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I started my collection last Father's Day when my wife bought me a couple of retired Confederates from the current line. I've been adding a few here and there, mainly given as gifts. I was thinking I'd quickly round out the Civil War line, then jump on something else. Earlier this month, I...

I think somebody else mentioned it, but if not, a possible reason of decline would be a loss of interest. I was a kid in the 80s collecting baseball cards like crazy. There seemed to be no end in sight. But I believe I've read about 1989 was the hey day. The market got glutted, the internet...

I got Jeb Stuart on horseback, Confederate officer marching, and Confederate drummer boy from different in-laws. I think my decision to switch to the Crusaders got out too late.

I'm planning on starting to collect the Crusaders and Saracens. For the ones that are retired, which would be the best idea. 1. If I can't find it in a store, check ebay until I find it, saving my money to make that purchase. Or 2. Look for it on ebay, but if it doesn't show up within...

Cornwallis, Great dio. The troops moving through the farm with the crops was a great idea.

Is the current AWI series a "new" series or a continuation of an earlier series? I ask because the numbers on the figures only go back to AR35 and BR33, I believe. I know the current ACW series started over at 1. Just trying to figure out how far I'm behind if I branch out. Thanks.

In my brief time looking and collecting K&C, I've done everything online. However, last week I had to go to Cincinnati with my family and was able to convince my wife to let me drive to The History Store, one of the K&C dealers in Ohio to see them in person. While collecting ACW now, I had...

Franklin would be another great idea, but they'd need to make a lot of dead/wounded Confederates since Hood wasted his men. My ggg-grandfather in the 25th GA got wounded at Franklin, captured at Nashville and sat out the rest of the war at Camp Chase. Could try to build something around their...

A Fredericksburg theme would be a great idea. And it would be the perfect time to roll out some Confederate horse artillery, under the direction of Pelham.

Through begging and pleading and overt hint dropping, I was able to convince my wife that K&C soldiers would make the perfect Father's Day gift. I took the advice several of y'all offered when I originally posted and asked for recently retired figures. So I'm now the proud owner of ACW002 and...

So I'm still waiting to tell my wife that I want my first K&C figure for Father's Day, but I keep flip-flopping on what to ask for. I was originally going to ask for ACW since that's my main interest. Then I watched a History Channel show on the Templars and decided Crusades. Then Memorial...

I was also wondering if there is any sort of system to the retirements. If they release 10 new figures, do they retire 10 old figures, or do they just retire what's not selling, they're out of, etc? I know in looking at the list the one member put together that includes the retirement dates...

Thanks for all the advice and tips. I forgot when asking about whether the ACW series might be done, that with the sesquicentennial starting in 2011, it would seem a bad time to end a series right when interest should be picking up. So I'll probably go with those. Thanks Spitfrnd for the...

Thanks for all the replies. binder 001, you're right about this being the best forum. I had posted a similar message to another forum and a week later only had 2 replies. Also thanks for the collector displayer distinction. I had never thought it about that way. I don't think I'd be...

This is my first post and I wanted to "pick the brains" of more senior collectors before I jumped in wholeheartedly with a collection. I played with plastic toy soldiers growing up and scrimped and saved for some Jack Scruby toy soldiers in high school, which I just sold after 10 years of them...