Enjoyed the show, was tired after, but a 5am wake up call does me no good.
T Gunn stand - Great Matilda's, plus the new Roman stuff is excellent, would also check out the Zulu's and British Redcoats if you have not, would work well with Britains. I am looking forward to the release of the Slave market, with slaves and slavers [am hoping they could also be used in a Viking dio etc], plus they are looking, if it sells, to expand into a 'market', think the scene from the film Gladiator, with animals etc.
First Legion - none there, but the UK rep never does the March show anyway,
K & C - Samex did not make it, but they did send my preshow order items to the show, on line they are TSRare and they are a pleasure to deal with and [can only speak from UK] orders arrived in less than a week, last order i paid for on a Monday afternoon and it arrived before 11am on the following Friday. www.
tsrare.com
Couple of people selling K & C and picked up 3 of the new K & C British D-Day sets, impressive.
J Jenkins - Clive and his better half were there from Grey Goose, picked up my pre-ordered stuff, plus made an implus buy of a Corsair plane, first JJ Plane and first US WW2 plane i have bought, saw it at Dec 21 show and i am very impressed, i have a couple of the ground crew sets, but the way JJ put it together is a joy to behold.
W Britains - the two main sellers were there, but they had very little new stuff for the past few months. They know the US is getting some new stuff, but they had very little delivered.
I would say exhibitors down by 25%, one room not used and one other half empty, plus more space, but the March show has always been like that, some big dealers not there, First Legion and IC Toys. Visitor numbers were light, but once again March show is a hard sell, actually only 3 paydays between shows and the expense of Christmas as well. The organisers are looking to mix next year with some plastic kit sellers etc.
My haul from the show was,
JJ 1 Corsair, 2 Trojan's [Ajax and Hector] 3 Icieni, 1 Saxon and 3 Vikings.
K & C - the KM017 halftrack crane and 3 D Day British soldiers.
T Gunn - Panzer IV - one of the original cam versions.
Walked away just over £1,115 lighter, but a happy man. later today will look at train prices for June 2022 show.