First Legion vs. King&Country (1 Viewer)

[Spitfrnd]

Was there a post by Matt saying it was Eastern Front for sure?With FL,KC,Figarti,HB,CS all doing WWII there should be room for all theaters of war.I personally like China/Burma but I'm sure ther are fans of every theater.Remember most collectors don't belong to the forum and probably a lot on the forum who don't say anything.
Mark

Yes it is confirmed, as George, his US show dealer, noted as well below. There are links to some pictures and links to some more in the WWII thread. They are beautiful.

 

[nasirkasmani]

sumptuous.

i agree to patiently wait for your Tigers, as long as the Takeda cavalry is in schedule

I may be wrong, but there were no Tigers at Stalingrad.

haha..

i knew mate.

there's no Takeda cavalry in stalingrad either.

i should have rephrased that better.

i meant i am willing to wait patiently (instead of lobbying it every now and then) for FL to release its Tiger (should FL intends to produce) as long as the scheduled takeda cavalry (samurai range) is on time.

 

[diecast collector]

Who cares, buy what you want. All I know is First Legion is drawing me back in to WWII toy soldier collecting after selling my K&C collection a couple of years ago due to a loss of interest.

 

[OzDigger]

So, to sum it up, would you think they don't sell very well

Over my 35 years of collecting I have noticed that Russian figures, vehicles and aircraft have never been popular in the military model industry. Germans have long been the most popular country to collect in this hobby, closely followed by American based items.

There are a number of reasons why Russia is down the list, including:

1) Western centric thinking: we focus on where British, Commonwealth and American soldiers fought, and who they fought against. Add to this all the western centric movies etc we have seen during our lives.

2) Political: Russia's alliance with Germany until June 1941 including their partial occupation of Poland etc. Later, when Russia became our allies they did not prove to be very reliable, and of course there was the subsequent Cold War.

3) Military Conduct: Military collectors tend to favor collecting subjects that represent honor, glory and professionalism in war. The Eastern Front displayed little of these and was a hate filled inferno with little quarter given or expected. The Germans started the conflict of course and we are well aware of what the Nazi regime was responsible for. However the behavior of the Russian troops when invading Germany was even worse. Russian soldiers were allowed to do pretty much what they wanted to do to the Civilian population.

4) Track record: Most dealers I have spoken to say Eastern Front models, especially Russians are not very popular. And you should also consider that Andy C. from K & C has said they are poor sellers. There is also the apparent longer term availability of Russian based items after retirement.

I would say the above is most applicable to the more conservative Baby Boomer generation of collectors, with perhaps less buyer resistance in younger collectors.

Setting aside my thoughts on this, the new range of figures looks terrific and if they don't sell the Eastern Front concept then nothing will.

 

[damian]

Over my 35 years of collecting I have noticed that Russian figures, vehicles and aircraft have never been popular in the military model industry. Germans have long been the most popular country to collect in this hobby, closely followed by American based items.

There are a number of reasons why Russia is down the list, including:

1) Western centric thinking: we focus on where British, Commonwealth and American soldiers fought, and who they fought against. Add to this all the western centric movies etc we have seen during our lives.

2) Political: Russia's alliance with Germany until June 1941 including their partial occupation of Poland etc. Later, when Russia became our allies they did not prove to be very reliable, and of course there was the subsequent Cold War.

3) Military Conduct: Military collectors tend to favor collecting subjects that represent honor, glory and professionalism in war. The Eastern Front displayed little of these and was a hate filled inferno with little quarter given or expected. The Germans started the conflict of course and we are well aware of what the Nazi regime was responsible for. However the behavior of the Russian troops when invading Germany was even worse. Russian soldiers were allowed to do pretty much what they wanted to do to the Civilian population.

4) Track record: Most dealers I have spoken to say Eastern Front models, especially Russians are not very popular. And you should also consider that Andy C. from K & C has said they are poor sellers. There is also the apparent longer term availability of Russian based items after retirement.

I would say the above is most applicable to the more conservative Baby Boomer generation of collectors, with perhaps less buyer resistance in younger collectors.

Setting aside my thoughts on this, the new range of figures looks terrific and if they don't sell the Eastern Front concept then nothing will.

So do you think the AZW is more popular than the Eastern Front then?

 

[Spitfrnd]

So do you think the AZW is more popular than the Eastern Front then?

Ah so it is to be cry havoc and unlease the diatrībein is it?

 

[jazzeum]

Let's avoid colloquies regarding a person's grammar or spelling.