L is for Living Room . . . Boot Camp!

Can't do much in the way of pictures as this is contemporary and therefore one has to be careful of the balance between 'review' and copyright infringement, but as usual, cover, spread and a close-up will suffice!

Published by Top That, (a Nathan Murphy shares a 'designed by' byline, but is not on the cover?) who were behind the Paint Your Own sets we looked at before Christmas; this manual from the Department of Secret Forces is a fun item which introduces toy soldiers to people who might not otherwise have encountered them among all their Lego and licensed Manga characters, so it's to be applauded for that if nothing else!

Spot the deliberate mistake on the cover . . . the Bren-gunner is reversed, something the Papo catalogue also suffers from, what is it with modern picture-editors that they don't check the original object? Or - apparently - liaise with the authors!

It's basically a fun series of simple, interactive things you can subject the enclosed 'Army Men' to; in and around the home; some you will be familiar with, some are predictable, some are more ingenious or inventive, and all are meant to be and would be FUN!

The meat and six-veg! The usual copies of Airfix Paratroopers with a lone German Infantryman for imbalance! They are unmarked and while they are poor-quality sculpts (detail wise), are nevertheless of high production value - if that's not an oxymoron!

Out there . . . Now! Get training!