Redbox is famous for making sets like Ninjas. Strangely enough this set, made by Redbox, is not Ninjas but was smuggled out of their secret mountain factories and to the Bunker Talk Bunker. These are the Russian Sailors from their Boxer Rebellion Line.
Look at those boat hooks! They are so long and thin and well done. The guy swinging the oar is also really nice. This is a strange box of figures because some of them are flash free, while others are loaded with flash. I did nothing to any of these apart from removing them from the sprue.
These figures are a wide range of poses, but all are basically combat action guys. No one is mopping the deck, chipping paint, or painting the hull. This is a pre-production set. I am hoping the final version will be a bit more cleaned up and perhaps be molded in blue, but I suspect they will be this red color.
At 22 mm these figures are a little on the short side compared to these HaT WWII Germans. I anticipate these sailors will serve with my Pegasus Soviet Naval Infantry. They should work OK as WWII Soviet Sailors and being a bit small should be okay as the Pegasus Naval Infantry figures are thin and not so big as other brands. This will give me a bit more variety for the Naval Infantry and some more "nautical" looking figures.
