"More Robin Hood band." Topic
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Tango01 | 28 Jun 2014 11:49 a.m. PST |
Nice!. From Conquest Games.
From here link Hope you enjoy!. Amicalement Armand |
Cyrus the Great | 28 Jun 2014 12:11 p.m. PST |
Wow, a Herne the Hunter figure! |
Great War Ace | 28 Jun 2014 1:01 p.m. PST |
His sleeves are too short, looks like his hands are missing. But I like the Tuck figure
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20thmaine | 28 Jun 2014 4:00 p.m. PST |
That's more like it ! Nice figures ! |
Parzival | 28 Jun 2014 9:48 p.m. PST |
Nice figs, but I get a little tired of the neo-pagan Robin stuff. The traditional Robin Hood ballads are set in the 12th to 13th century England. At that time, Saxon culture was thoroughly Christian and had been for over six hundred years. Heck, the Normans were probably chronologically closer to their pagan (Norse) roots than the Saxons were! There's certainly no mention of pagan characters, much less Herne the Hunter, in any of the Robin Hood tales. The closest pagan-like character is Guy of Guisborne, and he's presented as an evil murderer (almost a serial killer in tone), not a force to be revered. Of course, the roots of the Robin legend do potentially have pagan origins, if Robin is another aspect of Robin Goodfellow aka Puck. But that's not how he appears in the ballads or English tradition. It's all a Hollywood add-on, and a rather lame one at that. *Sigh* just a rant by one who loves the classic legend and the tales (and art) of Howard Pyle-- not to mention the great Errol Flynn movie, which is bizarrely truer to the legend, despite the Technicolor costumes and the fencing-style swordplay, than almost any "realistic" attempt since. But as I said the figures are nice, and the Herne figure is well done, too, even if the idea has no classic connection with Robin Hood. |
Lovejoy | 29 Jun 2014 2:33 a.m. PST |
No, but it has a lot of connection to Richard Carpenter's 'Robin of Sherwood' 80's TV show, which is what these are based on – and all the better for it, IMHO! |
Parzival | 29 Jun 2014 5:46 p.m. PST |
Well, that explains it. I had a visceral dislike for that show when it aired. Guess I haven't lost it. |
Tango01 | 29 Jun 2014 10:16 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed them boys. Amicalement Armand |
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