"This is not your usual set of plastic soldiers. The box artwork merely shows a famous war poster of a Soviet soldier standing astride a dead German, yet that neatly sums up what you get inside. This is a set of figures that recreate famous Soviet war posters and photographs from World War II, and what a fascinating and eclectic mix it delivers.
Starting at the top, we have two Soviet soldiers defeating a German soldier by what is presumably meant to be the heroic method of stabbing and clubbing him rather than shooting him from a distance or dropping a bomb on him. Several posters with such figures exist, and of course ‘heroic' was very much the word the designers wanted to associate with the Red Army. Viewed as figures that you might want to use in an actual wargame or diorama, the uniforms and kit is reasonable and the first two are also pretty believable as poses, but the third is perhaps rather too heroic, as surely anyone with their legs that far apart would be having trouble with their eyes watering.
Something similar can be seen in the second row. Both the male soldiers here are in poses of victory, at least as imagined by the original artist. One holds his rifle up in a triumphant kind of way, which the other has managed to get hold of a flag – the Soviet Union was one of several countries that were or are very fond of waving flags. This man stands over the body of a dead German, so has evidently answered the popular call to "Comrade, kill your German". From a historical accuracy point of view, the only problem with these figures is that both are wearing capes. Officers were issued rain capes, but those had hoods and did not look like these, so these are in the tradition of Superman, which again is trying to convey the ‘hero' message. In a real fight of course capes are not the most practical of garments, and the Pixar film ‘The Incredibles' (2004) clearly showed why super-heroes would not wear them either, but they look cool and that is really what matters here…"
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Hope you enjoy!
Amicalement
Armand
