Forthcoming and third Dispatches of 2012 (1 Viewer)

[Mitch]

Re: Forthcoming and Third Dispatches of 2012

Ostrein...

Mate, you should get the figures you want just for this decyphering of they most cryptic clue Andy never made!!!!!
Mitch

YES !!!



acw hessians - I knew it {sm4}

 

[Mitch]

Jack..

No worries. It reminds me of the Life of brian scene with some changed dialogue... Were not dispatch guessing messiahs were just very naughty boys!!!!
Mitch

Don't worry Mitch - your guesses might be the ten percent that are right!

 

[ostrein]

Re: Forthcoming and Third Dispatches of 2012

Ostrein...

Mate, you should get the figures you want just for this decyphering of they most cryptic clue Andy never made!!!!!
Mitch

Mitch,

Thanks. But first I was reading the word "Stuka" in Andys post, but then I thought - who really wants a STUKA ?????
Then, after applying some Bletchley Park techniques I found these ultimate clues!

Oliver

 

[Mitch]

Re: Forthcoming and Third Dispatches of 2012

Oliver...

Didn't find sturmtiger in there by any chance????
Mitch

Mitch,

Thanks. But first I was reading the word "Stuka" in Andys post, but then I thought - who really wants a STUKA ?????
Then, after applying some Bletchley Park techniques I found these ultimate clues!

Oliver

 

[wayne556517]

Re: Forthcoming and Third Dispatches of 2012

Hi Guys,

Sadly 90% of the guesswork on this thread is considerably “off-the-mark” by a wide margin.

This is not to put any of you off speculating but most of what you wish to see is what you personally want for your own collection.

When K&C put together our release schedule for the entire year we use a combination of actual sales figures… dealer feedback… overall collectors’ preferences and… our own got instincts based on almost 30 years of running a successful business.

Sometimes we got it wrong but most of the time, I’m happy to say, we get it reasonably right.

Forums like this tend to be dominated by a relatively small but vocal selection of the collector fan base who have very definite ideas of what they want and when they want it. Whilst this is undoubtedly useful it is by no means the only criteria by which K&C makes its commercial decisions.

That may be why a few dozen collectors may be disappointed when “DISPATCHES” eventually comes out but hundreds of others are happily surprised!

Hope this helps… best wishes and happy collecting,
Andy

10% chance of a STUKA is better than nothing.............................^&grin
Im a gambling man i will take them odds......................................{eek3}

 

[waynepoo]

Just the mere 10% mention of the word ''STUKA'' gets you going mate.{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}
Wayne.

 

[wayne556517]

It doesn't take much Wayno...................^&grin

 

[TomNT]

Re: Forthcoming and Third Dispatches of 2012

YES !!!



acw hessians - I knew it {sm4}

Wow! I didn't think it would come to using the Enigma Code to predict future releases.... ^&grin

Tom

 

[TomNT]

It doesn't take much Wayno...................^&grin

Wayne mate, how are we gunna ween you off stukas!!^&grin

Tom

 

[Rob]

Wayne mate, how are we gunna ween you off stukas!!^&grin

Tom

How about a Fosters Sponsored Stug!^&grin

I reckon Wayne will have three Stukas by years end^&cool

Rob

 

[wayne556517]

How about a Fosters Sponsored Stug!^&grin

I reckon Wayne will have three Stukas by years end^&cool

Rob

Rob mate AUSSIES hate fosters.....................^&grin

 

[Rob]

Rob mate AUSSIES hate fosters.....................^&grin

I don't blame you Wayne, I wouldn't give it to my Cats:wink2:

Rob

 

[waynepoo]

Rob mate AUSSIES hate fosters.....................^&grin

Rob
Wayne's right mate about Fosters{sm2} But I reckon he'll go for a Stuka sponsored by this mob below.:wink2:^&grin
Wayne.(QLD)

 

[wayne556517]

Rob
Wayne's right mate about Fosters{sm2} But I reckon he'll go for a Stuka sponsored by this mob below.:wink2:^&grin
Wayne.(QLD)

You watch that "Mob" win a Grand final this year Matey.

 

[chocolate mousse]

Andy, I have been a collector for many many years and have enough K&C products alone that could pay for college for at least 2 kids. I joined the forum to touch base with other collectors and to communicate with owners such as yourself to suggest what I would like to see and what other collectors I have spoken with would like to see. As an owner I would use that information as a survey and be open minded to some suggestions. Its true we collectors don't have experience running a successful toy soldier company for many years but I think when we suggest something we want to see the response should not be worded the way your last was. Believe it or not most collectors know what they are talking about. And if a majority are suggesting the same thing maybe they are onto something. Don't take suggestions and requests as an insult to your business knowledge we are just trying to be happy collectors.

 

[Simpson & his donkey.]

Re: Forthcoming and Third Dispatches of 2012

Hi Guys,

Sadly 90% of the guesswork on this thread is considerably “off-the-mark” by a wide margin.

This is not to put any of you off speculating but most of what you wish to see is what you personally want for your own collection.

When K&C put together our release schedule for the entire year we use a combination of actual sales figures… dealer feedback… overall collectors’ preferences and… our own got instincts based on almost 30 years of running a successful business.

Sometimes we got it wrong but most of the time, I’m happy to say, we get it reasonably right.

Forums like this tend to be dominated by a relatively small but vocal selection of the collector fan base who have very definite ideas of what they want and when they want it. Whilst this is undoubtedly useful it is by no means the only criteria by which K&C makes its commercial decisions.

That may be why a few dozen collectors may be disappointed when “DISPATCHES” eventually comes out but hundreds of others are happily surprised!

Hope this helps… best wishes and happy collecting,
Andy

This means nothing for me in this lot of releases . Simmo.{sm2}

 

[OldDragon]

Andy, I have been a collector for many many years and have enough K&C products alone that could pay for college for at least 2 kids. I joined the forum to touch base with other collectors and to communicate with owners such as yourself to suggest what I would like to see and what other collectors I have spoken with would like to see. As an owner I would use that information as a survey and be open minded to some suggestions. Its true we collectors don't have experience running a successful toy soldier company for many years but I think when we suggest something we want to see the response should not be worded the way your last was. Believe it or not most collectors know what they are talking about. And if a majority are suggesting the same thing maybe they are onto something. Don't take suggestions and requests as an insult to your business knowledge we are just trying to be happy collectors.

If we put it another way ... 90% of K&C's planned releases are not what "collectors" in this dedicated K&C section are looking forward to.

I have always believed that 'sales figures and collectors interests' may well be 'self fullfiling prophecy' if the manufacturer pulls it's punches and dun appear fully committed to the range. Some non WWII ranges are released with such conservative numbers, frequency & choices that it's likely that's they are set up to do poorly. As an 'extreme' eg. Take the recent 3 Kingdoms releases with just 2 pieces. There is almost no news of what's coming next .. And we seem 'discouraged' from speculating or suggesting what we would like to see. How is any collector to maintain interest in this range ?

Please dun get me wrong .. I am a dedicated K&C Nap, Awi and Acw collector and have virtually every piece released since late 2006. Some in multiples too. Yet I can't help getting the impression that K&C doesn't really appreciate any new suggestions fellow collectors may offer regarding these ranges.

OD

 

[waynepoo]

I don't think Andy was saying anything more than the fact that we on this forum are but a small proportion of his buying base, and he takes our suggestions on board but we aren't all he goes by making his decisions, at least that's how I understood his post.
Wayne.

 

[breslau]

I don't think Andy was saying anything more than the fact that we on this forum are but a small proportion of his buying base, and he takes our suggestions on board but we aren't all he goes by making his decisions, at least that's how I understood his post.
Wayne.

If it hasn't already been scheduled it's probably too late for planning, production etc. in 2012, but given the recently released club figures, I wonder if Trooping the Colour figures will happen sometime this year to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee?

 

[Rob]

Spot on Wayne. We can all make suggestions until the cows come home but its not how Andy and K&C make their decisions on future releases, surely none of us believe they do do they? These Dispatches threads I post each month are purely for fun and to get you guys chatting about upcoming dispatches and what you think might be within. I could list a hundred things I'd like to see released but it means nothing in the scheme of things. I don't think Andy was having a go at us at all , I think he was merely pointing out how they go about making their decisions and how it's worked very well for many years. It's interesting sometimes when people guess and get it right and sometimes they are way off, some years back we even had one suggestion that Andy make AK releases every single month! ( I can hear Wayne replying in the affirmative as I speak to that one!) ^&grin

It's just for fun guys, the best thing about Dispatches is the surprise in what it contains. Right, im off to suggest to the wife that this year we visit El Alamein, the Somme, Normandy, Bastogne and Arnhem, let's see if that happens!^&grin:wink2:

Rob

I don't think Andy was saying anything more than the fact that we on this forum are but a small proportion of his buying base, and he takes our suggestions on board but we aren't all he goes by making his decisions, at least that's how I understood his post.
Wayne.