Dear Carlos

Strelets by announcing they were going to retool and resculpt the Dacian sets effectively may have killed off any sales of the original sets. On the other hand on the basis of this forum and not PSR some people were satisfied with the original sets and they were selling reasonably well. Mixing and matching LW, HaT and Strelets figures may have produced something tolerable.

I don't know the details but I am sure Strelets would have wanted to retool and resculpt from the beginning or certainly at an early stage to recoup their losses or to make sure the product did not get distributed. Sometimes things go wrong.

Early feedback was "awesome" and so on. If you search "Dacians" on this forum you will see a lot of people made positive comments about the "Light" masters. The production examples even had their defenders. It was not just Strelets that was behind the momentum of,to my mind, these poor sets.

I do think though that Strelets ought to put some message on the Strelets current releases web page to the effect that the Dacian sets are being re-sculpted and retooled. It may be that some people may still want to buy the originals but most people not up to date on the saga will benefit from this.

vox populi

caveat emptor


David

The new masters look great, but PLEASE Strelets, why do your sculptors persist in showing sword scabbards slung at the front? Perhaps they should be sent out with a re-enactment group, to see how they enjoy running around with a heavy weapon bouncing against their, er, groin, when they're not tripping over it...
Best wishes anyway.

Dear Mike B

Sounds like a good test for those who think wearing them on the side is not cool.

David

Having been a critic of the first sets I'll now have to eat crow 'cause
these new guys show good potential.

Kudos to Strelets for setting everything straight!

I will be buying these guys (although the point about the sword
scabbard knocking up against the balls is well taken!)