December news - the figures! (3 Viewers)

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Dear All
Welcome to our final newsletter for 2017, thank you for all your support and we look forward to bringing you plenty more products in 2018. Jumping in straight away to our new products we have the following on offer:

SPA026; A kneeling Hoplite (ideal for first rank of a shield wall on his own) thrusts his spear out at the enemy. All priced at $55/£45 and limited to 100 in number worldwide.











A version comes with traditional Spartan Lambda design shield.
B version carries a shield with a Centaur on red background
C version carries a shield with Pegasus design also on red background.
Each design is limited to 100 in number worldwide.

 

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SPA031; A marching Hoplite with shield over his head protects himself from the fierce Greek sun, marches into battle (more marching figures to follow next month).











A version carries Spartan Lambda shield design
B carries a red horse head design on a white background
C version carries a rather striking lion head design on a red background.
Each figure limited to 100 worldwide.

 

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ROM-REP 001 Our first Republican Roman for all you fans of the Ceasarian era. The Roman Republic was the age of ancient Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom, traditionally dated to 509 BC, and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire. It was during this period that Rome's control expanded from the city's immediate surroundings to hegemony over the entire Mediterranean world. During the first two centuries of its existence, the Roman Republic expanded through a combination of conquest and alliance, from central Italy to the entire Italian peninsular. By the following century, it included North Africa, most of the Iberian Peninsular and what is now southern France. Two centuries after that, towards the end of the 1st century BC, it included the rest of modern France, Greece and much of the eastern Mediterranean, internal tensions led to a series of civil wars, culminating with the assassination of Julius Ceaser, which then led to the transition from republic to empire. Our stunning looking Legionnaire stands ready to be called forward to do battle or perhaps on sentry duty – possibly manning the John Jenkins fort wall soon to be launched?











These figures come in 2 shield versions with the A version carrying a shield of the 10th Legion and the B version figure carrying a dramatic leaping wolf design shield. A and B variants also have different colour plumes attached to helmet.
Both limited to 100 in number and priced at $49 per figure.

 

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Moving onto the Imperial era we have 3 new Roman cavalry for you with 3 more to follow in the new year.











ROM056; A charging Imperial Roman cavalry soldier prepares to throw his Pila at the enemy in front of him.
All our cavalry figures come with 2 shield versions with A version featuring a shield from the Praetorian Guard, with Scorpion design on red background and B figure featuring a green shield variant from the Ala II Flavia auxiliary regiment.

 

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ROM073; A great riding companion for ROM056, this time our Legionnaire prepares to throw his spear to the right whilst riding a chestnut mount.
All our cavalry figures come with 2 shield versions with A version featuring a shield from the Praetorian Guard, with Scorpion design on red background and B figure featuring a green shield variant from the Ala II Flavia auxiliary regiment.

 

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ROM078; The last of our cavalry figures, this time with horse rearing as he prepares to do battle with the enemy. This is a beautiful figure and will certainly enhance any collection of ancient warriors.
All our cavalry figures come with 2 shield versions with A version featuring a shield from the Praetorian Guard, with Scorpion design on red background and B figure featuring a green shield variant from the Ala II Flavia auxiliary regiment.

All cavalry are priced at $120/£80 with A version unlimited so long as demand warrants and B version limited to 100 in number worldwide.
Please note we have at least 3 more Roman cavalry due next year to make a nice charging group plus some parade style cavalry figures.

 

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ROM69; We have replaced our ROM067 figure (the Legionnaire holding his shield with both hands) with this new figure. Essentially this figure does the same job as ROM067 but now holds his shield with his left hand and his sword with the right hand. Placed on the right side of the Testudo or in the middle he is now able to defend himself a little better than our ROM067 version. Only available in the red shield A version at the moment and limited to 100 of each variant.[/SIZE]









All the Testudo Romans remain at $49 per figure and are only available in the red shield A version at the moment and limited to 100 of each variant.

 

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ROM70; We have replaced our ROM067 figure (the Legionnaire holding his shield with both hands) with this new figure. Essentially this figure does the same job as ROM067 but now holds his shield with his right hand and his sword with the left hand. Placed on the left side of the Testudo or in the middle he is now able to defend himself a little better than our ROM067 version.
Only available in the red shield A version at the moment and limited to 100 of each variant and also priced at $49 per figure.

 

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ACC PACK020; The Ordnance Quick-Firing 6-pounder 7 cwt, or just 6 pounder, was a British 57 mm gun, serving as a primary anti tank gun of the British Army during WW2, as well as the main armament for a number of armoured fighting vehicles. Although planned before the start of WW2 It did not reach service until the North African campaign in April 1942. This was in part due to the urgent need for re-equipping the British army after Dunkirk with anti-tank weapons, it was estimated that 600 x 2 pounders could be manufactured for 100 x 6 pounders, this and delays with the carriage design meant production with the 2 pounder carried on as an interim measure.
However once introduced it quickly replaced the obsolete 2 pounder in the anti-tank role, allowing the 25 pounder gun to revert to its intended indirect artillery role. The United States Army also adopted the 6 pounder as their primary anti-tank gun under the designation 57 mm Gun M1. The idea of manufacturing the 6 pounder in the US was expressed by the US Army Ordnance in February 1941. At that time, the US Army still favoured the 37mm gun the M3 and production was planned solely for lend lease. The US version, classified as substitute standard under the designation 57 mm Gun M1, was based on the 6 pounder Mark II, two units of which were received from the UK. Production started early in 1942 and continued until 1945. The M1A1 variant used US "Combat" tyres and wheels. The M1A2 introduced the British practice of free traverse, meaning that the gun could be traversed by the crew pushing and pulling on the breech, instead of solely geared traverse, from September 1942. The M1 was made standard issue in the Spring of 1943.









Our version of the 6 Pounder comes with 2 ammo boxes as per the pictures and 3 different shell accessories and is priced at £69/$89, please note NO crew figures come with the cannon. The barrel can be elevated/depressed and the wheels turned, it will also attach to our recently released Bantam Jeep hook.

 

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RS058 Australian cannon crew to go with 6 Pounder; features one loader and an officer with binoculars, set also comes with 2 x Owen machine guns as accessory pieces. Limited to 100 in number and priced at £59/$80.

 

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RS050 Australian Owen machine gunner takes on the enemy, looks great with the cannon and cannon crew as per pictures above. Limited to 100 in number and priced at
£31/$42.

 

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RS051 Japanese Type 92 ‘Woodpecker’ machine gun and crew; The Type 92 Heavy Machine entered service in 1932 and was the standard Japanese heavy machine gun used during WW2. It was used extensively by the Japanese Army and Chinese forces. Captured weapons were also used extensively by Chinese Revolutionary Army troops against the Japanese during WW2 and the Korean People’s Army against the United Nations forces during the Korean War. The Type 92 refers to the Japanese Imperial Year 2592 – 1932 in the Gregorian Calendar, the year in which the gun entered service.

Designed and built by Hino Motors and Hitachi, total production was over 45,000 guns. Our beautifully detailed all new machine gun set comes with the 2 crew figures, spare rifle, 2 spare ammunition clips and is priced at $80/£59. Please note as per the real thing the machine gun has a worn appearance and some paint will be missing from the barrel and bodywork of the machine gun. Customers should also note that the spare ammo clips are buried in the foam insert and may not be readily visible unless you dig deep!

 

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RS055 Charging Aussie with bayonets fixed makes a dramatic figure, can be used individually or in a group setting. $42/£31 per figure and limited to 100 in number.

 

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As a new line we are considering offering an additional run of our products in an unpainted format. The first model to be offered like this is our Roman elephant, which we have allocated serial number ROM048B.









This kit comes as per the pictures, fully assembled but unpainted. Price will be £190/$250 retail and we have a limited run of 20 available at the moment.

 

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That's all for this month and this year, we hope you have enjoyed our offerings, please note we will be closed from 19th December and would urge all of you looking to purchase an item, to place your order at the earliest opportunity in order to avoid disappointment. All figures will be on our website www.tomgunn.co.uk and are available now!

Best wishes and Happy Christmas

The Gunn Team

 

[Guest]

I really like the new 6 pounder gun, hope TG produce alternative versions, 1 for the Western desert, but more one for Western Europe for British or Canadian troops in Normandy and beyond. Plus a couple more crew for the gun, lot of hard work for a short-handed crew.

The Aussie kneeing firing and the one running looks a good edition to my Aussie collection

 

[Gribeauval]

The cavalry look fantastic. The Republican Romans are a bit of a surprise, but not an unwelcome one. I notice that both painted versions of the figures are limited editions (ie, there is no ongoing figure). So I do have a couple questions on the Republican Romans: how developed will the line be? Will the same figure be reissued in new colors? (For instance, there is no historical reason that the figure could not be painted with a white or blue or yellow shield) Will there be fighting poses, or will they remain in static or marching positions?

 

[Horus]

The cavalry look fantastic. The Republican Romans are a bit of a surprise, but not an unwelcome one. I notice that both painted versions of the figures are limited editions (ie, there is no ongoing figure). So I do have a couple questions on the Republican Romans: how developed will the line be? Will the same figure be reissued in new colors? (For instance, there is no historical reason that the figure could not be painted with a white or blue or yellow shield) Will there be fighting poses, or will they remain in static or marching positions?

Gribeauval
Looks to me that Rom-Rep 001 is the Ref number for them. A and B versions.
Steve

 

[Horus]

So many great releases this month my TS budget won't stretch to getting them all this month. But will be adding many of them to my collection this Winter as thankfully for my finances, It's release has been put back otherwise I'd be cancelling Christmas presents for everyone but me !{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}

Best wishes to the TG team. Hope you all have a Great Christmas break and New Year and come back with lots of new great figures in 2018 !

Steve

 

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The cavalry look fantastic. The Republican Romans are a bit of a surprise, but not an unwelcome one. I notice that both painted versions of the figures are limited editions (ie, there is no ongoing figure). So I do have a couple questions on the Republican Romans: how developed will the line be? Will the same figure be reissued in new colors? (For instance, there is no historical reason that the figure could not be painted with a white or blue or yellow shield) Will there be fighting poses, or will they remain in static or marching positions?

I think the Republican Romans surprised everybody here on how nice they looked as a group. If these sell out then we can always make another version with a different shield so no problems with obtaining future figures in this pose. We would like to make fighting Republicans and because so there was so much infighting it would be easy to have these guys fighting each other as well as the Gauls recently offered by JJD. So we will see how these guys fare and then decide on a course of action. There will also be a couple of all action Velites from the earlier republican period to take on Hannibal's forces being released next year.
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