I'm not thrilled with Gripping Beast plastic Vikings. There are issues with the box, such as 4 identical sprues, less left arms than right, only five spearsmen possible per sprue out of ten, no swords not in hands except for those in scabbards, command bodies are exactly the same as the one's on the regular sprues, and this all means alot of uniformity across the box, and thus less flexibility. On top of that, they have a good deal of a cartoony flavor as well. If thats your style, ok, go for it, but these are suppose to be Vikings.