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The previous version had two errors: (1) molds have to be heat resistant and cannot be made of a material like rubber. Hence I interpret the Courier Timeline as saying that Jack's first figures were made of rubber. (2) Jack's fantasy line did not predate Chainmail. See my two references for this.
Also, I removed the references to Little Wars and Fletcher Pratt. If the reader wants to get the history of miniature wargaming, let them click through the provided link. I hope everyone agrees the article will be stylistically better if we get to Jack's achievements immediately. — User:Grubbiv
In 1977 CBS aired a 3 minute segment on "war games, their manufacture and following" which features Jack Scruby. Maybe this is the segment you saw. I ordered a copy. Hopefully it will have some good info for the article. — User:Grubbiv
With a shop in Cambria, California from 1973 to at least 1977, this is likely him in Social Security Death Index and California Death Index
JOHN E SCRUBY 24 Oct 1915 06 Sep 1988 93428 (Cambria, San Luis Obispo, CA) (none specified) 559-40-7734 California
SCRUBY JOHN EDWIN 10/24/1915 ROE M WASHINGTON SAN LUIS OBISPO 09/06/1988 559-40-7734 72 yrs
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![]() | Mafrica was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 23 January 2020 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Jack Scruby. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here. |
The previous version had two errors: (1) molds have to be heat resistant and cannot be made of a material like rubber. Hence I interpret the Courier Timeline as saying that Jack's first figures were made of rubber. (2) Jack's fantasy line did not predate Chainmail. See my two references for this.
Also, I removed the references to Little Wars and Fletcher Pratt. If the reader wants to get the history of miniature wargaming, let them click through the provided link. I hope everyone agrees the article will be stylistically better if we get to Jack's achievements immediately. — User:Grubbiv
In 1977 CBS aired a 3 minute segment on "war games, their manufacture and following" which features Jack Scruby. Maybe this is the segment you saw. I ordered a copy. Hopefully it will have some good info for the article. — User:Grubbiv
With a shop in Cambria, California from 1973 to at least 1977, this is likely him in Social Security Death Index and California Death Index
JOHN E SCRUBY 24 Oct 1915 06 Sep 1988 93428 (Cambria, San Luis Obispo, CA) (none specified) 559-40-7734 California
SCRUBY JOHN EDWIN 10/24/1915 ROE M WASHINGTON SAN LUIS OBISPO 09/06/1988 559-40-7734 72 yrs