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Review taken from 'Fantastic Plastics'

‘Historical Legends’ – Romans

FOV have been making first class vehicles for quite a while now, and the sets usually had some figures in them. A relatively new venture is separate range of 1/32nd scale painted plastic figures, branded as ‘Historical Legends’. From a standing start the company has crashed into plastic figures in a big way, with a number of periods: ‘Pirates – Pillagers & Plunderers’, ‘Vikings – Raiders & Discoverers’, ‘’Knights of the 100 Years War’, ‘American Civil War’, and ‘The Roman Empire’.

It’s the latter I’ve had for review thanks to Ivanhoe Figures. There are both foot and mounted figures, in a number of different sets. The sets I have seen are 23024, with a cavalryman and two legionaries, together with a couple of large caltrop-type wooden obstacles and a bundle of arrows for a war machine. The latter comes in another set, 23004, which contains a mounted cavalryman (different from the one on the first set), two legionaries (one the same as the first set and one in a new pose throwing a pilum, a war arrow-firer and some more arrows for it. The final set, 22404, contains two legionaries, one in a defending pose (as in the first set) and one with shield raised over his head, together making the body of the famous Roman defensive formation the Testudo (Tortoise).

It’s great to see more ancient period figures coming out in plastic, especially classic Romans. The painting is acceptable, with the shields being especially good but the flesh is a little ‘oriental’. The mounted, and some foot figures, come with tiny plug-in bases which provide little stability. There are larger bases supplied for some foot figures and these are much better, nicely scenic and offering a stable support to the figures. The all-action poses are good and so is the detail.

Date Published Mon, 10/01/2007 - 13:00
Author: Mike Blake

Contact
Forces of Valor
Unimax Toys
17-19 Canton Road
KLN
Hong Kong

www.unimax.com.hk

In the UK:
Ivanhoe Figures
6 Manor House Road
Rotherham
South Yorks
S61 1NT

Tel: 01709 558649
l.cooksey@btinternet.com

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