Part Two Engineer Basevitch Battle of Berlin. we finished our look at the different poses. Next, we have an update from Greg Liska and the latest items he is looking for.
Part Two Engineer Basevitch Battle of Berlin Figures
Continuing our look at the upcoming Engineer Basevitch Battle of Berlin figures we look pose seven. It is a Russian soldier clubbing with his submachine gunRussian running with a shovel in his right hand and a submachine gun in his left hand. The shovel is being used as a weapon which the Russian soldiers were trainedA Russian soldier with both hands raised in the air cheering. The right hand has an automatic weapon.Another tanker with a stick grenade in his right hand and an automatic weapon in his right hand.Russian sailor standing firing an automatic weapon. His left leg resting on a pile of bricks.The final pose is Field Marshal Rokossovsky. He commanded the troops of the 2nd Belorussian front which held of the Third German tank army. When I looked at information on him I found he had been imprisoned during one of Stalin’s purges. He survived the purge by refused to sign his confession. He refused to sign as the person had been dead since 1920.
Greg Liska Update
We heard from Greg Liska. He wrote the following. I am stuck in Saudi Arabia! I have 8 hours of movement time if I stay in Riyadh. The rest is lockdown or be fined the equivalent of $3,000.00. It’s getting ready to clamp down to 24X7 lockdown again on 23 May. I have no idea when I’ll get out of here. As of 9 May, Kuwait is in total lockdown again, too. For me to get home, I need both countries open and running international flights and the US being willing to accept a flight in from Kuwait. If all the pieces come together, I’m sure there will be at least one 2 week quarantine in there. Anyhow, I’ve been on Ebay a lot, for obvious reasons. I discovered that the Hing Fat/ Billy V Federals / Union / Yankees were at least partially copies of Imex ACW figures. They seem to be pantographs up from the 25mm figures, explaining the somewhat cartoonish scaling and details. I wonder if the Confederates/ Rebels were copies from some figure set or another. I’d like to know and was wondering if anyone could tell me. I’ve attached pics. Lastly, the search to acquire more of the unidentified ‘oddball’ ACW figures is nearly complete. I am certain I have all the poses. I want to get a second (or more of the 2 poses circled. Please help me hunt this down! Lastly, the search to acquire more of the unidentified ‘odd ball’ ACW figures is nearly complete. I am certain I have all the poses. I want to get a second (or more of the 2 poses circled. Please help me hunt this down!
In my boredom, I tracked down the Confederates. Seems they are copies of Italeri. Now, I wonder about the mounted poses. The Hing Fat Confederates are mounted riflemen. The Federals are decent, if a little small. The officer with binos is rather unique.
Hey Paul. Hi Greg. Well, you found the “drug-store” version of BMC/Americana ACW figures. Ever since I saw them on Paul’s site, I’ve wanted to get a few also. You found them in Saudi Arabia? I’ve written to Paul and Irwin, trying to get a lead on them. The 2 prone figures are the poses I’d really like to acquire, but the other ones would be good too. If anyone knows how to find them, I’d appreciate a shout-out. I’ve converted lots of the standard BMC poses, swapping heads, weapons, and arms/legs to get better, more unique poses. About the Billy V figures…some of the Union poses can convert into pretty good poses, but the Confederates, not so much. Made a few prone casualties from the crawling poses. Greg, hope you can get home soon. Everybody should stay inside til June. We only go around once, don’t take the “I want it now” view. If not for us, then for our families. Thanks.
Carl –
No, I found several lots scanning Ebay while stuck here. I am 95% sure I have all the poses. They are not all shown because I can’t take pics of them. I had sent Paul a pic from an Ebay lot taken by the seller. It’s not shown here. I was the person who introduced the topic on Paul’s site and I’ve been hunting these guys ever since.
There is no ‘wanting it now’ here. There’s no choice. This is not the US where clowns can break the law, screaming they know their rights, get a lawyer in on it and end up with a cash settlement. You get caught outside, you get arrested, you get fined and you may get jail. You could get an ass-beating, too. A lot of moving parts will need to come together for me to get home. It’s not likely to happen until late July if then.
Only in America can imbeciles run loose, spreading the virus.
I’m just hoping they don’t make it so bad that it can’t be contained.
Morons still crowding into bars and beaches. If they want to be together so badly, lock them up together and don’t let them out.
The UNION and Confederate poses that are base /cloned in some poses from ESCI and IMEX mix HO ,set are the one sold/made first in 2012/13 by DGN and now distributed/sold by Hing fat and Billy V in buckets/bags since 2014
There 15 poses confederate and 15 different poses union and are 50/52 mm or about 1/35 scale .Included is all new nice very large tent base in Dulcop tent .
You may see 8 ESCI HO scale not Italeri confederate same poses copied here .Rest poses are from Imex
This set(Show above in last photo with red circle poses ) and poses are different from the ESCI cloned poses of DGN
The set and poses Greg and Carl looking for and show in above figures are variation made base or extracted from former BMC original poses with some mix hybrid poses variation-It clearly show the style of early BMC poses set with some odd and some nice variation made .Made in China of course .There more poses .i have rest poses but not doubles .sorry
They were sold here at some drug stores and then gone as far I know .
I’m the one respond to that as is only i know and saw about then from my personal experience .I have never see again ,not even online .
best
I’ve found 3 bags in my searches so far. One had an interesting cannon and gattling gun cast in grey and light brown plastic. The gattling gun is particularly nice. Did you ever run into that?
I guess I should always find 2 sources before making a conclusion. I’d found a pic and they were described as Italeri. Somebody had it wrong, but you can post anything online and seem like an expert. Lesson learned.
Greg, I agree with you about screaming Americans. Every State has isolation violations. The armed gathering in Michigan is particularly alarming. I for one, will applaud your return home. In reference to the unknown ACW 54mm figures, similar to BMC, can I ask what they are called? They’re not BMC. Haven’t found anything under typical ACW searches. Your finding them repeatedly on eBay is a hopeful sign. Perhaps there are some I can purchase? Just have to enter correct description. Appreciate your help. Again, sorry circumstances have you away from home. Would this be your last deployment? All the Best to you. Carl
Carl – It shall be my LAST deployment. This was supposed to be a cake and ice cream tour, but it didn’t turn out that way. At least nobody is actively trying to kill me.
I have no idea of any brand name or even if there was one on the header card. The new BMC inspired ACW figures in Hobby Lobby have no brand name whatsoever on their header card, so it may be that there was no name on their header card either.
Erwin saw them at Rite-Aid, I had seen them in the gift shop of the either Pickett’s Mill or Kennesaw Mtn. Battlefields. Can’t remember which. All 3 bags that I’d gotten had the header card missing; one from a friend who had no use for them and 2 off of Ebay. In one case the bag had a cannon and a gattling gun with the carriages cast in grey, wheels and gun cast in a flat, fleshy tan.
I believe they didn’t stay on the shelves long because the Federals are cast in unstable, possibly toxic, plastic. The blue color comes off on your fingers. The white vinyl horses that come with the figures are always smudged with blue coloring coming off of the Yankees.
I’ve got as many of the poses as I want, except for the 2 guys circled. I have only one each of them. I would trade out to get at least one more of each.
Hi Dan. From the info I gathered here, they were sold thru Rite-Aid drug stores, and Erwin says they were carried in other thrift stores, maybe Dollar stores. Greg mentioned he got several small lots of them. I just don’t know how to list them for my searches. I tried “ACW in plastic”. “BMC/Americana Clones”. “Chinese Copies of ACW plastic”. Well, I have nothing but time. Hopefully, a brand name will finally be found, and I can add them to my collection of “pig figures”, as a very elite member of the group calls them.
just for the academic drill and my own curiosity, has anybody identified what the Billy V / Hing Fat mounted ACW poses are copies of? It’s not Imex. I looked. Not even close.
In my boredom, I tracked down the Confederates. Seems they are copies of Italeri. Now, I wonder about the mounted poses. The Hing Fat Confederates are mounted riflemen. The Federals are decent, if a little small. The officer with binos is rather unique.
Here’s the Imex site. https://www.imex-model.com/category.jhtm?cid=17
Originally that Italeri Confederate set was made by Esci in 1/72. http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=404
Hey Paul. Hi Greg. Well, you found the “drug-store” version of BMC/Americana ACW figures. Ever since I saw them on Paul’s site, I’ve wanted to get a few also. You found them in Saudi Arabia? I’ve written to Paul and Irwin, trying to get a lead on them. The 2 prone figures are the poses I’d really like to acquire, but the other ones would be good too. If anyone knows how to find them, I’d appreciate a shout-out. I’ve converted lots of the standard BMC poses, swapping heads, weapons, and arms/legs to get better, more unique poses. About the Billy V figures…some of the Union poses can convert into pretty good poses, but the Confederates, not so much. Made a few prone casualties from the crawling poses. Greg, hope you can get home soon. Everybody should stay inside til June. We only go around once, don’t take the “I want it now” view. If not for us, then for our families. Thanks.
Carl –
No, I found several lots scanning Ebay while stuck here. I am 95% sure I have all the poses. They are not all shown because I can’t take pics of them. I had sent Paul a pic from an Ebay lot taken by the seller. It’s not shown here. I was the person who introduced the topic on Paul’s site and I’ve been hunting these guys ever since.
There is no ‘wanting it now’ here. There’s no choice. This is not the US where clowns can break the law, screaming they know their rights, get a lawyer in on it and end up with a cash settlement. You get caught outside, you get arrested, you get fined and you may get jail. You could get an ass-beating, too. A lot of moving parts will need to come together for me to get home. It’s not likely to happen until late July if then.
Only in America can imbeciles run loose, spreading the virus.
I’m just hoping they don’t make it so bad that it can’t be contained.
Morons still crowding into bars and beaches. If they want to be together so badly, lock them up together and don’t let them out.
Confederates copied from ESCI 1/72 set
The UNION and Confederate poses that are base /cloned in some poses from ESCI and IMEX mix HO ,set are the one sold/made first in 2012/13 by DGN and now distributed/sold by Hing fat and Billy V in buckets/bags since 2014
There 15 poses confederate and 15 different poses union and are 50/52 mm or about 1/35 scale .Included is all new nice very large tent base in Dulcop tent .
You may see 8 ESCI HO scale not Italeri confederate same poses copied here .Rest poses are from Imex
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=404
Or if scroll click in every ACW ESCI HO set will see most poses mounted and foot copied.
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/ManufacturerList.aspx?id=11
Those are the one show in all first photos and the are all over the place ,amazon ,myself and many dealers .
I have then x sale listed in one left over lot
https://www.ebay.com/itm/DGN-CIVIL-WAR-LARGE-PLAYSET-LAST-LOT-DEAL-LEFT/223633299479?hash=item3411955817:g:5QQAAOSwZF5cnkNz
Also sold distributed even by Walmart online but with not all poses in one bucket distribution .
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Civil-War-Army-Men-Action-Figures-Big-Bucket-of-Civil-War-Soldiers-Over-100-Piece-Set/837094247?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=1213
and by Andrey from Russia as well
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hing-Fat-DGN-American-Civil-War-Confederate-infantry-1-32-Plastic-toy-soldiers-/153432153982.
This set(Show above in last photo with red circle poses ) and poses are different from the ESCI cloned poses of DGN
The set and poses Greg and Carl looking for and show in above figures are variation made base or extracted from former BMC original poses with some mix hybrid poses variation-It clearly show the style of early BMC poses set with some odd and some nice variation made .Made in China of course .There more poses .i have rest poses but not doubles .sorry
They were sold here at some drug stores and then gone as far I know .
I’m the one respond to that as is only i know and saw about then from my personal experience .I have never see again ,not even online .
best
I’ve found 3 bags in my searches so far. One had an interesting cannon and gattling gun cast in grey and light brown plastic. The gattling gun is particularly nice. Did you ever run into that?
https://www.imex-model.com/category.jhtm?cid=17
I had mine with cannon, horse, fence, trees, and one tent not same as DGN set, not Gatling gun, interesting see that Gatling gun in the photo .
Trees.sorry
I’ll see if I can get my son to take a pic. If not it’ll be a few months before I get near it. Hopefully not more than that.
I guess I should always find 2 sources before making a conclusion. I’d found a pic and they were described as Italeri. Somebody had it wrong, but you can post anything online and seem like an expert. Lesson learned.
Billy V is an Imex brand.
I’m not seeing any of the 4 mounted Hing Fat ACW poses. Can somebody clarify what they are copies of? Send a pic or a link?
Greg, I agree with you about screaming Americans. Every State has isolation violations. The armed gathering in Michigan is particularly alarming. I for one, will applaud your return home. In reference to the unknown ACW 54mm figures, similar to BMC, can I ask what they are called? They’re not BMC. Haven’t found anything under typical ACW searches. Your finding them repeatedly on eBay is a hopeful sign. Perhaps there are some I can purchase? Just have to enter correct description. Appreciate your help. Again, sorry circumstances have you away from home. Would this be your last deployment? All the Best to you. Carl
Carl – It shall be my LAST deployment. This was supposed to be a cake and ice cream tour, but it didn’t turn out that way. At least nobody is actively trying to kill me.
I have no idea of any brand name or even if there was one on the header card. The new BMC inspired ACW figures in Hobby Lobby have no brand name whatsoever on their header card, so it may be that there was no name on their header card either.
Erwin saw them at Rite-Aid, I had seen them in the gift shop of the either Pickett’s Mill or Kennesaw Mtn. Battlefields. Can’t remember which. All 3 bags that I’d gotten had the header card missing; one from a friend who had no use for them and 2 off of Ebay. In one case the bag had a cannon and a gattling gun with the carriages cast in grey, wheels and gun cast in a flat, fleshy tan.
I believe they didn’t stay on the shelves long because the Federals are cast in unstable, possibly toxic, plastic. The blue color comes off on your fingers. The white vinyl horses that come with the figures are always smudged with blue coloring coming off of the Yankees.
I’ve got as many of the poses as I want, except for the 2 guys circled. I have only one each of them. I would trade out to get at least one more of each.
What drug stores were selling the unknown Civil War soldiers? Was it a chain, or were the figures popping up in independent stores?
Hi Dan. From the info I gathered here, they were sold thru Rite-Aid drug stores, and Erwin says they were carried in other thrift stores, maybe Dollar stores. Greg mentioned he got several small lots of them. I just don’t know how to list them for my searches. I tried “ACW in plastic”. “BMC/Americana Clones”. “Chinese Copies of ACW plastic”. Well, I have nothing but time. Hopefully, a brand name will finally be found, and I can add them to my collection of “pig figures”, as a very elite member of the group calls them.
just for the academic drill and my own curiosity, has anybody identified what the Billy V / Hing Fat mounted ACW poses are copies of? It’s not Imex. I looked. Not even close.