Cameron Heirloom Series tidbit (1 Viewer)

[Drum]

Speaking with David Cowe last night, he mentioned that one of the few records that he still had regarding production numbers concerned the number of Cameron Heirloom series sets produced.
The reason he kept track of this is that each set (HS1 & HS2) were numbered on a label attached to the inside of the box.

Imperial produced exactly 405 Cameron Highlander HS1 sets, finishing the last one in July, 2005.

Imperial produced exactly 268 Cameron Highlander HS2 sets, finishing the last one in April, 2005.

Another interesting HS factoid is that the beautiful wood boxes that these sets came in were made of a native New Zealand hard wood called Rimu wood. The majority of the boxes were handmade by the Cowes with Rimu wood. Toward the end, however, Imperial switched to staining pine to simulate the Rimu.

For those of you lucky enough to have one or more of these Cameron sets, go and check out the label in the bottom of the box and report back with your numbers.

I think we have HS1 set #110 and HS2 set #31, but I will check again next time I have them out. I will take a few pics of the label also.

Does anyone have a "matched set"? I am told that a few were sold late in the runs.

Cheers,
D

 

[Nathan]

Hey Drum,

Very interesting information... Even more so when you stop and do the math!
... There are 16,200 Imperial Camerons marching around and 10,720 Camerons ready for battle!

My collection: (Camerons)
HS1: #19
HS2: #138 - Also contained an 'un-used' sticker, the same which is applied to the front of the box. Does anyone else have boxes containing 'free stickers'? Or was this just a mishap

Interesting about the boxes too - no wonder they are so heavy!!! All the old doors of New Zealand cottages are made from Rimu, quite an expensive and scarce wood (mainly due to cost) I believe these days.

 

[Drum]

Close, but I note you did the math for Gordon Highlanders as opposed to the original Camerons.

Those numbers above are for the Cameron version. The Gordon version may well have been limited to a dozen sets, six of each HS1 and HS2. I wish he'd numbered those as well.

And yes, at least one of our sets came with the extra stickers. I am not sure why he did that. I will have to ask him about that (or one of you Pacific rim types can).

Cheers,
D

 

[dkelly]

My HS 1 Gordons had two extra stickers at the bottom. One is the cover sticker and the other is a basic Imperial label. The box also had the certificate from Imperial saying the Gordons were specially produced for the Toy Soldier Gallery in New York.

 

[Nathan]

I wonder if the stickers were included for a display purpose? I.e. putting them behind the sets on a cabinet or the like...

 

[Nathan]

Another Cameron Heirloom for sale:
HS1 #286 Camerons on Parade.
Currently at $695.00 USD - not a bad price ?

http://cgi.ebay.com/IMPERIAL-PRODUC...5|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318|301:1|293:1|294:50