An Odd Figure

15 Responses to An Odd Figure

1. Mark says:

   February 25, 2015 at 6:10 PM

   awesome pose ! make a great Civil War conversion !

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2. greg liska says:

   February 25, 2015 at 6:39 PM

   Looks to me like a conversion made of a Marx Marine. See how the neck is thin, almost non-existent and placed strangely. The rest looks well done. I can’t say for sure where all the parts came from.

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3. Mark says:

   February 25, 2015 at 8:01 PM

   Right Greg, definitely has that Marx resemblance !

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4. ed borris says:

   February 25, 2015 at 8:30 PM

   I think it’s at least part Marx Marine either getting shot or kneeling to reload his M1, could never tell what that pose was supposed to be, don’t recognize the legs, but looks to be a marx stand.

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5. ed borris says:

   February 25, 2015 at 8:35 PM

   It almost looks like somebody cut off the Marines leg at the knee and grafted it on to another figures lower leg, other than that and a repositioning of the head he’s almost stock. I want to say it’s the lower leg of the Marine throwing the grenade underhand.

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6. Bill Nevins says:

   February 25, 2015 at 10:28 PM

   I think that the base is a Dulcop base, as are the legs. Dulcop has that distinctive slant on the edges of the base, so……….

   The rest is the Marx army man ( sorry not into WW 2) but there is a pose with a soldier with the wepon in one hand that’s crouching down. The head is from a different army man.

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7. Bill Nevins says:

   February 25, 2015 at 10:33 PM

   It’s either a Dulcop 7 th Cavavlrymen or Italian Bertiglieri (sic???) legs. Both have the same leg positioning.

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8. Wayne W says:

   February 26, 2015 at 2:51 AM

   I agree this is a conversion and a great concept for a pose – even if the anatomy has some shortcomings. I’ve definitely seen worse straight from the mold.

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9. ed borris says:

   February 26, 2015 at 8:21 AM

   Well, it might be a Dulcop base, but I’m pretty sure it’s not a 7th cavalry base, I use them all the time for my conversions and they are usually thicker and they are rectangular not irregular like this one.

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10. Bobby G. Moore says:

    February 26, 2015 at 3:51 PM

    Was not sure how or where to post this, but there are a lot of pictures of the WW2 prototypes on the X-force website. Cannot wait to see the finished figures. The poses are great. While I hope it will not be long until they do Late War G.I.’s and Germans, these will do for now.
    Four comments:
    1. I hope the finnished figures will have a more gritty look to them. These guys look a little too clean for guys that should be in combat for days on end.
    2. The tripod on the 30cal. mg. looks a little odd, it looks like it is raised too high.
    3. Love that they look like they are not wearing packs.
    4. Hope that there is more than one BAR man.
    All in All, can’t wait to get my hands on them.
    Bobby G. Moore

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    • admin says:

      February 26, 2015 at 6:24 PM

      Bobby
      I have just put up an link to the Expeditionary Force WWII Figures for everyone to see.

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11. erwin says:

    February 26, 2015 at 6:09 PM

    EF-I look at them and assume they are all prototype not last result.so far I agree with most in last comment.
    Weapons are a bit odd in size and the ballonets(too long) on Germans and American look more Japanese type than later ww2 American/German blade
    Many uniforms are very clean and well fit, not as regular combative soldier should be (like old Airfix, matchbox figures)that look like coming from a military parade ready for a fight.
    Poses are very repeated of what we had seen later from Conte,tssd and others

    On the good side ,Adrian helmet for French and colonial troopers look a great idea.
    sculpt detail look great in general,bases are fine with me
    For those prices they charge we should expect more perfection(my opinion)!!
    Last I know they don’t care and will do what they want.LOL!!

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12. Bill Nevins says:

    February 26, 2015 at 10:46 PM

    Ed, take a look at the Dulcop Italian figure running with a bugle. I’m pretty sure those are the legs.

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    • admin says:

      February 26, 2015 at 11:14 PM

      Bill
      The more the comments come in the more I have to agree it is conversion. I feel I got it in a junk lot as while I like conversions, the figure does not excited me. I look for a figure that is different. One conversion I have is union black soldier running with wounded confederate soldier. I will try to remember to photograph it.

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13. ed borris says:

    February 27, 2015 at 7:36 AM

    Bill,

    Could be very well indeed. Probably a moot point we’ll never know for sure.

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