Hi Guys,
A few random responses and replied to points raised on the Forum…
1. “Palm Trees for Daruss”
Re your concern about the need for “Palm Trees”… Well, yes I do think we need more vegetation in general and palm trees in particular for series like Afrika Korps… 8th.Army… Crusaders & Saracens… Ancient Egypt… Iraq and Afghanistan and… our upcoming “Blue Hawaii” range.
As for so many people making them… Can you supply a list of all the companies currently producing these items?
2. “Kelly’s Heroes”
Lovely idea… just a teensy-weensy, itty-bitty problem about copyright infringement. Hollywood studios get awfully picky about unauthorized use of names, characters and even movie titles… So I’ll pass on this one and leave it to Mr. Conte.
3. Toy Soldier Shop in Florida
Our friend Tim Tyler has the only store I know of in Jacksonville. Tim is an old friend of both myself and K&C and a great K&C dealer. I recommend him very highly…
And I second anyone who recommends “The Cheesecake Factory”!
4. Grey Sd.Kfz.222???
Sounds like a good idea to me…
And that’s all for now folks.
Best wishes and happy collecting!
Andy C.
P.S. “Flags”
Sorry I almost forgot this one… someone, somewhere mentioned that they don’t like some flags because they consider them to be “historically inaccurate”… Well, they have a point perhaps… But, did that stop Errol Flynn charging the Russian guns at Balaclava with a “Union Jack” in hand?
Of course it didn’t and besides it looks great!!!
Flags and flagbearers do sell and many collectors, myself included, like a splash of colour on our battlefields… apart from blood that is!
If our flag friend doesn’t like flags then “Hey Presto”… don’t buy the flags… buy the other pieces.
In the case of the Light Horse flags we intend to do the “Red Duster” version of the Aussie Flag and the 4th Light Horse Brigade Guidon… There are many, many casual buyers out there who may just buy one figure… especially as a souvenir from Australia… hence the Aussie flag. As for the Brigade flag… why not?
And besides…I like flags… so there!
Andy C. Neilson
Co-founder & Creative Director
King & Country
Your forgot helicopters and tents (This would be a good series for me as I much prefer camp life than the nitty gritty of the war in the trenches)
