I also got this set of Roman Legion at the Estate Sale with the Greeks. (I missed
out on a good-looking set of Celts that I forgot to pick up when I went to go
pay. I’m still kicking myself.) Unfortunately, these guys are too much like
the Zulus that I mentioned before, as they were made by the same company, Ertl/ESCI. The horror show of attaching little bitty
spears and shields to figures had a return engagement. I’m not sure if I exactly knew what I was
buying when I got it, otherwise I might have reconsidered or egotistically
thought that I could apply my Zulu experience and easily put them together. Or, I found myself again using a soldering
tool on these little figures and occasionally ruining them.
Ancient
Britons was the title on the box.
I usually called them Celts. Maybe they could pass as Vikings (real Norse
didn’t have helmets with horns on them, but who cares?). Definitely, they work as Dungeons & Dragons figures and I used them as such. I bought these at around the same time as the
WWII figures, which was before I played D&D. I don’t know how I exactly used them when I
was setting them up for battles with rifle-armed troops, but I’m sure I
did. The set came with two
chariots. Unfortunately, they were less
exciting than you’d think and were pretty fragile like some of the figures (the
staff bearer/D&D wizard guy, had to be repaired early on). I’d rather that they had more figures in the
set instead.
Also out of historical context, I had a box of Confederate Civil War figures for some
reason. (I must have eventually run out
of WWII armies to buy.) They were grey,
boring, and poorly detailed. However,
most of the figures were shooting, so they got used a lot in battle. Later, I got another set of Confederates from
the toy store in the mall. (Did they not
have any Union troops?) I think they
were made by Ertl/ESCI. Not one figure
in the set was shooting. I kid you
not. A bunch of toy soldiers in battle,
but none of them were in a shooting pose.
Needless to say, I didn’t know that when I bought them.
And here they are fighting it out over Britain. Since Boudica isn’t leading the Britons and the Roman figures suck, I’d wager on the Brits.
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