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Nice set!:smile2: Thanks to our good friend Ed curiel, I have a complete set with the buglar to go with the 6 lancers I already had.
This past Thursday, I set off at 5:00 AM - way before my usual waking hour, and set off for the town of Haverhill, NH.. A country style auction was taking place and they had a small selection of toy soldiers. I was not sure I really needed to make the trip, as Haverhill is about 125 miles from my home & I could have just phoned in some bids. The bait was two boxed K&C Glossy sets, The Gurkha Band (pictured below) & The Royal Marine band. There were also some Mignot figures (Now on ebay). I spoke to the auctioneer and he convinced me to take the drive with the promise that the items that I was interested would be auctioned off within the first hour of the auction.
I was hooked. I locked and loaded my GPS and off I went. I could have a separate thread on GPS systems - different forum board. Within 1/2 hour, I was on roads that I seldom travel. Certainly off the beaten track. The only time I venture to NH is to the seacoast. All my years living in New England, rarely have gone to central/north NH. Stunning countryside views. I should have made this trip years ago for a day of fun and relaxation.
Three hours later, I am in Haverhill, NH.. For those that have never been, Haverhill has the Williamsburg, VA. feel. A beautifully preserved slice of America. Many homes appeared to be from the 18th to mid 19th century. Well worth the trip.
I managed to buy most of the soldiers that were available & briefly spoke with a family member of the owner of the soldiers. I was told that he never had removed the soldiers from the box. They are pictured below. What struck me is the way that K&C packed them. The small blue boxes with foam are made to hold 6 figures. The Gurkha band is a 13 figure set. The removed part of the foam interior and dropped the 7th figure into one of the boxes. I really don't want to look to see after all theses years, if any of them are damaged. I assume that this is the way that K&C wrapped & shipped them back in the day. Anyhow, nothing special with figures pictured below, as they are wrapped in plastic. Enjoy.
Peter
I was hooked. I locked and loaded my GPS and off I went. I could have a separate thread on GPS systems - different forum board. Within 1/2 hour, I was on roads that I seldom travel. Certainly off the beaten track. The only time I venture to NH is to the seacoast. All my years living in New England, rarely have gone to central/north NH. Stunning countryside views. I should have made this trip years ago for a day of fun and relaxation.
Three hours later, I am in Haverhill, NH.. For those that have never been, Haverhill has the Williamsburg, VA. feel. A beautifully preserved slice of America. Many homes appeared to be from the 18th to mid 19th century. Well worth the trip.
I managed to buy most of the soldiers that were available & briefly spoke with a family member of the owner of the soldiers. I was told that he never had removed the soldiers from the box. They are pictured below. What struck me is the way that K&C packed them. The small blue boxes with foam are made to hold 6 figures. The Gurkha band is a 13 figure set. The removed part of the foam interior and dropped the 7th figure into one of the boxes. I really don't want to look to see after all theses years, if any of them are damaged. I assume that this is the way that K&C wrapped & shipped them back in the day. Anyhow, nothing special with figures pictured below, as they are wrapped in plastic. Enjoy.
Peter
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Peter,
Great story and sounds like a place well worth visiting.
I don't know who put the plastic on but if it was K & C or the original owner, I would get take the figures out of the plastic as it may have done damage to the figures.
Brad
Great story and sounds like a place well worth visiting.
I don't know who put the plastic on but if it was K & C or the original owner, I would get take the figures out of the plastic as it may have done damage to the figures.
Brad
I seem to think that K&C put those in plastic. I have a few other sets that are packed the same way.
I think for the time being, I am going to leave them as wrapped.
I purchased these two figures a couple of months back. The seller told me that were K&C pieces. He also said that these were made by K&C for the toy soldier shop that was located near West Point. One figure appears to be a Gurkha & the other a Royal Marine. Any thoughts??
Peter
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These are not K&C...how do I know??? Because they are not appealing in the K&C way!:rolleyes2:
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These are King White figures sold in the USA under the name of Reeves. The interesting connection is that K&C originally worked with King White in some capacity back in th early days. King White produced what I consider the original Chinese matte finished toy soldiers. I have the entire catalog and yes these are part of it - Royal Marine and Gurkha. Interestling enough, years later, K&CD did glossy versions of each that are very similar if not identical in some aspects!
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And here I was thinking they were K&C made by Frontline. The milling marks on the base are very much like K&C/Frontline. The Gurka, as you mentioned, is very similar to the set K&C produces. Great info.
Peter
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Absolutely correct, King White was a factory back then that very well could have produced the figures regardless of brand, they also had their own and these match what I have and are very similar to the later K*C issues. Additionally, you will notice that Frontline Glossy of this area and K&C glossy are nearly identical in a lot of aspects.
ONE other curveball for you is the single figure plastic cases the Reeves came in are the same as the original Frontline and K&C plastic cases, but with different cardboard inserts!
Tom
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Regarding Frontline and K & C being made at the same factory, I think Lawrence has a Frontline figure that was indavertently marked K & C.
Peter, you may not know this but the owners of Frontline used to work for Andy before they went out on their own.
Peter, you may not know this but the owners of Frontline used to work for Andy before they went out on their own.
I did not know that. Actually, sad to say, I don't know all that much - I have much to learn.
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Yes, its a matched set, WS02, but it looks to be the matt version, rather than the original glossy version (WSS2 - the set came both ways). Here is some intel on the set from the text for the K&C books:
The 1991-1992 Post card catalogue indicated that, available in mid-June, 1992, King & Country would release the First 3 Waffen SS sets, the First five LAH sets (with sets 6-8 available by September, 1992), the rest of the "Commemorative Editions", the 9 sets of pilots that go with the warbirds (including a Churchill Figure and a Captain Clark Gable Figure).
It should be noted, that, as was mentioned in chapters 1 and 2, King & Country’s early figures were often an “homage” to earlier companies’ plastic or metal figures. In the case of WSS01 and WSS02, the figures, were strongly influenced by 1/32 scale plastic Afrika Corps. figures produced by Airfix in the 1970’s.
WSS02 was an attacking group of four panzer grenadiers, one standing firing an MP40 Schmeisser Machine Pistol, one standing throwing a “potato masher” grenade, one standing firing a Mauser rifle, and one kneeling firing a Mauser Rifle. The two firing rifles are wearing “coal scuttle” helmets, while the other two wear peaked soft caps. The figures wear various combinations of camouflage pants or tunics with gray pants or tunics. The set originally retailed for $49.
In February, 2006, the five original Waffen SS sets, as described above were repainted in matt, and renumbered WS01-WS04, and WS06.
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One of the Hong Kong Jockey figures (I have 6 different ones in my collection, including your #8). Here is some information on this set from the text for the K&C volumes:
In 1994 the 6 "a day at the races" horses and jockeys commissioned by the Hong Kong Jockey's Club appeared. The "a day at the races" horses and jockeys commissioned by the Hong Kong Jockey's Club (JC1 through JC6) were produced in a larger (approximately 80mm) scale and were well sculpted on two different galloping horses. The riders crouch, standing in the stirrups in the “forward seat” position, holding the reins on the horses’ necks. The jockeys wear accurately reproduced colorful “silks”, with diamonds, stripes, crosses and stars on the multi-colored shirts and helmets, white pants, either plain or with one red stripe down the seam, and the horses each have numbers on their saddle blankets (2, 3, 8, 11, etc.).