A 9!!!!! sorry...

[Paul]

..but how can this possibly be called good sculpting when there´s "a good deal of plastic between weapons and arms"? and that´s without taking the Flash and bent weapons into consideration.
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/review.aspx?id=1354
and only 23 bods...rrrrrrrrrrrrip off!!
This (18 poses - 34 bods plus assorted bits)
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=490
is good sculpting but still scores a 9

and is it just me or do the helmets look a bit "thin"?

[mickey mouse]

That bunch of idiots!!! The Caesar sculpting is worth a 7- at the best.

[Peter]

I don't look at the scores anymore. There is no line in them. I'm looking to see the figures and the review. And for the number of figures off course!

[armpcm]

I don't look at the scores anymore.

X2

[SamSagace]

I think that PSR didn't want to give the 10/10/10/10/10 to the Imex Set !!
The number of figures and poses are not a criteria for the Review!
....fortunately for some sets! (you know those with a Hat on the head !)

But I choose my figures with my own taste, needs... so the rating is not important at all !

[David O'Brien]

Yes I agree about these two sets; my scoring was - no sale.
Maybe the MP40 did have a 1000 round magazine and the MG42 could shoot up and around corners at the same time. The MG42 operator would have to make frightening takkatakka sounds as it doesn't appear to have any bullets (or helpers).
The bottom row set one 2 in has a very narrow helmet as stated.


David

[Kekso]

I look at scores but just as rough guidance. For example this one doesn't deserve max. score:

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=468

[Beano Boy]

The eye of perfection 10 or otherwise is in the bright fellow who likes E`m! It is in the conversions of similar figures that well earn a big 10 from me. BB

[Paul]

Maybe the MP40 did have a 1000 round magazine and the MG42 could shoot up and around corners at the same time. The MG42 operator would have to make frightening takkatakka sounds as it doesn't appear to have any bullets (or helpers).

The number of figures and poses are not a criteria for the Review!!

But the poses are;
Historical Accuracy 10
Pose Quality 10
Pose Number 7
Sculpting 9
Mould 8

maybe they should add a "number of figs per set " score...average Price for a set divided by number of bods in the set..high score means less for your Money.
Mind you, the new Zvezda sets would score pretty badly ..so maybe not such a good idea and, like a lot of the "scores" they are more a Point of view, the historical accuracy one being the exception.

But I choose my figures with my own taste, needs... so the rating is not important at all !

Agreed

[Durruti]

Can only agree with Paul - how could such a poor, cynical set of figures get such good scores? The "excess plastic" has created whole new fantasy weapons (that MP40) and creatures. And that MG42 (shouldn't it be an MG34 if the set is early war "jackboot era"?) without any ammo supply is a big howler missed.

Even if Caesar have received a fair amount of stick recently for all their WW2 Germans I still remain a big fan for their more unusual sets and innovative use of multi-part moulds - ancient and medieval Chinese, WW2 partisans and resistors plus the WW2 French which are also very useful as SCW Republicans as Lluis of Minairons recently demonstrated.

[Xantippos]

Obviously, it is very subjective. Besides this, one thing is sculpting, the other is the moulds. A very good sculpting can be destroyed due to bad moulding.

Frankly, the Caesar German set would score for me a;

Historical Accuracy 10
Pose Quality 7
Pose Number 6
Sculpting 7
Mould 7

And the Orion;


Historical Accuracy 10
Pose Quality 7
Pose Number 10
Sculpting 8
Mould 8