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PanOceania Fusilier, Hacker €7.00Well, it didn’t take long forthe Infinity “Hackers” toget released. This was oneaspect of the game of Infinitythat we didn’t get to tryout in the battle report forthis issue. If you haven’tchecked out the rules yet,these are the guys that canactually hack into the electronicsof the enemies modelsthat depend heavily oncomputer assisted control(things like unmanned forces and heavy infantry wearingpower armor). Oh well, something to look forwardto next time. This model is the Hacker for the PanOceaniaforces and he comes in a total of six pieces notcounting the round plastic slotta base. The six piecesinclude two antennas, two arms, his riffle, and the maintorso. The antennas are that same standard issue partsthat I’ve seen with other PanOceania models and affix tothe back of the armor in small ball in sockets joints. TheRiffle, appears to be the standard issue Fusilier weapon,but there is no real obvious place to attach this to themodel, so I have to assume that it is an optional item (oryou could strap it across his back I suppose). The torsoand the arms are the impressive part of this model. Thedetail is simply intense. Both his arms are up as if operatingvirtual heads up displays, and because of the heavygoggles he is wearing, this is probably exactly what heis doing. On one hand, all five fingers are splayed,while on the other he is holding up two fingers togetherwith the thumb out at ninety degrees. No this may notseems like much to you, but trust me that creating andcasting a model of this scale with this many little fingersstanding up by themselves is no easy task, and all thiswith only the barest hint of flash on the tips of a coupleof the fingers. The arms attach to the torso in nice balland socket joints and fit well enough to be make theseam quite small and it should easily disappear completelywith paint. The detail on the torso is just as impressiveas the arms in quantity and sharpness, and howthey cast this guy without any flash is beyond me. Moldlines too are so minimal that I had to search for quite awhile before finding just the hint of one. This is an excellentmodel, and one that I’m anxious to use on thebattlefield just to see how Hackers might affect thegame if nothing else.Yu Jing Tiger Soldiers €12.00This blisterincludes notone but twomodels for theYu Jing army.The weaponsthat come inthe blister allowyou toarm one witha “Combi Rifle”,and theother with aheavy machine gun (HMG). Besides the main torso andthe detached weapon, each model comes with anotherthree other parts bringing the total piece count to fiveand a round plastic slotta base each. One of the additionalparts that comes with these guys, which is what Iam assuming gave them their name, is a fin like attachmentto the back of their armor. The other two smallpieces appear to be antenna that also attach to the backof their armor. The weapons are not interchangeable, soeven though there are two sets, you still only have oneconfiguration available. The antennas fit into very smallsockets (barely a dent) and the fin fits over the contourof the back with no pins or socket. The weapons (forboth models) fit very snugly onto the model attaching toboth arms with small ball and socket joints. Both modelsseem to be holding their weapon up while they aretaking aim, and one of the models is doing this on therun (and if you read the Infinity battle report in this issueyou will see that this happens a whole heck of a lot).Both models are chalk full of sharp distinctive detail andshow a decided lack of mold lines and only small spursof flash on some of the protrusions. These guys are wellbalanced and with the possible exception of their littleantennas on the back, they are quite sturdy. These aregreat models that should add a lot to the battlefield.Yu Jing Invincible €7.00Next up on the Yu Jing army list is this tough lookinglittle lady, and I have to say that this one was somethingof a challenge to put together. In total, there are eightpieces and a round plasticslotta base that go intobuilding this model, andfive of the pieces are reallysmall. Four of the fivesmall pieces are the antennasthat so many of themodels for Infinity have, soexcept for the quantity (herback gets a tad crowdedwith them) they are not tobad to handle. The difficult20