ucla1967
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In 1994, Britains introduced a high-end, high-priced World War I series created by Charles Biggs. They were packaged in special black boxes with the foam insert cutouts so tight that it was easy to break off an artillery piece's trail spike. The series started with set 8910 Mounted Royal Artillery Officer and ended with set 8940 Cyclist, Dorset Yeomanary. There was a Victoria Cross winners sub-series from sets 8928 through 8931 and an Aces sub-series from sets 8932 through 8935. Due to changes in the ownership of Britains and where the figures were produced, the series was reincarinated as 9800 and then as 41000. The 9800 series sets were, in many cases, identical to the 8900 series sets. For example, set 8911 Vickers AA Machine Gun became set 9802 and set 8925 Royal Naval Air Service Rolls Royce Armoured Car became set 9812. The 9800 sets changed the wording on the boxes regarding Charles Biggs while the 41000 sets dropped all references to him.
I had manage to collect 38 of the original 8900 series sets; I did not try and keep up with all the sets in the follow-on series. Due to a lack of display space, I have been in the process of selling all but 12 sets which I have on two curio shelves each with a one tier step. Photos to follow.
I had manage to collect 38 of the original 8900 series sets; I did not try and keep up with all the sets in the follow-on series. Due to a lack of display space, I have been in the process of selling all but 12 sets which I have on two curio shelves each with a one tier step. Photos to follow.