I figured Dorie Miller a giant (well, 191 cm tall) but this fellow rather reminds me of the weedy Atlantic figures' stature. This is, however, a very original set and like RCD I can see many uses for them from 1900 on (hope the sailor dress is correct for the Boxer uprising?). Regards, Pa

The helmets don't work for the Boxer Rebellion, they came in around 1917. The BAR about 1918 and the Thompson was purchased by the Navy in the 1920's.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

Hello Mike, sorry for being vague, I was referring to the rifleman with hats only. Regards, Pa

http://www.ushistory.org/us/44f.asp

The basic US Navy uniform should be okay for the Boxer Rebellion, but the USMC and US Army provided most of the US forces for the Boxer Rebellion.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

Thanks again Mike.

The masters look great! I vote for light blue colour. I congratulate Strelets on making such an unusual (and totally cool) set!

I have wanted to wargame the sand Pebbles ever since I saw the film in the 1960s. Wonderful release Strelets and thank you GarrisonClay!

Dear Exscolari,

Cheers! I too saw the film in the 60's and what a Classic. Hopefully S*R will give us more U.S. Navy Landing Party type Sailors in fighting kit. They really are quite useful for so many wars. I liked both the One-Sixth Sailors in both their white and blue uniforms with hat and helmet. This first set is very nice and still so much more could be done.

Nice American seamen which have alot of potential.We could also do with some WW2 Royal Navy as well. As an extra special figure you could have one pose being a crew man with a cutlass!

One of the more interesting stories was the boarding of the German Altmark which was skulking in neutral Norwegian water. Aboard was 250 British merchant navy seamen being held in terrible conditions which the Norwegian navy failed to notice!Under international law they should have been released on entering neutral waters. The destroyer Cossack was sent in and boarded the Altmark to liberated the captive merchantmen. It was the last time that cutlasses were used by the RN. Certainly, I would not argue with someone waving a cutlass at me!

US Navy sailors are great. I will buy many of them. Blue is my first choice, but making them in both Blue and White would cause me to buy twice as many. Crew on a Panay Class gunboat is about 65. An early war battleship has a crew of about 2,000. Looks like I am going to need a lot of these guys.

Thanks guys for thinking about me.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

after some decades here come the first set of US navy sailors in plastic, I'm very happy, those sailors with the dixie cup on their head are useful and can be easily converted to serve aboard any US navy warship for the whole period of the war.

I can only hope that this set will be followed by more sailors !