April Odds Ends Updates Cane Napoleonics

Posted on April 10, 2020 by admin

April Odds Ends Updates, first we have an article from Erwin Sell on copying of figures. Then Markus Lecksheid shares an update of the Cane Napoleonics

Plagiarism of Figures

April Odds Ends Updates Copies
One of the things you will see in toys is the figures being copied. Because of the high cost of licensing many companies will make figures that are close to the original but not close enough to get lawsuits. An example of this is the Play-Along Lord of the Rings Sauron and Papo figure knight with a triple battle-ax.
April Odds Ends Updates closeup
Sauron is the dark lord from the movie Lord of the Rings. The Play-along Sauron is 1/32 scale and is twice the size of the normal foot figures. You can see a sample set here.
Papro knight with battle ax
The Papo knight is 4 inches tall like the others in the Papo fantasy line.you can see that they have similar lines. What do you think?

April Odds Ends Updates Cane Napoleonics

April Odds Ends Updates Cane
Markus Lecksheid has shared some more information on the Cane Napoleonic figures. The set has six different figures. The center figure is Napoleon. In the box, they were sold painted.
Cane box front
Here we have the front of the box. When I first saw them I was not impressed with them. I call them standing around the campfire. I like action poses.
back of the box
One of the other items Markus sent from the box is the back of the box. Here you can see their different series.

Collection Time

Copy figure
Staying on our main topic we have this figure in which the pose is similar to the Cherilea German Afrika Corp Officer.. what do you think?
Machine gunner
I keep finding figures that I do not remember getting them. Case in point is this hard plastic laying firing machine gunner. Where I got him very likely in Europe. When I worked a human job the collection had a lower priority. right now I have no room to display the collection which is a shame.
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7 Responses to April Odds Ends Updates Cane Napoleonics

  1. ERWIN F SELL says:
    April 10, 2020 at 11:00 PM

    Interesting widow set case by CANE .Mine CANE napoleonic set is loose. i send photos to admin no long ago .
    Notice CANE box do not show the napoleonic set in the back yet.
    I have my CANE napoleonic set but mine have a hell of paint much better done than those in that case ,i’m wonder what production is that in case .Never seen so poor paint job in a CANE set before .

    The CANE napoleonic had been sold made in metal as well from ITALY and plastic copied from HK .I have two metal poses
    I think two bottom poses figures are made in french .I forgot maker …
    Bottom soldier is french and machine gun is also french LMG 24/29 …
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    • Mark T. says:
      April 11, 2020 at 9:39 PM

      Yes, those paint jobs are probably the worst commercial paint jobs I have ever seen, including cheapo Hong Kong and China figures. The figures are nice, though dull poses. Not as pixie-ballet like as other Cane poses I have seen.

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  2. Mathias says:
    April 11, 2020 at 7:18 AM

    Hello Paul,
    your laying machine gun shooter is a french Cyrnos (exists as a sailor, zouave…)

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  4. ERWIN F SELL says:
    April 12, 2020 at 10:22 AM

    The Metal copies sold under KK made by HK are interesting mix .They are a mix of (never released By Cane 2nd set poses)with other poses from first set CANE did ,if look well banner is different poses and belong to a German grenadier banner men .I have full series those -HK metal poses have numerical order engraved in base(214 x banner pose=belong second set ,211 x grenadier=belong first set CANE did ) ,The napoleon poses depicted in HK series is the one with hat that is Napoleon young figure during his early years in republic ,is same CANE did in first srt…
    best

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    • ERWIN F SELL says:
      April 12, 2020 at 11:22 AM

      here is the pose made mix with cane copies by HK
      https://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-DEPOSE-ITALY-415-MILITARY-SOLDIER-FIGURE-STATUE-ON-GENUINE-CARRARA-MARBLE/372775184223

      Definitely base in typical Simonetti sculpture carry in to small figurine in plastic ,metal else .Many figures made by CANE were already made in resin as ministautes by Simneti .All CANE did was ask to repeat then as set pting then together
      The line of mini statues of pre napoleon and napoleonic era depicted my Simoneti are many in resin ,composition and many scales .They are all over world and sold even at some hobby stores in past .CANE only did one set (last set made by CANE) base in 6 of the poses made by this artist .
      best

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