A Bucketful o' Bootlegs

I chanced upon this bucket while Christmas shopping last year. The bucket contained figures from 4 different World War 2 plastic toy soldier sets released way back in the 80's.

Included in the bucket are Japanese infantry, British 8th Army, Deutsche Afrika Korps and American G.I.s. all recast from the popular brands back then, namely Revell, Esci, Matchbox and Airfix.

I'd really like to get some matching tanks for these so I can mount a large playset pictorial soon.

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