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Hi guys, me again… Here’s another few pix of our upcoming French Pharmacie Façade… Two of the pix show it with a figure or two the third one shows the new piece with the two older facades that we “married” together to create the “newbie”.
Finally, Jules 118 was asking about the pirate junk… Yes, I do have the samples however we do not have a release date fixed and I don’t want to publish photos just yet.
On a related matter… I noted a couple of responses to our latest DISPATCHES that perhaps I can answer…
1.“Mickey Mouse “Pattern…
Not all British vehicles had the “MM” style of colour scheme which is why our new HUMBER Armoured Car of the 1st Polish Armoured Division does not. Sorry, but no plans to do an “MM” version. Our second version will be 8th Army (desert).
2.Standing Figures for WW1 Aircraft…
See the last post about “late” DISPATCHES.
3.Enemy for the Imperial Chinese Army…
This is already “Under consideration”
4.“Nothing Original There”
Well for a few guys there was nothing original (for them) in the latest “DISPATCHES” and indeed they might even be “stale”… Well my apologies for producing items such as a “captured T34/76”… a Humber Armoured Car and a little French Pharmacie. Question: How many other companies have produced these kinds of “stale” items?
Apologies also for “previewing” these and other upcoming releases at the recent “West Coaster” show. One of the benefits of attending such shows is to promote the hobby, business and your upcoming releases.
Seems to me that it’s OK for other companies to present and preview their upcoming product… but not K&C eh! Throughout the year, the whole year, twelve full months K&C release many items that some expect and more than a few that come as a complete surprise.
5.“Meeting ‘n’ Greetings”
One of the other great pleasures of this hobby/business is the opportunity I get to actually meet and talk with K&C collectors, often on a “one-to-one” basis. Many of these folks have become personal friends and I often use them as an “unofficial” sounding board of new and upcoming ideas and products. On more than a few occasions, during these talks, I have shared confidences about upcoming items that I know they may be interested in. As far as I know, (and I have had no reason to doubt it) anything in particular I have asked them to “keep mum” about… they have. At other times some have asked if there is some answer I have given them that they can publicize, either on the Forum or with other collectors… and I have replied, “No problem!”
Oh well, c’est la vie… c’est la guerre… in the toy soldier world.
Best wishes and happy collecting!
Finally, Jules 118 was asking about the pirate junk… Yes, I do have the samples however we do not have a release date fixed and I don’t want to publish photos just yet.
On a related matter… I noted a couple of responses to our latest DISPATCHES that perhaps I can answer…
1.“Mickey Mouse “Pattern…
Not all British vehicles had the “MM” style of colour scheme which is why our new HUMBER Armoured Car of the 1st Polish Armoured Division does not. Sorry, but no plans to do an “MM” version. Our second version will be 8th Army (desert).
2.Standing Figures for WW1 Aircraft…
See the last post about “late” DISPATCHES.
3.Enemy for the Imperial Chinese Army…
This is already “Under consideration”
4.“Nothing Original There”
Well for a few guys there was nothing original (for them) in the latest “DISPATCHES” and indeed they might even be “stale”… Well my apologies for producing items such as a “captured T34/76”… a Humber Armoured Car and a little French Pharmacie. Question: How many other companies have produced these kinds of “stale” items?
Apologies also for “previewing” these and other upcoming releases at the recent “West Coaster” show. One of the benefits of attending such shows is to promote the hobby, business and your upcoming releases.
Seems to me that it’s OK for other companies to present and preview their upcoming product… but not K&C eh! Throughout the year, the whole year, twelve full months K&C release many items that some expect and more than a few that come as a complete surprise.
5.“Meeting ‘n’ Greetings”
One of the other great pleasures of this hobby/business is the opportunity I get to actually meet and talk with K&C collectors, often on a “one-to-one” basis. Many of these folks have become personal friends and I often use them as an “unofficial” sounding board of new and upcoming ideas and products. On more than a few occasions, during these talks, I have shared confidences about upcoming items that I know they may be interested in. As far as I know, (and I have had no reason to doubt it) anything in particular I have asked them to “keep mum” about… they have. At other times some have asked if there is some answer I have given them that they can publicize, either on the Forum or with other collectors… and I have replied, “No problem!”
Oh well, c’est la vie… c’est la guerre… in the toy soldier world.
Best wishes and happy collecting!
Andy C.
