Re: MicroMachines Re: [SGII] 10mm,15mm,20mm minis & VOTOMs

Jeremy spake thusly upon matters weighty: 

I've got their Marines and aliens. They ain't GZG figs.....

Think 1/72nd scale airfix or 1/76th scale matchbox plastic figures. 
That's the scale of the human sized figures in the aliens line. They 
have moving arms and legs (move as a pair mind you) and they would 
need based for serious use because they don't stand up that well. 
Paint job is standard toy (ie not full hobby connosieur grade). The 
flip side is that the vehicles are rugged (they are toys after all!). 
Stuart Murray sent me the alien queen, and I've got it perched on my 
desk. She's about 1.5 times as tall as a marine (she'd be twice as 
tall if not hunched) and is unmistakably an aliens alien. But made of 
somewhat malleable plastic, and with a very basic paint job. The ST 
bugs might be bigger, since they were meant to be large. 

If you can get them for a reasonable price, they'd be okay I'd guess. 
Int'l shipping is painful (if you can cut a deal with Stuart he might 
act as a NY intermediary). The aliens APCs are nice and I plan on 
using them both in GZG 25mm, and anything down to 1/72nd or 15mm. And 
a heck of a lot cheaper than a Phalanx. 

Tom. 

> 
> >> ScottOn a similar note, have any US readers seen the Galoob
Starship
> Trooper
> >collections yet, I'm interested in using Warrior Bugs in my SG games
and
> >was wondering if they are compatable size wise (25mm) to existing GZG
> >25's. The distributors in Australia aren't going to bring them in,
and
> >Galoob won't sell to overseas customers. I was thinking of buying
blind
> >through a friends contact in the US, but if the figures are no good,
it
> >would be nice to know before hand.
> 
> 
> Exactly what I'd like to know!
> 
> Jeremy Sadler
> jsadleratearthlingdotnet
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