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Re: World War II - What's Left to Do

Wow I love the suggestions even stuff i havent thought of before!!!

Strelets have certainly reenergised the toy soldier game ,love the new stuff great to paint and play with,
Dearly would love even half of these suggestions!!!!

Re: World War II - What's Left to Do

Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces landed on many islands and had a distinctive uniform.

Kriegsmarine Landing Party, they landed in North America, USA, Canada, and Newfoundland, to drop off spies, and to monitor the weather.

Dutch Colonial KNIL fought off the Japanese along with the US Army on Java.

World War Two
US Navy UDT Frogmen Divers
Swimming trunks, with flippers, mask, snorkel, demolition charges, knife, small assault team with Thompson submachine guns, Colt .45 and M1 Carbines, Hard hat divers with hammer, wrench, knife, cutting torch, support crew with air pump, and talker.

US Navy Landing or Raiding Party and Amphibious Landing Control
Helmets, and Sailor hats, Thompson submachine guns, Colt .45, Springfield rifles, demolitions charges, signal flags, ship to shore radio, Aldis lamp, Officers with maps and binoculars.

Adventures
Spies, secret police, espionage people
Fedora hats, trench coats, cameras, pistols, submachine guns, male and female, German, British, American, and Soviet.

Oilfield and Construction Workers
Hard hats, jump suits, shovels, picks, axes, transits and surveyors, big hammers and wrenches and jackhammers and toolboxes, wheelbarrows.

Scientists and Archeologists and Paleontologists and Hunters
Pith helmets, fedora hats, bare headed male and female, kneeling with brushes, dental picks, working with test tubes and chemical glasses, microscopes, cameras, guns.

Arctic and Antarctic Adventurers and Explorers
Dog sleds, bolt action rifles, Eskimos, Artic tents, igloo, snow shoes, ice axes, mittens, Anoraks, jackets with fur around face.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek

Re: World War II - What's Left to Do

Like a lot of the suggestions. For me the most wanted would be

1. BEF British 1940.
2. Dutch 1940.
3. Free French colonial troops.
4. Italian colonial troops.
5. Italians for N Africa, could have different heads for bersaglieri.
6. Communist Chinese.
7. Nationalist Chinese.
8. French motorised troops 1940.
9. FFL for Norwegian campaign.
10. Chasseurs Ardennais.

Re: World War II - What's Left to Do

Kradschutzen! A set of easy assembly motorcycle sidecar units with mounted and dismounted crews. A similar set for Italian Bersaglieri in North Africa, with some combat engineers to support them, and any US set that isn't all Thompsons, Grease guns and carbines.

Re: World War II - What's Left to Do

More U.S. Navy figures, especially dressed as Landing Party Sailors like from the movie "Sand Pebbles."

And then other nationalities' Navies.

Pegasus Russian fighting sailors are done.

Revell's German Sailors lack action figures.

Re: World War II - What's Left to Do

Very impressive lists and some great ideas.
My favourites are :
1) Tito`s Partisans which could really be two sets: Partisans with motley assortment of military & civilian clothing for the early period and the more regular look towards the end of the war.
2) Romanian Mountain Troops.
3) Hungarians - several sets -perhaps Strelets might consider covering them in the same way they`ve done the Japanese with Infantry Heavy Weapons set, artillery and various types of uniform. Certainly a set for the Battle of Budapest would be very much appreciated.

4) Greek Mountain Troops and Greek Mountain Artillery. The upcoming M1906 65mm Mountain gun
could be done with a set of Greek mountain gunners.

5) Italian Askari both Eritean & Libyan

To add to the list
Ethiopian Patriot Army / Resistance fighters