Harry:
My post was not made as a dig at E of I. Their figures are quite nice and I have several sets of them. I have been collecting figures since I was a child. As the next post suggests there are all different types of figures. Many people love the old britians figures, I knocked so many heads off as a child I feel they are far to fragile for me.
I used to spend $100+ for beautiful figures until the day I walked into Gideon's shop in NYC. I found excellent King & Country figures in a set or 4 for $89 They were collector quality, and very durable, a bent gun barrel could be straightened, the poses and castings were excellent, as was the paint work.
In fighting they use the term pound for pound to describe the skills of fighters of different weight classes.
King & Country pound for pound are the finest toy soldiers in the world.
Are the Russian Federation Figures better? Its subjective, if you had a $25 figure with a bent weapon and you were able to straighten it and put it back on display, and your $200 figure with the same problem snapped the weapon off would you still be happy?
There are always going to be people with lots of cash that can buy anything they desire......case in point.
I heard CAPITOLRON has a butler he makes dress up as Marshall Davout to answer the door.
There is no right or wrong in toy soldier collecting. For me, its all up to the individual. No one has to like what someone else does.
I'm just glad I can buy a quality figure I can be proud to display at a reasonable price..........and every single one of my vast army of King & Country figures still have their heads!
There is no right or wrong in toy soldier collecting. For me, its all up to the individual. No one has to like what someone else does.
We share similar philosophies.
I do have a slight issue with the implied "no-one can do it better than K&C" in the original post I responded to, although it now looks like this wasn't quite the intended meaning. Nevertheless, with all due respect, that was how it came across.
I've seen quite a numerous amount of posts on here referring negatively to K&C's Roman line. Do I care? Well, not really, seeing as the few K&C Roman figures I have fit perfectly well into the theme I had in mind when I bought them.
Similarly, I have the K&C Japanese tank. Perceived wisdom, as espoused by those who seem to take some kind of pleasure in proclaiming that they know these things, is that K&C's WWII Japanese are unpopular. Unpopular with who? The members of this forum? Or the wider toy soldier collecting world, which I would suggest is only represented in the minority on this forum?
Getting back to Samurai's; for me personally, a K&C S range would be a welcome relief from the seemingly interminable new K&C SS releases - interminable releases that have their own devotee's - and why not? However, as I and others have said, a few different companies already have extremely good S ranges which appeal to certain individuals. Why would K&C want to produce a S range, and more importantly why would collectors want it, when;
a)
It would presumably be 60mm and wouldn't match the available 54mm figures. We've seen a few members bemoaning the fact that Conte Spartans are incompatible with EofI's Greeks.
b)
The paintwork probably wouldn't match with available S figures.
We've also seen plenty of posts pointing out that K&C's figures (and FAV's for that matter) are painted in a more "vibrant" finish than other manufacturers.
Points a) and b) are immaterial if you are a strictly "K&C only" collector of course - but I get the impression that most people like to "mix-and-match" figures from different manufacturers.
For example, would the diodramas we are regularly treated to on this forum concerning the War of Southern Independence be quite as exciting if they were to feature only ACW figures from K&C..?? I think not - probably be as boring as the actual events themselves. In fact K&C figures are conspicuous by their absence in our Rebellious friend's highly popular series of diodramas.
So yeah, K&C offer us quite exquisite toy soldiers for our money, two ranges in particular spring to my mind - although there are those who would rather "dance with rabid dingos" than collect either range - their porogative as far as I'm concerned. However, IMHO there are other manufacturers who's ranges are just as worthy of consideration.
And if I don't get my new K&C Mongol range by early next year, then Tinbay will be getting my money for the nice-looking Mongols they offer...
Cheers
H
