This is funny...

[Vince148]

Yesterday, I got my order from BB. I'm looking at the players and thinking... "These are really small. Did they send me the right size?" Certainly nothing like I remember when I was a kid.

Today, I get my order from Miggle...and notice the same thing...these players seem awfully small, even the 67 "big men".

Am I wrong. Did the players really shrink that much over 40 years? Even the bases look really small.

I hope with my vision that I'll be able to paint these guys.

Speaking of which, in response to some of my other threads...I'm going to create 2 teams...My personal team will be the 96 Packers composed of various figures for tournaments with not much restrictions; I'm also going to create an all-Miggle team specifically for that tournament...the Texas Longhorns.

[Kansas Bill]

Originally Posted by Vince148

Yesterday, I got my order from BB. I'm looking at the players and thinking... "These are really small. Did they send me the right size?" Certainly nothing like I remember when I was a kid.

Today, I get my order from Miggle...and notice the same thing...these players seem awfully small, even the 67 "big men".

Am I wrong. Did the players really shrink that much over 40 years? Even the bases look really small.

I hope with my vision that I'll be able to paint these guys.

Speaking of which, in response to some of my other threads...I'm going to create 2 teams...My personal team will be the 96 Packers composed of various figures for tournaments with not much restrictions; I'm also going to create an all-Miggle team specifically for that tournament...the Texas Longhorns.

Nope.. they're pretty much the same size as they were... We're just getting older..

I use a light that has a magnifying glass.. AND... reading glasses...
And I don't wear prescription glasses...

Could it be you remember when the players and bases were one piece?
They were larger than todays players.

[Vince148]

Originally Posted by Crusader

Could it be you remember when the players and bases were one piece?
They were larger than todays players.

That could be because my first set was in the mid 60s.

[RavennaAl]

Vince, where in Michigan are you? There's a large league in Detroit, a fellow up near Traverse City and a few of us in Grand Rapids area.

[Vince148]

Originally Posted by RavennaAl

Vince, where in Michigan are you? There's a large league in Detroit, a fellow up near Traverse City and a few of us in Grand Rapids area.

I live in Caro, in the Thumb. I was hoping there might be some people in the Sag-Bay City-Midland area.

Originally Posted by Vince148

Yesterday, I got my order from BB. I'm looking at the players and thinking... "These are really small. Did they send me the right size?" Certainly nothing like I remember when I was a kid.

Today, I get my order from Miggle...and notice the same thing...these players seem awfully small, even the 67 "big men".

Am I wrong. Did the players really shrink that much over 40 years? Even the bases look really small.

I hope with my vision that I'll be able to paint these guys.

Speaking of which, in response to some of my other threads...I'm going to create 2 teams...My personal team will be the 96 Packers composed of various figures for tournaments with not much restrictions; I'm also going to create an all-Miggle team specifically for that tournament...the Texas Longhorns.

The small players make it easier to keep to scale though.

I am impressed by the players that many in this message board have painted, but for me, uniforms and paint doesn't matter too much as of yet. As a starter, I just want to "train" my players well, and learn to play the game efficiently, and competitively.

And, for all the rest of you Michigan people, I am from Fraser, Michigan, but I currently live out here in the Seattle area of Washington State.

[Coach K-LO]

Originally Posted by DETMURDS

The small players make it easier to keep to scale though.

I am impressed by the players that many in this message board have painted, but for me, uniforms and paint doesn't matter too much as of yet. As a starter, I just want to "train" my players well, and learn to play the game efficiently, and competitively.

And, for all the rest of you Michigan people, I am from Fraser, Michigan, but I currently live out here in the Seattle area of Washington State.

You are going about it the right way if you want "on field production" .... but I know so many coach who quote this phrase ' even if I lose, I will look good doing it!"
So don't sleep on getting your teams looking as good as they play!