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DISPATCHES
October 2016
October 2016
Last month I told you about my upcoming visit to Sierra Toy Soldiers in Los Gatos, California and The Chicago Show ... Well by the time you read this I will be in Texas ... San Antonio to be exact with K&C’s cofounder Laura McAllister Johnson and KINGS X ... How time flies when you’re enjoying yourself!
But for the moment I’m writing this little “DISPATCHES” in Hong Kong on Wednesday 14 September just 2 days before I head off to the “Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. ”
So, without further ado ... here goes...
1. APPEARING IN OCTOBER ...
A) “Meanwhile in sunny Egypt ”
Here we find two of history’s most famous lovers... and tragic ones too... Antony & Cleopatra.
AE060 “Mark Antony”
Marcus Antonius, more commonly known in English as Mark or Marc Antony. A powerful Roman politician and general and a staunch ally of Julius Caesar.
Following Caesar’s death he was involved in a power struggle with Caesar’s successor Octavian (later to be called Augustus). Although married to Octavian’s sister he carried on an affair with the Egyptian queen Cleopatra who bore him 3 children.
Eventually Mark Antony and Octavian’s mutual hostility erupted into Civil War and Antony fled to Egypt after his army was defeated at the Battle of Actium. Shortly thereafter the lovers committed suicide.
Our figure of Mark Antony in Roman general’s uniform and armour is based on the designs used in the 1963 epic “Cleopatra” starring Elizabeth Taylor with Richard Burton as Mark Antony.
AE061 “Cleopatra”
Cleopatra, the Queen of the Nile and the lover of Mark Antony. She was also the last pharaoh of the Ptolemaic line of Egyptian rulers. These were all descended from Ptolemy, one of Alexander the Great’s generals.
Her first Roman paramour was Julius Caesar himself and by him she had a son Caesarion. After Caesar’s assassination she aligned herself with Mark Antony. Following Antony’s suicide she also killed herself.
The K&C figure draws on several influences for its design most notably, the 1963 “Cleopatra” movie.
AE-S01 “Antony & Cleopatra” Set
Although both figures are available individually there is also a special 2-figure boxed set.
AVAILABLE : Early-Mid October