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Re: Napoleonic Firing Line Box

Allan from Glasgow
Hi Strelets

Will you be releasing sets containing Napoleonic Firing Line poses for the new Napoleonic sets recently released?

thanks
Allan

Hi Strelets,

Allan, Steve and others are right, it is best to have a complete line/range of a style such as the Highlanders and Waterloo British Infantry. Your new sets are far superior to the existing sets by others. The size, color and styles are different. I'm don't collect Napoleonics but your new sets are so beautiful I have been buying them with your ACW, which I'm a fan of especially. I'm counting on you to finish your Highlanders so that I make some outstanding British Squares just like all the famous paintings. Oh, and I don't paint so I really need your Terracotta figures.

Your sets have been selling very well. I preordered your ACW and still have to wait for another shipment to get enough US Cavalry Skirmishing.

As for me, please make Highlanders & Infantry (1) standing and firing and reloading, and (2) kneeling and firing and ready to receive enemy cavalry so I can make some awesome British Squares!

Same with the ACW Range. It screams to be continued with action poses now.

Your US Cavalry Skirmishing is outstanding. I've bought 16 boxes and have to wait for a restock to finish just to finish my first pre-order.

If you really want to grow your sales of ACW, all of us forumers have been begging for firing, reloading, some bayonete thrusting or level rifle advancing, some clubbing and more surprises. These figures sales should really add to your profits.

OK, you are not excused from finishing the nice subjects you started here so keep going please. There is a new sheriff in town (champion maker of 1/72 figures) and it's you! - Thank you and well done! - GC

Re: Napoleonic Firing Line Box

Serious: I've enough British and Scots infantry sets now by Hat/Waterloo1815/Emhar/Revell/Italeri etc. They combine good enough in this scale, at least to my satisfaction, with the new Strelets. I don't want to spend much more money and don't gonna throw the others away. I can create several carré's and marching columns now.
I am grateful and enough is enough for this part.
The perspective to have more marching prussian (?), longcoat French (?) and Dutch/Brunswick(???) columns in this concept by Strelets is great and beautiful.
Yep: I know people want to have more Austrians and I am longing for 1812 Russian columns, there is always something to wish, but you can not mean there are no firing lines for the British/Scots for the Waterloo campaign.
Let's just be grateful, satisfied and realistic every now and then?

Re: Napoleonic Firing Line Box

The first set of British Infantry in overcoats is pretty much a firing line, I wonder if it would be possible to do the same set but with regular uniforms.

Re: Napoleonic Firing Line Box

All of the Highlander sets out there are way inferior to Strelets new sets in every way. Goes for the British Infantry too.

Strelets poses and details are realistic, have superior undercutting, all proportions are spot on, and made in a nice soft plastic, and in a great Terracotta color - not silver, strange flesh tone and other strange ones. Finally, Strelets has put out the whole package so far for each set.

It would be a major opportunity lost for Strelets to establish itself as a leader in 1/72 with these figures and a major disappointment with many of Strelet's customers if we can't make a defensive square or set up a firing line. If Strelets completes this range, I'll be buying them. What I won't be buying are the same old inferior sets that have been out there by other companies since the 1960's and 1970's just repackaged with new box art.

I just received my shipment of Strelets Highlanders and Infantry last Friday and am looking forward to their Standing at Ease, plus Firing, Reloading, and Kneeling Firing and Defensive Poses next.

Re: Napoleonic Firing Line Box

Seems like a lot of people want a firing / reloading set hopefully Strelets will listen and supply what it's customers want I've not really thought about the lack of firing poses in British infantry for Waterloo but take away the ancient Airfix set & there's not many available poses at all.

Re: Napoleonic Firing Line Box

yes british infantry square is very needed.kneeling infantry with muskets pointed towards horse chest is needed.also many stages of reloading fire at will.I suport that.I dont buy old bad quality figures like unfortunatly strelets french infantry marching-or airfixs the most sets.

Re: Napoleonic Firing Line Box

Hi Guys,

I am glad people have posted their views on my post abut a Napoleonic Firing Line,set It shows that their is a real interest in this other format. I always envied the poses available from metal companies where you could order a specific pose in a qty of your choice.

I think Hat Industrires raised the bar with the mac format and i feel that strelets have gone one better as each of their Napoleonic formats come with a different command thus giving a lot more choice.

So Strelets please consider the views we have posted and make us all very happy customers. If not possible due to other factors please accept my wishes and comments as that of a positive nature and that i look forward to your future Napoleonic range.

P.S

I have noted in the posts that American Civil War fans would also love this format, so this set might reach a wider market than just the Napoleonic fans.

bfn

Allan

Re: Napoleonic Firing Line Box

My two cents. I'd love to have Confederate firing lines with slouch hats, beards and different equipment, rolled blankets, knapsacks, canteens and so on. I think it would be very practical for modellers, instead of having to buy multiple sets with the exakt same pose or different sculpting, it would make it easy to buy a few sets, with 25 kneeling poses and 25 standing poses in each set to build an impressive firing line.

And what about reloading, I have about zero reloading poses in my projects, I know Strelets and Imex had some but they're not that good. No one liked my idea about a set entirely dedicated to reloaders but I'd buy it in an instance. Yes it's a boring pose but one that has to be addressed anyway. Also reloading is a long process, several different poses can be made so you could have a good flow with a regiment reloading in different phases.

My Confederate firing line, this is why I love firing lines: