| Woolshed Wargamer | 12 Apr 2013 4:18 p.m. PST |
You open your package of miniatures that arrived in the post and see all those march attack muskets bent in a U shape. I just got my latest Perry order and had some heart stopping moments trying to bend them back into shape without snapping the bayonets off. I have to admit I have got pretty good at it given all the Old Glory bags that I have brought over the years. But in those you get 30 figures – a few mishaps are OK. In a box of six Perry Carlist infantry when you need six Perry Carlist infantry, those mishaps are a different story. |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 12 Apr 2013 4:49 p.m. PST |
Have you seen 6mm tank turrets in the mail?  |
| Woolshed Wargamer | 12 Apr 2013 4:57 p.m. PST |
No, But I do remember back in the 70s getting a shipment of Mike's Models 15mm Normans and the postie had folded and bent the package to fit into the letterbox slot. There were a lot of spears and lances snipped off and replace with pins from that lot. |
| Arteis | 12 Apr 2013 5:07 p.m. PST |
I have a hatred of broken bayonets. I'm entitled by paying for figures to receive ones that are fit for purpose – and that to me is unbroken. This includes if they arrive with bent weapons, if careful straightening still results in them snapping off. I always go back to the supplier to ask for replacements. If suppliers are not packing them well enough to withstand the rigours of postage, then they need to know. |
| Rudi the german | 12 Apr 2013 6:04 p.m. PST |
I prefer bayonets from old glory bent around the neck instead of founrdy orders where whole packs are missing. |
le Grande Quartier General  | 12 Apr 2013 7:31 p.m. PST |
Once they arrive, flat bladed tweezers in the prep guys- Surgeon Dad turned me on to straighting things delecately without breaking them… I have salvaged a thousand 6mm sabers and bayonets… with speed, using a rotating movement flat pinch. |
 John the OFM | 12 Apr 2013 8:05 p.m. PST |
This is what happens when the gravitational constant is anisotropic.
You can avoid that by buying a special stamp. |
| Woolshed Wargamer | 12 Apr 2013 9:50 p.m. PST |
Perry figures are packaged pretty well. Little boxes and held tight with a packing wool of some sort. I think these get bent when they come out of the mold hot and are tossed into their bins. |
| Old Slow Trot | 13 Apr 2013 9:16 a.m. PST |
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| Sudwind | 14 Apr 2013 2:45 p.m. PST |
The worst is those thin barrels for CinC ships and tanks. Beautiful, but so fragile, models. GHQ is a little better since they went with chunkier barrels. H&R and Scotia might not be my favorite castings, but they are very durable and survive travel and ham-handed gamers quite well. |
| Spreewaldgurken | 14 Apr 2013 2:47 p.m. PST |
I've never understood why more figures aren't available without bayonets. Especially the shouldered arms and marching poses. |
