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Oh, and Rudi, here are some chaps doing, um well... nothing at all...



They must be Kiwis Just kidding...
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