blue Qin crossbowmen with new belts

[cheng]

WOW!! never seen these before! they are not in playmoDb right? do show us the arrows if you can! playable!!

[tahra]

Probably can't have that now. Some stupid kid could poke an eye out

[cowabounga]

What? I didn't remember the bows! Though having had Indian sets back in the 70's, I guess we had those. Anyway, crossbows are more playable than the bows obviously. I remember the groove at the end of the arrow, so you could really notch it to the "string" (rubber).
The arrows were an orangy pink, if my memory's good.
Thanks for the pics Tahra.
It seems we were far more clever than todays' kids back then, doesn't it? 

[tahra]

What? I didn't remember the bows! Though having had Indian sets back in the 70's, I guess we had those. Anyway, crossbows are more playable than the bows obviously. I remember the groove at the end of the arrow, so you could really notch it to the "string" (rubber).
The arrows were an orangy pink, if my memory's good.
Thanks for the pics Tahra.
It seems we were far more clever than todays' kids back then, doesn't it? 

I never had the crossbows when I was little (and dinos walked the Earth).. We played with the bows, that I remember. And all our original arrows survived the play. They were - well, are - brown. Hope I remember to take some pics tomorrow.

Kids today are treated as too stupid to do just about anything, so... And the world IS probably a more dangerous place today then when we were kids.

[tahra]

Here are the arrows:


On the left, the ones matching the shooting bows - there were six of them (and are! unless we have more from lots) - 3 for each bow.

The others for comparison.

[cheng]

thanks for showing Tahra, btw, what's the orangy thingy for....a flaming arrow? from which set(s)?

[tahra]

thanks for showing Tahra, btw, what's the orangy thingy for....a flaming arrow? from which set(s)?

Yes, those are the new ones - that one and the black one are supposed to fit in the holes of the western fort (and the target) - the non-flaming one can also be held in a klicky hand. Other than that, they're pretty useless, since they don't fit in the quivers.

[cheng]

sorry for kicking up this thread but I have a question;
do you think those blunt Terra Cotta(Qin) arrowheads are for lighting flaming arrows?
(I've never seen flaming arrows shot from crossbows before)

and borrowing Tahra's 'bolt' (I dont have any of these klicky hand held arrowheads)
having ranted so much at Geobra's coming Asian concoction,
I must then give credit to Geobra even if its 'accidental';
the PM hand held bolt could be a clue that Geobra is making Terra Cotta soldiers soon