Airfix 1981 54mm Space Warriors Samurai Robots?

Posted on February 15, 2022 by 26soldiersoftin

Airfix’s very odd 54mm Space Warriors set from 1981 has this Samurai inspired robot figure. First blue based one painted by me as a youngster in 1981, the rest finally painted last weekend!

Complete with ‘Message from Space’ (the Japanese Star Wars) and Kurosawa Samurai movie inspiration (just like George Lucas then!)

Crossposted / Read more at my sister blog ‘Man of TIN Blog Two’:

https://manoftinblogtwo.wordpress.com/2022/02/13/airfix-1981-space-warriors-samurai-robots/

Published by 26soldiersoftin

Hello I'm Mark Mr MIN, Man of TIN. Based in S.W. Britain, I'm a lifelong collector of "tiny men" and old toy soldiers, whether tin, lead or childhood vintage 1960s and 1970s plastic figures. I randomly collect all scales and periods and "imagi-nations" as well as lead civilians, farm and zoo animals. I enjoy the paint possibilities of cheap poundstore plastic figures as much as the patina of vintage metal figures. Befuddled by the maths of complex boardgames and wargames, I prefer the small scale skirmish simplicity of very early Donald Featherstone rules. To relax, I usually play solo games, often using hex boards. Gaming takes second place to making or convert my own gaming figures from polymer clay (Fimo), home-cast metal figures of many scales or plastic paint conversions. I also collect and game with vintage Peter Laing 15mm metal figures, wishing like many others that I had bought more in the 1980s ... View all posts by 26soldiersoftin

4 thoughts on “Airfix 1981 54mm Space Warriors Samurai Robots?”

Guru PIG February 15, 20227:35 pm Reply

Great figures Mark. I have never seen this range from Airfix before – awesome.

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1. 26soldiersoftin February 15, 20228:03 pm Reply
  
  Thanks – a few more poses to come from the Space Warriors set still.
  
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Chris Kemp February 17, 202212:11 am Reply

Stompy Samurai Robots … what’s not to like? 🙂

Regards, Chris.

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26soldiersoftin February 17, 20226:50 am Reply

Hello Chris
They weren’t my favourite Space Warriors pose as a child, but as a group they work well enough. I’m sure their unstoppable stompiness and armour values can be varied from game to game, depending on how much laser fodder is needed.

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