Hinchliffe, own up, who bought them?

by **Colonel White** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 3:23 am

Foundry, when they started turning out figures to the same quality as the GW figs of the time, rendered figs produced by the likes of Hinchliffe obsolete over night. In there own time Hinchliffe were good. I still think their guns ,carts and wagons still stand up against most recent offerings by other manufacturers today . They tend to be very well detailed right down to the rivets.

by **NTM** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:02 pm

Colonel White said:

Foundry, when they started turning out figures to the same quality as the GW figs of the time, rendered figs produced by the likes of Hinchliffe obsolete over night.

Yet they are still in production to this day!

by **Colonel White** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 2:39 am

As are Airfix point being....

by **NTM** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 3:56 am

Colonel White said:

As are Airfix point being….

Is their supposed to be one? Wink

My point is that you may well believe Foundry made Hinchcliffe obsolete but some/many people out there are happy to use them, maybe they had a collection they wanted to keep/expand maybe they like the style, either way they are having fun gaming with their 'sub-standard' figures. As I have said before I game mainly in 15mm and AB are generally regarded as the standard for that scale but they just don't do it for me. I started in that scale with Minifigs and Essex so I continue with them and others that mix and not throwing them out and starting again just because someone else thinks newer figures have made them obsolete.

by **Colonel White** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:19 am

Lets be honest there are really no obsolete figures. What may be obsolete in my eyes will be different to some one else.Perhaps I chose an inappropriate word , however I still stand by what I said about Foundry in that they set a new standard in historical gaming figures and thats why they still command a high price today and people are still buying them . Smile

by **mikeland** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:32 am

As with many of these things it is down, to some degree, to personal choice. Speaking of Airfix I have painted over 100 of the re-released 1/32 scale figures, and still have a box of Russians to do. In many way they are absolutely awful, the quality of some of the sculpting is poor and the historical accuracy is very poor, but they are appealing to me for other reasons, nostalgia being one. However Colonel White's point is valid, that Foundry did take things to another level. And they are still a quality product that can be reasonably compared in terms of quality of sculpting, anatomy, historical accuracy etc. to more recent ranges. It is a shame that they seem set to ignore the plastics revolution, as it would offer them the perfect opportunity to update some of their older ranges with plastic rank and file, but still keep selling the bulk of the metal figures to supplement them. However perhaps with the set up costs, and the fact that Perry/Warlord/Victrix etc. have a lot of plastic in the market, it doesn't make business sense for them.

by **NTM** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:59 am

mikeland said:

As with many of these things it is down, to some degree, to personal choice. Speaking of Airfix I have painted over 100 of the re-released 1/32 scale figures, and still have a box of Russians to do. In many way they are absolutely awful, the quality of some of the sculpting is poor and the historical accuracy is very poor, but they are appealing to me for other reasons, nostalgia being one.

I'm seriously tempted to buy some of the Airfix 1/32 again. They are what got me started in this hobby back in the mid 70's so nostalgia is a large part of it but also some of the sets have stood the test of time very well. For me the British Para set is iconic.

by **NTM** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:02 am

Colonel White said:

Lets be honest there are really no obsolete figures. What may be obsolete in my eyes will be different to some one else.Perhaps I chose an inappropriate word , however I still stand by what I said about Foundry in that they set a new standard in historical gaming figures and thats why they still command a high price today and people are still buying them .

Very true and similar things could be said of Hinchcliffe and Minifigs I suppose.

by **mikeland** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:39 am

NTM said:

For me the British Para set is iconic.

Agreed, it is a superb set. The new plastic they mould from isn't as bendy so they paint quite well. The German Africa Corps set and US Infantry are my other two favorites.

by **Cubster** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:23 am

8th Army & Paras - top.

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