Just received my K & C FOB British(Dunkirk) (1 Viewer)

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:( Again I must bring this Point of View ; that the British (DUNKIRK) FOB Figure's are getting SMALLER in Size? Great quality Figure's, like these and many other's have been Downsized? To me there a Highly Up-Graded 1/32nd Scale? The PRICE'S, are going Up, and we should be able to Pay for the QUALITY, in Size Compatability, like K & C had in the PAST! SKRINKAGE, is just a FARCE with the China Sculpture's! I Personnaly know we're geeting the Old Chinese Squeeze, from Communist China! NICE Face Expression's, but Smaller in Size! We're could we go from here?
 
John are you sure maybe its you thats getting bigger. :eek: Just kidding. :)
 
I am a dedicated fan of K&C and will continue to support their imaginative efforts.While i dont often agree with John G.,i am just as convinced that the K&C figures are getting smaller.This is most pronounced in the new FOB series and frankly i was turned off by the change in size.For those that doubt the veracity if this statement just put a new FOB figure next to,say a WS12 or any of the later figures,Allied or Axis.While this may be a necessary evil of production,etcetera,I think John's statement dserves some serious comment other than the"humour" which this forum has become famous for,and which has little relevance to the legitimate questions asked in good faith.
 
I think this whole issue is overblown and it gets tiresome to read about it. The only thing I care about is how the figures look and how they're sculptured. If it's not exactly 1/30 so what? I'm not going to fret or lose sleep about it. If they're not sculpted well, don't look good and are seriously historically inaccurate then I will get excited. Perhaps it's because I've only been collecting for three years that I'm not wedded to these 1/30 and 1/32 distinctions. When I first purchased my first K & C set, EA 01, in 2004 it was because how realistic the set looked. That was why I purchased it. I didn't get out my ruler.

Sometimes, I think we spend too much time worrying about the small details and not seeing the forest from the trees.
 
johngambale said:
:( Again I must bring this Point of View ; that the British (DUNKIRK) FOB Figure's are getting SMALLER in Size? Great quality Figure's, like these and many other's have been Downsized? To me there a Highly Up-Graded 1/32nd Scale? The PRICE'S, are going Up, and we should be able to Pay for the QUALITY, in Size Compatability, like K & C had in the PAST! SKRINKAGE, is just a FARCE with the China Sculpture's! I Personnaly know we're geeting the Old Chinese Squeeze, from Communist China! NICE Face Expression's, but Smaller in Size! We're could we go from here?
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John i gotta say,you just really seem unhappy lately.You don't seem to able to find a company that makes what you want.Have you thought about changing scale altogether?.Something like 1/72 perhaps.:)As Brad says its not worth getting too upset about.

Rob
 
Following up on Rob's point, and as miniature guy has said elsewhere (more or less), if you like it, buy it and if you don't, don't. I don't want to speak for the manufacturers but I suspect they would say the same thing.
 
jazzeum said:
Following up on Rob's point, and as miniature guy has said elsewhere (more or less), if you like it, buy it and if you don't, don't. I don't want to speak for the manufacturers but I suspect they would say the same thing.
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Actually i think Collectors showcase did say it didn't they?.

Rob
 
jazzeum said:
I think this whole issue is overblown and it gets tiresome to read about it. The only thing I care about is how the figures look and how they're sculptured. If it's not exactly 1/30 so what? I'm not going to fret or lose sleep about it. If they're not sculpted well, don't look good and are seriously historically inaccurate then I will get excited. Perhaps it's because I've only been collecting for three years that I'm not wedded to these 1/30 and 1/32 distinctions. When I first purchased my first K & C set, EA 01, in 2004 it was because how realistic the set looked. That was why I purchased it. I didn't get out my ruler.

Sometimes, I think we spend too much time worrying about the small details and not seeing the forest from the trees.
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I tend to agree. I also have only been seriously collecting toy soldiers for around 3 years now. Started off with FOV tanks and AFV's but was disappointed with their figures. When I discovered K&C it was like WOW.
I do display K&C and SOME (the bigger vehicles) FOV together cos for me, they look okay. I don't really care about the scale difference cos no-one who visits and admires our collection has the slightest idea that they're not quite the same scale, so I don't get any earache about it.

Cheers
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Cheers Forum Squadron Members:

I do see both sides to this alleged issue but I am a happy collector & I firmly believe that I am getting an excellent product for the price whether it is well researched and historically accurate and or an artists' rendition. That being said, if I wanted an exact scale replica (as an example a 1:24 scale Spitfire at c. $9500.00 U.S.in the late 90s) I would expect to pay thousands of dollars. To expect any manufacture to have every detail included or perfect is ridiculous. As an example & back to aircraft of course I would have to mention the improper pitch angle of the propeller; the incorrect or off camber of the wing; the omission of a pitot tube; one of the static vents in the wrong place or not present all together; not enough vents on one of the machine guns; not enough rivets; etc. I do not expect that! Once again, I love my collection, buy what I LOVE, and am so very thankful for the enjoyment & sanity it provides me. Keep up the great work.

All The Best,
Beaufighter
 
I kind'a did a little unscientic inpromto research. I grabbed an FOB 04 marching French Inf. I compared him side by side with some DD figures some WS figures and some FG figures. He was bigger than some, slightly. Shorter than some, slightly. And he absoloutly toward over the midget in the Al Spear Inspection grouping.
I guess some guys are just shorter or taller or rounder or thinner than others.
So what's the RUB?
O.C.
 
Having a constant scale within a series is very important to me. I want to be able to place figures beside each other without them looking fun or odd.

I do what has been suggested before. I vote my disapproval by not buying the odd sized figures. Which is a shame because some of them I sorely would love to have? I like the subject of the new figure, but not the change in scale. It seems we both lose, K & C loses my money and I lose the opportunity to own another needed soldier. The figures I pass on are the ones that appear too big for my tastes. Having the head too large for the body is a big turn off for me.

Having all the new fore-coming figures meet an on going standard scale should just be part of quality control. If it looks too big or too small then have the sculptor redo the mock up figure before your start production.

I like the size of the present scales being used in the Napoleonic, Alamo and American Revolution series.

King’s Man
 
I recall a certain K & C representative assuring collectors (and investors) that the World War Two range would stay at 1/30 despite new issues in their other ranges reducing to 1/32 scale. Brace yourself guys, the thin end of the wedge has arrived.
 
Do not advertise at 1/30 and then sell us a 1/32 figure, because a mfg. can save a couple bucks in production costs and know that his " believers " will never know the difference nor care...It is a fair question to ask, and whether some of you are sick of it or not, K/C has created the issue, not the collectors. Whether it is the mis-sized vehicles or mis-labeled figures, we pay good money for an ,as mfg. advertised 1/30 product...Michael
 
I am with the complainers, I way prefer the 1/30th size. presently I'm going to purchase the LRDG sets but I'm investigating the LRDG sets from both figarti and K&C. Treefrog is going to do a side by side photo shoot so I can compare for myself. Scale may very well be the tipping point for my decision.
Figarti has recognised the importance of this issue enough to start a seperate line based on scale, we'll see how they do.
It does matter to some of us and I believe it is really a totally unnecassary argument, all we ask is say what you do and do what you say.
I love the K&C 8th army sets but fig. sizes are all over the board. I personally love to mix and match figuresfrom different sets in displays and the differences are stark.
Ray :confused:
 
I remember few years back Andy N. refering to his figures as a "Robust 1/32."
What I was trying to get to in my earlier post was. In real life there are people of all sizes shapes and hues in any regiment, especially in the modern age. And I fer one don't have an issue with differences in my figures. As long as they're not glaringly obvious.
(Just MY opinion!) O.C.
 
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