No Gren Cred (4 Viewers)

[Gribeauval]

I think Team Miniatures has been an absolute breath of fresh air in the hobby. I have almost all of their Boxer and Franco-Prussian lines. However, I do have a few issues:
1) What in the hecko went on with the Second Empire Guard Grenadiers?!!? A sadder lot of boring layabouts has never been seen in the toy soldier world. Even the miniature themselves are bored with being there. Ok, I accept that you felt you had to portray the lazy fellows in the barrack cap rather than the magnificent bearskin worn officially by the Guard. But couldn't you have done at least one or two figures advancing, along with an officer or standard bearer? Yes, they were in reserve in the battles at which they were present, so what? These are toy soldiers not historical lectures. I suggest by way of making up to collectors, you release a grenadier in bearskin presenting arms to the Emperor. And this brings me to my second current complaint:
2) There is no returning to a previous line. This is a mistake. When a collector buys into a historical line, he is more likely to add to the line than to begin an entire new purchase. I am not saying make big additions to older lines (this is a mistake as well). But for goodness sake add a new set or two to one or two old lines once a year or so. So many Boxer and Imperial figures need to be done (Kansu Braves, Tigermen, Indian Lancers, etc). Lots of needed figures for Franco-Prussian war as well (artillery, naval brigade, Prussian hussars, jaegers, etc). I am sure this is true of the other lines as well. I do not object to you starting a new line at all. I do object to essentially stopping development on all old lines while doing so.
So, keep up the innovation and quality, but have occasional pity on the collectors of your previous lines and add some new stuff!

 

[Louis Badolato]

I agree that abandoning the old lines was a bad idea. I loved, and purchased all of the Team Franco-Prussian War figures, and would have continued to purchase any further Franco-Prussian War figures they produced. However, I have had no interest in and not purchased any of the new lines. Team overlooked the old adage, "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" when they abandoned their F-P War collectors in a quest to pull in new collectors.

 

[TeamMiniatures]

Hello!

First of all, I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your suggestions and personal opinions!

From the bottom of our hearts, we also want to continue developing the previous series. However, the serious problem is that there has a large amount of inventory piled up in the warehouse, not only for the Franco-Prussian War and the Boxers, but also for many others like the Russo-Japanese War, the Boer War, the Spanish-American War, and so on. We have to face the reality that is to survive. If the company cannot operate normally, then in the face of reality, having only passion and enthusiasm is far from enough...

The new series Vienna 1683 we developed last year received a rather good market response. Next, we will launch a brand-new Crusader knight. Both in terms of the engraver's skills and color matching, it will be improved compared to before. At the same time, in terms of quality, we have been constantly raising the grade. However, it is indeed a difficult problem when it comes to choosing the subject matter.

Best regards,
T.M. Jack