From: Brian Bell <bkb@b...>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 20:01:27 -0400
Subject: 15mm Stargrunt Miniatures
Today I finally got down to cleaning the 15mm Stargrunt Infantry that I recieved from GZG earlier this year. After doing so I regret that I must update my previous comments. I had reported that there was a little flash on the figures, but that they were pretty clean. This was based on a sample of each pack (A1, A2, A3, N1, N2, N3, K1, K2, & K3). After spending 4 hours removing crotch-webbing (admittedly on over 100 figures), I must admit that there was quite a bit more flash that I reported earlier. Most units required a minimum ammount of flash removal, however, 1 squad was cast much better than the others and required NO flash removal (other than on the bottom of the base). Most of the figures are fairly detailed. But I must agree with Stuart that the limbs are somewhat thicker than the earlier Stargrunt miniatures (which I have seen, but do not own any). Also, I was disapointed with the limited number of poses. Each group of non-PA had 1 leader/communications specialist, 1 SAW (NSL could be a PPG), 1 GMS trooper, and 4 AR troopers. The 4 AR troopers all appear to be the same mold (perhaps weapon arms are bent at _slightly_ different angles). Note that this is within a nationalities troops. Figures from the different nationalities had good variance. And as a matter of taste, I did not care for the look of the Kra'Vak power armor. This is just a design dislike and not a reflection of the quality of the figure, and the design is the same in 15 and 25mm. The power armor is very retro (looks like an ape version of the Michilen Man). And the axe wielding trooper (leader?) with the chipped axe looked very un-SciFi. But as I said, this is just my personal dislike. ---