This set is extremely rare.  

Five of the figures have green gaiters, which identifies them as part of the original rare set. One figure lacks the green gaiters and might be a replacement, unless perhaps Britains ran out of the original Carl Gustav figure and used the new version.

In addition to the six figures there are two pieces of scenery. 

Box is excellent.  Soldiers are near mint to mint, with some imperfections to the molding of the berets but probably as good as they came out of the factory. The fact that Britains did not continue with some of these figures might be due to difficulties in manufacturing. The Super Deetail figures were not painted - they were made from different colors of plastic fused together, using a process that has been lost. Also, all six figures have the original inscription style under the bases.

Legend has it that this set appeared in a catalog but was not put on sale after the initial showing at a toy soldier show in London, and that there are fewer than 1000 sets.

Note the black buttons visible on three of the figures (rifle, grenade and machine gun) and the green gaiters visible on all except the Carl Gustav guy, who appears to be a later version. 

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Condition

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