1st Corps
25mm WWII US Marines

Figures

Reviewed by Bill Rutherford

I've got 4 samples - identities unknown - from 1st Corps' WW II USMC 25mm range. They range from 26H to 29H Barrett (shoes to eyes) in size. The figures have character, with faces tired and knees torn. I may've been a bit harsh, rating them H Barrett - they're not at all like the dwarven troopers of the 1970s, but there are some style issues. Hands are a bit crude. The helmets, for all that 1st Corps is trying to capture the bowl-head look of tired Marines, are over-sized, making the figures look a bit like kids. Weapons, however - M1 Garands - are well done, as are the ammo pouches, etc., the figures are carrying. Pants are unbloused, with minimal cuffs, matching various photos of Marines in the Pacific. The three standing poses are nice - tired, advancing, looking warily around. The kneeling figure has serious proportion problems with the lower body/legs, though the pose itself is convincing. The figures take paint well but still wind up looking fairly heavy. This is really a matter of, if you like this heavy style, you'll like 'em; if you don't you won't. That being the case, these are available for $4.50 per 3-pack from your FLGS, or if unavailable there, directly from their U.S. distributor, Brookhurst Hobbies, at 12188 Brookhurst St., Garden Grove, CA 92840, or from their website at www.brookhursthobbies.com.

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The Courier uses the Tobey Barrett Measurements System (BM) to simplify the comparison of figure sizes one to another. Briefly the number is the height in Millimeters from the bottom of the figure's foot (top of the base) to it's eye. The letter refers to the "heft" of the figure: L = Light; M = Medium;; and H = Heavy. H will fit well with other H and somewhat with M but not at all with L even in the same scale. thus a 27 M is a larger 25mm figure of Medium Heft.

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