Collector's Showcase: see and believe (2 Viewers)

[Stryker II]

WHOOPS--left out a zero----100%..........Stryker

 

[damian]

Come on Brian.
When are we going to see the Pacific Theatre.
We know you can do it.

 

[lancer]

Lancer: I was surprised at that fact too, had no idea they had that many carriers! I'm not sure of thier size though compared to ours, but they seemed to accomplish thier mission. I would hope the didn't have those old WWI bi-planes they used to attack the Bismark with!! I think we suplied them with Corsairs but am not sure on that statement!...........Stryker

Pretty sure there were no Swordfish by then. I know the British flew F4U's, F6f's, TBF's in the Pacific but I am not sure which British manufactured aircraft flew from their Pacific carriers. -- lancer

 

[Stryker II]

Pretty sure there were no Swordfish by then. I know the British flew F4U's, F6f's, TBF's in the Pacific but I am not sure which British manufactured aircraft flew from their Pacific carriers. -- lancer

Perhaps Rob could find out for us?...................Stryker

 

[Stryker II]

Come on Brian.
When are we going to see the Pacific Theatre.
We know you can do it.

Welcome aboard Damian!!!!!

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Judging by the number of aircraft and number of carriers, most of these CV's had to be CE's. How many of the British carriers were fleet size as oppossed to escort size and where did the British get this many carriers? I knew the British had a good size fleet but I had no idea they had this many carriers and aircraft. -- lancer

The Brit carriers held fewer planes than the equivalent US carriers because of all the extra armour. As a rough guess 450 aircrat/ 17 carriers = 26 aircraft per carrier. They were generally lend-lease, built in America convoy escorts converted from merchant ship hulls. The Brits had about 40 carriers of which 34 were Bogue class converted merchantman and could carry 15-21 aircraft. The Brits had 3 full sized British built, Illustrious class carriers there too and they could hold up to 62 aircraft each.

Terry

 

[Stryker II]

The Brit carriers held fewer planes than the equivalent US carriers because of all the extra armour. As a rough guess 450 aircrat/ 17 carriers = 26 aircraft per carrier. They were generally lend-lease, built in America convoy escorts converted from merchant ship hulls. The Brits had about 40 carriers of which 34 were Bogue class converted merchantman and could carry 15-21 aircraft. The Brits had 3 full sized British built, Illustrious class carriers there too and they could hold up to 62 aircraft each.

Terry

Terry: my immediate source tells me alot of the actual action involved on D-Day with the 4th Marines landing first and immediately freeing 2 british pow's along the beach! I think for exact numbers of ships involved, we will have to somehow get into US Navy sources on ship strength for the invasion of Japan itself. The number there on D-Day is not described in official USMC docuents and have been de-classified since WWII...............Stryker

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Lancer: I was surprised at that fact too, had no idea they had that many carriers! I'm not sure of thier size though compared to ours, but they seemed to accomplish thier mission. I would hope the didn't have those old WWI bi-planes they used to attack the Bismark with!! I think we suplied them with Corsairs but am not sure on that statement!...........Stryker

No. Mainly fighter aircraft due to size considerations and their main task was air defence against kamakazi. I don't think they were corsairs which were big planes. my guess is a mix of F6F Hellcats and Sopwith Camels.

Terry

 

[Stryker II]

No. Mainly fighter aircraft due to size considerations and their main task was air defence against kamakazi. I don't think they were corsairs which were big planes. my guess is a mix of F6F Hellcats and Sopwith Camels.

Terry

Man, I would hate to go against anything Japan had in a Sopwith Camel!!!!............Stryker

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Terry: my immediate source tells me alot of the actual action involved on D-Day with the 4th Marines landing first and immediately freeing 2 british pow's along the beach! I think for exact numbers of ships involved, we will have to somehow get into US Navy sources on ship strength for the invasion of Japan itself. The number there on D-Day is not described in official USMC docuents and have been de-classified since WWII...............Stryker

I am only going as far as Okinawa. The invasion of Japan proper did not take place so while much of the invasion fleet was being assembled, there was no landing.

Terry

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Man, I would hate to go against anything Japan had in a Sopwith Camel!!!!............Stryker

The Camels are highly maneuverable and fired incendary bullets. The Brits may have flown Corsairs from their large carriers and land bases but Hellcats from the small carriers. The Royal Navy received 252 F6F-3s as Hellcat I under Lend-Lease and 930 as Hellcat II

Terry

 

[Stryker II]

Terry: the hellcat was good, the corsair was king--both were good enough, and had excellent combat records!............Stryker

 

[kingtoot]

Come on Brian.
When are we going to see the Pacific Theatre.
We know you can do it.

Not only do we know you can do it, earlier you said that you were going to do it!! You raised up our hopes just to shoot us down? You asked people for suggestions and we gave you lots of them. I guarantee what will sell - Hanks and Speilberg's HBO project - "The Pacific"..THAT will sell.

 

[Stryker II]

I seem to remember something to that effect................Stryker

 

[kingtoot]

Brian - you sure got some fire stirred up in this forum by saying one thing and then backing down on what you said. As you can see, there are people who do want Pacific Theater sets. To those who don't want Pacific Theater sets, STAY OUT OF IT!! Go back to your Normandy stuff and enjoy yourselves and butt out. This forum is for people to say what they feel and not be criticized by other people not interested. Brian - it is time to tell people one way or another if you intend to stand by your original statements since you felt so impassioned by your readers and collectors' thoughts. You stated that your wheels were turning....All of the people out there know your capabilities and skills and eye for detail. That's why we stay on this - because we want your figures - dynamic, energized poses, well painted and detailed. I have several of your sets, some from your beginning and still buying. signed - A fan.

 

[The Collectors Showcase]

Brian - you sure got some fire stirred up in this forum by saying one thing and then backing down on what you said. As you can see, there are people who do want Pacific Theater sets. To those who don't want Pacific Theater sets, STAY OUT OF IT!! Go back to your Normandy stuff and enjoy yourselves and butt out. This forum is for people to say what they feel and not be criticized by other people not interested. Brian - it is time to tell people one way or another if you intend to stand by your original statements since you felt so impassioned by your readers and collectors' thoughts. You stated that your wheels were turning....All of the people out there know your capabilities and skills and eye for detail. That's why we stay on this - because we want your figures - dynamic, energized poses, well painted and detailed. I have several of your sets, some from your beginning and still buying. signed - A fan.

Allow me to offer some clarity:

We have found that WWII Normandy, ACW and Napoleonic to be " top tier " in regards to our sales.

We are however " probing " various other genres. As you know one being the Zulu War: this has met with some success as well. However even though we've added sculpting talent we find there are still limits to the areas we can address and maintain. Also I feel more strongly, personally, about continental WWII than Pacific.

That being said I truly believe Pacific would be alot of fun to do, but again I've heard over and over again that sales are lackluster in this area, and this cannot be ignored. And its no secret that sales overall in the industry have pulled back due to the economic uncertainties prevailing just now.

So having a family, employees and all the responsibilities that this entails I must consider carefully how bandwidth is allocated and which areas would create the benefit to continue the company on its upward path. Nothing is ruled in or out, and as the economy steadily improves ( and we have seen an uptick in sales in the last six months ) other genres can be added certainly.

I hope this helps, and trust me I know more than anyone how wonderful it is to see ones historic visions realized in miniature. And I of all people would love to help create that realized vision for all collectors, but this is after all a business and it must fulfill demand first before attempting to create it.

Each and every collector is like a friend with the same passions and vision as ourselves, I'll try my best to ensure all of our friends enjoy this truly collaberative effort now and in the future.

Happy Collecting One and All!

Brian

 

[jazzeum]

As Brian has now answered the question, it's time to move on and restore the discourse to a more civil level.

 

[marco55]

Some said the Eastern front wouldn't sell but I think if something is done well enough it will sell,at least for major wars like WWII,WWI,ACW,Napoleanic.I personally can't understand why the pacific war doesn't sell as I myself have always been more interested in this theater.Perhaps if the Burma theater was included it would do better.
Mark

 

[kingtoot]

Allow me to offer some clarity:

We have found that WWII Normandy, ACW and Napoleonic to be " top tier " in regards to our sales.

We are however " probing " various other genres. As you know one being the Zulu War: this has met with some success as well. However even though we've added sculpting talent we find there are still limits to the areas we can address and maintain. Also I feel more strongly, personally, about continental WWII than Pacific.

That being said I truly believe Pacific would be alot of fun to do, but again I've heard over and over again that sales are lackluster in this area, and this cannot be ignored. And its no secret that sales overall in the industry have pulled back due to the economic uncertainties prevailing just now.

So having a family, employees and all the responsibilities that this entails I must consider carefully how bandwidth is allocated and which areas would create the benefit to continue the company on its upward path. Nothing is ruled in or out, and as the economy steadily improves ( and we have seen an uptick in sales in the last six months ) other genres can be added certainly.

I hope this helps, and trust me I know more than anyone how wonderful it is to see ones historic visions realized in miniature. And I of all people would love to help create that realized vision for all collectors, but this is after all a business and it must fulfill demand first before attempting to create it.

Each and every collector is like a friend with the same passions and vision as ourselves, I'll try my best to ensure all of our friends enjoy this truly collaberative effort now and in the future.

Happy Collecting One and All!

Brian

Great..thanks for trying..

 

[Rob]

Allow me to offer some clarity:

We have found that WWII Normandy, ACW and Napoleonic to be " top tier " in regards to our sales.

We are however " probing " various other genres. As you know one being the Zulu War: this has met with some success as well. However even though we've added sculpting talent we find there are still limits to the areas we can address and maintain. Also I feel more strongly, personally, about continental WWII than Pacific.

That being said I truly believe Pacific would be alot of fun to do, but again I've heard over and over again that sales are lackluster in this area, and this cannot be ignored. And its no secret that sales overall in the industry have pulled back due to the economic uncertainties prevailing just now.

So having a family, employees and all the responsibilities that this entails I must consider carefully how bandwidth is allocated and which areas would create the benefit to continue the company on its upward path. Nothing is ruled in or out, and as the economy steadily improves ( and we have seen an uptick in sales in the last six months ) other genres can be added certainly.

I hope this helps, and trust me I know more than anyone how wonderful it is to see ones historic visions realized in miniature. And I of all people would love to help create that realized vision for all collectors, but this is after all a business and it must fulfill demand first before attempting to create it.

Each and every collector is like a friend with the same passions and vision as ourselves, I'll try my best to ensure all of our friends enjoy this truly collaberative effort now and in the future.

Happy Collecting One and All!

Brian

Actually,reading this through,Brian has not said they won't be making Pacific figures at some point in the future.While there is demand there is always hope.

I for one have never understood why the Pacific theatre is not a huge seller in the US,the Marines are a source of great National pride there.The forthcoming Pacific series will not only be superb but it will generate huge interest in this theatre,it remains to be seen if this will translate into Pacific War figure sales as not a huge percentage of the cinema goers will be Toy Soldier collectors.But as many of us on this forum know,it was a War film many years ago in our youth that put us on the TS path in the first place.

Rob