I recently received a nice shipment of 15mm figures from Mike's Models USA, Box 1141, Denville, NJ, 07834. They are as follows: ACW1 -Inf. tunic kepi firing: Nice action pose, rolled up blanket ACW2B-Inf. shell jacket kepi, advancing: bearded, nice equipment ACW3A-Inf. frock coat, kepi firing: Legs seem a bit short ACW4B-Inf. tunic hat advancing: nice pose with rifle on side, short legs? ACW5A-Inf. shell jacket slouch hat firing: blanket roll. ACW5B-Inf. shell jacket, slouch hat advancing: Nice figure. ACW6A-Inf. frock coat slouch hat firing (Iron Brigade): bearded ACW6B-Inf. as above, but advancing: Nice frontal detail. Inca Range INCl-Elite inf. halberd: Cape, nice detail INC2-Elite inf. sling sling behind head INC3-Elite Inf. spear shield down low, nice figure INC4-Elite inf. mace shield down low, figure advancing INC9-Quechus Club: Club held back, shield INC10-Tribesman Bolas: figure is defending, weapon in back of head. INC11-Tribseman Atl Atl: slinging weapon INC12-Tribseman Club: holding club with both hands INC13-Tribseman Sling: in process of slinging INC14-Amazonian Bow: loincloth INC15-Elite Inf Standard: figure with cape, nice pose/figure INC16-Quechaua Standard: holding shield/standard XlNC2-lnca Officers: 9 different officer figures both advancing and in action poses. Very nice indeed. Well detailed. Ancients Collectors Range RR1- Legionary throwing pilum: very good detail, nice action pose RR2- Legionary standing w/pilum: nice pose, pilum held toward back of side. RR3- Legionary w/sword: Again, fine detail, nice pose, sword held toward helmet. RR4- Legionary running w/sword: Very nice pose, great detail RR9- Roman cavalryman: spear/shield, excellent detail RR10-Roman cavalry standard: separate standard with hand attached, glue hand to arm: shield/cape, good figure. RR11-Illyrian peltast: advancing figure, very good RR12-Thracian w/javelins: good figure. RR13-Tracian w/romphia: nice action pose, good detail RR14-Spanish scutarii: nice action figure RR15-Spanish caetrati: running with shield, spear good pose. RR16-Numidian inf w/ javelin: advancing with javelin at side toward ground, nice pose These figures did not have any flash on them, I was most impressed with the Ancients Collectors Range which was just released in June of 1985. Their detail is great, the action of the figures is good and the anatomy is very good. The Incas are also good with lots of detail and the officers are a group that I especially like. I always like to have different poses of officers and this pack of nine different figures takes care of that. The ACW line is well detailed and should fit in well with the Hertiage line of ACW figures. I should mention that the metal used for Mike's Models USA is very good. There was no breakage and the weapons/bayonets are not easily broken. Check ad for prices of figures. I feel as though I can recommend all of these fine lines. Back to MWAN #18 Table of Contents Back to MWAN List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 1985 Hal Thinglum This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com