Hermann ze Germann and Other Thoughts

First, I wanted to post a nice in the box shot of the latest editions in my "family" (heh):

"Hermann", by Dragon

"Bob Richardson" by Dragon

I can tell I'm going to have my work cut out for me putting Bob's stuff on him. Yeow. Kind of like Stanislas (who I'll be reviewing soon, and I'll elaborate on that then).

I want to mention here that I got a great bargain on Hermann. 24 bucks on Ebay! WOO! Not too bad for a Dragon figure. He's a fairly early one, too, I think. Bob wasn't bad either, maybe around 29 bucks? That's one thing I love about Dragon, you get a quality figure at a decent price (usually).

It'll be awhile before I start posting any full-fledged reviews, but I did take some snapshots of some of my collection last night to post here for fun. If you're into sixth scale, you'll no doubt recognize many of these people:

Not a great picture, but these are the vehicles (is a horse a vehicle?) I have. The motorcycle is an Indian, yes, I know. Probably not accurate. But I customized the bike to be "German" and dry brushed it to make it look cool. I'll post more pics of it later.

Fromt half of the Kublewagen Ambulance, with Eugen driving it. That Feldengarme is Karl, a Dragon figure. That nifty sign comes with him!

These are the guys that are standing on my bureau. German WWII, Civil War, Russian...I have quite a variety. I hope to separate them out into groups soon (all the Afrika Korps guys together, etc etc).

Closer shot of the bureau group.

Dragon's Vladimir and Dmitri; Sideshow's Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp.

Some more assorted figures, I have adopted an old entertainment center as a display shelf for them.

Another shot of the above figures.

I love the guy with the phone's face sculpt. He's "Sepp" from Dragon. Kind of out of place with the Civil War dudes, but as I said, I will get more organized one day.

That guy in the center (leather coat) is a kitbash I did of a Panzer officer. He's one of my faves.

The guy in the center, the Confederate, is another kitbash I did. I made the beard myself out of Sculpey clay.

Russian Krechet guy bi BBI, Herbert, a U-boat Captain by Dragon, and Alexei, a Soviet NKVD (secret police).

Marius, a Panzer trooper by Dragon and Oberst (Colonel) Max, also by Dragon. Oberst Max is from the movie "The Eagle Has Landed" and was played by Robert Duvall.

These are some guys that stand on my bookcase in the living room. There are some Dragon guys on the opposite end, but this end is G.I. Joe figures. Of course that's Sideshow's wonderful renditions of Cobra Officer and Cobra Commander there on the end.

Here are all the "Book Case Guys." L to R we have: Georg, a Kriegsmarine Warrant Officer by Dragon; Ernst, a Panzer StuG Commander by Dragon; Pieter, a Dragon Fallschirmjager; barely peeping over his shoulder is a 2008 repro of the G.I. Joe Action Sailor; an original 1970s fuzzy-haired G.I. Joe Action Soldier, and the two Cobra guys.

Of course, this is Bib Fortuna from Return of the Jedi (Sideshow). He didn't really go with the other guys, so he stands alone. I'm not a huge Star Wars fan, but I always loved Bib for some reason and he was a real bargain for a Sideshow figure.

So, there you have it, folks! A nice "intro" to my collection (and that wasn't even all of 'em!). O__o

Ii'' begin posting reviews when I decide who goes first. Stay tuned!