K&C's golden age (1 Viewer)

[Eazy]

Totally agree on all the above comments, we are certainly living in a "Golden period" for the hobby. Hopefully with all this choice and quality a somewhat younger generation will be drawn in. Hopefully try and bribe my 9 year old son (but not the wife) into coming down to the June London Show.

At present awaiting the Firefly, the Crimea and the Tiger (anyone else getting that?) and then I have Sudan and the Zulu War for the rest of the year. There have been some hard choices this year already but it is part of the fun.

Otto and his sub have been sunk by the new Crimean figures.

My one wish for a new release would be the NW frontier (maybe even glossy?), as I don't believe this has been carried by any other maker.

Otherwise looking forward to what the rest of the year brings (Figarti vehicles, Britains and JJD colonial included).

Andy

Otto and his sub are going to be ones we wished we had bought at some point. Not to mention that truck to tow it!
I was really surprised how great it looked in person when i saw it in London back in March. The problem is in being able to reasonably afford it!

Rob is right in that this is a golden age of choice but i still think for me the golden age was going back to 2005/06/07 when there was choice and the price was right!

 

[Rob]

Otto and his sub are going to be ones we wished we had bought at some point. Not to mention that truck to tow it!
I was really surprised how great it looked in person when i saw it in London back in March. The problem is in being able to reasonably afford it!

Rob is right in that this is a golden age of choice but i still think for me the golden age was going back to 2005/06/07 when there was choice and the price was right!

I agree James,this is the second golden age.I should have called this thread 'Golden Age 2-Return of the Allies' !!

Rob

 

[Eazy]

Yep very true - in term of British/Commonwealth releases this is an amazing time. We really should make the most of it.
Have to say for me - last year's K&C D-Day releases set the bar really high. It was one of those situations where i got just what i'd always wanted.

 

[Rob]

Yep very true - in term of British/Commonwealth releases this is an amazing time. We really should make the most of it.
Have to say for me - last year's K&C D-Day releases set the bar really high. It was one of those situations where i got just what i'd always wanted.

Absolutely. For me Arnhem,D Day and the RAF are delivering stuff I've always wanted, Tanks, Landing Craft, Fighter planes and a wealth of figures.Don't get me wrong I love collecting the German stuff too, but after many years of collecting mainly German items suddenly we are awash with the Allied side.And again I think how do K&C do it and do it so well???. However they do it I'm sure glad they do!.

Rob

 

[Vezzolf]

I must admit Rob, It will be difficult to resist all the new products and ranges....:.....At times it seems like just too much.......I'm runnining out of space

 

[Rob]

I must admit Rob, It will be difficult to resist all the new products and ranges....:.....At times it seems like just too much.......I'm runnining out of space

Me too,I might have to start displaying stuff outside of my office soon,better start sweet talking the wife

Rob

 

[forlornhoper]

UKBOD,like you i have the Tiger on pre order with K&C UK,it will be a real winner,mind you i had initial reservations about S33 when i first saw a photo of it from a Toy Soldier show ,on the forum, but got passed that eventually and now Iam really looking forward to seeing it in the flesh. Ken

 

[UK_BOD]

Ken,

I have had an interest in the Eastern Front and especially Kursk ever since I was a kid and so have already got the T-34/85, the Figarti IS-2 and so on. Hopefully, there will be a few more vehicles from this theatre.

Looking forward to the Tiger, although I think I'll ask Tony and co to post it with the Firefly as I don't want to hand carry it from the show in June back to Cambridgeshire. Knowing Clive at Grey Goose I'll already have a few vehicles to bring back.

Are you going to the show in June?

Andy

 

[Rob]

There is another thing I find with K&C items.I look at something and think 'No I won't get that,I'll let that one go'.And then over a period of weeks maybe months it starts to burrow its way into my colecting strategy and before I know it I'm adding it to lists,talking about it and then Wham!!,I've given Tony my credit card!.

And thats just whats happening with this Tiger.

Rob

 

[wayne556517]

There is another thing I find with K&C items.I look at something and think 'No I won't get that,I'll let that one go'.And then over a period of weeks maybe months it starts to burrow its way into my colecting strategy and before I know it I'm adding it to lists,talking about it and then Wham!!,I've given Tony my credit card!.

And thats just whats happening with this Tiger.

Rob

Thats the joy right there Rob TIME to make a decision........

 

[Rob]

Thats the joy right there Rob TIME to make a decision........

Also Wayne,when you think about a purchase for a while you appreciate it all the more when you get it I find.I'm afraid I'm not rich enough to make too many instant decisions,maybe now and again

Rob

 

[forlornhoper]

Andy i live too near K&C UK HQ to be bothered going to London but thanks for asking,ive heard some good reports about the show a few bods from the forum always go.The eastern front is a very interesting theatre of WW2,i have many books on the eastern front and way too many models from that theatre, it was war at its most brutal day and night,with so many great battles.Hopefully the new Tiger from K&C will generate more figues and vehicles from this theatre. Ken