"A-Toys Review" Topic
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Tango01 | 13 Nov 2019 4:01 p.m. PST |
"A-Toys was an alternative brand name used by Esci. As a result, everything marketed under the A-Toys logo was simply repackaged Esci product, and there was never anything unique in this range. Long out of production, these figures in A-Toys branding continue to surface on auction sites like eBay from time to time, so this article is a guide to what you will actually find inside. The good people in charge at A-Toys were not attentive to the names they gave their sets, and some are simply wrong, suggesting a different subject to what was actually in the box. We have matched these mistakes from their catalogue here to show the true contents. The A-Toys figure range was divided into three categories. The first category was the blister pack, each containing a half sprue of approximately 25 figures. Second was the full box, containing a complete sprue of about 50 figures or 12 cavalry, and finally the paired box, which contained two complete sprues of opposing figures. This all made for an impressively long list of products, and there was some quite imaginative packaging with comic-book-style drawings on the boxes, but basically everything here is just an alternative way to sell the usual Esci figures…"
Full Review here link
Amicalement Armand |
Uparmored | 15 Nov 2019 2:27 a.m. PST |
ESCI started it all for me |
Tango01 | 15 Nov 2019 12:09 p.m. PST |
Me too!… Amicalement Armand |
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