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DISPATCHES
JULY 2015
JULY 2015
WELCOME to this month’s “DISPATCHES” and again, a very busy month all round...In a couple of days’ time my brother Gordon and myself head “down under” for the “Annual Ozfest” which seems to get bigger and better each year...This time we’ll be going to Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide (for the first time) and finishing up in Melbourne before heading back to Hong Kong.
Over 11 days (and nights) we’ll be meeting K&C collectors from all over Australia and some more coming over from New Zealand. We’ll also be working with our 3 great Aussie dealers, Brett, Peter and Howard and previewing some of our recent and upcoming releases.
As this is Gordon’s first trip to the “Land of Oz” he’s looking forward to “talking dioramas” with many of the collectors and sharing some of his experience and expertise with them as well as picking up advice and helpful hints from them.
For all of us at K&C these overseas visits are a great way to connect with our collectors and not only give them some advance info on future K&C plans but also, most importantly, get to hear what they like and want to see and even, sometimes, what they don’t like!!!
However, before all of that... There is all of this... Read on!
1. Appearing in July!
A. “Pike & Musket To The Fore”
“Pike & Musket” as a series has only been in existence for less than a year but already it’s found a place in many K&C collections around the world...For colour, variety and future potential this range of mid-17th Century soldiers has plenty of room for expansion and development... both military and civilian.
PnM025 “Prince Rupert of the Rhine”
Rupert was a noted German soldier and nephew of King Charles I of England. He followed a military career from an early age fighting against Spain in the Netherlands and opposite the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years War. Moving to England in 1642, at the beginning of the Civil War, he was appointed, by his uncle, commander of all Royalist Cavalry.
He became the archetypal “Cavalier” of the period brave, dashing...impetuous!
Here we see him on one of his favourite mounts, hat held aloft and greeting his men.
PnM026 “Kneeling Make Ready”
A kneeling Parliamentary Musketeer makes ready his weapon.
PnM027 “Kneeling Firing”
Another Parliamentary Musketeer takes careful aim.
PnM028 “The Laughing Cavalier”
One of King Charles’ own Staff Officers, Sir Richard Pembroke posing in typical , confident “Cavalier” fashion.
PnM029 “The Pikemen Set”
Two sturdy Parliamentary pikemen await the approach of the enemy.
PnM031 “Parliamentary Cavalryman”
More familiarly referred to as “Cromwell’s Ironsides” this is the first single mounted Parliamentary trooper we’ve produced (another six are in the works). Well-armed and horsed with his raised pistol and broad sword this soldier also carries a carbine and another sheathed pistol in its horse holster...Note the armoured forearm protection on the left arm.
AVAILABLE: Mid-July
