Review

On our Septembers 2004 cover we featured Sideshow Collectable's Fife and Drum series which consist of two American Revolution figures. The first figure is depicting a solider of the Continental Army's Delaware Regiment. The second figure is of a British Infantryman of the 64th Regiment of Foot. Both of these figure are superbly crafted and are most impressive.

The figures come in a standard book type boxes that is nicely decorated with an illustration of each of the figures.

The Continental soldier's head sculpt is superb and loaded with quality. The features are on the softer side which is obviously is done to make the subject look more youthful. Our test subject's paint job has no overspray, runs or defects it is as close to perfection as you can get. The eyes are fantastic, they have what I can only describe as a sparkle,  unfortunate the camera does not fully capture them.

The figure has a dragon type body that is very articulate, however some of the joints are on the loose side. This made the figure hard to pose and taking the photos very frustrating. I had the hardest time trying to get the legs to hold a pose due to the fact that the knees kept spinning. One of the body better features is the hands, they are superbly sculpted and look very life like.

The costume for the continental solider is nicely done. He comes with a three pointed hat, very detailed outer coat, white vest, checkered shirt, pants, and shoes. The costume definitely makes this figure.

The continental solider also comes with some realistic accessories, such as a musket, bayonet, pouch for ammo, pack, canteen, and bed roll with a blanket.

The British Infantryman's head sculpt is on the same par as the Continental soldier, it is very nice. The features are on the harder side which make the figure look more distinguished (older). The paint job like the other figure is outstanding, there were no defect to be found. Here too, the eyes are fantastic and one of the figures greatest assets.

Like the other  figure the British Infantryman uses a dragon style body that is very articulate, but floppy at times. It should be noted that this figure's joints were slightly tighter than the Continental soldier. Once again the hands are first rate.

The costume on the British Infantryman is impressive and very detailed. I must admit between the two figures the costume on the British Infantryman is my favorite. The costume consist of an outer coat, white vest, white shirt, pants, leggings and shoes.

The British Infantryman comes with some realistic accessories, that are more or less the same as the continental solider. The  included accessories are: musket, bayonet, pouch for ammo, pack, canteen, and bed roll with a blanket.