Hey Jim you are right, I hadnt noticed that there were no modern warfare minis available in 10 other than Minifig and Action 200. But Action is very limited and I havent seen Minifigs' range.

So I can "see the need"     More so than Gangstas but gangstas can transcend many periods in history and in fantasy and in alternative 

Okay Leon, get cracking on those Falklands and YK so the Mongols and Aztecs can get done  sooner

It's an interesting three ranges there.  The Falklands is a quite small range to do, several variations of foot, packed in 10's like the WW2 stuff.  Add a few vehicles and away we go.  Mongols are relatively easy as well, not many variations in figure type, but we'd need more variety in each pack I think.

The outsider is the Gangster's, where the figures needed are going to be more like personality types, and aren't going to sell in big numbers.  Tricky one to justify cost-wise, despite a good level of interest.

Hmm, all food for thought!   

But gangsters and cops on foot need plenty of vehicles - cars, motorcycles and trucks - and then there's the possibility of "street furniture" e.g. fire hydrants, mail boxes, street lamps etc, so the range could expand.

Quote from: AndyT on 22 July 2011, 06:11:40 AM
But gangsters and cops on foot need plenty of vehicles - cars, motorcycles and trucks - and then there's the possibility of "street furniture" e.g. fire hydrants, mail boxes, street lamps etc, so the range could expand.

lots of street furniture 

Quote from: DaveH on 13 July 2011, 01:58:54 PM
I'd really like to see the AWI stuff finished off so that the range is really close to completion.

a voice of sanity and reason amongst the various gangsta/mongol/falkland/aztec nonsense !!

Quote from: goat major on 22 July 2011, 08:04:08 AM
a voice of sanity and reason amongst the various gangsta/mongol/falkland/aztec nonsense !!

Another MINORITY Rant I see......

IanS

AWI. Strange priority. A horse and musket war without real cavalry.

Quote from: FierceKitty on 22 July 2011, 08:19:09 AM
AWI. Strange priority. A horse and musket war without real cavalry.

well we would have some cavalry if we had any figures with the right hats ......   

Quote from: ianrs54 on 22 July 2011, 08:06:00 AM
Another MINORITY Rant I see......

IanS

minority rants are the  best. Majority rants are a bit too noisy for my liking. 

from a commercial point of view the mongols will be a big seller I would have thought even though I`m not interested in them at all.

The falklands will also be popular because no one else does them and like leon said it would be a small range ie

brits in berets, tin hats, lumberjack hats, mortars and HMGs and maybe a scorpion/schimitar.

argies in tin hats, special forces in wooly hats, mortars, Hmgs and a panhard armoured car.

As far as gangsters are concerned how many cars do do a hand full of gangsters need. But  you will need buidings and streets to put your handfull of gangsters in so the builings would make more money than the figures.

Quote from: Jim Ando on 22 July 2011, 01:46:56 PM
from a commercial point of view the mongols will be a big seller I would have thought even though I`m not interested in them at all.


As far as gangsters are concerned how many cars do do a hand full of gangsters need. But  you will need buidings and streets to put your handfull of gangsters in so the builings would make more money than the figures.

I would be interseted in Mongols, and I suspect that buildings already exist.
YK would be better than Falklands however....
IanS

Quote from: AndyT on 22 July 2011, 06:11:40 AM
But gangsters and cops on foot need plenty of vehicles - cars, motorcycles and trucks - and then there's the possibility of "street furniture" e.g. fire hydrants, mail boxes, street lamps etc, so the range could expand.

American "N" gauge would provide most of the buildings, cars etc.

martyn

I'm not familiar with railway accessories. Did a quick Google search but only found modern looking vehicles. Does anyone have any good links for N gauge (1/160th ?) stuff?

Cheers, Andy

Re N Gauge Buildings USA style

Try www.walthers.com they do a large range of plastic kits and there are UK suppliers or you can order direct. Another good USA supplier is www.caboosehobbies.com.


regards

Martyn

Excellent. Thanks for the links Martyn.

Cheers, Andy