 Editor in Chief Bill   | 17 Mar 2026 4:40 a.m. PST |
You were asked – TMP link Least Favorite Figure Pose?And in the final round of voting: 26% said "figure standing on one leg while firing"
20% said "all of these poses"
17% said "figure holding gun above his head with both arms" |
 ochoin  | 17 Mar 2026 4:49 a.m. PST |
I believe this result discriminates against Long John Silver in pirate skirmish games. |
 Sgt Slag | 17 Mar 2026 9:27 a.m. PST |
26% said "figure standing on one leg while firing"
20% said "all of these poses"
17% said "figure holding gun above his head with both arms" I think it discriminates against Plastic Army Men! They are the singularly most popular war game figures in the world, bar none. They are very offended. Santa Claus had to learn his lesson the hard way.
Beware the Green and Tan Armies! You have been warned… Cheers! |
 John the OFM | 17 Mar 2026 9:33 a.m. PST |
Peg legs don't count?
Well, Sir! You are canceled!
Arrrrgh! |
 miniMo | 17 Mar 2026 9:40 a.m. PST |
Don't think I've ever seen one of those… |
| Sgt Slag | 17 Mar 2026 9:47 a.m. PST |
Don't think I've ever seen one of those…
Top row, 2nd figure from the left. |
 Parzival | 17 Mar 2026 12:01 p.m. PST |
Is that lone Green guy actually holding a gun? I see no stock, trigger, clip, barrel, sights— just a rod of about rifle length. Maybe we're all *assuming* it's a gun, when he's just delivering the commandant's churro order. |
| miniMo | 17 Mar 2026 12:54 p.m. PST |
The guy on one leg is just running with his gun at the ready, never thought that was a firing pose. |
| John the OFM | 17 Mar 2026 1:13 p.m. PST |
Obviously, he's manning a trench.
Duh. |
| cavcrazy | 17 Mar 2026 1:31 p.m. PST |
I had hundreds of those Timmee army men when I was a kid, they came in tan and green, they were a great addition to my Marx Battleground set.
I know now that they weren't historically accurate, but when you are 7 and playing in the dirt in the corner of the backyard, you don't care! |
 Bobgnar | 17 Mar 2026 2:21 p.m. PST |
I think "figure standing on one leg while firing" should be clarified to "figure standing on one leg while firing a long firearem-- musket or rifle" As Ochoin says, consider one leg pirates firing a PISTOL. I see no problem there. I do dislike "figure holding NOTHING above his head with both arms" |
| BrockLanders | 17 Mar 2026 3:41 p.m. PST |
I never liked "laying down guys" as I phrased it when I was a kid |
 Grelber | 17 Mar 2026 5:24 p.m. PST |
I didn't like "sitters," figures designed to sit in the back of a truck (lorry), which never came with them. My friend assumed they carried a pistol in their pocket, making them slightly more useful than the unarmed guys I saw them as. Grelber |
