Monday, May 28, 2012 - 09:26 AM UTC
Dragon has released more details on a recently announced figure set.
Back at the Shizouka Hobby Show, Dragon announced a new figure set, 4 figures representing the Leibstandarte Waffen SS. The Leibstandarte, derived from the archaic term for body guard of a military leader and unit size, were originally the personal body guard of Adolf Hitler, known as Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler or LSSAH. This figure set represents soldiers in Macedonia in April 1941, during an attack on the Greek infantry. The set should be available in July 2012, and will include Gen2Gear.

DRA6643 - Leibstandarte Waffen SS, Kleisoura Pass 1941 (4 Figures Set)

A thanks goes out to Armorama member Matthew Nethery for pointing out the release information.
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Nice to see the campaign in Greece highlighted. Yes, the SS had camo earlier, so it makes sense to have these infamous bastards instead of ordinary army units. I can't find any reference to a Klisra Pass, but a Kleisoura Pass is quite important in the subjugation of Greece. Maybe a Greek member can clarify?
MAY 29, 2012 - 03:53 AM
The guy on the far right looks like Kurt Meyer. Don't know if he was in that unit, but the figure looks just like a picture of him that I've seen a few times. More so on the box art though rather than the actual figure. The poses look a bit different than usual too, so that's a nice change
MAY 29, 2012 - 07:41 AM
Kurt "Panzer" Meyer was in fact part of the LSSSAH in Greece, and legend has it, he dropped a grenade in front of some troops who were dogging it to "motivate" them. The "Panzer" nickname was not from tanks (the LSSSAH was just a motorized regiment at the start of the war with no tanks), but because he was so tough, it was like he was steel-coated.
MAY 29, 2012 - 07:49 AM
Bill, You are correct about the name of the pass. The box art has it wrong. Panzermeyer or Schnellmeyer was the leader of the aufklarungs unit of LSSAH at the time of the invasion of Greece. At the end of that invasion,he actually led an "amphibious assault" using fishing boats to cut off Greek and Brit troops. Aparently the man never slept. It does look to me like the figure in the kit is meant to be him. J
MAY 30, 2012 - 02:14 AM
It is indeed Kurt Meyer, the third rendition Dragon has done of him in plastic so they obviously think he is a popular subject. There is a famous picture of him in this pose and no doubt the artist used it as guidance. He got the nickname Panzer from back in his training days apparently when falling from a building roof to which most would not have survived. Quote "While in training in the Police Academy at Schwerin, Meyer decided to play a prank on a fellow student. His plan was to throw a pail of water on his classmate from the roof of a two story building, but Meyer slipped and fell. He landed on his feet, but suffered over 20 fractures. He was expected to die, but he recovered to full health. After this, Meyer's classmates christened him "Panzer" because he was as tough as a battle tank." Alan
MAY 30, 2012 - 02:29 AM
Alan: That's it! I think they did a pretty good job of replicating that (for a plastic figure at least). It's pretty cool to see Dragon do something like that. -Conor
MAY 30, 2012 - 03:11 AM
Just out of curiousity, what are the other renditions of him DML has done?
MAY 30, 2012 - 08:45 AM
Just out of curiousity, what are the other renditions of him DML has done? [/quote] Hi the other two are 6144 Commanders Conference Second from right and 6407 Panzermeyer LSSAH Division He's also been done in resin by Alpine at both 1/35 and 1/16th scale and by Yosci in 1/35th scale twice Alan
MAY 30, 2012 - 12:22 PM
Looks like Kurt's a pretty popular subject.
MAY 30, 2012 - 01:22 PM
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