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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: brummielad1975 on 29 November 2011, 10:06:44 PM

Title: Not a number
Post by: brummielad1975 on 29 November 2011, 10:06:44 PM

Just couldnt resist these when I saw them :)

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7033/6427206523_9e44f7dbbe.jpg)  (http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6094/6427206887_34d5979ac8.jpg)

(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6238/6427207385_4ff70dc49c.jpg)

The Man from 3000 from Crooked Dice (listed as a villain for some odd reason) and the Rover from Ainsty Castings.

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Post by: darthfozzywig on 30 November 2011, 12:49:30 AM

Fun!

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Post by: Faust23 on 30 November 2011, 03:56:56 AM

Be seeing you!

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Post by: fastolfrus on 30 November 2011, 07:54:19 AM

Quote from: brummielad1975 on 29 November 2011, 10:06:44 PM

listed as a villain for some odd reason

Suppose it depends on your viewpoint.
He's always causing trouble for Number 2, he must be a villain for Number 1.
And nobody understood the series anyway, so it's in character for us not to understand why he's listed as a villain.
Good excuse to build some exotic scenery though....

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Post by: Lysander on 30 November 2011, 09:15:06 AM

God bless Patrick McGoohan.  Part of my formative years....

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Post by: Earther on 30 November 2011, 10:31:01 AM

That guy under the rover looks like a first generation plastic Imperial Guardsman…

Best place for him. ;)

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Post by: Lysander on 30 November 2011, 10:46:39 AM

This reminds of a long-standing question I have.

Does anyone make a "John Drake" (Patrick Mcgoohan) figure from Danger Man (UK)/Secret Agent Man (US)?  I have looked at some of the "Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang" figs from Copplestone and I can't tell if one of them is Drake (clearly, several others are from 60's TV and movies).

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Post by: Arlequín on 30 November 2011, 06:36:35 PM

As Danger Man spanned 8 years and fashion in 1960 was very different to that of 1968, it's not an easy question to answer. While a couple of the figures are clearly meant to depict specific characters (007, Harry Palmer etc), most of them are suitably vague and it will be all in the paint job. If I had to say which one I thought was Drake, I'd say this one;

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-B590WkKsR7U/TtZ3b0lsPmI/AAAAAAAAGyo/cM-gQLi4L-M/s212/kkbb101.jpg)

and I'd probably be wrong.  lol

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Post by: Brummie Thug on 04 December 2011, 09:17:58 AM

Don't forget the heads in this set of figures are seperate. You could add the head from the man from 3000 to any figure in a suit and create your own version  ;)

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Post by: No Such Agency on 05 December 2011, 07:47:10 PM

Nice!  My wife got me into this show, and man was it weird.  I think a ping pong ball would make a good Rover on the cheap (and easy, since you wouldn't need to paint it!), but IMO the "Man from 3000"s head doesn't look much like McGoohan (width of jaw vs. head mostly).  The head on the Copplestone figure in Arlequin's post is much closer to what he looked like.

Title: Re: Not a number
Post by: tima113 on 06 December 2011, 01:06:44 AM

I used Arlequín's suggested figure as Ilya Kuryakin from the Man from U.N.C.L.E. (Napoleon Solo is in the same pack). I was leaning towards the figure in short sleeves from Artizan's KKB202 as John Drake.

http://artizandesigns.com/prod.php?prod=1126

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Post by: Arlequín on 06 December 2011, 07:32:35 AM

I thought that one was Bond at Crab Key...  :?

They're mostly all quite adaptable though and I'm hoping for more of them, just doesn't seem to happen though. I feel like a Jonah for gaming settings sometimes, every time I get into one, the 'new releases' stop.

 ;)

Title: Re: Not a number
Post by: Lysander on 07 December 2011, 05:32:33 AM

Quote from: Arlequín on 30 November 2011, 06:36:35 PM

As Danger Man spanned 8 years and fashion in 1960 was very different to that of 1968, it's not an easy question to answer. While a couple of the figures are clearly meant to depict specific characters (007, Harry Palmer etc), most of them are suitably vague and it will be all in the paint job. If I had to say which one I thought was Drake, I'd say this one;

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-B590WkKsR7U/TtZ3b0lsPmI/AAAAAAAAGyo/cM-gQLi4L-M/s212/kkbb101.jpg)

and I'd probably be wrong.  lol

I think you are likely right.  I have always thought this the closest "Drake" fig (hair might be a bit on the long side).  The fact he is unarmed would tend to support Drake as well.  He didn't carry a weapon but rather used his wits and his fists.

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Post by: Arlequín on 07 December 2011, 09:04:45 AM

I think he is actually carrying a pistol, it's just hard to see at this angle.  :?

Yes Danger Man was criticised for its violence, yet only two people were ever shot by Drake and one of those was in a dream. Clearly duffing someone up was felt to be too disturbing for viewers and shooting them was far more preferable.  lol

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Post by: Lysander on 07 December 2011, 09:16:02 AM

Quote from: Arlequín on 07 December 2011, 09:04:45 AM

I think he is actually carrying a pistol, it's just hard to see at this angle.  :?

Yes Danger Man was criticised for its violence, yet only two people were ever shot by Drake and one of those was in a dream. Clearly duffing someone up was felt to be too disturbing for viewers and shooting them was far more preferable.  lol

I will, ultimately, buy the Copplestone set.  I will look more closely at the fig at that point.

I had not heard the criticism as regards violence.  I know (in at least one case) Drake shot someone almost by accident when wrestling away his adversary's rifle.  Mcgoohan rewrote the character before accepting the role by refusing to carry a weapon.  Sad that he might be criticized for ordinary fisticuffs.  

Further interesting, that (as I understand) he passed on being the initial James Bond because (as a strong Roman Catholic) he would not kiss another woman on screen (being married to the same woman from the 50s until his death in 2009).  Even more interesting (per what I have read) that he turned down Gandalf and Dumbledore.

He is as defined as much by what he declined to do as what he did.  A strangely principled man.

Intriguing to me that he is as an interesting a character in my middle age as we was in my youth.

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Post by: Brummie Thug on 07 December 2011, 06:40:51 PM

I have both they are great figures. There's piccies on blog under 7TV and KKBB

http://brummieswargamingblog.blogspot.com/