Monday, 22 July 2019

Spotted on ebay

Bob contact me about a copy of Minature Wargames which was on sale on ebay recently.
 

 'Are those your Poles' he asked me.  I looked at the pictures on ebay and was surprised to see a picture of my old 15mm Minifigs Polish Army on the back cover.  To be honest I have no recollection of what happened to them back then.  I must have sold them on.
Back Cover
Bob took all the pictures back them using his 35mm camera and of course there was no 'blog' or internet to publish pictures on.   He sent some picture of various figures to the editor of Miniature Wargames and clearly the editor used this one.  It relates to nothing in the magazine and their is no credit for the picture or the figures.

The picture brought back some memories of the figures and games against Bob's 15mm Peter Laing's Lithuanian army.  The buildings were made of paper/card and Bob imported them from the old Eastern Bloc before the fall of the Berlin Wall!
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6 comments:

  1. The Good Soldier Svjek22 July 2019 at 15:45

    15mm Peter Laing , now that brings back memories had hundreds of them - Crimean War and Colonial , sadly sold on when I down sized my collection - cracking figures , but not in favour nowadays ?

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    1. ABC Wargammers27 July 2019 at 11:06

      Like you I got rid of my Peter Laing WW1 collection - well mostly Stuart Asquith's to be honest which found their way to me. I still have the pictures somewhere. Maybe I'll post them on the blog for nostalgia's sake.

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  2. Norm22 July 2019 at 21:22

    A good spot indeed by Bob. Interesting to think about where ‘old’ armies might be now, with too many probably tucked away in lofts!

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    1. ABC Wargammers27 July 2019 at 11:04

      It was an even more amazing spot when you consider that the front cover was the main ebay picture and you had to click on it to find the second back cover picture!

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  3. Jonathan Freitag24 July 2019 at 18:05

    Fame!

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  4. ABC Wargammers27 July 2019 at 11:06

    Fame indeed, I even had hair back then!

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