Lowering of standards!

[Heedless Horseman]

Sirs, I feel that I must report a major failing in production standards. Having ordered, (A very special order, I might add...as it constituted single pose figures!), several packs (about 64 figures in total), of the new Napoleonic British Firing line. Upon examining the contents of said packs, I was HORRIFIED to find that ONE SOLDIER HAD NO BAYONET! Furthermore, his musket had been shortened!  In view of this disgraceful shortcoming in quality control, I feel that I must insist that the officers in charge are fired...from a gun...as I have found myself forced to promote the miscreant to Sergeant in a Flank company of The Guards and this may require me to purchase a commission in a battalion  for the man to Sergeant around! I find this utterly disgraceful in these days of cut-backs. And, to cap it all, upon calling the roll on said packs, I was DISGUSTED to find that they were TWO MEN OVER COMPLEMENT! What are things coming to? !!!

   

In spite of these deficiencies, I rather like Pendraken!

[Leon]

Well you see, what happened was... We safeguarded against the potential loss of one figure by sending an extra man, and then we thought that you might like a bayonet-less chap to break up the 64 similar posed troops.  Using him as a sergeant is a happy consequence which we had not foreseen...



Apologies for the miscast, someone's getting a flogging on Monday morning...

[Heedless Horseman]

No apologies necessary Sirrah...I await the dawn chorus with anticipation! 

[FierceKitty]

...insist the officers in charge be fired.... Save the subjunctive!

[Leman]

  No, I've no idea either.

[Tawa]

someone's getting a flogging on Monday morning...

The lucky devil! 

[Techno]

Save the subjunctive!

Tried the World Wildlife Fund...Couldn't find it anywhere.
Cheers - Phil

[Leman]

  - somewhere in deepest Borneo I believe.

[Techno]

Aaaaah !

Probably very rare, then.
Perhaps nobody's managed to photograph one yet ?
Does that make it a cryptid ?

Cheers - Phil

[Leman]

No, that's a very rare cousin of the spiny anteater and is only found in the drier  and warmer parts of Patagonia, where the local name is Elfed (pronounced Elved  - there being no V in the Welsh alphabet. How do you get the F sound then? Simples - FF.). Actually there is a classic example in English - of and off.

[Ithoriel]

Do we have a case of subjunctivitis?

[fsn]

Surely the chappie with the shortened weapon (insert own joke here) was using a fusil? Or a Nock volley gun a la Patrick Harper?

Excellent detailed work. The inclusion of these random specialty figures is an exciting new innovation. The British packs I received contained a figure with stolen piglet - I think after the scene in the Waterloo film. One of the last batch of Falklands British included an officer with a broadsword, and a few months ago I got a Hussar on a camel.


No. Wait. Wait. I'm making that all up.


Sorry.

[fred.]

Now, we all know you are making it up. But we thought you believed it?

[fsn]

I get a little confused at times.

Reality is such a difficult concept. I find it better to ignore it as much as possible.

[Techno]

Do we have a case of subjunctivitis?

I had to give up wearing contact lenses about 25 years ago, because I kept suffering from that !

Reality is such a difficult concept. I find it better to ignore it as much as possible.

You and me both, Nobby.

Cheers - Phil