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Isn't this big box sale a good chance to get rid of older boxes, which were not sold in big numbers?
I can understand that Strelets wants to sell the older sets too.
I like the Russian Grenadiers without greatcoat, they are very useful for the Danube campaign of 1853 and the war in Hungary 1849. Beside this they have great poses and with a headconversion can be painted as Napoleonics. But this Sailor-set...
I can't guarantee they will be any better but I've always dealt with Andy Harfield (see PSR for harfields site). Hannants are a bit big shoppish and impersonal and, from the contents of your post, imposing some pretty harsh purchasing policies. By contrast, Andy is a one man band who has always been very helpful to me and the other miscreants in the little band of over grown children I associate with!