Forces of Valor (FOV) / Unimax Deep Dive: Pt 34 Set #83008 (2007) - #93008 (2007) US 82nd Airborne Division Pt 3 U.S. Pose 7

I like the GI's accompanying the German POWs - they're wary, but relaxed all at once. The prisoners won't be a problem. For them the war is over.

Ed

Forces of Valor (FOV) / Unimax Deep Dive: Pt 33 Set #83008 (2007) - #93008 (2007) US 82nd Airborne Division Pt 2 U.S. Pose 6

 The first of five figures in the set, this is U.S. pose 6.

Ed

Forces of Valor (FOV) / Unimax Deep Dive: Pt 32 Set #83008 (2007) - #93008 (2007) US 82nd Airborne Division Pt 1 Packaging and Contents

Here's another set for which I had none of my original boxes and therefore had to rely on fleaBay for photos. This was an awesome set that featured both U.S. GI's as well as German prisoners. I wish FOV would have offered more in this vein. As stated in previous posts, I had all of my figures from the early 2000s in a large box and pulled out the correct ones for photography. I did not re-use previously taken photographs of any figures. Relying on fleaBay photos does allow me to reconstruct the number and types of figures in each set as well as the larger pieces, however, I have no way of confirming the 'smalls' unless there's a really good photo by the seller of what's inside the box. Both of these sets are dated 2007.

Ed

FOV #83008 U.S. 82nd (2007) (eBay)

1st Series 'dark' box

FOV #93008 U.S. 82nd (2007) (eBay)

2nd Series olive green box

Contents

-2 GI's

-3 German POWs

-Log obstacle

-Ruined wall - straight

-Crate #1

-Crate #3

-Jerry can

The crates and Jerry can were the only 'smalls' I was able to ascertain from the photos. There were probably 2-4 Jerry cans in the set as that was fairly standard for FOV, but I can't verify the correct quantity for this set.

Forces of Valor (FOV) / Unimax FOV #99005 PFC Reynolds 2005

There are sooo many little details in these sculpts it's hard to pick one and highlight it but there is one little many people may overlook. Okay, for us toy figure collector's we've seen little green army men (or Knights, or Vikings, or Cowboys, or, or, or.....) painted all kinds of ways; from sloppy and haphazard to highly detailed renditions but there is one little thing that stands out and it stands out for its absence. Look at the eyes. Do you see it? Or rather, what is it you don't see? Answer: The typical and omnipresent 'dot in the middle of a field of white' eye. I had read in several articles and books on painting miniatures that at the vantage point we see our figures - the scale distances involved - if they were real people that you were looking at, you wouldn't be able to to see the white's of their eyes! (or at least you'd see very little). Among other things, that one minor attention to detail is what helps make these figures stand head-&-shoulders above the rest. Hope you've enjoyed our photo essay of the five 101st Airborne Division figures from Forces of Valor / Unimax. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina