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KING & COUNTRY DISPATCHES
MARCH 2014
MARCH 2014
MARCH means “THE WESTCOASTER’ for King & Country and yours truly. For 5 whole days (and nights) I am fortunate to get to meet up with lots of old friends, talk all-things toy soldiers and even buy some myself for my own collection!
On a business level it allows K&C to preview some new and upcoming releases with Gordon’s great dioramas and displays which he’s spent the last 3 months working on. And Just as importantly I get to talk to collectors and a few dealers and hear what they might like to see in the future…But before all of that, there is, as I usually say, all of this…
1. “WHAT’S NEW THIS MARCH”
March has a very colourful and eclectic mix of releases for collectors to look at. These new pieces are going to take you on a journey in miniature from Texas to the Holy Land…onto the Eastern Front in Soviet Russia before moving to Ancient Greece and finally all the way back to…our home Hong Kong!
A. “Return To The Alamo”
Just two special “personality pieces” for this Alamo series this time around —and both on opposing sides…
RTA071 “Lieutenant Colonel Jose Enrique de la Pena”
Colonel de la Pena was one of the most interesting “personalities” of the Battle of the Alamo because he took part in the battle and wrote a record of it. Contained in his record was the first report of the execution of the few survivors of the siege (which may have included Davy Crockett). Much controversy surrounds the authenticity of de la Pena’s book however the majority of Alamo experts are convinced that it is genuine.
Our figure shows de la Pena in the uniform of an officer of the Toluca Battalion making notes in his journal as he observes the besieged mission.
RTA072 “John McGregor”
This is the second figure of this Scottish Alamo defender K&C have made and the “first” to show him playing the bag pipes. McGregor born in Scotland in 1808, was living in Texas in 1836 when the Texians rebelled against Santa Anna’s dictatorship. It is said that during the siege McGregor engaged in “musical duels” with the fiddle-playing Davy Crockett to entertain their fellow defenders. Alas, his ultimate fate was the same as all the rest…
AVAILABLE: Early March