WesternOutlaw
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In 2017, K&C released the new "Tarawa Line-Up" with several new reasonably prices US Pacific Marines. USMC011 Marine Flame Thrower was the first figure to continue where the 2009 USMC numbering sequence left off in 2009. With dramatic action poses, tri-color jungle helmets, and several figures with blood-stained wounds, these "Mud Marines" would be the start of an amazing new theme for K&C and WWII Pacific collectors pre-dating the now popular Vietnam collection.
We would see collectors like Robin (villagehorse), Steve (Horus), and others create some amazing and dramatic Pacific beach landing scenes with K&C's impressive USMC figures. In time for Christmas of 2017, K&C would later offer a "beast of a vehicle", the LVT(A) Alligator (USMC023) followed by a beautiful tri-color Pacific Sherman (USMC053) in 2019.
One of the most enjoyable aspects of collecting toy soldiers is the transition from purchasing those first initial figures of a theme to slowly building up a more significant collection. My Pacific USMC as well as IJA has grown considerably. Photographing 2-3 figures is certainly fun but as one's collection grows, it's also nice to be able to pick out favorite figures to create stunning personalized dioramas.
One of my earliest Pacific USMC photos (2017):
Expanding the collection with both USMC and IJA (2019):
Over the summer of this year (2021), I visited a pet shop while waiting for the Mrs., revisiting the Pacific USMC theme after leaving with a new fish tank and aquarium toys. Among my favorite pieces of K&C's Pacific USMC theme are the SE 3-figure sets (pictured below) and Pacific Sherman now on display in my office.
Still a current and popular theme, I look forward to new Pacific USMC figures with the recent expansion of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) with a now-available Dispatch Rider (JN074), 5 new Japanese figures, and an impressive Isuzu 6-wheeled Truck (JN066) to be released in late August 2021.
Hope you enjoyed this flashback. Comments and images welcome. :salute::
We would see collectors like Robin (villagehorse), Steve (Horus), and others create some amazing and dramatic Pacific beach landing scenes with K&C's impressive USMC figures. In time for Christmas of 2017, K&C would later offer a "beast of a vehicle", the LVT(A) Alligator (USMC023) followed by a beautiful tri-color Pacific Sherman (USMC053) in 2019.
One of the most enjoyable aspects of collecting toy soldiers is the transition from purchasing those first initial figures of a theme to slowly building up a more significant collection. My Pacific USMC as well as IJA has grown considerably. Photographing 2-3 figures is certainly fun but as one's collection grows, it's also nice to be able to pick out favorite figures to create stunning personalized dioramas.
One of my earliest Pacific USMC photos (2017):
Expanding the collection with both USMC and IJA (2019):
Over the summer of this year (2021), I visited a pet shop while waiting for the Mrs., revisiting the Pacific USMC theme after leaving with a new fish tank and aquarium toys. Among my favorite pieces of K&C's Pacific USMC theme are the SE 3-figure sets (pictured below) and Pacific Sherman now on display in my office.
Still a current and popular theme, I look forward to new Pacific USMC figures with the recent expansion of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) with a now-available Dispatch Rider (JN074), 5 new Japanese figures, and an impressive Isuzu 6-wheeled Truck (JN066) to be released in late August 2021.
Hope you enjoyed this flashback. Comments and images welcome. :salute::
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