Valiant Miniatures - 25mm American G.I.s 1942/44

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Valiant Miniatures again provide a great many options with a number of the figures having a choice of separate arms and weapons as well as other equipment items to provide a wide range of pose possibilities.

As with other releases in this range the figures are designed to be used with the 'Rapid Fire!' system and as such you are able to construct all the key elements of a battalion, as depicted by that system.

Each frame comes with a huge variety options and the number of actual poses that are possible is astounding.

The figures can be equipped with a number of different weapons, including - M1 Garand rifles, M1 Carbines, Submachine guns, BARs, Bazookas, 60mm mortars and even a Browning .30 calibre MG.

Again as with other boxed sets from Valiant, the figures are not compatible with other manufacturer's ranges, that said - given the low cost and quality of the figures, there is every possibility you can build the force you want just using these figures.Definitely 28mm in scale - rather than the 1/72 (20mm) as labelled on the box - be warned!

Valiant Miniatures - 28Box Artmm British Tommies 1944/45

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This is Valiant's first release into the plastics arena, and a very good set they have produced, however, as with all Valiant figures, the issue is the size of the figures, too big to blend seamlessly into 20mm ranges and maybe a little small for the newer 28mm ranges.

That said real people are different sizes, and mixing thes echaps with other figures will not look that out of place, if done well.

The set contains 68 figures where some of the figures are multi-pose, allowing for the selection of separate arms to hold a variety of weapons and accessories.

Additionally separate heads, back packs, spare weapons, and other valuable items of equipment are liberally included on each frame. See contents list below....

Officer with Binoculars (4)

Officer with Map, pointing (4)
Officer/NCO Forward Observer, kneeling (4)
NCO with Sten SMG (4)
Signaller with Sten SMG, kneeling (4)
Wireless Set WS-18 Mk.III (4)
Machine-Gunner with Vickers HMG (4)
Mortarman/Anti-Tank Gunner (4)
Mortarman No. 1 with 2" Mortar (4)
Mortarman No. 2 with with Bomb Case (4)
Rifleman (multi-pose), kneeling (4)
Separate right Arm, firing PIAT (4)
Separate right Arm, firing Bren LMG (4)
Separate left Arm, supporting PIAT or Bren LMG (4)
Stone Wall Section with Bren Bipod (4)
Separate Figure Base (4)
Rifleman (multi-pose), advancing (4)
Separate right Arm, holding Bren LMG (4)
Separate right Arm, holding Lee Enfield Rifle (4)
Separate right Arm, holding Mortar Bomb Case (4)
Rifleman advancing (8)
Rifleman running (8)
Separate Head with Steel Helmet (8)
Separate Head with Officer’s Cap (8)
Separate Head with Beret (8)
Separate Head bareheaded (8)
3" Mortar (4)
Vickers .303 Heavy Machine-Gun (4)
Back Pack (40)

The figures are constructed in good, useful wargame poses and there are enough figures and weapons in this box to recruit a complete infantry battalion, and supporting elements for RAPID FIRE! wargames.

Note that the figures are not the usual chunky fellows and may appear to be thin but are actually correctly proportioned.

Valiant Minatures

Valiant Miniatures was originally the brainchild of Colin Rumfold (he of 'Rapid Fire!' fame) and Julian Blakeney-Edwards (who went on to create Victrix Ltd).

The company specialise in what they describe as  1/72 scale World War Two hard plastic figure sets for gamers, modellers and collectors.

Straight away we should call out that these figures are much nearer to 25mm scale than 20mm scale and so we have taken the liberty of listing them as such. In our opinion they are too big to be able to integrae well into existing 20mm collections but they are much less noticable when integrated into 28mm figures collections - but there is still a difference!

The boxed sets are designed to provide value or money and to integrate seemlessly (as you'd expect) into Romfrd's  'Rapid Fire!' wargames system.

Valiant Miniatures Website  <Here>

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Product List

British Tommies 1944/45
Classic German Infantry 1944/45
American G.I.s 1942/44
Germans in Normandy 1944
German Paratroops

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