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Italeri reissues

Posted by Traveller1865 on 11 Jul 2018, 17:53

Maybe this is old news but Italeri has announced that some old Esci sets will see the light of day again, namely:

6054 — French Foreign Legion
6055 — Arab Warriors

But perhaps most noteworthy is the upcoming release of the dioramic fort "Beau Geste".

6183 — Beau Geste: Algerian Tuareg Revolt 1877/1912

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I suspect the fort, like Rorke's drift buildins is produced in mdf, but it does look like the old Airfix set so perhaps more likely another re-issue, and contains some tent structures, a well and stonewalls in addition to the above mentioned sets. So no new figures but it's great to see these out of print figures from a classic 1/72 scale miniature producer once more.
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Posted by Rich W on 12 Jul 2018, 18:49

It's good that they're still releasing reissues, and especially trying to make the sets more appealing to new collectors by doing them as battle sets. But would be nice for Italeri to release some more of their own stuff. When did they last produce a new set?
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Posted by Traveller1865 on 14 Jul 2018, 11:46

Rich W wrote:It's good that they're still releasing reissues, and especially trying to make the sets more appealing to new collectors by doing them as battle sets. But would be nice for Italeri to release some more of their own stuff. When did they last produce a new set?


I was hoping for the Esci Warzaw troops to be re-issued but if I recall correctly they will be soon.
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Posted by Goonerbob on 15 Jul 2018, 10:26

I contacted Italeri a couple of months ago and both the NATO and Warsaw Pact should released around September.
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Posted by Traveller1865 on 15 Jul 2018, 11:14

Goonerbob wrote:I contacted Italeri a couple of months ago and both the NATO and Warsaw Pact should released around September.


Nice! Just wish there were more Afghan fighters...
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Posted by Peter on 17 Jul 2018, 21:41

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Posted by Marvin on 17 Jul 2018, 22:45

Well, seeing as my avatar is one of these FFL figures - naturally I'm delighted. :-D
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Posted by Traveller1865 on 18 Jul 2018, 11:50

Marvin wrote:Well, seeing as my avatar is one of these FFL figures - naturally I'm delighted. :-D


It's a great set, a few weeks ago I was searching on ebay for these, and now they're coming back, just hope they're coming soon.
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Posted by Beano Boy on 18 Jul 2018, 19:57

I can remember buying lots of loose F F Legion sprues on E Bay years ago.
It was rather exciting winning the bid too ! BB
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Posted by Traveller1865 on 21 Jul 2018, 19:31

There's actually a book about Esci that came out a few years ago, however it was very short and language difficult, some captions were in French.

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Posted by Peter on 22 Jul 2018, 21:00

That's a book I would like to read! :-D
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Posted by Ochoin on 23 Jul 2018, 08:18

Peter wrote:I like that fort.

Tents and well: https://www.italeri.com/scheda.asp?idPr ... tegoria=29


A little while ago, Id have loved that fort too.
But Jacques has spoiled it for me. How can I be satisfied with that after seeing this:


viewtopic.php?f=11&t=21365

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Posted by MABO on 08 Aug 2018, 08:43

Ochoin wrote:
A little while ago, Id have loved that fort too.
But Jacques has spoiled it for me. How can I be satisfied with that after seeing this:


viewtopic.php?f=11&t=21365

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Jacques fort is priceless. So this is an alternative, if you are unable to build such a fort yourself :-D
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