Hi Guys: I was noodling around the Hobby Lobby store yesterday when I came accross a line of plastic 1/72nd scale figure sets made by Billy V Toys.
billyvtoys.com The figures, mostly of soldiers from various wars, also includes a set called American Western Settlers which could be very useful to S scalers. There are four sprues per package and a rough count showed about 2 dozen people, about 8 horses, and six each of pigs and cows, along with two Conestoga wagons. Some figures look like they could be updated to transition era, but at only ten dollars per package it could be a worthwhile purchase for just the livestock and wagons. The detail looks pretty good and 1/72 looks to work pretty good for S. I have quite a few figures awaiting painting so I left em on the rack, but I'm now feeling abstainer's remorse. I'll probably pick up a pack on my next visit. In the meantime I thought you'd like to know about them. Jim Martin
