Show Your Trophy Collection – In Storage or On Display. (3 Viewers)

[HAWKEYE]

These are the Napoleonic flagbearers first the Gordons, then Black Watch and last is the Camerons

 

[HAWKEYE]

These are the Napoleonic flagbearers first the Gordons, then Black Watch and last is the Camerons

BY THE WAY THESE INDIAN MUTINY SETS PRETTY MUCH ALL HAVE BEARDS WHICH THE NAPOLEONICS DID NOT

 

[boerboy]

BY THE WAY THESE INDIAN MUTINY SETS PRETTY MUCH ALL HAVE BEARDS WHICH THE NAPOLEONICS DID NOT

You convinced me

 

[Deitz]

And a boer supply wagon with navel personal I picked up at the Chicago show last time it was held at the old hotel on golf road

You were questioning on whether or not to buy it, I told you, you would regret not buying it. I am glad you took my advice.

 

[boerboy]

You were questioning on whether or not to buy it, I told you, you would regret not buying it. I am glad you took my advice.

Deitz, It was a no-brainer for me. This set is quite scarce, so most people don’t even realize it existed when they see it for the first time — like stumbling on a unicorn in full dress uniform! Thank you for the valuable advice. We might just have to start another thread: “To Buy or Not to Buy” — a place to debate just how far forum members are willing to go (or pay!) or how much they paid for an offered or long-desired set. Thanks again for the great idea — you may have unleashed something dangerous!

 

[Deitz]

I mainly collect Zulu, I have all the Hz sets and many of the harder to find sets. I also have a few ACW, American Rev, Boer and a few other sets.

My Trophy grails are:
1. The Janissaries sets and
2. La Haye Sainte add on sets.

If anyone desires I can take close up pictures.

Brian

 

[Deitz]

Deitz, It was a no-brainer for me. This set is quite scarce, so most people don’t even realize it existed when they see it for the first time — like stumbling on a unicorn in full dress uniform! Thank you for the valuable advice. We might just have to start another thread: “To Buy or Not to Buy” — a place to debate just how far forum members are willing to go (or pay!) or how much they paid for an offered or long-desired set. Thanks again for the great idea — you may have unleashed something dangerous!

If I remember right we walked out of the room and talked about it for a bit and then we high tailed it back to the room.

 

[Buster]

I mainly collect Zulu, I have all the Hz sets and many of the harder to find sets. I also have a few ACW, American Rev, Boer and a few other sets.

My Trophy grails are:
1. The Janissaries sets and
2. La Haye Sainte add on sets.

If anyone desires I can take close up pictures.

Brian

Brian ... YES please!

B.

 

[boerboy]

I mainly collect Zulu, I have all the Hz sets and many of the harder to find sets. I also have a few ACW, American Rev, Boer and a few other sets.

My Trophy grails are:
1. The Janissaries sets and
2. La Haye Sainte add on sets.

If anyone desires I can take close up pictures.

Brian

Yes, Brian. Please show close ups for La Haye Sainte add on sets. I loved them. How many do you have?

 

[Louis Badolato]

Yes, Brian. Please show close ups for La Haye Sainte add on sets. I loved them. How many do you have?

I always took "Holy Grail" sets to means the ones you most wanted but were never able to obtain. For me, for example, the ultimate Trophy Holy Grail is the WWI Motor Ambulance set (GWEQ81), which I have seen for sale once (I was outbid at the last second by a sniper) and never seen in person:

 

[boerboy]

I mainly collect Zulu, I have all the Hz sets and many of the harder to find sets. I also have a few ACW, American Rev, Boer and a few other sets.

My Trophy grails are:
1. The Janissaries sets and
2. La Haye Sainte add on sets.

If anyone desires I can take close up pictures.

Brian

Please show you " the harder to find sets".

I always took "Holy Grail" sets to means the ones you most wanted but were never able to obtain. For me, for example, the ultimate Trophy Holy Grail is the WWI Motor Ambulance set (GWEQ81), which I have seen for sale once (I was outbid at the last second by a sniper) and never seen in person:
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Oh, I feel that in my soul! Watch out for those snipers! Your options are simple: either become the sniper, or when your grail appears, bid so high your wallet cries, but your future self high-fives you. Short-term pain, zero long-term regret!

 

[Louis Badolato]

Please show you " the harder to find sets".

Oh, I feel that in my soul! Watch out for those snipers! Your options are simple: either become the sniper, or when your grail appears, bid so high your wallet cries, but your future self high-fives you. Short-term pain, zero long-term regret!

Al,

That auction taught me that very lesson. If something appears that I truly have to have I throw up an insanely high bid with about 10 seconds to go and hope no one else had the same approach.

 

[HAWKEYE]

You were questioning on whether or not to buy it, I told you, you would regret not buying it. I am glad you took my advice.

Good advice Brian

 

[HAWKEYE]

I mainly collect Zulu, I have all the Hz sets and many of the harder to find sets. I also have a few ACW, American Rev, Boer and a few other sets.

My Trophy grails are:
1. The Janissaries sets and
2. La Haye Sainte add on sets.

If anyone desires I can take close up pictures.

Brian

Nice collection, I remember when we met and you had all the little legion Zulu series. Then I turned you on to the trophy Zulu range and I can attest that Brian has to have o e of the best Zulu war trophy collections out there. I think he has just about the full run. Am I close Brian

 

[HAWKEYE]

Please show you " the harder to find sets".

Oh, I feel that in my soul! Watch out for those snipers! Your options are simple: either become the sniper, or when your grail appears, bid so high your wallet cries, but your future self high-fives you. Short-term pain, zero long-term regret!

Well said

 

[HAWKEYE]

I won these with no box and always wondered what they were. I am thinking they were troops that ran the slave trade. Maybe one of you diehards can educate me on this ine

 

[boerboy]

I won these with no box and always wondered what they were. I am thinking they were troops that ran the slave trade. Maybe one of you diehards can educate me on this ine

This set appears to depict the French Tirailleurs Sénégalais, a colonial infantry regiment composed primarily of West African soldiers who served under French command. These troops were active from the late 19th century into the mid-20th century and participated in multiple campaigns across Africa and Asia.


The white tropical uniforms with red fezzes match period depictions from the late 1800s to early 1900s, and these particular figures may represent the regiment as they appeared during the Boxer Rebellion in China (circa 1900–1901)—a rare and fascinating subject.


These figures are mounted on oval bases, indicating early production by Trophy Miniatures, likely before the adoption of the signature “red box” packaging. The exact set number is currently unknown, but it may be identified upon my further catalog research.


A scarce and historically rich set—a great find, Hawkeye.

 

[HAWKEYE]

This set appears to depict the French Tirailleurs Sénégalais, a colonial infantry regiment composed primarily of West African soldiers who served under French command. These troops were active from the late 19th century into the mid-20th century and participated in multiple campaigns across Africa and Asia.


The white tropical uniforms with red fezzes match period depictions from the late 1800s to early 1900s, and these particular figures may represent the regiment as they appeared during the Boxer Rebellion in China (circa 1900–1901)—a rare and fascinating subject.


These figures are mounted on oval bases, indicating early production by Trophy Miniatures, likely before the adoption of the signature “red box” packaging. The exact set number is currently unknown, but it may be identified upon my further catalog research.


A scarce and historically rich set—a great find, Hawkeye.

Thanks for the info

 

[damian]

Those are great

 

[damian]

Hope about some British light cavalry at waterloo

I have never seen that set before. Well done