Review

This release from MiniArt arrives in an end opening carton, which I am not a fan of due to the lack of protection for the sprues inside. The contents consists of 2 figures, a wheelbarrow, a pallet of bricks and some individual bricks.

Brick styles do change over time, with the frog normally being the easiest way to identify the brick type. Most bricks today have the V frog moulded into them, but here you have a pallet of bricks with a slightly recessed flat frog, and the individual bricks are a mixture of these and some with 3 holes that go all the way through the brick. The 3 holed bricks are, I believe, designed to have a metal bar through the holes locking the bricks together and giving a form of reinforcement. I tried doing some background work and I am not sure if this style of brick was in use during the World War II period, for which this release is designed, but I am happy to be corrected. The wheelbarrow is a specific design for transporting heavy loads in this period and while it lays down like a wheelbarrow, when in use it stands upright like a sack truck. 

The figures included in this release consists of 2 male builders, suitable for the period intended and for a time both prior and post war. Workers of this period tended to wear jacket, trousers, shirt and tie and it was then seen as a craftsmen uniform. Less formal wear was seen and tended to consists of shirt and trousers and boots. Both figures have headwear, a cap in the case of the older figure and a beret for the younger one. Looking over the mouldings in the set, I see no serious issues with the figures, and the hand and facial detail is very good. However, flash is already starting to appear and may indicate an issue with the mould. With all that said, civilian figures of this period tend to always be well received.