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Author Topic: Hinchliffe Calder Craft Robin Hood gaming booklet..  (Read 1150 times)

Offline The Dozing Dragon

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Hinchliffe Calder Craft Robin Hood gaming booklet..
« on: December 13, 2019, 04:16:46 PM »
I managed to pick up the Calder Craft Robin Hood Adventure Gaming booklet along with the painting and adventure gaming guide. They are lovely old school publications and a great read. The illustrations are the same type as the Hinchliffe Collectors guide from 1976 although I'm not sure of the illustrator (unless it was Norman Swales, the equipment piece designer who still designs models today?).



Rest of it is on my blog. The previous post was about the Robin Hood range of minis.

http://www.deartonyblair.co.uk/2019/12/hinchliffe-calder-craft-robin-hood_13.html

Offline Poiter50

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Re: Hinchliffe Calder Craft Robin Hood gaming booklet..
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2019, 01:02:01 AM »
A trip down Memory Lane indeed! Reading your article, I realised that I have the Tax Collector and the Creaky Transport. Bought on a whim over 40 years ago and never released from the Lead Mountain. Might have to dig them out. I have many other Robin Hood figures (WH?) but they simply lurk as well.
Cheers,
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Offline Atheling

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Re: Hinchliffe Calder Craft Robin Hood gaming booklet..
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2019, 01:58:51 PM »
I'm trying to work out whether the Airfix wargames books came before the Hinchcliffe Robin Hood booklet etc?

Does anyone know? (My Airfix Nappy book was published in 1974)

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Re: Hinchliffe Calder Craft Robin Hood gaming booklet..
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2019, 08:53:29 AM »
I'm trying to work out whether the Airfix wargames books came before the Hinchcliffe Robin Hood booklet etc?

Does anyone know? (My Airfix Nappy book was published in 1974)

I think the booklet was 1976/7. I  remember getting the Airfix wargames book for Xmas around '74.

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Re: Hinchliffe Calder Craft Robin Hood gaming booklet..
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2019, 08:54:28 AM »
A trip down Memory Lane indeed! Reading your article, I realised that I have the Tax Collector and the Creaky Transport. Bought on a whim over 40 years ago and never released from the Lead Mountain. Might have to dig them out. I have many other Robin Hood figures (WH?) but they simply lurk as well.

If you ever want to trade the creaky transport blister let me know. Such wonderful old school minis.

Offline Atheling

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Re: Hinchliffe Calder Craft Robin Hood gaming booklet..
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2019, 09:24:27 AM »
I think the booklet was 1976/7. I  remember getting the Airfix wargames book for Xmas around '74.

Thanks mate  :)

My memory was at full stretch to even remember the publishing date of the Airfix book. I had to do a double take and go back and check!!  lol

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Re: Hinchliffe Calder Craft Robin Hood gaming booklet..
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2019, 02:30:11 PM »
The postage would be the killer, I'm in Oz.

If you ever want to trade the creaky transport blister let me know. Such wonderful old school minis.

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Re: Hinchliffe Calder Craft Robin Hood gaming booklet..
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2019, 09:21:13 PM »
The postage would be the killer, I'm in Oz.

Doh!