I agree with the LAH series, people have a hard time believing your a history buff and not a fanatic when they see pieces like that! I just recently started collecting WW2 K@C, after seeing a piece on ebay. I started to buy all the retired pieces I could find untill I relized how time consuming and expensive it was. So I picked what I thought was the best set form each Allie and Axis armys. And now I concentrate on the newer series that I can complete. The newer pieces are much more detailed and K&C seems to remake new versions of retired items, only with different color schemes or from different theatres. So I think the key is to be patient. I'm sure the popular pieces will keep coming back.