Post by minuteman on Aug 11, 2018 17:18:21 GMT
I have been collecting 1/72 plastics since 1970, and a recent trawl through my collection - which now numbers many 10s of thousands - reminds me of the impact and influence that HaT have had on the hobby.
I still very clearly recall the day when I first came across HaT products, in a small model shop in the south of England. Having gone in with a 'shopping list' of Italeri/Airfix items, I came across a new manufacturer in the shop's stock who was creating and selling figures that I had wished existed but didn't ie: French infantry in greatcoats, Prussian and Russian artillery, Russian Cossacks, Prussian landwehr cavalry etc. To a collector who had had to make do with the limited offerings of Airfix and early Italeri Napoleonics, this was a revelation, to say the least.
And at great value for money as well...
Many years on, we now have a vastly increased range of HaT figures, ranging in quality from the superb to the mediocre, but nonetheless a vast range, and something to be very grateful for. During the same 20 years or so, other manufacturers have also added to the range of figures available to us collectors.modellers and wargamers. What is available now is simply amazing.
So.....,it's a big thank you from me.
Let's hope that HaT are still here, producing quality sets at good value for the next 20 years plus.
Next releases look like being French Napoleonics…..Great figures from the previews. Let's hope for a really great price too. Value for money for us long term collectors.
I still very clearly recall the day when I first came across HaT products, in a small model shop in the south of England. Having gone in with a 'shopping list' of Italeri/Airfix items, I came across a new manufacturer in the shop's stock who was creating and selling figures that I had wished existed but didn't ie: French infantry in greatcoats, Prussian and Russian artillery, Russian Cossacks, Prussian landwehr cavalry etc. To a collector who had had to make do with the limited offerings of Airfix and early Italeri Napoleonics, this was a revelation, to say the least.
And at great value for money as well...
Many years on, we now have a vastly increased range of HaT figures, ranging in quality from the superb to the mediocre, but nonetheless a vast range, and something to be very grateful for. During the same 20 years or so, other manufacturers have also added to the range of figures available to us collectors.modellers and wargamers. What is available now is simply amazing.
So.....,it's a big thank you from me.
Let's hope that HaT are still here, producing quality sets at good value for the next 20 years plus.
Next releases look like being French Napoleonics…..Great figures from the previews. Let's hope for a really great price too. Value for money for us long term collectors.
