"Review Part 2: BMC's D-Day Soldiers" Topic
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| Thortrains | 28 Jan 2018 4:47 p.m. PST |
I finished the review by looking at the soldiers packed in the BMC D-Day playset. They are in the 54mm to 60mm range. I have heard many opinions of these figures and they all seem to match mine. link I first saw these soldiers about 20 years ago and my opinion has not improved with time. |
nnascati  | 28 Jan 2018 6:22 p.m. PST |
Wow, they look surprisingly poor. |
| Thortrains | 28 Jan 2018 7:26 p.m. PST |
These are among some of the worst sculpted figures I have every seen. Even as toy figures, they are poor. I have enjoyed toy soldiers since I was a kid back in the 1950s. This set is pretty bad. Just compare them with the figures on my "Army Men Homepage" at thortrains.net/armymen Ironically, BMC's Iwo Jima Marines and Japanese are pretty good. |
| Londonplod | 29 Jan 2018 2:09 a.m. PST |
I bought the bagged set for my son some 10 years ago, he loved them. I painted some up and they did not look too bad but l really hated the U.S. and German helmets so l suggested the idea of some head swaps to him. He was rather unimpressed to say the least, it then dawned on me that it was a cheap set of toy soldiers designed for children, not adults.
If l wanted high quality sculptors then l should have bought Airfix…..! One other thing, why is Rommel on such a big base? |
| Jcfrog | 29 Jan 2018 9:18 a.m. PST |
For (old) French military, it would raise eyebrows. BMC stand for Bordel Militaire de Company. |
| GROSSMAN | 29 Jan 2018 8:32 p.m. PST |
These look horrid compared to the old MARX set from the 1970s. |
| mysteron | 30 Jan 2018 3:25 a.m. PST |
For me its just a kids playset . From a railway modellers point of view its like comparing a toy trainset to that of a model railroad. |
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checks out some 10/15mm railroad tracks for wargaming.