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Painting figures should be fun, I agree the old Strelets and some of the Mars sets have their charm, when you can build up armies of similar sculpting style. But so many times have I looked at my painted Strelets (old!) or Red Box and thought what a waste of time and paint. The old adage that a poor figure can be made good with quality painting is not entirely true.
Though Mars should have some recognition for "re-issuing" some of the Revell line, making these excellent figures available for years to come.
I have the Tumbling Dice and so far it looks like they match the ACTA figures pretty well, only pikes are somewhat different in thickness and length. One solution would be to use broomsticks for all but then the pikes would miss those great spearheads.