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Monday, June 22, 2026

Forces of Valor (FOV) / Unimax Deep Dive: Pt 50 Set #83203 (2005) - #93203 (2007) UK 7th Armored Division 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (Normandy 1944) Pt 3 Pose 4

British / UK poses 1 through 5 were covered back in May as part of set #83003 / #93003. The set we're featuring now includes poses 2,4,5,6, and 7. These photos are all new and are not 'copy-&-paste' from the previous post.

Ed

FOV British / UK Pose 4

You'll notice this guys' left foot doesn't make contact with the base which is not an uncommon occurrence with FOV sculpts. Bending him one way or the other causes him to come off the base. Okay that said, if you're setting him up in a diorama you're probably not going to use the base anyway.











Sunday, June 21, 2026

Marx #4672 'The Flintstones' Playset (1961) - Pt 20 Terrain and Miscellaneous Pieces

Marx included a decent amount of terrain pieces to flesh out the Town of Bedrock. While nearly all of them are pieces Marx already had in use from other playsets, the playmat and 'Bedrock; sign are new for this set. The sign is very often found broken because of its fragile design. In 1962 Sears offered a version of the playset which had the tree row from their Disneyland set, however, the 1961 release of the playset contained no tree row.

Ed

Big Toy Box at Sears Extract from 1961



Playmat (36in x 27in)


'Bedrock' Sign




Color variations shown - only one comes in the playset


Trees and Ferns

-1 large Palm

-1 Medium Palm

-2 Small Palms

-2 |Large Ferns

-2 Small Ferns

-1 Dead Tree

-1 Large Tree Stump

-1 Small Tree Stump



Large Palm Tree - Single Trunk






Medium Palm Tree - Double Trunk





Small Palm Tree - Double Trunk





Ferns

(2 large + 2 small)


Trees

Dead Tree



Large and Small Tree Stumps



Rock Wall x4

Rock walls were a big deal in Bedrock







Forces of Valor (FOV) / Unimax Deep Dive: Pt 49 Set #83203 (2005) - #93203 (2007) UK 7th Armored Division 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (Normandy 1944) Pt 2 Pose 2

While this pose was featured back in May, this figure was in the box I posted yesterday. I think we can agree that FOV got it wrong when they put troops outfitted for the North African campaign in a box labeled 'Normandy 1944'!

Ed

FOV British / UK Pose 2