Tanks Tanks and more Tanks. (1 Viewer)

[Simpson & his donkey.]

I now have a good growing collection. It has taken me more then Five years to amount together. Now with every monthly release I seem to only look at the armour side of it. I may pick one or Two sets up of soldiers a year but try to get the tanks I don't have. In the beginning I only collected the soldiers but how times have changed. Just saying this I got all of the Australian light horse this year but that is another story . My question is who else out there has started this way and changed completely.Simmo.

 

[Rob]

I now have a good growing collection. It has taken me more then Five years to amount together. Now with every monthly release I seem to only look at the armour side of it. I may pick one or Two sets up of soldiers a year but try to get the tanks I don't have. In the beginning I only collected the soldiers but how times have changed. Just saying this I got all of the Australian light horse this year but that is another story . My question is who else out there has started this way and changed completely.Simmo.

Well I started out collecting figures too and then started on the Tanks.Problem is I didn't stop collecting the figures!!.I now collect both,expensive but now have a nice collection,trouble is Simmo,I don't have the discipline to just collect one of them

Rob

 

[Wraith]

I'm guessing like most, I started off with the figures, but then got a tank, then another etc.....
That said, it's still the figures that end up as 'must gets'.

For me, it's due to the fact you can only do so much with a tank. It's a lump of steel (or polystone in this case). Sure, you can put different paint on it, different stowage configerations and the like, but the basic tank doesn't change.

Whereas the figures, have a life of their own. Different uniforms, weapons, but more importantly, different poses, facial expressions, sculpts and so on.


The WS70 winter Tiger is a prime example. Sure, it's German and painted white, and will therefore sell, but what's made it one of K&Cs defining sets, is the crew.

So, I might reluctantly pass on a particular AFV, but those figures that I zero in on, are must haves.

Simon

 

[Vezzolf]

Simmo, Similar pattern for me as well....In regards to my WWII K/C collection As it has grown.... I have become more selective on both soldier and AFV purchases.....trying not to purchase items that would basically be repetitive or too obscure as to fitting in with the rest of what I own......This is one reason why I have been limiting the ranges and figures I collect and also venturing into some other manufacturer's styles...which seem lend themselves better to diorama set ups.....My K/C collection is set up more as display not diorama...that is my personnal preference........I have found that my WWII collection is at a stage of selectivity....I can't buy everything and neither do I want to.....I would then need unlimited funds and would need to buy another house and set it up as a toy soldier museum

 

[Rob]

I'm guessing like most, I started off with the figures, but then got a tank, then another etc.....
That said, it's still the figures that end up as 'must gets'.

For me, it's due to the fact you can only do so much with a tank. It's a lump of steel (or polystone in this case). Sure, you can put different paint on it, different stowage configerations and the like, but the basic tank doesn't change.

Whereas the figures, have a life of their own. Different uniforms, weapons, but more importantly, different poses, facial expressions, sculpts and so on.


The WS70 winter Tiger is a prime example. Sure, it's German and painted white, and will therefore sell, but what's made it one of K&Cs defining sets, is the crew.

So, I might reluctantly pass on a particular AFV, but those figures that I zero in on, are must haves.

Simon

Good way of going about it mate.I have had to accept letting things go these days as there is a huge amount of stuff I'd like but its just not feasible to buy it all.A good example is the new Tiger,lovely looking AFV but I have three other versions so I will let it go in favour of the new Flak wagon.

As for figures you are spot on,they do seem to have a life of their own and offer more drama than an AFV.Also maybe its because a lot of us grew up playing with soldiers,and if memory serves although there were some plastic trucks and Tanks there didn't seem to be so many.

Rob

 

[unglesbeemj]

I'm guessing like most, I started off with the figures, but then got a tank, then another etc.....
That said, it's still the figures that end up as 'must gets'.

For me, it's due to the fact you can only do so much with a tank. It's a lump of steel (or polystone in this case). Sure, you can put different paint on it, different stowage configerations and the like, but the basic tank doesn't change.

Whereas the figures, have a life of their own. Different uniforms, weapons, but more importantly, different poses, facial expressions, sculpts and so on.


The WS70 winter Tiger is a prime example. Sure, it's German and painted white, and will therefore sell, but what's made it one of K&Cs defining sets, is the crew.

So, I might reluctantly pass on a particular AFV, but those figures that I zero in on, are must haves.

Simon

There is a reason why the WS70 Winter Tiger was my first K&C purchase, like Simon says so well, its because of the crew that make this one of K&C's defining sets. Its this set that brought me back to collecting toy soldiers, and spark my imagination.

At first I picked up all of my favorite AFVs from childhood, Tigers, Panthers, Panzers, and most recently aircraft. But without the figures to go with the tanks, and the stories they tell, you only have so many different variations of the same polystone tiger.

What is missing for me are more figure add-on sets to display with my tanks. And my decisions to purchase individual figures is based primarily on their display potential with my AFVs. Same holds true for aircraft.

My only concern is that in the need to keep prices down, the figures are being cut from the tank sets. Going forward, I hope that K&C will continue to provide the collector with outstanding figure sets that complement their AFVs, this to me sets them apart from the rest.

Mike

 

[Phantom Warrior]

It's always been tanks first. It was only after I had several tanks that I added separate figure sets

Terry

 

[lancer]

I am a long time collector who started out with figures. For years it was just figures until I saw a KC Tiger and Panther at the Annapolis TS show many years ago. I had to have them as I have always loved German armor. So, I discovered KC and armor at the same time and it has been armor and figures ever since. -- Al

 

[Rob]

I am a long time collector who started out with figures. For years it was just figures until I saw a KC Tiger and Panther at the Annapolis TS show many years ago. I had to have them as I have always loved German armor. So, I discovered KC and armor at the same time and it has been armor and figures ever since. -- Al[/QUOTE

And suddenly they are no longer seperate collections but all one big collection,it creeps up on you and before you know it you're hooked!

Rob

 

[maddadicus]

I now have a good growing collection. It has taken me more then Five years to amount together. Now with every monthly release I seem to only look at the armour side of it. I may pick one or Two sets up of soldiers a year but try to get the tanks I don't have. In the beginning I only collected the soldiers but how times have changed. Just saying this I got all of the Australian light horse this year but that is another story . My question is who else out there has started this way and changed completely.Simmo.

I have always been an armor only collector, even to the point of selling off any extra figures, other than in the vehicle tankers...Michael

 

[kx1a]

I started out with tanks myself and 1/50 scale at that until I caught the bug for the larger vehicles. When it evolved to where I wanted to fool around with dioramas, I was stuck without figures and had to scramble to find or even research what I needed to fit the scenes I wanted to show. Still trying to catch up in that area
Bill W

 

[Cyber Field Marshall]

As a predominantly WWII collector I would say.....Figures Figures and more Figures.....and the odd vehicle as a backdrop. That's the way I approach collecting. Figures bring realism, scale, interest, and drama to a collection. In fact I would argue they make the vehicles look even better than when they are on there own. Tank riders, marchers etc add to the vehicles purpose. Vehicles ( and I have plenty ) are great too but a great pose/sculpt or interesting camo on a figure will always get my $$$ first and the vehicle is the afterthought. Not to mention figures are much easier to collect bit by bit and ofcourse are much easier on the wallet, about $30ish for one as opposed to $100-300 for each vehicle!

 

[Jackaroo]

Simmo,

Interesting topic and got me thinking about my own fledgling collection, so I went through and tallied up the figure versus AFV sets. Basically thus far, two thirds of my collection are figures. That ratio seems about right for me at present.

I tend to agree with the general sentiment that figures bring your collection to life, as I tend to prefer the dramatic pose that sets may offer and generally they can be pretty flexibly used in a dio setting. CFM’s sentiments struck a chord with me, spot on mate!
Alby

 

[bromhead]

I originally started in 1/72 with airfix,,have about 500 in that scale now between war zones and countires including units, larger scales now tho not nearly as many,,also a 1/8 remote Stuart,modified controls and equip. including a turret lewis gun.

 

[Major Major]

Yes I remember just wanting to collect the figures as the vehicles were not in my budget, even recollect Andy telling me how this vehicle or that could add to a scene and then go on building up from there.. Well eventually got the SAS recce jeep and was well impressed by the weight (from the seated figures and the jerry cans methinks), and mixed in with other figures it all came alive as they say..! Since then been collecting the later German armour, really looking forward to the Tiger I since I don't have one yet, plus the Firefly! Keeping fingers crossed for a Stug and a towed 88mm for Normandy which I was late to the party for..