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Re: Re: To S*R Re: ACW Confederate General Staff (2)
Dear Strelets*R,
Thank you for the reply. I have always liked the original S*R Philosophy of 49 unique figurines, but today we must also recognize and accept the need for innovation. The Mini's are an example of taking something good and making it better. An archaeologist once game me his business card with the following printed on it, "Change, adapt, or die!" I have never forgotten those words.
It seems to me, every theme or "Campaign" needs one good base set, including Officers, Troops, and a few theme pieces. A Campaign of only 12 poses (Mini) is too few.
Maybe "Staff" sets should be dropped and the "Traditional" set could be adapted to include the most famous participants - 3 on horses, 3 on foot, with some unique soldier poses of Seargants, hand-to-hand fighting, etc and as advancing and casualties, and also include a unique theme, such as camp life, hospital, or fort duty. Then the "Mini" sets supplement with the firing line, charging line, cavalry, artillery, marching etc as Mini's.
Example: "American Civil War Confederate Celebrates Victory at Gettysburg" Includes 3 sprews of (only foot) officers, NCO's, a nice variety of many action and casualty poses, and then 1 sprew of "victory celebration" poses (as the Union troops retreat). Each battle or theme usually had one important event to immortalize.
Probably you already thought of this, or it has been said before, but anyway, best of luck and I look forward to seeing what the S*R Team comes up with for the future. Thanks again for your reply.
Re: STRELETS - 44 figure infantry sets to end production ?
"Infantry sets in old Strelets format are becoming increasingly uneconomical"....
This sounds more like they may never be produced. Hell, I'd pay 25% more for the set if it meant we got them sooner rather than later. There's no manufacturer, even in metals that have done ACW personalities on Foot. This is the last lot to complete the Generals sets for ACW and probably would be the most anticipated. I've preordered all the previous ACW sets and it would be a **** shame if this set didn't get produced.