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I just seen on the news & gossip section at the Michigan toy soldier website that Blackhawk's 4th series will center on the Templars.Be out sometime in early 2009.Blackhawk's figures are 1/32 so probably wont be compatible with K&C's Crusader line.
Mark
 
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hi guys,
I just was checking out the current issue 31 of Toy Soldier Collector mag from the UK and there is 5 color photo's from the upcoming Black Hawk Templars release and i must say they look Fantastic .I love the two Templars mounted on one horse engaged in combat a must have for sure . All the best Gebhard;)
 
Here is some more info about the Templar range from Blackhawk:

Blackhawk Toy Soldiers: Templars

Blackhawk Toy Soldiers has announced their new release for this upcoming year. As many Blackhawk Toy Soldier collectors know, last year they focused on their Roman Carthage Battle Collection and their German SS Collection. This year, Blackhawk Toy Soldiers will be adding a Templar collection. They are doing 19 pieces in their initial Templar collection. The first 9 figures are available for pre-order and will be available for shipment at the end of February. Coming to the Templar collection by Blackhawk Toy Soldiers are:

BH0501 - The Battle - $160.00
BH0502 - Hugh of Payns, 1128 - $30.00
BH0503 - Bernard of Clarivaux, 1090-1153 - $42.00
BH0504 - Templar Cloister - $55.00
BH0505 - Gerard of Ridfort, 1184-1189 - $78.00
BH0506 - Guardian - $30.00
BH0507 - The Holy Grail - $44.00
BH0508 - The Accolade - $75.00
BH0509 - After The Battle - $109.00
BH0510 - Templar Sergeant - $30.00
BH0511 - Fatimid Caliphal Guard - $30.00
BH0512 - Hand to Hand Combat - $75.00
BH0513 - Salah Al Din - $30.00
BH0514 - Jacques of Molay, Templar Grand Master - $30.00
BH0515 - Phillip IV "The Fair" - $42.00
BH0516 - Phillip IV "The Fair" Guard - $30.00
BH0517 - Death - $30.00
BH0518 - The Executioner - $30.00
BH0519 - Jacques of Molay Burned at the Stake - $30.00
 
Thanks Mestell for the update ,
We must be on the same email list for BGS . I think the new figures look very good . Are there any other collectors who have purchased figures from Black Hawk ? There does not seem to be much chatter on this Thread. All the best Gebhard
 
Hi Mike, Mark and Gebhard,

Thanks for the heads up on the upcoming Templar series from Blackhawk. I've been waiting for quite some time for information on this new series. I just went onto the Michigan Toy Soldier Company site and looked at all of the upcoming offerings. There are images of the entire upcoming Templar series. I think some of them are really nice and will tie in just great with my King & Country figures...........and the price is quite comparable. There are some wonderful, very animated combat poses. I look forward to adding some of them to my collection.

George
 
Thanks for the heads up on these ! The pics look great and they should be great additions to that era.
 
I was reading through posts on this forum, regarding the previous lines of Black Hawk figures. Some members liked them, but others were quite disappointed with the figures and seemed to think they were deminutive or "smallish" in size, compared with the King & Countryt and other lines. I'll be interested in seeing how these new Tamplars compare in size to my many K&C medieval figures. I hope they will work well together, because Black Hawk has some very nice looking pieces that I'd love to add to my diorama.

George
 
I've seen some of Black Hawk's figures "in the flesh", and I thought they were pretty well done, IMHO. I've seen several of the Custer's Last Stand figures, and some were quite nice, while others were OK. Also at last year's Westcoaster, Matt from Hobby Bunker had some of the just released at the time Battle of Zama figures. Again I found some figures to be quite appealing and others just "so-so". The main thing I've noticed with their figures is striking animation and poses, yet the painting doesn't match up with the high caliber of sculpting. Again this is only my personal observation. Further along these lines, the photos you see online of their figures appear to be painted quite nicely, but in person, they exhibit more of a "mass produced" or "production line" paint level.......not to complicate things, but this quality is not consistent across all figures I have seen. Some look very nice indeed in person. So like others here have stated, due to the "hit and miss" quality, I would recommend buying these in person. I suspect I will pick up some Black Hawk figures very soon (I'm quite "curious" about the new Templars), but only upon close inspection. Regarding the size of their figures, Black Hawk advertises them as being "true 54mm". Now I'm not exactly sure what true 54mm is, but they are quite small to my untrained eye, and I would not suggest interchangeability with say, K & C's Romans for instance-they are not even close in terms of scale. The Black Hawk figures I have seen are closer in size to perhaps being somewhere between East of India's and Frontline's figures, but don't hold me to it because I have not performed an actual side by side comparison. But I think I can say with confidence that the Black Hawk figures I have seen (Custer and Zama series) are smaller than most metal manufacturer's soldiers, and consequently, as another poster noted, not very substantial weight-wise (for those who this is important to). Anyways, I hope I didn't confuse matters more and look forward to the points of view of others as we all consider "jumping in".

Joe
 
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marco55 said:
I just seen on the news & gossip section at the Michigan toy soldier website that Blackhawk's 4th series will center on the Templars.Be out sometime in early 2009.Blackhawk's figures are 1/32 so probably wont be compatible with K&C's Crusader line.
Mark
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I thought the K&C Crusader line was made in 1/32 and not 1/30??? And also the Alamo series also if I,m not mistaken?

CRUSADER
CROSS&CRESCENT
An epic journey back in time to a series of violent events between two great civilizations that still shatter our world today.
Towards the end of last year the K&C creative team were holding one of our frequent “brain-storming” sessions to discuss future releases and ideas.
As usual there was no shortage of good ideas. The only problem was trying to select which we thought would be the most exciting for us to produce and the most popular for our collectors to buy. Lots of great proposals were batted back and forth with the “pros” and “cons” of each argued and discussed at length. Finally we narrowed it down to three main areas where we believed we could produce a major new series with “legs”. I.E. one which has an ongoing appeal that might be produced and extended for many years to come.
All three “finalists” met that criteria easily that was the hard part. Now we had to put them is some kind of “pecking order” by voting on each.
By a narrow majority “CRUSADER” won and then the real work began – researching, designing, selecting, carving, master painting, production samples and a hundred and one other tasks. Hard work but creatively – incredibly exciting and rewarding.
We made several key decisions early on. One was vitally important… “What scale would this new range be?”
We chose 1:32 and here’s why. Although K&C is best known for its 1:30 scale particularly our many World War Two figures and fighting vehicles we have always produced figures in a variety of sizes. (Our Napoleonics and recent Alamo series are closer to 1:32 than 1:30)
Because we are a relative “late-comer” to the “Medieval Scene” we realized that earlier producers focused primarily on 1:32. We could also see that our Russian friends with their multitude of medieval figures were also 1:32 scale. Therefore that was the scale we chose to go with.
 
Fish,
Don't take my word as gospel.I read it on one of the posts once.
Mark
 
fishead19690 said:
I thought the K&C Crusader line was made in 1/32 and not 1/30??? And also the Alamo series also if I,m not mistaken?

CRUSADER
CROSS&CRESCENT
.....“What scale would this new range be?”
We chose 1:32 and here’s why. Although K&C is best known for its 1:30 scale particularly our many World War Two figures and fighting vehicles we have always produced figures in a variety of sizes. (Our Napoleonics and recent Alamo series are closer to 1:32 than 1:30)
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Wow. If the Napoleonics are 1/32 then those Guardsmen are over 6 ft, 8 inches.:eek: Perhaps the NFL should recruit more in England.
 
Got a flyer from Andrea today!

As far as i can see, only 3 of them will be avaliable in March!

Looks great on paper. Hope they are great "live"!:D
 
Templar figures look good but so did the Custer range.I've heard many opinions about the Black Hawk ranges both good and bad.
Mark
 
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