What would your favorite Russian XD figure be?

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:26 pm

Feel free to add your $.02 cents on the topic as well.

Here are some links to things to help you out:

DP Light Machine Gun

Mosin-Nagent M91/30 Sniper
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Gri ... ch_Zaitsev

Maxim M1910 Heavy Machine Gun
http://www.bayonetstrength.150m.com/Wea ... e_guns.htm

T-34 Tank
http://www.soviet-empire.com/1/military ... 6f_004.php

Yak Fighter
http://www.vectorsite.net/avyak1.html

IL2-Sturmovik
http://www.partizanska-eskadrila.com/Im ... story6.jpg

PPSh-41 Sub machine gun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPSh-41

PTRS-41 AT Rifle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTRS

MG-42 · Post by **MG-42** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:01 pm

A female figure would be interesting. .....

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:16 pm

I would personally love to see a series of Russian troops that mimic the 32x soldiers, giving us a range of infantry, an officer, a machine-gunner and a female figure. They could be sold as a set, like the current Marines, Japanese, BoB, or OMG figures

Morian Miner · Post by **Morian Miner** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:35 pm

I like either the set idea, or just a female figure

jeffrowse · Post by **jeffrowse** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:33 am

None of the above.

A helo pilotor three for the Black Shark and Hind duo, Natalia Sermenyova from the James Bond film (movie) Goldeneye, Vassili Zaitsev's girlfriend Tania Chernova as portrayed by Rachek Weisz in "Enemy at the gates", Yuri Gagarin and a range of figures for a modern Motorized Infantry Battalion... not forgetting the Frontal Aviation MiG and Sukhoi crews...

Of course, then we'll need the 'Akula, Hind, Sputnik and various IFVs, APCs, MBTs and jets to display them with!

All in 1/18th of course, like the XD Snakes and Hogs etc...

digger · Post by **digger** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 6:06 am

Voted for Infantry; I'm all about the army-builders (especially if I could only pick one

) A Tokarev M1940 I think would be my weapon of choice, just so damn cool and ahead of its time.

Razor17019 · Post by **Razor17019** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:14 am

jeffrowse wrote:Yuri Gagarin and a range of figures for a modern Motorized Infantry Battalion... not forgetting the Frontal Aviation MiG and Sukhoi crews...

Yuri Gagarin? the Russian cosmonaut??

Ta-152 · Post by **Ta-152** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:30 am

Female sniper
Infantryman with PTRS-41

Hind crew, comes with 1/18 Hind accesory.

7thva_hunter · Post by **7thva_hunter** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:27 am

It can happen.

mediump · Post by **mediump** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 10:29 am

Tank crew, hint- hint....

and also an intantry soldier with mosin nagant (non- sniper)

KAMIKAZE · Post by **KAMIKAZE** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 12:16 pm

I voted for infantry as well unless of course they make a T-34.

Mark

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:05 am

I'm with Digger on a base unit for Army building, but a T-34 would rock.

Hadn't thought about modern Russians. Have to leave that up to BBI perhaps? They don't really make the Opfor for some reason and have pretty much focused on the US version of the story so who knows.

Hind, T-72, BMP1 or 2, crew, troops, Flanker, Gaz, Ural Truck..

Count me in!

jeffrowse · Post by **jeffrowse** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:16 am

[quote="Razor17019]
Yuri Gagarin? the Russian cosmonaut??[/quote]

Yup, that be him.

Mebbe I shoulda put an extra comma in there so y'all knew the "Yuri Gagarin" and "a range of figures" were two seperate objects... but I just can't help myself.

"Hi, my name is Jeff and I'm a Punctuation Perfectionist".
See "Eats, Shoots and Leaves: the zero-tolerance approach to punctuation" by Lynne Truss for more details...

Besides, like all early space visitors - both American and Soviet - he was a member of the armed forces (a Major, I think?), so if we cannot have comrade Gagarin, how about an FA Pilot who just happens to look like him? Now, how big was that 1/18th Vostok going to end up again?

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:11 pm

If they can do an Avenger pilot that somewhat resembles George Bush Sr. then I think they can do a Soviet trooper that resembles Yuri.

Flytiger · Post by **Flytiger** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:59 pm

As long as it has wings and a spinny-thingy (or two) I'd buy it.

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:54 pm

Any WWII Russians would be tops in my book. Tag on that T-34 and we'd be set!!

-Ski

lsc1002 · Post by **lsc1002** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:18 pm

MG-42 wrote:A female figure would be interesting. .....

I would love to see a Ilsa the SS She wolf figure!

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:00 pm

Same here but she better come with a PPSh-41 or a T-34

kevrut · Post by **kevrut** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:18 pm

I voted for the sniper figure.

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 2:57 pm

Cool thing about the T-34 is that re-paints or customs could be done for the Korean war and Vietnam.

The North Koreans wore what were essentially the same helmets that the Soviet crews used in WWII so a little head and helmet swapping and wha-la.

Korea
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/NKor ... XinHui.jpg
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/NKor ... XinHui.jpg
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/NKor ... XinHui.jpg
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/NKor ... nHui-2.jpg

Vietnam
http://www.keijser.worldtravelogue.com/ ... cs3/31.jpg
http://www.afvnews.ca/-media/camouflage/tgr3485.gif

dfoos · Post by **dfoos** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:16 pm

I would love to see the Maxim and crew.

I also would not complain about ANY russian troops. I have been waiting patiently and figure someone will get around to them eventually. If they ever get around to making Soviets, they will be sure to make a T-34. I just hope its not the 85 like FOV made all of theirs. I would love to see a KV-1 or 2 and of course the JS-2.

RED · Post by **RED** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:47 pm

Im with KEVRUT---I voted for the sniper too!!!---RED---

dfoos · Post by **dfoos** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:57 pm

whoops

Small Scale Military Headquarters