The dimensions aren’t even super different as they were about 6.5 inches long, 3.5 inches high. If they somehow never saw these WW1-style tanks, it’s quite the coincidence. WW1 playset toys in plastic are harder to come by, get this set while you can.Įspecially when you look from the top, it’s quite clear they had to take some serious inspiration from them. These are kind of like the tank in the Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade movies. The flags which are removable are not original, but fit into the flag holes on the deck of the tanks. All wheels are intact and roll and both of the tanks really have almost no playwear, no need for an upgrade from these. The tow hooks are in great shape and amazingly the side guns are perfect and pivot left and right. These tanks actually fire the shell fairly far (about 7 feet on my test fires). Both tanks will fire the original shell ( one included, there are more in my other auctions running currently). Both tanks are in very nice shape and are unbroken. Tanks are about 6.5 inches long, 3.5 inches high. World War 1 playset Tanks made by Remco in the 1960s. These pics come from a sale listing on eBay and man these old toys look so much like the Leman Russ it’s crazy! Let’s take a closer look at the tanks! GW Borrowed This 1960’s Toy To Make The Leman Russ! Especially with the Imperial Guard because it’s hard to make human-style tanks and weaponry without drawing from somewhere right? It’s just really fun to take a look at where GW gets their designs from for the background of Warhammer 40k ( **cough** Dune, 2000 AD, Star Wars ***cough** **cough**)to the equipment and vehicles. Whoever designed the current Leman Russ had to have played with this as a kid because it’s so close to the design it can’t be a coincidence. We recently took a look at where some of GW’s designs came from, and an astute community member, Michael von Glahn, pointed out this near-identical inspiration for the Leman Russ.
If you want to look at where Games Workshop got some of thier ideas for miniatures from, this 60’s toy had to inspire the Leman Russ, well at least we like to believe it did!
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