The glass menagerie

The following is an amusing anecdote from Mr. Bill Gray of the Wargamer.

Honestly, I’ve been there myself. When I was stationed in Europe and was starting my adventure into miniatures wargaming, I got a chance to phone Minifigs UK to order 12 packs of Roman Legionaries in 15mm. I actually got the owner on the phone who replied, “So do you want early Etruscan Roman, Velites, Hastatus, Princeps, Triari with spear, Triari with Pilum, Late Republic, Augustin, 1st Century, Early 2d Century, Mid 2d Century, Late 2d Century, 3d Century, 4th century, 5th century or 3d/early 4th century Praetorians?” I flustered a bit and replied I was looking for the Romans who carried the rectangular shields. The owner responded, “OK, you want the Hollywood Romans.”