| Jubilation T Cornpone | 31 Jul 2019 2:20 p.m. PST |
Has anyone any information on the range of Revell 1/72nd plastic figures? It was relatively extensive but they seem to be harder to find now and Revell themselves dont appear to be re releasing them anytime soon unless anyone knows any different? |
| Ferd45231 | 31 Jul 2019 2:24 p.m. PST |
 Try Toy Soldier Headquarters in Fla. You can also get more info on Plastic Soldier Review . H
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| Fish | 01 Aug 2019 1:20 a.m. PST |
Link to THE 1/72 plastic site, Plastic Soldier Review, entry on Revell: link |
| Marc at work | 01 Aug 2019 4:50 a.m. PST |
I understood that Revell have ceased production of their figures due to the age of the moulds. They are often on eBay |
| Marc at work | 01 Aug 2019 4:50 a.m. PST |
Which sets are you after – I may have spares |
Dave Jackson  | 01 Aug 2019 6:59 a.m. PST |
Drum and Flag sometimes have some link as do Army Group Center link I buy quite a few from ebay |
| Jubilation T Cornpone | 02 Aug 2019 4:49 a.m. PST |
Interesting information. I think I sometimes forget how long Revell 1/72nd figures have been in circulation. Thanks for the offer Marc. I was after the WW2 British infantry, Afrika Korps and 'Scottish' 8th Army sets to supplement my North Africa 1/72nd plastics project. I will scour Ebay etc and will amit still come across sets in the more specialist model shops. |
| Jeffers | 02 Aug 2019 5:03 a.m. PST |
I'm afraid eBay is your friend here, but I might have some spares floating around. I just use Airfix Type 1s but my battalion command groups are from various sets to differentiate them, so you may not get any officers! |
| Jubilation T Cornpone | 02 Aug 2019 5:11 a.m. PST |
German and Italian are well catered for through Italeri, Esci, Waterloo 1815 and the like but 8th Army are sparse! |
| Jeffers | 02 Aug 2019 10:29 a.m. PST |
In that case, Kingkit is your friend…. link |
| companycmd | 02 Aug 2019 1:13 p.m. PST |
ebay is your only hope all other sources I will keep to myself. Besides, Italeri/Zvezda sculpts are better. DO NOT GET suckered by those named A Call to Arms or House of Campaign or whatever it is; their figs are just as bad as Airfix (mostly). AVOID AVOID AVOID |
| Asteroid X | 02 Aug 2019 9:33 p.m. PST |
If you are going for the Revell Scottish 8th Army set, then get the new Strelets 8th Army Heavy Weapons set: link and the Esci 8th Army (Italeri AND Revell rereleased these): link They all match each other quite well: link Here is a list: link Personally, the Matchbox set is my favourite, but those other three will do you well. (the Airfix set will also work well with the above 3, too) |
| Asteroid X | 02 Aug 2019 9:48 p.m. PST |
Jeffers, that King Kit is pretty cool! You can get all 5 sets through them. |
| Jubilation T Cornpone | 03 Aug 2019 1:42 p.m. PST |
I have to agree. That link is excellent! Also thanks to WMyers for the comparison info. Appreciated. |
| Grumble87106 | 21 Aug 2019 11:33 a.m. PST |
I was after the WW2 British infantry, Afrika Korps and 'Scottish' 8th Army sets to supplement my North Africa 1/72nd plastics project. For North Africa, you probably won't want to get the Revell British Infantry set. It is late war, with all of the figures wearing the Mk III "Turtle" helmet issued after D-Day and not suitable for the desert war. The only attractive distinction of the Revell late war set used to be that it included some weapons hard to get in plastic, such as the 2" mortar. But HäT Industrie now makes a very good one, (four to a box in the WW2 British Mortars set 8227) so no need to get the Revell set for that purpose. I endorse the recommendations made by wmyers. |
| Asteroid X | 15 Nov 2019 7:37 p.m. PST |
A bit late of a reply, but Hat also makes machine gun sections! link It's really infantry support weapons with anti tank rifle, flamethrower, Brens, piat, range finder/spotter. |
| Hornswoggler | 15 Nov 2019 8:24 p.m. PST |
…but Hat also makes machine gun sections! That set is almost impossible to obtain these days… |
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