| Feet up now | 30 Oct 2009 6:38 a.m. PST |
historicals are metal figs, fantasy and others are little gits |
GildasFacit  | 30 Oct 2009 6:58 a.m. PST |
Wargames figures or just figures to anyone who I expect to know what wargaming is. Miniature soldiers or toy soldiers to less discerning contacts. |
| nebeltex | 30 Oct 2009 7:04 a.m. PST |
figure flats, and each one has an individual name. |
| Tommy20 | 30 Oct 2009 7:40 a.m. PST |
Among non-gamers, I say Toy Soldiers. Among gamers, either Figs or Mini's. |
| Dexter Ward | 30 Oct 2009 7:48 a.m. PST |
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| Waco Joe | 30 Oct 2009 7:50 a.m. PST |
Minis to the enlightened, goobers to the mundanes. |
| Klebert L Hall | 30 Oct 2009 7:55 a.m. PST |
Miniatures or minis.
-Kle. |
| ComradeCommissar | 30 Oct 2009 8:17 a.m. PST |
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| Goldwyrm | 30 Oct 2009 8:20 a.m. PST |
Me- figures, toys, minis
Family- little men or little people (said with a cutesy voice) |
| Ruben aka Qwirz | 30 Oct 2009 8:49 a.m. PST |
Soldatini! (Italian for toy soldiers)
Or, if speaking to gamers or people used to them (my wife or my mother for ex) Miniature. (it for miniatures) RRR |
| GoodBye | 30 Oct 2009 9:45 a.m. PST |
They always have been and always will be Toy Soldiers to me. |
| eddy1957 | 30 Oct 2009 10:04 a.m. PST |
Mostly Figures, sometimes Loosers |
| mex10mm | 30 Oct 2009 10:06 a.m. PST |
"Monitos" meaning small apes.
(In Mexico "monitos" is a popular way to call small miniatures or toys). |
| nickinsomerset | 30 Oct 2009 10:07 a.m. PST |
My little chaps, although my Fiance refers to any mounted troops as jockeys! Tally Ho! |
| By John 54 | 30 Oct 2009 10:54 a.m. PST |
'Minis', is the one that always makes me chuckle. John |
| skinkmasterreturns | 30 Oct 2009 11:08 a.m. PST |
Minis,although since those little bottles of booze are called the same thing,people think I'm an alcoholic when I say I've got thousands of them. |
| Martin Rapier | 30 Oct 2009 11:34 a.m. PST |
Toy Soldiers, or just the more generic 'Toys' to include vehicles, planes, ships, horses, artillery, spacecraft etc. If feeling pretentious I might refer to some vehicles as 'models', but only the ones I've scratchbuilt or converted. |
| leidang | 30 Oct 2009 11:51 a.m. PST |
I name them Legion for they are many and endless. |
| svsavory | 30 Oct 2009 12:01 p.m. PST |
I call them miniatures, figures, toy soldiers, toys, models. |
| MiniatureWargaming dot com | 30 Oct 2009 3:30 p.m. PST |
everyone in the house calls them Dad's Guys |
| Derek H | 30 Oct 2009 4:04 p.m. PST |
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| Lentulus | 30 Oct 2009 4:57 p.m. PST |
When explaining what I do, I call them toy soldiers -- as in, "I'm just a big kid who plays with toy soldiers for fun". When I am talking about them in general with other gamers, and not referring to a particular army ("I'll bring my Russians") – generally "guys" as in "I can bring enough guys for both sides for tonight's game" Make a good poll. |
| Paul Y | 30 Oct 2009 7:50 p.m. PST |
Miniatures, figures, 'minis', toy soldiers or 'little people', depending on the audience ;) Cheers,
Paul. |
| ScoobyDoom | 30 Oct 2009 11:28 p.m. PST |
"Things of Beauty and a Joy forever" when packing to take them to a Con. "Frickin' deadweight" when packing to take them home again. |
| Steve Hazuka | 31 Oct 2009 6:28 p.m. PST |
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| Last Hussar | 01 Nov 2009 3:47 p.m. PST |
Useless bastards. As in "How did you miss that you useless bastards" (Bleep-o-matic in Five , four…) |
| alien BLOODY HELL surfer | 02 Nov 2009 9:14 a.m. PST |
lol Last Hussar – hence the term Bar stewards. seeing as you and I used the same terms, are we still talking about our figures, or our performance at the library on saturday lunchtime? :-( |
| YankeePedlar01 | 02 Nov 2009 9:46 a.m. PST |
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| wrgmr1 | 02 Nov 2009 10:46 a.m. PST |
Figures, Toys, and creeping into our group lately is Models. |
| Hexxenhammer | 02 Nov 2009 2:43 p.m. PST |
Minis or little guys. "Papa, are you painting your little guys?" |
| Daffy Doug | 02 Nov 2009 6:38 p.m. PST |
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| Last Hussar | 03 Nov 2009 7:40 p.m. PST |
aBHs. Thanks. I'd almost managed to banish that from my mind. |
