Dragon 1 18 figures

tosborne3 · Post by **tosborne3** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:55 pm

ostketten wrote:Dunno if this is a good deal or not, but I picked up this set of 4 Dragon German Panzergrenadiers "Arnhem 44" for $27 delivered. I plan to use them as a crew for my my S2 camo Pak 40 gun. I'm no expert on figures, but I hear the Dragon 1:18 figures are very nice.

They are!

I have a bunch.

billgiff · Post by **billgiff** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:03 pm

I've had all the Dragon figures. German and American. They are nice but are for the most part static. The faces look to doll like and clean for me. The 1st series release Germans are the best bang for your buck. These all come with 2 full equipment belts and a zeltban. The weapons are 10 times more detailed than anything BBI or 21st have come out with. To me, the Dragon figures are a little oversized and go well with my 1/16 Pershing. What I did was, buy all the Dragon figures, take everything that I possibly wanted from them and then dumped the rest on Evilbay. This way I kept what I wanted, recouped some money and got rid of the unwanted stuff. All in all, I kept 2 U.S. Paratroopers and have a boat load of German accessories that are waiting to be used.

General Blasto · Post by **General Blasto** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:09 pm

I have done a little shopping on Evil bay stores and have some more Dragon figures coming

My next question would be, Can the Dragon heads be swapped out with 21st Century figures ??? Also Thanks all for the great wealth of knowlage on the Dragon figures line

The General

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:14 pm

General Blasto wrote:I have done a little shopping on Evil bay stores and have some more Dragon figures coming My next question would be, Can the Dragon heads be swapped out with 21st Century figures ??? Also Thanks all for the great wealth of knowlage on the Dragon figures line The General

Actually, yes they can

You may need to shave the peg to get a 21c figure's head to fit on a Dragon body, however, the Dragon heads can easily go on the 21c figures.

tosborne3 · Post by **tosborne3** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:31 am

General Blasto wrote:I have done a little shopping on Evil bay stores and have some more Dragon figures coming My next question would be, Can the Dragon heads be swapped out with 21st Century figures ??? Also Thanks all for the great wealth of knowlage on the Dragon figures line The General

Here are a couple of my head swaps.

General Blasto · Post by **General Blasto** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:40 am

I'll have to someday line up my creations of head swapping figures and custom faces, I know I've got way over 50 of them

There are some "clones" or "twins" floating around, but hope to fix that. It'd make a good thread for folks to post their "custom" figures. I know I posted Klick, Burkhalter and Schultz as a few others, but many are still in the works too like Hofsteader and a few more German Generals. But there will be some good guys too, like Ike, Oddball and some other movie soldiers too

The General

Even though he's outta date, I got a George W. too

He just kinda happened when I was workin' on the figures

Aviatornut.com · Post by **Aviatornut.com** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:03 am

I personally like the dragon figures quality and the fixed poses they come in. They are also my best seller at shows.

newwavepop · Post by **newwavepop** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:55 am

grunt1 wrote:Thanks Med!

Is this the Steiner head? Never noticed it before, but it sure looks like him now that you point it out..

that would be so cool, i WOULD LOVE to have a 1/18 james coburn.
of course it has to be the rare one.

General Blasto · Post by **General Blasto** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:31 am

Wow, that DOES look like Stiener

I gotta have one of those and I don't see any like him on Evil bay

I'd trade even a tank for him

But I'd need to make the one German officer that was with him at the end of the movie. I DO have a Col. or General made that looks like the other officer(forget the actors name) Guess I'll have to watch the movie

The General

General Blasto · Post by **General Blasto** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:58 am

Maximillian Schell, that's the name of the actor who's the other officer that I was thinking of. The General

momaw nadon · Post by **momaw nadon** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 8:10 am

That is very interesting as I have that Stiener look alike and never knew this.

As for the Dragon figures, they are on the larger side as many have said already. IMO closer to 1/16 than 1/18 scale, but they work the same. The accessories are the best.

momaw nadon

digger · Post by **digger** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 8:44 am

I don't think the Germans are bigger but the hands and heads are. The 101st guys seem to be the biggest. I like how the Dragon guys are bulkier - much more like a soldier would be, especially Germans with smocks. Wish their Pea-dot guys weren't so lame and that they made some FJ. 1/18 is one scale where Dragon couldn't hang and really got their asses kicked..

momaw nadon · Post by **momaw nadon** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:53 pm

Maybe it's just the bulkiness to them, but they are much bigger than 21st C figures. bbi is on the larger side too, but Dragon are bigger still. It wouldn't bug me so much if they were more like 21st C and articulate. I think one reason Dragon never got anywhere in 1/18 is the lack of articulation.

Also the other thing that bugged me is some of the German & US figures have half heads. If you remove the helmet there head has a peg on it. I believe they are the ones that have 2 different helmets to choose from, but don't quote me on that as I haven't had my Dragon figures out for a while.

If anything I wish Dragon would just make accessories, because you can't beat them. If I have some time I'll take a few pictures to show the difference in detail.

momaw nadon

General Blasto · Post by **General Blasto** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:45 pm

I think I found him, or at least the parts in different figures.
Today I received 12 different Dragon figures, most of them East Prussia 1945. The figure that had James Corburn's head was a private and the package had the blue stripe, not the red one with the discription. Here is a shot without the helmet.

Now as I recall from the movie Cross of Iron, Stiener did NOT wear a helmet, but a cap instead. I swapped Stiener's head with a corperal's body to make him look better. Also if I remember right, Stiener carried a Russian Burp type sub-machine gun. I quickly crafted this gun he carries.

I think Stiener also wore a poncho of some sort. I will have to craft one after seeing the movie again. Right now I only have the movie on VHS and the tape is packed up in storage. So I've ordered it on Amazom and hope to see it someday soon.

If anyone has the capacity to grab a shot from video and post it or a few of Stiener, I'd be greatful so I can finish him up

The General

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:52 pm

It's not a great image capture but it was the best I could do on short notice. I don't recall Steiner with a cape, but I have not watched the entire movie in a while, mostly he's wearing the standard tunic, or the tunic with a coat of some kind, as in this pic.... click to enlarge....

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:21 pm

General Blasto · Post by **General Blasto** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:35 pm

Kool Grunt !!!
Looks like a couple badges as well as the Iron cross will be added to my Stiener figure for sure

Thanks alot

The General

digger · Post by **digger** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 10:16 am

As someone said, great static display pieces

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 12:29 pm

Nice collection Digger! Are they all Dragon figures?

digger · Post by **digger** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:06 pm

Thanks. I think there is one 21C Closed coat German in the back behind the tree.

75th Ranger · Post by **75th Ranger** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 6:24 pm

Really nice display Digger!

Small Scale Military Headquarters

Dragon 1 18 figures

Head swapping

dragon

Crp. Stiener

Action 18