tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post2845750278850618216..comments2024-03-29T06:37:01.411+00:00Comments on Hinton Hunt Vintage Wargame Figures: A stowaway from the pastStrykerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-67586457921410936252021-05-06T08:47:53.673+01:002021-05-06T08:47:53.673+01:00WM, if only Airfix had made a ballerina set!WM, if only Airfix had made a ballerina set!Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-27218967459300019812021-05-06T08:45:22.253+01:002021-05-06T08:45:22.253+01:00David, I also remember making Lego rubber band gun...David, I also remember making Lego rubber band guns - oh how the makers would have shuddered if they’d seen that!Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-40830861315003596642021-05-06T05:34:36.920+01:002021-05-06T05:34:36.920+01:00The only things that could possibly make this tale...The only things that could possibly make this tale any more touching would be that he had a missing leg and was engaged to a ballerina.<br />Great post Ian!<br />Best regards<br />WMWellington Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295966991101976478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-10422795622509503062021-05-06T04:01:30.110+01:002021-05-06T04:01:30.110+01:00This post does bring back a flood of memories. I ...This post does bring back a flood of memories. I used to make Lego armies by simply stacking a square block on top of three of the rectangles. That was my base canvas and then I would go to work making construction paper swords and armor. I remember a particularly effective rubber band powered Lego balista with tooth pick arrows that wreaked destruction on my soldiers! Glad your lone civil war soldier has been given a place of honor - and I second the idea of a Lego plinth for him!<br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17663682631274573026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-37019531196973361222021-05-04T17:22:58.168+01:002021-05-04T17:22:58.168+01:00Jeffers, I'm with you (and James May) on that ...Jeffers, I'm with you (and James May) on that as the whole point of Lego was to use your imagination!Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-89264118238049052122021-05-04T16:56:57.412+01:002021-05-04T16:56:57.412+01:00Yay! I had the garage base too. Brilliant design, ...Yay! I had the garage base too. Brilliant design, although I inherited mine from my sister so the door was broken already and never worked properly. I prefer the old Lego: new stuff is mostly tiny little bits that can only be built into whatever the kit is. James May had the same rant on Toys Stories.Jeffershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07319010033525561907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-23002316276581199922021-05-04T13:34:59.713+01:002021-05-04T13:34:59.713+01:00Kev, I don’t think I ever took them to school alth...Kev, I don’t think I ever took them to school although I do remember taking my ACW bubblegum cards to swop in the playground!Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-11812276465752363172021-05-04T13:32:34.209+01:002021-05-04T13:32:34.209+01:00Ross, I wish I had kept my plastic stuff but it al...Ross, I wish I had kept my plastic stuff but it all got chucked when I moved on to ‘grown up’ metal figures.Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-22086556727166036652021-05-04T13:31:16.578+01:002021-05-04T13:31:16.578+01:00Lee, back then our troops were not based so were c...Lee, back then our troops were not based so were continually falling over on the carpet and always vulnerable to the swish of a dog’s tail!Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-9472351725453131012021-05-04T13:29:50.846+01:002021-05-04T13:29:50.846+01:00Good Soldier, not sure what that makes me as I’m a...Good Soldier, not sure what that makes me as I’m a few years older than him!Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-35179709678912050552021-05-04T13:28:34.213+01:002021-05-04T13:28:34.213+01:00Dry S, yes I remember that, I believe we used diff...Dry S, yes I remember that, I believe we used different colour bricks to denote the different service arms but can’t think how the rules worked.Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-53408054492904186692021-05-04T13:05:11.361+01:002021-05-04T13:05:11.361+01:00Hi IAN- This takes me back to my first Toy Soldier...Hi IAN- This takes me back to my first Toy Soldiers- AIRFIX HO/OO Figures- ACW Union Infantry...I delighted in taking them to school with the entire 48 figures packed into a Matchbox Car Box...those were the days. Cheers. KEV.KEV. Robertson.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03057624752614080866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-27043089101327233582021-05-04T12:38:34.145+01:002021-05-04T12:38:34.145+01:00That man deserves. Medal, and...... a PENSION!
I...That man deserves. Medal, and...... a PENSION! <br /><br />I have 2 survivors of a homemade version of the Marx miniature masterpiece 25mm DDay set put together as a Christmas present in the earl 60s. 1 Airfix 8th army, 1 giant US, that surfaced a few years and ago were painted into an impromptu AK47 army and saw combat again.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-8962657534925791402021-05-04T09:59:23.865+01:002021-05-04T09:59:23.865+01:00Ah the nostalgia Ian :) Entire 20 man units of tha...Ah the nostalgia Ian :) Entire 20 man units of that pose in the Airfix Guide to ACW Wargaming. What a survivor.'Lee.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02728400013024811279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-72625113570746669422021-05-04T09:00:16.180+01:002021-05-04T09:00:16.180+01:00The Chelsea Pensioner of wargaming .The Chelsea Pensioner of wargaming .The Good Soldier Svjekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08749564052124659180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-5821573482276732602021-05-04T08:34:22.802+01:002021-05-04T08:34:22.802+01:00I was Ian’s partner in crime back in the sixties, ...I was Ian’s partner in crime back in the sixties, and the sight of that union soldier does indeed bring back a flood of memories. But the lego itself was in fact pressed into wargaming service as we got older. The terrain consisted of blankets spread over book hills on the floor and the lego blocks viewed from above made convincing (if abstract!) infantry regiments. It was a cheap way to simulate large army and corps level actions on a pocket money budget !Dry Stonewallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05980592495958797602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-33657886098673222572021-05-04T08:28:26.412+01:002021-05-04T08:28:26.412+01:00Neil, that’s a good point, I’d better tell him the...Neil, that’s a good point, I’d better tell him the war is over - at least he was on the winning side!Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-43595729387569723422021-05-04T08:27:05.286+01:002021-05-04T08:27:05.286+01:00Mark, that’s impressive conversion work, my only a...Mark, that’s impressive conversion work, my only attempt was to make a Boer War soldier from a WW2 British marching one. This involved a lump of plasticine on his head covered in varnish - not a great success!Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-62030897608693020622021-05-04T08:23:57.248+01:002021-05-04T08:23:57.248+01:00Man of Tin, thanks for the comment, I’m thinking h...Man of Tin, thanks for the comment, I’m thinking he will stay in his natural state.Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-25548912450885345292021-05-04T08:23:01.780+01:002021-05-04T08:23:01.780+01:00Stokes, finding the Lego trees was quite a surpris...Stokes, finding the Lego trees was quite a surprise and brought back some happy memories, not sure if their are enough to play a proper game though.Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-54997112263414453342021-05-04T08:21:10.330+01:002021-05-04T08:21:10.330+01:00Nigel, my mum and dad were pretty relaxed about wa...Nigel, my mum and dad were pretty relaxed about war toys however I do remember my gran lecturing my brother and I about the terrible casualties in WW1 after she overheard us discussing an ACW game.Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-23521768780460326952021-05-04T08:18:23.465+01:002021-05-04T08:18:23.465+01:00Aly, I think he should stay as he is after all he ...Aly, I think he should stay as he is after all he fought many battles without a protective layer of paint!Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-58114299967340305672021-05-04T07:15:39.802+01:002021-05-04T07:15:39.802+01:00He's rather like one of those Japanese soldier...He's rather like one of those Japanese soldiers who emerged from the jungle unaware the war had ended many years previously!<br />NeilNeil Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-65094822078636488172021-05-04T07:08:50.306+01:002021-05-04T07:08:50.306+01:00Of course Lego back then you just got boxes of Leg...Of course Lego back then you just got boxes of Lego bricks and other bits and pieces. None of these fancy sets that included instructions on how to build the kit. It was all down to imagination.<br /><br />I fondly remember making Polish Napoleonic Infantry from the Union marching figure by adding a shako and Austrian Infantry in Greatcoats from WW1 French by using plasticine to add the comb to the helmet.Mark Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13331203191073034775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875985959507775409.post-32302553645849993002021-05-04T06:35:10.301+01:002021-05-04T06:35:10.301+01:00Stout fellow. Will he ever get a paint job or prom...Stout fellow. Will he ever get a paint job or promotion? Curiously I too have spent the Bank Holiday weekend sorting through my vintage childhood Airfix. Mark, Man of TINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10485063133593455522noreply@blogger.com