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Ultima Ratio - War in Afghanistan

Posted by Mai Strac on 24 Jun 2014, 18:48

A pleasant surprise comes from the Ukraine. A new entry in the club of the manufacturers.
Good detail of the faces and weapons,
Pity about the man with the MANPADS absolutely disproportionate.
A good box to reproduce both the "bad guys" and the special forces soldiers wearing indigenous clothes.

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Posted by Ian Bruce on 24 Jun 2014, 19:31

Wow! Do you have a website address for this company?
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Posted by Ian Bruce on 24 Jun 2014, 19:41

Found 'em. Thanks for the tip-off.
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Posted by MABO on 24 Jun 2014, 21:56

I did not found them...?
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Posted by Uwe on 26 Jun 2014, 09:51

I would like to get the link too, great figures to buy.

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Posted by Mai Strac on 26 Jun 2014, 12:06

I didn't find any web site on the box, only the ukraine flag.
I bought the box at an Italian seller.
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Posted by Ian Bruce on 26 Jun 2014, 21:26

Hannants have just received them in stock. I've ordered a couple of boxes to see what they're like.
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Posted by zulus 1000s of em on 26 Jun 2014, 21:38

Hannants have them in stock.
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Posted by Goonerbob on 27 Jun 2014, 20:38

Emodels have them in stock as well.
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Posted by Bluefalchion on 29 Jun 2014, 18:00

Those actually look quite good. Opponents for the ESCI Spetsnatz at last.
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Posted by David O'Brien on 30 Jun 2014, 02:03

They look very much like Mujahideen and one of the characters looks like Ahmad Shah Massoud.
BTW good guys/bad guys depends on the time. Isby would have us believe they were the good guys at the time of the Russian intervention.The Northern Alliance fought the Taliban and so on.
The Stinger looks over scale but also crude though the pose looks good. The IFF antenna / aerial would be great as an etched part though looks like a box on the model not an open structure. The mine looks like a Russian or Chinese anti tank mine which is more likely to be an IED with theTaliban but entirely correct for use against the Russians.
The donkey looks la bit like the one in Shrek :-) Lot of donkeys in my part of the UK so I am picky.

All in all very welcome, a nice set and good luck to the company

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Posted by David O'Brien on 30 Jun 2014, 20:00

Opponents for the ESCI Spetsnatz at last. BF

Just to add these were fairly recently re released by Italeri.
Secondly Under Fire do some very nice white metal Afghan figures (Taliban ) with heavy weapons

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Posted by Xantippos on 01 Jul 2014, 11:07

They will look quite nice, simple but with a certain character that makes them different.
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Posted by Goonerbob on 02 Jul 2014, 21:13

Just received my figs and at first glance they look good.Couldnt help noticing that some of the figures resemble poses from other sets maybe just a coincidence.
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Posted by steve_pickstock on 03 Jul 2014, 07:14

Are they compatible with other ranges - for example the Orion Chechens, or the Caesar "Urban" figures?
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Posted by armpcm on 03 Jul 2014, 14:48

This is a good set, and I´m hopping to get some for me they will be good for black ops. :mrgreen:
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Posted by Goonerbob on 03 Jul 2014, 16:38

Are they compatible with other ranges - for example the Orion Chechens, or the Caesar "Urban" figures?

They are compatible for me.They measure up ok against the esci spetznas guys.
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Posted by Uwe on 04 Jul 2014, 11:06

I got the set yesterday. Great sculptings and details, no flash on the sprue.
So I would say a very high quality.

The only thing is the size, these guys are on the smaller side of 1/72, a full head smaller then for example a Zvezda or Italeri figure.

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Posted by Alex on 04 Jul 2014, 11:56

:angry2: Something very familiar and as figures and poses .... :scratch:
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