ARMIES IN PLASTIC TIGER HOBBIES WW1 PALS BATTALIONS UK EXCLUSIVE

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Armies in Plastic have allowed Tiger Hobbies to have an exclusive run of their plastic soldiers.
Tiger Hobbies are the UK distributor of the well established US Toy Soldier Company.
The set is basically AIP5406 WW1 British in Steel helmets sub divided into runs of 200 of a Pal Battalion

The Great War 1914 to 1918 was a war fought with a number of British and Commonwealth troops

1914 The BEF the Old Comptemptables
1915 The Territorials
1916 kitchener's army all Volunteers including the idea to use Pal Regiments, troops from the same street or town or trade.
1917 The Commonwealth troops Canadians, Indians New Zealanders and Australians
1918 The Army of Boy Soldiers and younger men many of them conscripted.

So below are a selection of Pal Regiments from Kitchener’s Army of 1916, the Pals mainly raised in the North of England but many Regiments from the South such as the Footballer Battalions of the Middlesex Regiment featured in the Line up.

These are limited to just 200 of each Battalion, each pack contains 16 British WWI Soldiers including an Officer. The poses are the same of each regiment but very limited and will not be produced again for that Battalion.

https://www.tigerhobbies.co.uk/?s=AIP5406

Battalions featured

Barnsley Pals
Accrington Pals
Preston Pals
Bradford Pals
Liverpool Pals 
Grimsby Chums ( the only chums Battalion)
The Footballers Battalion Middlesex Regiment

Edited June 20, 2021 by TIGER HOBBIESLIMITED