Ladies & Gentlemen.................The Delhi Durbar (1 Viewer)

[wadepat]

I love this series, looks great as a grouping. Can't wait for the buildings and hopefully will add some route liners also. Who doesn't love a parade ^&confuse ^&grin^&grin^&grin^&grin

Hi Scott,

Beautiful! I am so pleased you are enjoying the matte Durbar series. The figures are very nicely arranged and the backdrop displays the figures at their best.

I notice two male, standing spectator figures placed in the background of your photo. I do not identify these two figures as Britains figures. Are these two figures Marlborough figures?

Warmest personal regards,

Pat :smile2:

 

[thebritfarmer]

Thanks gentlemen for your comments. I enjoyed setting my figures up and photographing them for you.

Pat, the figures you mention are actually part of the photograph. They are photos of the Marlborough buildings so would assume the figures would be as well.

 

[wadepat]

Thanks gentlemen for your comments. I enjoyed setting my figures up and photographing them for you.

Pat, the figures you mention are actually part of the photograph. They are photos of the Marlborough buildings so would assume the figures would be as well.

Hi Scott,

Thanks for the information. I am certain the figures in the photograph are, in fact, Marlborough figures. Their presence in the photo enhances your overall display, which I like very much!

Warmest personal regards,

Pat :smile2:

 

[WBritain]

Pat - I certainly plan on making enough to satisfy the demands of the collectors out there. As you can imagine, a lot of this is like looking into a crystal ball, so it would help me an awful lot if you guys could at least place preorders with your dealers for what you might want. They will then place orders with me and I can then better gauge what I need to order. I understand your hesitation to order all at once and the need to watch your budget (god knows we all need to do that in these times), but if everyone waits to order until they come in then I will probably run out again (just like I did with this first batch - preorders were weak - but once they came in it went nuts!). And to give a little further insight - if I order heavy and end up with a few hundred in stock, then that money, that could have been used to make NEW Durbar figures, is tied up needlessly in extra inventory.

Thank you to both you and Dave Namiot for being such strong supporters of this new range - your comments and feedback have been invaluable.
Richard

 

[thebritfarmer]

Hi Scott,

Thanks for the information. I am certain the figures in the photograph are, in fact, Marlborough figures. Their presence in the photo enhances your overall display, which I like very much!

Warmest personal regards,

Pat :smile2:

Thanks Pat,

Don't think it is bad for something I just threw together one afternoon. I think I may redo it though onto some hard board to give it more strength. It is currently on foamcore and has started to twist. I think I may also try and make the new one sort of 3-D ( similar to the Paper Tole craft that was popular a few years ago)

Scott

 

[thebritfarmer]

Pat - I certainly plan on making enough to satisfy the demands of the collectors out there. As you can imagine, a lot of this is like looking into a crystal ball, so it would help me an awful lot if you guys could at least place preorders with your dealers for what you might want. They will then place orders with me and I can then better gauge what I need to order. I understand your hesitation to order all at once and the need to watch your budget (god knows we all need to do that in these times), but if everyone waits to order until they come in then I will probably run out again (just like I did with this first batch - preorders were weak - but once they came in it went nuts!). And to give a little further insight - if I order heavy and end up with a few hundred in stock, then that money, that could have been used to make NEW Durbar figures, is tied up needlessly in extra inventory.

Thank you to both you and Dave Namiot for being such strong supporters of this new range - your comments and feedback have been invaluable.
Richard

See there lies the problem though Richard well with the route liners anyway. I (think I) would need at least 10 of each figure so that is 40 figures my wallet wouldn't recover from that {eek3}

It would be nice to know that we could order a few here and there and perhaps a few more 6, 9 or 12 months down the road.

 

[Napoleon1er]

I love this series, looks great as a grouping. Can't wait for the buildings and hopefully will add some route liners also. Who doesn't love a parade ^&confuse ^&grin^&grin^&grin^&grin

I am just trying my hardest to resist buying those after I saw this photo. Would have to sell my glossy Victorians and old NWF....maybe I should? Any suggestions?

 

[wadepat]

See there lies the problem though Richard well with the route liners anyway. I (think I) would need at least 10 of each figure so that is 40 figures my wallet wouldn't recover from that {eek3}

It would be nice to know that we could order a few here and there and perhaps a few more 6, 9 or 12 months down the road.

Hi Scott and Richard,

Scott, you hit the nail on the head. Thank you for providing some specificity to my earlier post.

Richard, while I would love to preorder all the route liners at once, my budget could not possibly stand the total expense as a single expenditure. And, if I pre-order, I might be faced with the total expense as a single purchase. To make the point more clearly understood, ideally, I would like to have six of each of the four route lining figures that have currently been produced. Since four different route lining figures have been produced, the expense to me would be as follows:

6 figures X four different items = 24 figures

24 figures X $30.00 per figure = $720.00 total expense

If I revise the figures to reflect a 10% pre-order discount, the total expenditure would be: $648.00. The discounted price is still significantly beyond my normal budgetary resource if I am forced to purchase all the figures as a single expenditure.

I know two other collectors who would like to add ten figures of each item, but they have budget limitations similar to mine and there is no way they can commit to a total of $1200 (total cost of 40 figures) in a single pre-order. All of us would gladly hack away at the total cost over a reasonable amount of time, but if the supply disappears almost as quickly as they are produced, then our aspirations are completely foiled and W. Britains would not realize the funds we are willing to commit over a reasonable length of time.

Having said the above, I realize it costs money to produce the items, store them, and tie up the cash while you wait for someone to purchase them. Perhaps the wishes of collectors like myself are unreasonable and we should just accept we cannot have it all. Only W. Britains can make that determination, but I thought it might be valuable to speak for those of us who still want it all, but cannot have it all at once.

Warmest personal regards,

Pat

 

[Napoleon1er]

Hi Scott and Richard,

Scott, you hit the nail on the head. Thank you for providing some specificity to my earlier post.

Richard, while I would love to preorder all the route liners at once, my budget could not possibly stand the total expense as a single expenditure. And, if I pre-order, I might be faced with the total expense as a single purchase. To make the point more clearly understood, ideally, I would like to have six of each of the four route lining figures that have currently been produced. Since four different route lining figures have been produced, the expense to me would be as follows:

6 figures X four different items = 24 figures

24 figures X $30.00 per figure = $720.00 total expense

If I revise the figures to reflect a 10% pre-order discount, the total expenditure would be: $648.00. The discounted price is still significantly beyond my normal budgetary resource if I am forced to purchase all the figures as a single expenditure.

I know two other collectors who would like to add ten figures of each item, but they have budget limitations similar to mine and there is no way they can commit to a total of $1200 (total cost of 40 figures) in a single pre-order. All of us would gladly hack away at the total cost over a reasonable amount of time, but if the supply disappears almost as quickly as they are produced, then our aspirations are completely foiled and W. Britains would not realize the funds we are willing to commit over a reasonable length of time.

Having said the above, I realize it costs money to produce the items, store them, and tie up the cash while you wait for someone to purchase them. Perhaps the wishes of collectors like myself are unreasonable and we should just accept we cannot have it all. Only W. Britains can make that determination, but I thought it might be valuable to speak for those of us who still want it all, but cannot have it all at once.

Warmest personal regards,

Pat

Thanks for the price info..... I think I might have to sell my non-nap, non-special club set glossies. If the total is $1200, I hope I can get $800 for all of them (I'll list pending opinions), and go from there. Anyone know who still has the elephant (the only other limited ones are camels, which are still widely available...)?
Thanks for any input,
Sandor

P.S. The Vicky series is just turning into a black hole....

 

[thebritfarmer]

It is a great series Sandor and I do not think you will be disappointed. Treefrog still have all of the pieces listed as well as the elephant.

 

[WBritain]

Hi Scott and Richard,

Scott, you hit the nail on the head. Thank you for providing some specificity to my earlier post.

Richard, while I would love to preorder all the route liners at once, my budget could not possibly stand the total expense as a single expenditure. And, if I pre-order, I might be faced with the total expense as a single purchase. To make the point more clearly understood, ideally, I would like to have six of each of the four route lining figures that have currently been produced. Since four different route lining figures have been produced, the expense to me would be as follows:

6 figures X four different items = 24 figures

24 figures X $30.00 per figure = $720.00 total expense

If I revise the figures to reflect a 10% pre-order discount, the total expenditure would be: $648.00. The discounted price is still significantly beyond my normal budgetary resource if I am forced to purchase all the figures as a single expenditure.

I know two other collectors who would like to add ten figures of each item, but they have budget limitations similar to mine and there is no way they can commit to a total of $1200 (total cost of 40 figures) in a single pre-order. All of us would gladly hack away at the total cost over a reasonable amount of time, but if the supply disappears almost as quickly as they are produced, then our aspirations are completely foiled and W. Britains would not realize the funds we are willing to commit over a reasonable length of time.

Having said the above, I realize it costs money to produce the items, store them, and tie up the cash while you wait for someone to purchase them. Perhaps the wishes of collectors like myself are unreasonable and we should just accept we cannot have it all. Only W. Britains can make that determination, but I thought it might be valuable to speak for those of us who still want it all, but cannot have it all at once.

Warmest personal regards,

Pat

Pat - right on the money as usual! It is a real conundrum. I'll order extra and also take it easy on new releases so I don't tempt you guys with too much new stuff that eats up the budget before you can get the older stuff!

Sound like a plan guys?

Richard

 

[wadepat]

Pat - right on the money as usual! It is a real conundrum. I'll order extra and also take it easy on new releases so I don't tempt you guys with too much new stuff that eats up the budget before you can get the older stuff!

Sound like a plan guys?

Richard

Hi Richard,

Thank you, Richard, for listening and responding to our plea. From my perspective, your plan is a very reasonable one and is the best for which the limited budget collectors could hope. It is now up to us to respond and add the figures to our collections as quickly as our budgets will allow. If, in the final analysis, we are unable to add it all, then we must simply appreciate the fact that W. Britains has treated us fairly and we were able to add more to our Durbar collections than we otherwise would have been able to do.

Yes, Richard, it sounds like a plan and a very fair one as well.

See you in Chicago!

Warmest personal regards,

Pat :smile2:

 

[thebritfarmer]

That sounds good to me too Richard, hopefully I will have a fair stash of these delivered by Santa

 

[thebritfarmer]

Well I received one of each for now.

 

[wadepat]

Hi Scott,

Congratulations! Those are excellent figures! I am glad you have a start on all four groups. I hope Santa will help you add the remainder you want/need!

Warmest personal regards,

Pat :smile2:

 

[thebritfarmer]

Thanks Pat, they are very nicely done and hopefully I will be able to add more to my collection.

 

[mestell]

Some very nice acquisitions to your Durbar collection Scott. You have had a great week getting these and your new Zulu warriors . . . good for you . . .
Mike

 

[thebritfarmer]

Thanks Mike,

I also received the two Durbar buildings but I am not allowed them until Christmas day.

 

[The Military Workshop]

Any chance somebody can find the historical reference for the Lighthorse and some Aussie Infantry being in the Delhi Durbar {sm4}

 

[DMNamiot]

I dont see any reference to Australian Light Horse but there was a unit call the Calcutta Light Horse that was present and in the show. They have a rather interesting history and I believe they were deployed to South Africa for the Boer War and during WWII they became a sort of Commando Type unit that did some damage to Japanese Shipping.

Here is a photo of them in Delhi: