All my 4650 ghosts have the "wrong" hair, though it doesn't bother me in the slightest for this figure.
For the record I cracked one open today after reading this thread and the printed batch reference on the box side is:
349 06 0619
IB20813
003039
Thanks Martin. I'll try to track down my box from last year out of curiosity. I might have bought it before I started saving boxes.
To Richard:
Heh, no, the Hadrian's Wall book was reference for the revised Fortlet / Milecastle I'm working on.
As for Roman ghosts:
(Credulous) Romans may have believed in a sort of vampire, the lamia. Though the source book I got that from didn't specify what region or era.
Romans probably also believed in a ton of undocumented superstitions, imported from the various cultures they absorbed (which doubtlessly were beneath the dignity of the likes of Tacitus to document--any more so than the ridiculous stream of "New Orleans Hauntings" and "Ghost Hunter" fare that crosses our paths.*
* My sister has a friend who is a "ghost hunter." Ghost hunting requires a lot of charisma. Otherwise there is only so many times an adult with a camcorder can walk into an old house, blabbering about the "vibes" he feels, then take fright at his own shadow while some outcast college professor tries to interpret the "visitation" in terms of contemporary physics before the eager television crowd starts feeling deja vu.
-Tim
