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Thanks Joe. You are very kind. Rather than OCD or toy soldiers, I suspect that it has more to do with genes or maybe Italian pasta with lots of garlic. Mike

Thanks Robin. Yes, I am known to be very persistent (I am a Capricorn) and focused. My wife says stubborn and suggests I have OCD. I had just got out of the Army when I first saw her in my French I class in college; I was a lot more interested in her than she was in me, but I pursued her for...

This is the fifth group of acquisitions with seven K&C AFVs, all of which I got on eBay as Buy-It-Now listings from a Canadian seller. I picked up one more set from him yesterday: WS219 PzKpfw. IV H.

Well, I have finally done it. After resisting collecting K&C armored fighting vehicles in the past, I finally gave in to the urge and have acquired more than 50 AFVs in the last two and a half months. I knew that if I started down this path, there would be no end to it. However, since Andy...

Thanks Al. It is a great looking model. I suspect that you may have also liked the K&C 1914 French Infantry wearing our favorite red and blue uniforms that I posted earlier. I find them hard to resist.

This is the fourth group of acquisitions

No apologies needed; it is a valid question. Unfortunately, neither of them has the slightest interest in toy soldiers. I am also a little bit in denial since I have a self image of myself as being 35-years-old when in fact I am more than twice that age. But in any case, I intend to enjoy...

Here is the third group of K&C World War II AFV acquisitions with a lone World War I British Mark IV Heavy Tank taking up the rear. There is also a John Jenkins Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf. A with crewman in the group.

I also acquired a John Jenkins booster set of Portuguese infantry from the Peninsular Campaign with the ruined Spanish House backdrop and three World War I Knights of the skies airplanes with the British hanger.

The second group of acquisitions also included K&C's FW series 1914 French Infantry, IF series Italian Askari, and miscellaneous single figures from the Battle of Tarawa. Also, some John Jenkins single figures from Gallipoli and World War I.

Thank you. Although the stock market has been very good to me through the first half of this year, I do have budget constraints (mainly, my wife, Jean) and my having to pay, up front, a year's tuition for my 11-year-old granddaughter, Chloe, who I love dearly, to attend a private school in...

Thanks Joe. I don't know if 0 to 50 has or hasn't happened so fast before or not, but I am having a great time playing catch up. Mike

The second group of acquisitions also included my first purchases of sets made by FIRST LEGION. These are Legio X Equestris Caesarian Roman Legionaries.

Second group of acquisitions continuing.

These are photos of my second group of K&C acquisitions which also includes World War I armored vehicles from John Jenkins.

I haven't posted any new additions to my collection here for more than two months, but it isn't because I haven't added any new sets. On the contrary, I have in fact gone on a King & Country acquisition blitz going from not having any K&C Armored Fighting Vehicle sets to now having about 50 and...

This is a new non-catalog set SHEIK'S GUARD, KUWAIT.

Here is the first look at set 1381 DESERT RANGERS CAMEL CORPS, PAKISTAN. This is an expanded double set.

Sorry for the late reply. Thank you Chris. We like it.

Sorry for the late reply. Thanks, we have lived here for 34 years when we bought it new. No, that is the bonus room above the garage where I have my office and library. My toy soldier room is actually the fourth bedroom that use to belong to my son, Keith. You can't see it in these photos...