Chelovechek Alaskan Tlingit Warriors we have another new company from Russia. Erwin has gotten us the information on these figures.
Chelovechek Alaskan Tlingit Warriors The Figures
Once again from Russia with love
Another maker from east Europe new hobby golden region -Russia
They are very limited run with only 60 sets made by artist/creator named Ivan Kostenko and and his private firm brand Chelovechek= (Little man) from Saint Petersburg
A rare unique set of warriors I will never imagine will ever be done in plastic and this scale.Because these people/culture of north America were seen first by Russian explorers/settlers of Alaska it is a rare but very interesting set for Russian collectors .The Russian first encounter then in late stages of Great Northern Expedition and after.
1/32 scale
Mold /material -Injection plastic
Set name
“Alaskan Tlingit warriors”; base in the rare Tlingit people culture.
Price over 100.00 USD per set box of 12 figures
Almost sold out as off now.
Designed style carving artistic figures resemble those or close as those of EB with excellent detail and action poses plus very good historical detail.
About historical culture of these American indigenous people
The video is in Russian but it shows each of the figures up close.
Chelovechek Alaskan Tlingit Warriors My Thoughts
This is an interesting set. It is one of the more obscure sets I have seen out from new makers. The figures are well sculpted. You can see that research was done to in the costumes and weapons. According to Erwin the material used for the figures mold is a synthetic resin type or alike.
As always the major complaint is the price. The price of the twelve figures is$110.00. Each figure is slight over $9.00 each. It boils down to do you want this you have to pay the price. It will be interesting to see what other figures this new company does.
I can tell you having lived in Southeast Alaska, seen Tlingit regalia up close and personal, and also studied the Battle of Sitka, the figures are highly accurate. Some of the poses from Engineer Basevich’ Crimean War Russians would be their opposites. I hope they would also make Aleuts, as they have their own interesting regalia, though they dressed as Russians while working for the Russian-America Company.
Nice figures. But a limited market due to the subject and price.
Very Interesting and Very Different figures once again from Russia in good action poses. I was always banging on about seeing something different coming out for a change from the normal, And i must say the Russians certainly dont dissapoint, I would never have even thought of these figures and i do really like them, But wow that price is to much for me. A shame but good luck to those that can afford them.
I agree in prices.But it had become a norm x short run molds from Russian and others makers.
So far this set is sold out as off now.
As far they sale quick.They will go with that with out problems.
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Yeah i hate to say it but what with many of the prices of figures these days, Especially from Russia which i do understand, And unfortunately the trend these days to make bigger 65mm figures or there abouts which i dont like. I dont think i will getting many more figures anymore. However i will as always be looking out for new figures, And if the prices are more reasonable, And the scale of the figures is nearer to 55mm than 65mm i will still buy some now and then, Hears hoping?
Thankfully i have a nice collection which i’m proud of but i would like to add to it but i will be much more picky now.
I’m about where you are Darren. I try to be philosophical – after all, I’m pretty much running out of space for what I have already and really don’t want to expand into larger figures than 54 – 55 mm and the occasional 60mm. Aaaaand… it’s not like 1/72 scale (my other area of interest) isn’t booming right now. I have to admit that 1/32 or 54mm will always be my sentimental favorite and I will always have my eye peeled for good figures at an affordable price – but where these high dollar figures are concerned the hobby will be a spectator sport for me.
Hi Wayne i wish i had been into 1/72 scale figures because on the upside your right about taking up much less space, They are cheaper than 1/32 scale figures, And you get much more variety with the smaller figures getting Warriors from just about every era and every country, And some great fantasy figures also which i’m very much into, However saying all that i just much more prefer 1/32 54mm figures and always have done. Going back to scale briefly almost all my figures of several thousand are between 50mm and 60mm. I dont mind 60mm scale but i would prefer all figures to be 55mm or there abouts. So putting 65mm figures next to a 50mm figure just dosen’t look right. So i decided a couple of years ago that i wasn’t going to buy bigger figures anymore. Its just my opinion and if other collectors love the bigger 65mm figures and it dosen’t matter to them then ok fair enough but not for me. What i’m hoping to do in the future is buy an affordable 3d printing/Scanning machine and turn 65mm or 28mm figures into 54mm figures, But only if that is possible and affordable? Time will tell. Anyway these are my thoughts on the subject.
Darren, on a personal level I, too prefer the 54mm guys – those are the guys I mainly played with when I was a kid. I had the occasional “GIANT” figures, but until I ended up in Belgium with my dad I’d never gotten into 1/72 or small-scale guys – then I discovered Airfix.
Both scales have their upsides – if you want to do an large-scale battle in a limited area 1/72 scale can do the trick. I’ve done huge scenes on our (admittedly long) dining room table. But for actually seeing detail without magnifying glasses, gotta love the larger guys. I’ve tried to do both over the years but it appears with my retirement, budget, increasing prices, and space to store the guys and their paraphernalia tradeoffs have to be made.
Yeah, I know it seems to be the way of the future – well call me an old poot. As I’ve said many times, I have more than enough figures AND projects for them to last beyond my natural projected lifetime.
Long are gone the times of sheep production recast else.Even long run mold figures are become more expensive ,complex and because that the marked reduced considerable and less maker in US specifically; that in reality most are made in China.
Chinese mold makers and artist are more smarter and increase their price cost ,hand labor ,design and else giving those venture less chance to produce more per year or even continue
The short run production was venture first by Replicants,continue in certain way by Barzo .But it was Replinant that still active as last proof it work far better than long run in a such short hand and few small collector hobby world .
While Russian makers of EB,PP,Plubius ,URFIN warhansa and this brand use the limited run mold with super great quality but sale most in europe with US buyers been less 10% .They have enough demand x their number so they will keep this production as they sold out then very quickly there.
While here those as Action Casting making short run venture x few and gone to not heard not more….
Till then we will see an ever increase price in any making long run as well.LOD,TSSD,AUSTIN are not that cheap as AIP,HAT,ACCURATE were .EXF is not too far either and in between.Yet EXF is out producing all makers in US combined by now.
There is few to choose regarding amount companies at more economical prices and plenty more variety diversity at high cost limited done makers now than before as choices are become speciality for high prices.
European collectors are a lot more of younger and mid generation with high income per capita in average than here giving .
There the choices to do and those only are personal when come to what buy,afford and collect.
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Yeah, Erwin, we know.
It may be a fact of life like being told at a certain age we ought to go to get scoped at our friendly proctologist and repeat it every three to five years.
When I think of it – there are similarities IMHO.
But it’s just one of the things you deal with growing old, I guess, like your favorite doctor retiring, your favorite restaurant closing, the field you played in as a kid being bulldozed for condos or a mall… and being charged the price of over ten dollars a piece (when you figure in S&H) for pieces of plastic – albeit beautifully shaped pieces of plastic. It is what it is. Nothing costs the same as it did when I was a kid – or even five years ago…
We KNOW it’s a choice –
I guess it’s a part of growing old(er). You deal with facts – but it doesn’t mean you have to like them. And it helps to know others agree with you, even if there isn’t much you can do about it.
But who knows? If we keep talking about it – and enduring lectures on stuff we already know about the perceived future of the hobby – maybe someone will see an untapped market.
I do see the future in 3-D printing. Wouldn’t it be a neat thing if some entrepreneur could work out a way with the technology and work with these Russian makers to produce a less expensive version of their figures (perhaps after the initial production run is over and their profit is made) in a way that won’t interfere with the demand for the originals? I think it can happen. Kind of like movies and DVDS/Blue Ray. But if the sellers don’t know the demand is out there…
Or maybe there’s someone out there who CAN produce better quality figures – perhaps not to the level of some of the products we are talking about but better than the cheap Hong Kong knockoffs flooding the market – who might realize there IS a market for someone to fill the gap.
PP and others may be out of my reach, but in the last year I’ve been made aware there are others out there willing to put their toes in the water. I have hope in spite of all. In the meantime I will look at the pretty figures from Russia like I used to do the pretty playsets in the SEARs and JC Penny’s catalog and sigh – at least that’s a part of my childhood I can recapture. And every now and then Mom could afford to get me a set for Christmas. Just like today occasionally I manage to get a set or two. My childhood isn’t over yet!
Yeah i couldn’t agree more Wayne. If a company from Asia Russia or anywhere could produce sets of more and cheaper lower quality figures to compensate for the price i think many of us could live with that. I think theres a gap in the market for cheap but different figures. Personally i would love to see cheaper bags of Fantasy Warriors, Orcs, Goblins, Lizardmen, And on the historical front, Egyptians, Ancient Britains, Chinese, Mongols, Aztec, Arabs Etc, But as i say done on a less quality cheaper production 54mm scale, And see what happens. If theres not much call for figures like these then fair enough and i will just have to suck it up. By the way as i said if i could buy an affordable high quality 3D printer / Scanner and do my own figures great, But if theres someone out there that’s got one and could do some figures for me as a private sale i would be interested, But i wont pay silly money per figure. Just an idea.
Darren, I think 3-D printing will be in our grasp within a few years. Prices have already dropped and I think they will as I don’t see a true monopoly developing as we’ve seen in certain areas of software.
I remember back in the 80s when VHS players first came out. I was still at Bragg working in the battalion S-3 shop and some of us were talking about watching videos. This had to be 1985 or so. Top-loading video players were going for almost $1,000. I remember my chief (in Artillery we went by the term Section Chief as opposed to Squad Leaders and Plt Sgt) telling me I ought to get a VHS.
I told him $800 or so was kind of steep for me and that I’d wait until the technology improved and the prices dropped before I bought one. At that time there was the war between VHS and Beta – I remembered the battle between Audio Cassettes and 8-track tapes. I told him I figured I’d wait until one won out and pick up a player for about $200.
I’ll never forget him telling me I’d never pick up a video player for $200. I laughed and said, we’ll see.
I bought my first VHS player in 1987 at a Rose’s for $187. It was a front-loader programmable for up to two weeks. I’ve learned over the years to never be the first kid on the block to buy a new tech toy unless I absolutely had no choice. If you’re patient usually the tech will improve and the price for it will drop.
I fully expect to be able to pick up a 3D printer one day. Then I have a WHOLE LOT of dreams I can play with.
Dont worry i am very patient and will wait. Ive been watching the development of 3d printers for some years now and the price is coming down and the technology is getting better, So i totally agree patience is a virtue. Funny you saying about the Videos players in the 80s. Me and my family were all very young then and we had no patience at all. It was the same here in England, There was a little war going on between VHS and Betamax and it was neck and neck, And guess what we brought the Betamax. I cant remember how much for? Now i tell you what it was good quality for the times and we had no problems with it but as you say VHS gradually took over until Betamax was completely fazed out. I learnt alot from that and have always waited and been patient just like yourself, So then i can make all my Toy Soldier dreams come true. By the way you didn’t know John Rambo when you were at Bragg? Only joking.
You didn’t put a purchase link on here. Are they truly sold out? Thanks.
They are 100 % sold out ,go to EB facebook page and see blog .Maker is trying make a second set along with Russian settlers/navy probably if possible.
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In case interested.
One seller off ebay apparently pull some sets bough x resale .only two left as off now .
Here .https://www.ebay.com/itm/Plastic-toy-soldiers-Native-Americans-Tlingit-warriors-1-32-scale/254159842319
Kits are still there. You can write to the manufacturer on FB.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100035023535786
Darren,
We ALL knew Rambo at Bragg; sadly he flunked the psych eval. LOL
Ha Ha Nice one, You’ve probably heard it all before but i couldn’t resist it. I love those movies and i’m a big Stallone fan.