Benno's Figures Forum

Posted by **The Observer** on 06 Sep 2010, 20:05

...and of course : what do you think is the worst box art ever printed on a figure box?

Here i think Strelets have a good chance to go far..... ;-)

Posted by **Paul** on 06 Sep 2010, 20:15

When I first saw this I nearly wet myself laughing :-D

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Box ... A02Box.jpg
You can almost hear one of the wise men saying "OOOOH !! what a nice looking........???....(gulp!! :eh:

).....monkey"

I also like the idea of the extra figures....santa and pontuis pilot... :lol:

Posted by **musketier** on 06 Sep 2010, 20:50

I will cast a vote for the worst as being Odemars box art with Strelets coming in at a close second.

Posted by **MABO** on 06 Sep 2010, 21:07

musketier wrote:I will cast a vote for the worst as being Odemars box art with Strelets coming in at a close second.

Odemars get 12 Points from me! :evil:

Posted by **Maurice** on 06 Sep 2010, 21:26

Strelets box art isn't that bad.

Odemars looks like it was drawn by an 8-year old

But it's not fair to kick a company in the ground when it doesn't even exist anymore.

Posted by **musketier** on 06 Sep 2010, 22:29

there was no provision for whether the company was defunct or not :tongue:

Posted by **ModernKiwi** on 07 Sep 2010, 02:33

I have never bought anything by Strelets or Odemars, but my Caesar sets have had the worst box art so far of all. Which just goes to show you can't judge the quality of the figures by the box cover.

Posted by **MABO** on 07 Sep 2010, 12:20

ModernKiwi wrote:I have never bought anything by Strelets or Odemars, but my Caesar sets have had the worst box art so far of all. Which just goes to show you can't judge the quality of the figures by the box cover.

Looking on Italeri this also goes the other way around sometimes. :lol:

Posted by **Erich von Manstein** on 07 Sep 2010, 15:43

ModernKiwi wrote:I have never bought anything by Strelets or Odemars, but my Caesar sets have had the worst box art so far of all. Which just goes to show you can't judge the quality of the figures by the box cover.

That's right. It's a funny discrepance that can be observed for quite a while now already. Caesar sets are some of the best around, but the artwork esp. on their first 2 dozen releases was quite crappy/childish. Then you open the box: voila, a big & neat surprise! Although it got better lately, their artwork could still benefit from some sort of "upgrade" imho.
On the other hand we have the brilliant artwork from Hät, which sadly never matches the contents of their boxes.

We can be thankfull that the box art of Pobeda, Ykreol/Odemars, LW/Evolution, Mars, HYTTY, Metch & the likes doesn't inspire much confidence at all. :-)

Well, the worst box art?
Will go for that ape child Paul posted.

Regards

P.S.: Strelets box art mostly isn't that awfull. Which can be said about several of their often bashed figures too. But each to their own.

Posted by **monty** on 11 Sep 2010, 11:26

I'd also go with Odemars this one particularly http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=828 with the Caesar hoplites coming in second ;-)

Posted by **Peter** on 11 Oct 2010, 19:09

Found a new one (and have a look at figures to :shock:

):

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Fir ... px?id=1673

Posted by **Paul** on 11 Oct 2010, 19:21

Peter wrote:Found a new one (and have a look at figures to ):

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Fir ... px?id=1673

Those bods remind me of Hergé´s adventures of tin tin !! :-)

Posted by **MABO** on 11 Oct 2010, 19:42

Why that Paul??

Posted by **Paul** on 11 Oct 2010, 19:50

MABO wrote:Why that Paul??

The shorts and thin legs I suppose.....basically, with the amount of strange stuff I´ve consumed over the years....anythings possible :-)

Posted by **Paul** on 02 Feb 2011, 18:15

I nearly wet myself when i saw this
http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/STR11472

Posted by **PitYak Studios** on 02 Feb 2011, 18:33

Strelets get worse. Their old painted boxes had a certain charm, but these new ones are giving me nightmares.

or maybe that's what I've been consuming?