tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post2684438578353968748..comments2024-03-23T03:20:51.709+13:00Comments on A Fist Full of Plastic: Lucky Products AWI BritishUncle Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00975932783227453858noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-4531170829007429812012-09-01T07:28:19.526+12:002012-09-01T07:28:19.526+12:00Hmmm.. each box would give a nice mix of horse,foo...Hmmm.. each box would give a nice mix of horse,foot, and gun - quite a cunning way to field mass armies. I imagine that your brother's method was much cheaper than using Airfix figures? <br /><br />Thanks for sharing your story, and good that you were able to track some down! I think that a single set could yield two quite respectable V&B forces!Uncle Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975932783227453858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-88639076361255115572012-09-01T07:22:44.653+12:002012-09-01T07:22:44.653+12:00Your description of your earlier games sound aweso...Your description of your earlier games sound awesome! Uncle Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975932783227453858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-36176377975232745202012-09-01T07:21:33.661+12:002012-09-01T07:21:33.661+12:00The figures themselves are very basic, it is the a...The figures themselves are very basic, it is the associated memories of the comic book ads that fired young imaginations that make them special.Uncle Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975932783227453858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-19291314134159615982012-09-01T07:19:55.650+12:002012-09-01T07:19:55.650+12:00I loved seeing the ads in the comics - finding out...I loved seeing the ads in the comics - finding out that I actually have some figures from one of them makes me feel quite chuffed.Uncle Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975932783227453858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-34331132130379061522012-09-01T07:17:54.418+12:002012-09-01T07:17:54.418+12:00Those advertisements feed my imagination still.......Those advertisements feed my imagination still.... and given that they are no longer available except by chance or ebay, they still might as well be from the moon!Uncle Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975932783227453858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-64782583622916744252012-09-01T07:11:36.894+12:002012-09-01T07:11:36.894+12:00My two samples have painted up well, and I plan to...My two samples have painted up well, and I plan to mix them in with my various plastics. I would be very interested to see how they look mixed in with Minifigs.Uncle Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975932783227453858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-85169557330352516642012-08-31T21:28:14.075+12:002012-08-31T21:28:14.075+12:00My brother and I tried wargaming in the 70's. ...My brother and I tried wargaming in the 70's. I used Airfix Napoleonics, he these figures. After he won the first battle, he went and ordered several more boxes of them. After that he just kept sending in more troops into the battles and overwhelmed my Airfix army. <br />When he "grew up", he threw the army out! Needless to say I wasn't happy.<br />Since then I have managed to buy quite a few sets online.jhnptrqnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11011208263053721255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-84477405875806059052012-08-22T13:29:37.294+12:002012-08-22T13:29:37.294+12:00I used to see these advertisements, and for mine t...I used to see these advertisements, and for mine they might as well have been on sale no where but on the moon. Beyond that I never knew until well into my twenties that you could get cheap plastic figures in this country. I used to wargame with bits of straw, or paper cutouts (hand drawn), or bricks from a Betta Bilda set. <br /><br />These last, by the way, were very versatile. The bricks gave you infantry of the RED and WHITE armies, but you could build tanks, guns, even warships (windjammers or battlewagons) and aircraft. They all looked squared off and stylised, of course, but they did the business.<br /><br />Despite their inability to resist a direct hit from a well aimed marble (flicked as in the game, not thrown), I insisted on building bridge towers, funnels and recognisable gun turrets on my vessels. My brother's warships tended to resemble Merrimac in their complete absence of sticky out bits to take damage. My slightly better aim more or less equalised the contests.<br /><br />Naturally, this kind of treatment didn't do the integrity of the building sets any good. The thing is, that building set would be quite a handy asset these days for building urban terrain...<br /><br />Nostalgia. Ain't it a ... something... That Italieri figure looks very nice, by the way.<br />Cheers,<br />Ion <br /><br />Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-42105393664224471092012-08-22T10:34:35.901+12:002012-08-22T10:34:35.901+12:00interesting figuresinteresting figuresDaisy Gowan Ditchburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476802587483833107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-72594361229270818652012-08-22T02:19:55.783+12:002012-08-22T02:19:55.783+12:00I picked up a set of those in or around 1972, and ...I picked up a set of those in or around 1972, and picked up a set recently at a second hand store, they're still in a bag in the game shed....was thinking of mixing them in with <br />lead Minifigs.Don Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07230631364253238804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-19617741114972396332012-08-22T00:42:44.183+12:002012-08-22T00:42:44.183+12:00Wish I had talked mine into it. Still, he always b...Wish I had talked mine into it. Still, he always bought me a packet of Airfix or Matchbox soldiers when we traveled up to Christchurch, plus lots of HK knock offs too, so I can't complain. Uncle Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975932783227453858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-29699625064829037782012-08-22T00:39:36.020+12:002012-08-22T00:39:36.020+12:00Used to see the adds in the comics..I always dream...Used to see the adds in the comics..I always dreamed of having any one of the set, but I never actually got hold of any..in those days the USA seemed to far away.<br />Cheers<br />paul PaulĀ“s Bodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698894821198907112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-69141125493549080762012-08-22T00:37:53.481+12:002012-08-22T00:37:53.481+12:00In the same lot I got some WW2 Giant figures that ...In the same lot I got some WW2 Giant figures that were similar to those used in Woods Edge. They are neat figures with lots of character.Uncle Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975932783227453858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-1803036877270172882012-08-21T22:23:23.672+12:002012-08-21T22:23:23.672+12:00I also remember these well. I talked my Dad into s...I also remember these well. I talked my Dad into sending away for them. Back then I was very happy with those fig's. I think I gave mine to Glenn in the end, could be wrong about that though.Rodgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447816347472085277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345470195229914785.post-83859151848531560442012-08-21T21:05:52.839+12:002012-08-21T21:05:52.839+12:00i remember these well, same thing.looking at those...i remember these well, same thing.looking at those ads wishing....my grandmother ordered the Woods Edge set and all i got was the figures and nothing else. oh well.lots of fun. Tsold9000https://www.blogger.com/profile/05986928166736969527noreply@blogger.com