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Metal Figures
OK...It's confession time. When I first saw that Conte was putting single color metal figures in his playsets, I sort of rolled my eyes. I guess there was enough of the purist in me to want my playsets to be made up of plastic figures. Now, however, the first thing I look for are the metal guys. They have become the stars of the show. The hand to hand vignettes in this set and in Stamford Bridge and the Alamo playsets bring a focal point to my imaginary battles. I'm finding I now have much the same attitude toward the pewter figures as I have toward the character figures in my Marx sets. They become more special because they are individuals...not just one out of a pack of clones. In fact, I'm lobbying Richard to do small runs of some of the other metal figures in single color to be sold individually. RC sort of went overboard with this set by including 14 metal figures...but I am sure glad he did.
