"Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?" - Follow-up

The gladiator is finally on these shores, and is now on order. Full review to follow upon receipt.

On a sadder note, the first shots of Ernst Udet, MiniArt's first in a projected trio of German WWI Kanonen, have been posted and it does not bode well! As a dear friend and colleague astutely pointed out, "Why are they doing a figure of Ed Sullivan?" Sadly, he is spot on. Given that, I have to wonder if the kit will include Topo Gigio??

All levity aside, the samurai debacle by this company is somewhat understandable; and much to their credit, they publicly admitted their myopic approach to the subject and the project. But will they be as forthcoming with a subject for which there is no excuse to getting wrong? Best case scenario, they jumped the gun on the ip reveal shots, and the figure is being resculpted as I write...

Time will tell. . .

UPDATE 22.05.2013. . .  

UPDATE 08.07.2013. . .  Goering. . . Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory. . . again!