Goodie goodie yum yum I like I will buy dear Strelets keep up the good work. Small comment 8th Army invaded Italy operation Baytown so the PIAT is correct.

Very nice these are going on my shopping list - roll on 2018

Please make the size of these figures compatible with the Airfix and ESCI 8th Army figures. I have more of those figures than the Revell #2512 "Scottish Infantry, 8th Army" version. The Revell figures are a little too large to go with the Airfix figures. The ESCI figures fit well with Airfix. The more compatible with Airfix/ESCI, the more sets that I am likely to buy. I tend to think that others are in the same situation as I am.

Pat B.

In my opinion, Airfix/ESCI 8th Army sets were/are too small - they seem to be closer to HO/00 scale. I prefer the 1/72 scale size that Strelets and others produces, and am hoping these new figures matches up with the Revell 8th Army set...right now, they're the only chaps I have facing many Revell, Italeri & Caesar Germans in North Africa! :wink:

BRAVO STRELETS! I can't wait to see some 8th Army Infantry masters/figures also! They all look super great.

The piat is the only fly in the ointment, and 8th army wore long trousers in Italy, but hay ho, the rest are quite superb, side caps !! a first for the British army in 1/72 and not before time, well done Strelets, size wise I have to say please keep them on the small side, to sit with other brands. But overall what a stunning group of figures, subject to size I will be buying a few of these, 10/10 from me.

Nice to see a mortar with crew-something missing from nearly all other 8th Army sets and the Boys AT rifle pose. The 8th Army were certainly-partly- still wearing shorts on Sicily so the PIAT pose is not entirely out of place.

Very cool to see these, it's been a while since there have been any new sets for the 8th Army, even as Caesar and Italeri released new sets for the Afrika Korps. These should sell well.

Excellent looking & well thought out figures again. :+1:
Will happily add several boxes to my "british" and, most importantly, Commonwealth forces.

One doesn't need to be a plastic-soldier-Einstein to realize that this set, although labeled "8th Army", moreover features another extension of Strelets "South-East Asian theatre of World War II" range.
The figures could indeed serve with the 1st, 8th, 10th/9th, 14th Army or almost any other multi-national unit equipped with british material (... wearing the brodie).
One of the reasons I also see no problem with the otherwise welcomed inclusion of the PIAT here.

Regarding the size issue, ideally the new figures will fit into the company's own catalogue which clearly is based on 1/72. Would be somewhat daft if a new addition of Strelets' WWII-range wouldn't match their Indian & other Commonwealth sets (available & upcoming). :joy:
24mm would be the best choice to ensure the compatibility within Strelets range but also with the very good Revell & still excellent Esci/Italeri sets.

Really like the plausible poses, level of detail & sculpting in general, choice of weapons and the diversity (sidecaps). Can already predict a lot of head-swaps with the announced Indian Heavy Weapon & other sets.
11 useful poses for a "Mini" Heavy Weapons set, another field Strelets outclasses many competitors as well. :+1:

Hope we'll see a similar set for the Afrika Korps and maybe Italian or Free French figures in the same vein.
Still, a lot more can be done for the asian theatre of WWII in 1/72:
- Japanese Infantry in moderate/cold weather conditions (Manchuria/China/historical & fictional Soviet Border)
- Japanese Heavy Weapons ditto
- Chinese Infantry summer & "winter" (the very nice Caesar set barely scratched this subject)
- Chinese Heavy Weapons summer/winter
- Japanese & Chinese Cavalry/mounted Infantry
- Japanese, Chinese & Commonwealth supply/mule trains tropical, moderate or winter weather
- more Commonwealth-specific figures (Australians, various Indian headgear, ...)

Keep up the good work! :+1:

Excellent poses and sculpturing, must have in collection. Only wish is to make them in tan colour plastic.

Very sorry Buddy for this comment but I can not resist. Buy some paint of the colour you want buy a paint brush and paint them.

As others have said, a PIAT gunner might find a niche in some setting. But I'd swap him for a no. 2 for the AT rifle - rather than having two weapons with just one gunner each.

My two cents. Pa