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Saturday, 20 August 2022
Patent illustration
Found this on a trawl through the interweb. A fascinating patent drawing. Does anyone know anything about it?
Rather than being an early movement tray, Beiser in the USA worked with Britain’s Ltd to produce a shooting game for figures with adapted bases with clever adapted base clips on a board that would allow a figure to flip over when struck. The whole thing could be reset easily.
Interesting (if true and not apocryphal) the point about round versus square bases https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/britains-beiser-soldiers-circa-1903-1857676059
The patent looks duller than the shooting game clips - a rough translation of the German suggests it is a patent for shipping storage and display of tin figures by locking them into place using the round base lugs. This would of course function as a crude movement tray.
Interesting ! , early unit basing ?
ReplyDeleteRather than being an early movement tray, Beiser in the USA worked with Britain’s Ltd to produce a shooting game for figures with adapted bases with clever adapted base clips on a board that would allow a figure to flip over when struck. The whole thing could be reset easily.
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I like early Beiser figures and their colour schemes - I have picked up a few battered figures over the years.
Interesting (if true and not apocryphal) the point about round versus square bases https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/britains-beiser-soldiers-circa-1903-1857676059
DeleteThe patent looks duller than the shooting game clips - a rough translation of the German suggests it is a patent for shipping storage and display of tin figures by locking them into place using the round base lugs. This would of course function as a crude movement tray.
DeleteFascinating stuff, Thanks Mark.
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