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Louis, Maybe its a topic for another thread entirely but I would be interested to hear your opinion on Patton.

Ill admire from a afar so maybe you can count me in as a half?

I remember a few years ago watching an ABC news video about that in school. And for the most part many of them are content to live in those conditions, they dont care to work their way out of it. There are some success stories, the Seminoles and other tribes in Florida, Sam Bradford at Oklahoma...

Agreed, theres something about last stands that triggers the human mind to find them interesting. Whether its Little Big Horn, The Alamo, or going way back, Thermopolaye (butchered that spelling).

Im not very well versed on European Imperialism but I know that around 1876 things were getting into high gear for Europe's conquest and division of Africa. Certainly the native peoples there were treated just as poorly as American relations with the Native Americans. So my feeling: was it...

WOW, this thread got feisty. Its been very interesting though reading the different takes on the battle.

Just wrapped up General Patton (Hirshson) and The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith. Now Im on to A Soldier's Story, Omar Bradley's war memoirs.

Before laughing at it, go listen, the score to Monsters Inc. Theres some great jazz stuff in there.

Re: Seriously - Is CONTE Still in Business ? Personally I love that K&C, Collectors Showcase, and First Legion (the brands I happen to follow) jump on here and throw some posts up. Matt at First Legion is really great because he engages in so many different topics with us. But Mr. Conte does...

Thanks Trooper and Rob for your thoughts.

Ill throw this question into the thread as a kind of side topic if its alright with yall (if not I can move it, no hurt feelings). This is mostly for our British friends on the board: what is the British opinion of Montgomery? From seeing the movie Patton (amongst others), reading a couple of...

If the cavalry is anything like the JEB Stuart they did earlier then they will be truly great additions to our collections. Ill be disappointed if you keep us waiting Reb but I know that if you do wait when you come back with those new figures it will be in a phenomenal display.

I hope Reb doesnt like them to much. He may be inclined to wait for them to depict the next chapter; not sure I can wait that long. Im jonesin for the next release. Ron: Thank you for the offer, just got home from orientation today. Safe to say that Im stoked to be attending the Florida State...

Absolutely love the cavalry. Thanks Andy!

Gettysburg is pretty cool. Walking up Little Round Top and then looking down is one of my fondest memories of a visit.

Happy Birthday from the Lone Star state.

What made the British so much better on the Peninsula? Was the majority of the quality in French Leadership on the Continent with Napoleon?

Yep thats the the one, Ill have to make sure I get in there. As for the museum in Hillsboro, no I havent been there before but it sounds like something I should look into.

I know youre specifically referring to the Napoleonic Era but if I remember right in the Longest Day didnt a bagpiper casually walk up and down the beaches playing away as bullets went by? I also think that may have been based off true incidents.

Personally if I say this weekend Im going to order such and such a piece(s) by the time the weekend actually comes I will have flip flopped so many times I might not even remember what it is I originally wanted. At the end of the year though Ive usually picked up most of the pieces I wanted...