A while back I picked up a few packs of these hard plastic miniatures. I'd read about them in my youth in the Heroics & Ros advertisements and always fancied them but never threw caution to the wind. They were apparently only available from December 1981 - October 1982 before, depending on who you listen to, they stopped production due to financial considerations / were bought off by metal wargame miniature manafacturers... shades of a conspiracy methinks...
Advertisement from May 1982 (Military Modelling)
They were bagged up in polythene with a stapled card header...
Loose examples of AG2 Scythian Archers and Thracian Peltasts...
AG3 Greek Cavalry
The figures are a little poor in detail and quality, closer to soft plastic really, but they must have filled a niche as the production costs were rather high... kind of adds to the mystery of stopping production. Heroics & Ros are still going strong although they have changed hands a decade or so ago. They specialise in 1/300 wargaming miniatures and it's great to see them at Salute in London on my annual exodus. Long may they prosper. They did do a Sci Fi infantry range of which I picked a pack up a few years back (although they're no longer on the website), I must find it and take some pics.
If you have any extra images or anecdotes about Rospaks please comment below or email me on;
2 comments:
I have two Rospak armies, Roman and Greek and always hoped to buy the Persians and Macedonians, but they stopped before I had chance.
Pictures of my Greeks are up on my blog
https://willwarweb.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-ancient-greek-army.html
Really must get around to taking some pictures of the Romans
A great collection!
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