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/amg/ Army Men General - on patrol

Anonymous Fri 28 Jul 2023 01:06:25 No.10544366 View View Reply Original Report

Welcome to the Army Men General!

Previously: >>10284374

>Plastic soldiers, knights and pirates, cowboys and indians, fantasy and sci-fi, cops and zombies, all are welcome here!

>Archived threads:
https://archive.nyafuu.org/toy/search/subject/Army%20Men%20General%20/

>Army men wargame rules:
https://combatstorm.com/
https://onepagerules.com/portfolio/one-off-games/
https://www.plasticcommand.com/
https://freewargamesrules.fandom.com/wiki/Special:Search?query=army+men

>Places to get army men:
https://bmctoys.com/ and https://victorybuy.com/
https://www.armiesinplastic.com/
https://www.toysoldierco.com/
https://www.classictoysoldiers.com/
https://www.toysoldiersdepot.com/
https://www.hobbybunker.com/
https://www.michtoy.com/
https://www.toysoldierhq.com/
https://micshaunscloset.com/
http://www.expeditionaryforce.com.sg/

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Anonymous Fri 28 Jul 2023 08:21:04 No.10544905 Report

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Bumping for the Red Man...

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Anonymous Sat 29 Jul 2023 06:05:22 No.10546788 Report

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>>10544366
That’s a very realistic and modern tank

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Anonymous Sat 29 Jul 2023 07:22:39 No.10546836 Report

Quoted By: >>10548918 >>10550467

>>10546788
>tank
Not quite, but to the layman a Bradley IFV certainly appears to be a tank. Could be worse; there are some who believe it to be an effective mine clearance vehicle.

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Anonymous Sat 29 Jul 2023 22:30:31 No.10547834 Report

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Bump

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Anonymous Sun 30 Jul 2023 02:45:40 No.10548477 Report

Quoted By: >>10569336

>>10544366
Do plastic threads also count as Lincoln Log threads?

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Anonymous Sun 30 Jul 2023 07:54:39 No.10548918 Report

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>>10546836
>>10537011
a MM play set mold uh. hope I can find the army men KO. If you ever find out where it's from, please drop it here. thank you

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Anonymous Sun 30 Jul 2023 07:58:19 No.10548920 Report

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>>10548918
addon, what's the MM play model name?

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Anonymous Sun 30 Jul 2023 14:52:50 No.10549233 Report

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>>10548920
Came with a MM Bradley so you could put a Bradley in your Bradley.

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Anonymous Mon 31 Jul 2023 06:17:52 No.10550467 Report

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>>10546836
My bad, i get them mixed up

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Anonymous Tue 01 Aug 2023 01:37:22 No.10552032 Report

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Bump

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Anonymous Tue 01 Aug 2023 01:47:28 No.10552045 Report

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>>10552032
It's ok anon, we don't need a bump every day, so long as there isn't a surge of autistic spamming on the board.

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Anonymous Wed 02 Aug 2023 03:58:33 No.10554362 Report

Quoted By: >>10589369

Today I learned this bad boy isn't a frankenvehicle after all:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1117_Armored_Security_Vehicle
Rather obscure, when I first got the thing I assumed they got the distinctive turret from a Marine AAV and slapped it on a BRDM-type (desu the real thing looks like they did exactly that).

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Anonymous Wed 02 Aug 2023 22:05:45 No.10555599 Report

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>>10552032
>>10552045
I take it back, there's been an uptick in thread spamming.

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Anonymous Thu 03 Aug 2023 18:52:20 No.10557219 Report

Quoted By: >>10558430 >>10558942

Could these count as armymen?

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Anonymous Fri 04 Aug 2023 04:14:11 No.10558430 Report

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>>10557219
It's kind of in that grey area straddling action figures and army men-like toys, guess it could go either way.

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Anonymous Fri 04 Aug 2023 10:32:24 No.10558942 Report

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>>10557219
Think these fall into the joe and other action figures.

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Anonymous Sat 05 Aug 2023 00:11:20 No.10560082 Report

Quoted By: >>10594598

does anyone have the webm of the paratroopers? It's eye candy for me. Maybe we can have a competition to see who can make the best paratrooper drop?

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Anonymous Sat 05 Aug 2023 18:00:40 No.10561158 Report

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>>10558942
No, they're much smaller than GI Joes. I forget if they're the size of megabloks or smaller.

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Anonymous Sun 06 Aug 2023 06:03:22 No.10561599 Report

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>>10549233
That’s huge

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Anonymous Sun 06 Aug 2023 20:44:36 No.10562506 Report

Quoted By: >>10562515 >>10562834 >>10594605

I went to a different Walmart today and got this bucket; same price, but twice the stuff.

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Anonymous Sun 06 Aug 2023 20:47:22 No.10562515 Report

Quoted By: >>10562834 >>10562845

>>10562506
Interestingly, the army men themselves are extremely different despite supposedly being the same brand; left is what I got this this time, right is what I got last time. The soldiers are from different eras and I think the left has softer sculpts

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Anonymous Mon 07 Aug 2023 00:12:07 No.10562834 Report

Quoted By: >>10594605 >>10641044

>>10562506
>>10562515
Aye that's the bucket a few of us have obtained from the Walmartians. It's a near-copy of a modified set of Timmee Vietnam War soldiers that's been around a while - said modified set had pretty soft sculpts to begin with so one can see the natural progression there, heh. Been looking for that smaller bucket with the intriguing aircraft, no sign of it so far.

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Anonymous Mon 07 Aug 2023 00:17:20 No.10562845 Report

Quoted By: >>10644396

>>10562515
Expanding on this, here's the three armies for comparison (sorry for the potato quality, did it in a rush and haven't got around to a retake). The top line is a straight KO of the Timmee Vietnam War soldiers, with all the original poses; middle line is the modified army, where some of the poses had tops and bottoms switched around or were otherwise reposed or altered; bottom line is the newest iteration of these guys, with a couple poses gone altogether and some changes to the machine-gunner but otherwise the same as middle.

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Anonymous Tue 08 Aug 2023 17:21:34 No.10565306 Report

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Anonymous Wed 09 Aug 2023 05:56:07 No.10566395 Report

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Bump

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Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 03:43:19 No.10568214 Report

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>>10565306
nice

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Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 20:30:48 No.10569336 Report

Quoted By: >>10569573 >>10572338

>>10548477
Never thought to use the logs like that...duh

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Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 22:56:13 No.10569573 Report

Quoted By: >>10571341 >>10572338

>>10569336
They make great little forts for various historical settings. Not just cowboys v. Indians, but also Vikings, Cossacks, and anything else that calls for a wooden fort.

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Anonymous Fri 11 Aug 2023 23:46:33 No.10571341 Report

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>>10569573
or just any log barrier of fence

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Anonymous Sat 12 Aug 2023 14:04:22 No.10572338 Report

Quoted By: >>10572501

>>10569336
>>10569573
I’ve thought about using Jenga blocks

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Anonymous Sat 12 Aug 2023 16:33:21 No.10572501 Report

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>>10572338
Good call. They'd make good palisades just as Lincoln Logs would. Roy Toy (Lincoln's competitor) makes well-hewn flat logs that would work better for Viking and Cossack strongholds. All sorts of wooden fort options out there.

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Anonymous Sun 13 Aug 2023 00:18:05 No.10573210 Report

Quoted By: >>10573232

>>10565306
I freaking love these pics. Keep going dude, and try to get them in a 4:3 ratio so I can make them 16:9 with no issues.

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Anonymous Sun 13 Aug 2023 00:38:20 No.10573232 Report

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>>10573210
It's always 4:3, though I sometimes crop images

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Anonymous Mon 14 Aug 2023 04:45:10 No.10575263 Report

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Anonymous Mon 14 Aug 2023 20:07:59 No.10576299 Report

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Anonymous Tue 15 Aug 2023 17:51:16 No.10577794 Report

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Anonymous Wed 16 Aug 2023 06:08:44 No.10578814 Report

Quoted By: >>10578852

>How much longer until we can start moving again?
>Fifteen minutes, sir. Though, further repairs will be required at the FOB.
>Alright. You two, keep your eyes peeled. If you think greens are hard to see lurking in the foliage during the day, you’ve seen nothing yet.
>Was that a pun, sir?
>Shut up and watch the bushes.

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Anonymous Wed 16 Aug 2023 07:05:30 No.10578852 Report

Quoted By: >>10580062

>>10578814
>should've stayed in your sandbox, tannies

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Anonymous Thu 17 Aug 2023 00:23:30 No.10580062 Report

Quoted By: >>10580087 >>10599641

>>10578852
Tan is a more versatile colour. Greens become beacons the moment they step out of their forests/Jungles/etc.

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Anonymous Thu 17 Aug 2023 00:32:13 No.10580087 Report

Quoted By: >>10583228

>>10580062
>imagine living in some worthless sand-filled hellhole
Can't blame tannies for wanting a piece of that lush green for themselves. There is a price to be paid for such arrogance, however.

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Anonymous Fri 18 Aug 2023 05:58:10 No.10582015 Report

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Anonymous Sat 19 Aug 2023 01:29:27 No.10583228 Report

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>>10580087
Deserts, savannas, and wheat fields are far easier to move equipment and troops through than jungles and forests.

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Anonymous Sat 19 Aug 2023 01:30:30 No.10583229 Report

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>>10583228

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Anonymous Sat 19 Aug 2023 03:20:10 No.10583468 Report

Quoted By: >>10583722 >>10589373

>>10583228
If your soldiers are happy to trade the cover of trees and foliage for the nakedness of plain open fields, sure.

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Anonymous Sat 19 Aug 2023 06:31:34 No.10583722 Report

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>>10583468
You can have all the cover in the world and the best soldiers in the world, it won’t mean anything if you don’t have reliable supply lines; which open fields guarantee.

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Anonymous Sat 19 Aug 2023 06:40:02 No.10583727 Report

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>>10583722
A truck resupplying a bunch of sitting ducks in a field is just a bigger siting duck. Logistics aren't the sole domain of earth-bound means, either.

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Anonymous Sat 19 Aug 2023 17:07:13 No.10584341 Report

Quoted By: >>10585091 >>10585134

>>10583727
Using aircraft to move around woods and jungles is infamously challenging and resource intensive.

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Anonymous Sun 20 Aug 2023 00:24:27 No.10585091 Report

Quoted By: >>10585140 >>10630926

>>10584341
Last picture of this scene

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Anonymous Sun 20 Aug 2023 00:54:18 No.10585134 Report

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>>10584341
>tans can't into aircav
Not my problem

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Anonymous Sun 20 Aug 2023 00:56:03 No.10585140 Report

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>>10585091
>the last frame from the camera feed of a green FPV kamikaze drone

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Anonymous Mon 21 Aug 2023 04:35:19 No.10587043 Report

Quoted By: >>10587089 >>10588809

Are there any samurai army men? I tried looking and all that came up was WWII Japs.

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Anonymous Mon 21 Aug 2023 05:00:02 No.10587089 Report

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>>10587043
Not sure off-hand; ninja army men are definitely a thing.

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Anonymous Tue 22 Aug 2023 00:37:45 No.10588646 Report

Quoted By: >>10588740

Weird question: is there anyway to get better at “posing” armymen? So many of the pictures ITT look so alive, but when I try to pose it looks dead.

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Anonymous Tue 22 Aug 2023 01:25:38 No.10588740 Report

Quoted By: >>10589236

>>10588646
Not a pro by any means but I've done a fair bit of amateur army men photography over the years, can offer a few suggestions.
>work with your soldiers
Most of the tricks to getting a good army men shot relate more to how you take the picture and less on how you pose the soldiers - they're stuck in their poses so figure out what kind of scene you want and arrange your men in ways that make sense based on what they're doing.
>take a lot of shots of the setup from different angles
Lighting, camera focus and other variables make getting that perfect shot right off the bat quite challenging, better to click away and browse through them afterwards to ensure you get something good.
>learn the rule of thirds
This is a useful article on the rule of thirds, both on how to abide by it and also how to make great shots that don't follow it:
https://www.adobe.com/ca/creativecloud/photography/discover/rule-of-thirds.html
>know your camera
Smart phone cameras try to be smarter than their users, usually as a good intentions measure to keep the technical aspects of photography to a minimum for the average user who is probably less intelligent than their phone; this can mess with taking good shots (focusing on the wrong area, switching between macro and normal, etc) so get a read on how it likes to take photos. If you have a standalone camera, still a good idea to play around with settings to find what works for you; macro is great for those close-ups of small objects such as army men.
>post-production
Been doing this a lot more lately, even a few easy adjustments such as playing with contrast, saturation and RGB levels can make a world of difference; sharpen is another useful effect to make details stand out (go easy on it though). I use IrfanView for simple stuff, GIMP or Pixlr for more advanced work.

That got a bit long heh, hope something in there was helpful.

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Anonymous Tue 22 Aug 2023 01:55:37 No.10588809 Report

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>>10587043
If you like 1:72, Mars and Zvezda out of Russia both carry a wide array of samurai and ashigaru warriors for sale. Warriors carrying naginata, yari, yumi bows, and even teppo muskets. Some kits include little pavises and mantlets for the archers and musketeers. There are also little glue-on horses for mounted samurai. It's more scale model discussion, but fits if all you plan on using them for is wargaming.

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Anonymous Tue 22 Aug 2023 06:04:15 No.10589236 Report

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>>10588740
Thanks

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Anonymous Tue 22 Aug 2023 09:06:45 No.10589369 Report

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>>10554362
Hehe, I remember asking you to put that thing on water to test if it's amphibious many moons back

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Anonymous Tue 22 Aug 2023 09:08:37 No.10589372 Report

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>>10575263
Beautiful

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Anonymous Tue 22 Aug 2023 09:09:38 No.10589373 Report

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>>10583468
God I wanna buy an APC like that

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Anonymous Wed 23 Aug 2023 04:20:54 No.10590781 Report

Quoted By: >>10592074

safety bump, freaking threadspammers...

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Anonymous Thu 24 Aug 2023 01:15:21 No.10592074 Report

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>>10590781
Ye, it's been really bad lately. Been keeping an eye on and trying to bump good threads (like this one). Thank you for keeping this off page 10.

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Anonymous Thu 24 Aug 2023 06:16:24 No.10592475 Report

Quoted By: >>10593018 >>10593946

Bumping with some bonus images. Technically part of the scene from earlier in the thread, but I thought these two images really captured that “dreamcore” look. IDK if I’m making sense because I’m exhausted and on the verge of passing out.

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Anonymous Thu 24 Aug 2023 15:15:38 No.10593018 Report

Quoted By: >>10593946

>>10592475
Get some rest, post more later.

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Anonymous Thu 24 Aug 2023 17:54:52 No.10593302 Report

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>>10585134
silly tans

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Anonymous Thu 24 Aug 2023 23:45:16 No.10593946 Report

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>>10592475
Here is the other one.
>>10593018
Thanks, I’m better after sleeping

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Anonymous Fri 25 Aug 2023 05:25:23 No.10594391 Report

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>>10593946
Some good mood there

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Anonymous Fri 25 Aug 2023 08:19:08 No.10594598 Report

Quoted By: >>10596043 >>10596682

>>10560082
Have enough paratroopers now to perform an 8-man drop as the greens or tans but haven't had the chance to film

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Anonymous Fri 25 Aug 2023 08:24:32 No.10594605 Report

Quoted By: >>10594963

>>10562506
>>10562834
What's the name of this bucket for Internet-only buyers?

>>10565306
This set, with the Chinook and Humvee vehicles is also out of stock on Amazon, used to be under the name of SCS Direct

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Anonymous Fri 25 Aug 2023 15:00:55 No.10594963 Report

Quoted By: >>10596403

>>10594605
Adventure Force, here's the Walmart listing
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Adventure-Force-Army-Bucket-100-Pieces/224994608
Looks like it's on clearance

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Anonymous Sat 26 Aug 2023 03:01:18 No.10596043 Report

Quoted By: >>10596403

>>10594598
Brings back memories of throwing these guys over the railing of the stairs at my grandma’s house

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Anonymous Sat 26 Aug 2023 08:50:45 No.10596403 Report

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>>10594963
$5 and it even comes with a paratrooper?! The crates, barrels and tent are cool

>>10596043
Gen z will never understand

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Anonymous Sat 26 Aug 2023 15:44:10 No.10596682 Report

Quoted By: >>10600348

>>10594598
Thank you! This is awesome.

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Anonymous Sun 27 Aug 2023 05:47:09 No.10597650 Report

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>>10594391
Thanks

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Anonymous Mon 28 Aug 2023 02:10:28 No.10598943 Report

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Anonymous Mon 28 Aug 2023 15:59:21 No.10599641 Report

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>>10580062
A good dirt lot with some plants growing is the best for tans and greens to both use camo

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Anonymous Tue 29 Aug 2023 01:52:48 No.10600348 Report

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>>10596682
Cheers

>>10598943
You have an eye for photography

>>10599641
Camouflage is beautiful.

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Anonymous Wed 30 Aug 2023 00:02:16 No.10602121 Report

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Anonymous Thu 31 Aug 2023 01:16:54 No.10604017 Report

Quoted By: >>10604981

Got a bag of assorted army men from a thrift store today, will post when I've had a chance to look through it.

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Anonymous Thu 31 Aug 2023 17:44:03 No.10604981 Report

Quoted By: >>10606108 >>10607552

>>10604017
Pics?

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Anonymous Fri 01 Sep 2023 05:18:18 No.10606108 Report

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>>10604981
Been a week but I'll try tomorrow

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Anonymous Sat 02 Sep 2023 01:55:07 No.10607552 Report

Quoted By: >>10610867 >>10610979

>>10604981
>>10606108
Decent haul overall: Abrams tank, Apache Longbow, some bunkers and barbed wire, most of a field gun and wide assortment of troops. A number are low-quality with lots of missing bits and will likely be junked; the bright green ones at the bottom are made of a soft, gummy and sticky material and are fairly dirty, haven't decided yet whether to try cleaning them; the little pile of green in the middle are from the same set the tank and copter came from. There is also a Haloclix Master Chief and two metal Star Wars figures of unknown origin (appears to be Grievous and Anakin).

Some of these troops will find homes with existing matching units in my plastic armed forces; the rest will be added to the Veterans Brigade.

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Anonymous Sat 02 Sep 2023 18:09:05 No.10608507 Report

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Anonymous Sun 03 Sep 2023 06:08:07 No.10609367 Report

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>>10608507
Very nice warm picture

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Anonymous Mon 04 Sep 2023 06:07:00 No.10610867 Report

Quoted By: >>10610948

>>10607552
>That bazooka in the bottom left
lol

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Anonymous Mon 04 Sep 2023 07:44:04 No.10610948 Report

Quoted By: >>10625756

>>10610867
Is one of the gummy soldiers, but yeah, many such cases. This is from a book called Too Many Toys; note the trio of army men at bottom right.

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Anonymous Mon 04 Sep 2023 08:27:10 No.10610979 Report

Quoted By: >>10611361

>>10607552
Yo that attack helicopter is lit!

Any idea of the manufacturer?

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Anonymous Mon 04 Sep 2023 17:25:35 No.10611361 Report

Quoted By: >>10625520

>>10610979
It's from a set that goes back over 20 years, my brother got it around 2001. Haven't been able to find it online but the set had a good-sized mountain fortress with bunkers on top and a hinged door and a button that made combat sounds, that Abrams tank and Apache Longbow as well as a Humvee and green and purple army men. The soldiers were copies of Airfix WW2 soldiers, green being British Paras, purple German Infantry. Interestingly, the German prone machine gunner pose was also made in green; seems someone noticed the British were light on firepower and wanted to balance things a bit.

No idea what company made the set or if we still have the mountain fortress; have a feeling it's stored somewhere but finding it is not gonna happen at this time heh. I've seen the soldiers pop up in second-hand finds on the occasion but this is the first time finding some of the vehicles too. The Longbow is missing its pylon-mounted missiles unfortunately, but is otherwise good to go. The other Apaches in this pic were from another army men bucket set, think I found them about 10 years ago (at TRU perhaps?), packaged with Timmee-style soldiers and other stuff.

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Anonymous Wed 06 Sep 2023 05:10:35 No.10614334 Report

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Anonymous Thu 07 Sep 2023 04:27:42 No.10616038 Report

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Anonymous Thu 07 Sep 2023 04:45:46 No.10616068 Report

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>>10614334
>>10616038
>tan propaganda
Cute

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Anonymous Fri 08 Sep 2023 06:05:58 No.10617712 Report

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Bump

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Anonymous Sun 10 Sep 2023 07:27:57 No.10621006 Report

Quoted By: >>10621170 >>10632123

How many army men is too many army men
>100
>1000
>10,000
>?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Sep 2023 12:33:42 No.10621170 Report

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>>10621006
It depends. 100 is just one standard playset

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Anonymous Mon 11 Sep 2023 06:08:41 No.10622603 Report

Quoted By: >>10624159 >>10632151

Does anyone know where I can get policemen and firefighters? I remember getting some from the dollar stores age ago, but they don’t carry any now.

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Anonymous Tue 12 Sep 2023 05:11:06 No.10624159 Report

Quoted By: >>10624215

>>10622603
Timmee has a police/swat set but it's expensive. eBay might be your best bet

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Sep 2023 06:01:08 No.10624215 Report

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>>10624159
Thanks for answering

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Sep 2023 02:24:12 No.10625520 Report

Quoted By: >>10626717

>>10611361
>>10614334
>>10616038
>>10616068
>>10619368
Good shit

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Anonymous Wed 13 Sep 2023 06:08:19 No.10625756 Report

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>>10610948
Oh they’re like that on purpose

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Anonymous Wed 13 Sep 2023 23:40:37 No.10626717 Report

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>>10625520
Those aren’t my pics btw, I just saved them

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Anonymous Thu 14 Sep 2023 00:31:27 No.10626833 Report

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Anonymous Thu 14 Sep 2023 06:39:04 No.10627341 Report

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spam is bad today

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Anonymous Thu 14 Sep 2023 15:46:47 No.10627732 Report

Quoted By: >>10631252 >>10634349

Haven't posted in a long while, but it feels good to see people still engaged in the hobby.

>>10626833
>>10626838
Good stuff!

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Anonymous Fri 15 Sep 2023 03:55:22 No.10628660 Report

Quoted By: >>10629392

>back down to page 8 in the same day
Bit of a fight for survival, what

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Sep 2023 16:57:43 No.10629392 Report

Quoted By: >>10630029

>>10627341
>>10628660
It's been bad. Thread life is down to 1 1/2 days without a reply. 12 hours put this thread on pg 7. Have a bump for interest again.

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Anonymous Fri 15 Sep 2023 23:46:19 No.10630029 Report

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>>10629392
Would think with the end of summer we'd be in the clear, guess some bans expired or something

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Anonymous Sat 16 Sep 2023 00:29:01 No.10630098 Report

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>>10630029
Looks more like a resident troll learned how easy it is to bypass bans and now creates and farms many junk threads. They get bumped several times a day at around the same times. Really sucks that it knocks out good but slower threads like this one.

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Anonymous Sat 16 Sep 2023 10:18:41 No.10630926 Report

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>>10585091
This last one needs a better caption.

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Anonymous Sat 16 Sep 2023 16:01:06 No.10631252 Report

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>>10627732
Genuinely an amazing shot

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Anonymous Sun 17 Sep 2023 01:44:53 No.10632123 Report

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>>10621006
No, as long as you aren't buying in quantities causing substantial financial strain.

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Anonymous Sun 17 Sep 2023 02:00:20 No.10632151 Report

Quoted By: >>10632212 >>10632641

>>10622603
In the US, they were sold at Dollar Tree. They had Military, Police, and Firemen sets that were all sold under the "Action Force!" brand, and manufactured by "Imperial Toys." The same Imperial Toys that made those "Zombies vs Zombie Responder" sets that had blue and neon green Timmee tank clones in the "Zombie Apocalypse" set. If you can, get them NIP, as they come with some cool stuff. The police set comes with a helicopter resembling a Little Bird, and a raft. I found this Ebay listing, which has the police, firemen, military, and Western sets.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256105776059

Hope this helps

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Anonymous Sun 17 Sep 2023 02:30:58 No.10632212 Report

Quoted By: >>10632226 >>10634350

>>10632151
It's been a few years since Dollar Tree had those sets unfortunately (pic from 2017)

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Anonymous Sun 17 Sep 2023 02:36:49 No.10632226 Report

Quoted By: >>10632286

>>10632212
Yeah, it's a bit of shame, really. I always check when I'm in a Dollar Tree, just in case, those were cool sets. I picked up a number of police sets, but skipped the firemen. I would kill to get my hands on the neon green, and blue tanks Imperial used to make. They're so tough to find, and 99% of the time, it's in complete NIB sets on ebay >$100.

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Anonymous Sun 17 Sep 2023 03:09:33 No.10632286 Report

Quoted By: >>10632295

>>10632226
Passed on the firemen too, though I have a larger set I got from toysoldiersdepot once, not sure where it is tho. The soldiers one has reappeared a couple times since but were replaced by these guys; lately Dollar Tree hasn't had any army men at all that I've seen.

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Anonymous Sun 17 Sep 2023 03:17:53 No.10632295 Report

Quoted By: >>10632306

>>10632286
>That pic
I picked up a few of those as well. They aren't my favorite, but there are some good poses. Have them buried somewhere in my army men vault. I really like the prone rifleman. His firearm reminds of an MP5.

>lately Dollar Tree hasn't had any army men at all that I've seen.
Yeah, I've noticed the same. Have seen none in IL for years, and on my trip to Montana, it was the exact same. Hope that changes soon.

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Anonymous Sun 17 Sep 2023 03:25:46 No.10632306 Report

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>>10632295
The poses are derivative but distinctive enough to be distinct, yeah the prone guy with the HK-type weapon is the best. I've had fun with them and at about 70 soldiers a bag it was a cheap and easy way to raise a couple battalions.

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Anonymous Sun 17 Sep 2023 06:47:01 No.10632641 Report

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>>10632151
Thanks

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Anonymous Sun 17 Sep 2023 21:24:57 No.10633659 Report

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I was looking for modern military army men using boolean search on google images and found this. The website it was on said the page didn’t exist. Does anyone here have these?

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Anonymous Sun 17 Sep 2023 22:21:28 No.10633764 Report

Quoted By: >>10634327

>>10633659
Don't have them myself but you need to level up your google fu
https://www.amazon.com/BMC-Korean-War-Winter-Battle/dp/B0C7XX7VWX

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Anonymous Mon 18 Sep 2023 06:28:27 No.10634327 Report

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>>10633764
Thanks. I thought I went through all their catalogue.

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Anonymous Mon 18 Sep 2023 06:52:25 No.10634349 Report

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>>10627732
Okay.
Wow.
That's really nicely set up and shot.

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Anonymous Mon 18 Sep 2023 06:53:40 No.10634350 Report

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>>10632212
Diggin the Zode.

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Anonymous Mon 18 Sep 2023 07:50:45 No.10634388 Report

Quoted By: >>10635133 >>10635478 >>10636357

I just came across this on ebay.
it's $31 Can and about the same for postage.
Any idea where to find something similar - cheaper.
"Toy Soldiers of San Diego TSSD Barbarian Warrior Set 19 Tan Roman Saxon Viking"

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Sep 2023 20:42:05 No.10635133 Report

Quoted By: >>10635478

>>10634388

anybody?
Also looking for Centurions/ Legionnaires British Expeditionary Force and Zulus.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Sep 2023 20:53:56 No.10635146 Report

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Hello?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 19 Sep 2023 00:53:44 No.10635478 Report

Quoted By: >>10637400

>>10634388
>>10635133
>>10635146
Chill bro, this is the kind of General that caps twice a year.
https://www.sdsoldiers.com/
https://micshaunscloset.com/collections/tssd-toy-soldiers-of-san-diego

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 19 Sep 2023 14:44:37 No.10636357 Report

Quoted By: >>10637400

>>10634388
Checked and nice. There are Viking and other barbarian sets from Publius that come in a wide assortment of poses and figures.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Sep 2023 01:22:59 No.10637400 Report

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>>10635478
>>10636357

Thanks.

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Anonymous Wed 20 Sep 2023 06:13:44 No.10637768 Report

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Any good AA?

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>>10637768
Sure

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Anonymous Thu 21 Sep 2023 06:05:14 No.10639296 Report

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Does anyone own the non-standard army men? Picture related. There is also a Fantasy line.

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Anonymous Fri 22 Sep 2023 02:19:16 No.10640713 Report

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Bump

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Anonymous Fri 22 Sep 2023 06:42:34 No.10641044 Report

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>>10562834
RIP to any mechanized infantry

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Anonymous Fri 22 Sep 2023 07:30:43 No.10641083 Report

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>>10641044
Be hard-pressed to find many army men generals who can mechanize more than a fraction of their troops, what with the dearth of APCs and IFVs on the market. I am fortunate to have accumulated a number of M-113s, M2 Bradleys and an assortment of various other such infantry carriers, though doctrine in my plastic armed forces puts greater emphasis on airborne assets.

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Anonymous Sat 23 Sep 2023 00:43:07 No.10643668 Report

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>>10641083
very true

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Anonymous Sat 23 Sep 2023 01:40:09 No.10643809 Report

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Thoughts on using non-standard vehicles (e.g. plastic brick-built) alongside army men?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 23 Sep 2023 06:33:53 No.10644396 Report

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>>10562845
Interesting

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Anonymous Sun 24 Sep 2023 01:06:35 No.10645815 Report

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bump

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Anonymous Mon 25 Sep 2023 15:05:01 No.10648416 Report

Quoted By: >>10649300 >>10649541

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Anonymous Tue 26 Sep 2023 01:19:45 No.10649300 Report

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>>10648416
tasty fortifications

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Anonymous Tue 26 Sep 2023 04:30:00 No.10649538 Report

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The Tress!
The Trees are ALIVE!

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Anonymous Tue 26 Sep 2023 04:31:25 No.10649541 Report

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>>10648416
>>10649300

Can you imagine if an HE hit the Caramilk though?
Hot caramel goodness and sticky flames raining down on the troops.

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Anonymous Tue 26 Sep 2023 21:45:17 No.10650596 Report

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>>10649541
I'd be more concerned with Smarties shrapnel

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Anonymous Tue 26 Sep 2023 22:31:56 No.10650663 Report

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>>10649541
The high calorie content would probably enhance the HE rounds explosion a little and add a napalm like effect. Deliciously destructive.

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Anonymous Wed 27 Sep 2023 12:44:36 No.10651776 Report

Quoted By: >>10652052

Bump

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Anonymous Wed 27 Sep 2023 16:51:23 No.10652052 Report

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>>10651776
Thread won't bump, it and many others have been consigned to a slow but inevitable death, side-effect of taking action against the spammer or spammers I guess. At the current rate of decay we still have a few more days before we'll need an unprecedented third thread this year.

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Anonymous Wed 27 Sep 2023 21:16:58 No.10652486 Report

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>>10652052
Isn’t that a good thing?

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Anonymous Wed 27 Sep 2023 21:26:58 No.10652495 Report

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>>10652486
At this point I think we should just let it slide.
The hanging on - but at the bottom makes it irritating.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 28 Sep 2023 14:22:33 No.10653592 Report

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>>10643809
I’ve had the same idea but I prefer using cheap scale models

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Anonymous Fri 29 Sep 2023 01:43:59 No.10654837 Report

Quoted By: >>10654943

New thread doko?

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Anonymous Fri 29 Sep 2023 02:14:23 No.10654886 Report

Quoted By: >>10654943

>>10652052
Heads up, at the rate of new spam, their might be one day left for this thread.

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Anonymous Fri 29 Sep 2023 02:55:08 No.10654943 Report

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>>10654837
>>10654886
Ye it's time

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>>10654960

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