tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post7198620382093745530..comments2024-03-01T02:57:28.885-08:00Comments on Glorious Little Soldiers: 21 years in the business.Big Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235478427317774609noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-26466796336065497802013-03-18T02:23:04.444-07:002013-03-18T02:23:04.444-07:00You know you make one little mistake and some gits... You know you make one little mistake and some gits make you pay and pay and pay..... <br />.<br /> Seriously those things were a "break-in" tactic- worked didn't they- or chaps wouldn't keep reminding me- and it was only for the first rwo or 3 years... all in the bin years ago.. Big Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235478427317774609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-74321387277922401842013-03-17T17:02:06.817-07:002013-03-17T17:02:06.817-07:00Ah yes, twenty one years and I still bear the ment...Ah yes, twenty one years and I still bear the mental scars of those bloody waistcoats!<br /><br />:O(GaryAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06963552380378929829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-33716218531375486032013-03-16T02:40:48.515-07:002013-03-16T02:40:48.515-07:00Many thanks chaps- its apprecaited
Robbie Yes I r... Many thanks chaps- its apprecaited<br /> Robbie Yes I remebr Vulcan- I had a fiar few at one time. Campaign too- though I preferred Vulcan.<br /> FYI - re 25mm vs 28mm I found a December 1997 WI- Only Geurnsey Foundry are calling their figs 28mm- all the others are still saying 25mm Battle Honours, Britannia OG Redoubt Elite 1st Corps, Warrior, Ellerburn, The Light Horseman,GZG Trent and Valiant. How many of these are<br /> A/. still about.<br />b/. Now call the same stuff 28mm- (guilty m'lud) - but only recently and under protest. Big Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235478427317774609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-54927814177055068782013-03-15T15:10:30.950-07:002013-03-15T15:10:30.950-07:00Congratulations Andy. Here's to the next 21 ye...Congratulations Andy. Here's to the next 21 years!<br /><br />All the best,<br />SteveBattlescalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13530786317286215390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-60465679408736427212013-03-15T15:09:43.269-07:002013-03-15T15:09:43.269-07:00Congratulations, Andy. It's quite an achieveme...Congratulations, Andy. It's quite an achievement when, as you say, so many have gone under or or are now being sold by other people (other than their founders and original designers, I mean). Whatever you thought of them at the time, it was inconceivable when I started that Minifigs would not dominate the market.........now we are spoilt for choice in the major periods (and who would have thought that SAW/SYW would become one too)and people seem to be struggling to find new openings. At least the drive for quality is positive, and I am personally glad that the internet means no longer having to tour the country just to look at figures.<br />Anyway, here's to you and another good few years!<br /><br />JohnJohn Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02591264539878321434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-72434369993441469422013-03-15T08:26:31.294-07:002013-03-15T08:26:31.294-07:00Happy Birthday Andy,
I did like the Corvus range o...Happy Birthday Andy,<br />I did like the Corvus range of figures. But then I also liked Vulcan,can you remember them, god their Gendarmes were enormous.<br />My favourites,that have long gone were Campaign, which had a cracking range of renaissance/late renaissance figures. What happened to those.<br /> I am terrible for re reading old magazines, and it is interesting to see the way the contents have changed over the years.<br /> Anyway, we will see you next weekend, weather permitting.<br />Robbie. Independentwargamesgrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019172667119107650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-2165116114822886862013-03-15T06:11:17.908-07:002013-03-15T06:11:17.908-07:00 Fritz Yes I can find no evidence - other than gue... Fritz Yes I can find no evidence - other than guernsey foundry the Wargames Foundry for 28mm a Feb1998 has the Foundry seling 28mm everyone else is still 25mm even outfits that now have 28mm were 25mm then- Earlier Wargames Foundry were 25mm - May 1993 for instance. .<br /> On the whole the net has been a good thing for the hobby and certainly for purveyors... Big Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235478427317774609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-32339184953805089302013-03-15T05:57:17.235-07:002013-03-15T05:57:17.235-07:00Congratulations Andy. May you have another 21 year...Congratulations Andy. May you have another 21 years.<br /><br />So we can blame Bryan Ansell for this 28mm craziness - I did not know that.<br /><br />The Internet has sure changed the way the miniatures biz is run, probably for the better, but I'm not so sure that the instant gratification is worth it.Der Alte Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578422757511400566noreply@blogger.com