West Coaster Show - Britains (1 Viewer)

[desk11desk12]

Great seeing Richard Walker at the show. I really like what Britians is doing and they've really stepped it up in bring the name back to life and at the top of their game. I wish they would do WW2 and Richard loves to tease me about it.

Carlos

 

[desk11desk12]

 

[desk11desk12]

 

[desk11desk12]

 

[ketelone]

Richard told me via email he has not forgotten WWII and supposedly some time in the future there will be more vehilces and diorama pieces and of course figures....

 

[marco55]

While other companies slug it out as to who is Top Dog, Britains steadily has great products and will be remembered long after the others are forgotten.
Mark

 

[lancer]

While other companies slug it out as to who is Top Dog, Britains steadily has great products and will be remembered long after the others are forgotten.
Mark

Completely agree. Britains figures are the best on the market. I collect WW1 and some glossies, as well as having many of the ACW and older, classic figures. Their wide range of figures, both matte and gloss, mean there is something for everyone. And they are the original TS company for many of us. -- Al

 

[marco55]

I'm not collecting anything of their's right now but I had some civil war figures a while back and they were excellent.
Mark

 

[thebritfarmer]

I have always loved Britains toys since I was 5 years old, and I still have most of those toys as well

 

[VIRIATO]

Completely agree. Britains figures are the best on the market. I collect WW1 and some glossies, as well as having many of the ACW and older, classic figures. Their wide range of figures, both matte and gloss, mean there is something for everyone. And they are the original TS company for many of us. -- Al

Respectful disagreement: they do have some fantastic figures, either matte or glossy, but their figures are not the best on the market IMHO.
In my opinion the best on the market are:
Glossy-Imperial Productions;
Matte-King and Country and possibly becoming a future n.1: First Legion;
Connoisseur-Aeroart or Kolobob sold Russian figures.
I do collect Britains wonderful FIW glossy Redcoats/Bluecoats and to me those are their best figures.
Those are my feelings right now, so sorry but the new catalog did little for me...

Paulo

 

[Jagdpanther]

Britains is one of the best, and I have quite a few figures and will always collect them has long has I can.

 

[lancer]

Respectful disagreement: they do have some fantastic figures, either matte or glossy, but their figures are not the best on the market IMHO.
In my opinion the best on the market are:
Glossy-Imperial Productions;
Matte-King and Country and possibly becoming a future n.1: First Legion;
Connoisseur-Aeroart or Kolobob sold Russian figures.
I do collect Britains wonderful FIW glossy Redcoats/Bluecoats and to me those are their best figures.
Those are my feelings right now, so sorry but the new catalog did little for me...

Paulo

You mention some excellent companies. I should have made myself clearer. I meant that Britains makes the best figures I can afford to buy. Obviously the Aeroart are in a league of their own, (as are their prices), and I have never seen First Legion in person, (but I can't afford them, either), so Britains becomes my choice. I collect both KC and JJD and they are both outstanding but I believe Britains offers the better deal, pricewise, and their figures (matte) are superior in sculpting and realistic painting. On the glossy side Britains has no competition in the price range I can afford. I love Somerset, (price prevents me from buying and adding to my current collection of them), and Trophy is gone and very expensive on the secondary market. I like Imperial, but, price and accessibility come into play. Britains fits my budget but would be my favorite even if they cost as much as KC or JJD. Britains new catalog is full of stuff I like and that War on the Nile series will be capturing more of my dollars. Neat stuff. -- lancer

 

[aujj65]

You mention some excellent companies. I should have made myself clearer. I meant that Britains makes the best figures I can afford to buy. Obviously the Aeroart are in a league of their own, (as are their prices), and I have never seen First Legion in person, (but I can't afford them, either), so Britains becomes my choice. I collect both KC and JJD and they are both outstanding but I believe Britains offers the better deal, pricewise, and their figures (matte) are superior in sculpting and realistic painting. On the glossy side Britains has no competition in the price range I can afford. I love Somerset, (price prevents me from buying and adding to my current collection of them), and Trophy is gone and very expensive on the secondary market. I like Imperial, but, price and accessibility come into play. Britains fits my budget but would be my favorite even if they cost as much as KC or JJD. Britains new catalog is full of stuff I like and that War on the Nile series will be capturing more of my dollars. Neat stuff. -- lancer

Al, it seems we are in the same boat!

Jeff

 

[nshighlander]

I feel I`m in the same boat also.The new catalog is full of great stuff.I do like the Nile Series.
Cheers
Dave

 

[Spitfrnd]

You mention some excellent companies. I should have made myself clearer. I meant that Britains makes the best figures I can afford to buy. Obviously the Aeroart are in a league of their own, (as are their prices), and I have never seen First Legion in person, (but I can't afford them, either), so Britains becomes my choice. I collect both KC and JJD and they are both outstanding but I believe Britains offers the better deal, pricewise, and their figures (matte) are superior in sculpting and realistic painting. On the glossy side Britains has no competition in the price range I can afford. I love Somerset, (price prevents me from buying and adding to my current collection of them), and Trophy is gone and very expensive on the secondary market. I like Imperial, but, price and accessibility come into play. Britains fits my budget but would be my favorite even if they cost as much as KC or JJD. Britains new catalog is full of stuff I like and that War on the Nile series will be capturing more of my dollars. Neat stuff. -- lancer

I agree that Britains offers good value and I have a number of them for that reason but I am a bit puzzled by your observation that you could not afford FL? At their respective price levels two Britains figures are equal to 1.2 FL figures or if you buy 5 Britains figures you could afford to buy 3 FL ones. It would seem to be more of a quantity issue which I understand all too well since I cannot afford to buy all I would like.

 

[VIRIATO]

You mention some excellent companies. I should have made myself clearer. I meant that Britains makes the best figures I can afford to buy. Obviously the Aeroart are in a league of their own, (as are their prices), and I have never seen First Legion in person, (but I can't afford them, either), so Britains becomes my choice. I collect both KC and JJD and they are both outstanding but I believe Britains offers the better deal, pricewise, and their figures (matte) are superior in sculpting and realistic painting. On the glossy side Britains has no competition in the price range I can afford. I love Somerset, (price prevents me from buying and adding to my current collection of them), and Trophy is gone and very expensive on the secondary market. I like Imperial, but, price and accessibility come into play. Britains fits my budget but would be my favorite even if they cost as much as KC or JJD. Britains new catalog is full of stuff I like and that War on the Nile series will be capturing more of my dollars. Neat stuff. -- lancer

I see, to each his own as always! I am not interested in the Nile series but I can see the series does look spectacular, so, enjoy it! On the companies I mentioned I probably can't afford some of them either, they are not worse because of that, daydreaming doesn't hurt (or does it)

Regards,
Paulo

 

[thebritfarmer]

I agree that Britains offers good value and I have a number of them for that reason but I am a bit puzzled by your observation that you could not afford FL? At their respective price levels two Britains figures are equal to 1.2 FL figures or if you buy 5 Britains figures you could afford to buy 3 FL ones. It would seem to be more of a quantity issue which I understand all too well since I cannot afford to buy all I would like.

I think you will find especially with the new releases Bill that it more like 2:1 ratio. Britains mounted figures are listed as $63 - $70, foot figures range from $23 - $30 IMO no matter how good FL are that slows down my chances of buildings a size able dio. Which is what I am after, the overall effect.

 

[Spitfrnd]

I think you will find especially with the new releases Bill that it more like 2:1 ratio. Britains mounted figures are listed as $63 - $70, foot figures range from $23 - $30 IMO no matter how good FL are that slows down my chances of buildings a size able dio. Which is what I am after, the overall effect.

I was looking at the new WB 95th figures listed at TF for $27 each, a couple of which I just bought, versus the FL Napoleonic foot soldiers currently at $45. To me the mounted figures are quite a different matter for reasons I have recently explained but the current ratio is still about 2 to 1.18.

 

[VIRIATO]

buildings a size able dio. Which is what I am after, the overall effect.

This is a very good point. Does one want mass effect and dioramas? Or to display single figures? Choices, choices... Either away $$$ mass effect on my wallet.

Paulo

 

[Spitfrnd]

This is a very good point. Does one want mass effect and dioramas? Or to display single figures? Choices, choices... Either away $$$ mass effect on my wallet.

Paulo

Indeed, 30 figures versus 45 or 50 for example; either way a wallet mass effect. I do think though that given the math, between these two it is not a question of single figures versus dioramas but rather how many figures you want in your dioramas.

The nice thing is that for Napoleonics for these two you can cheat a bit since the WB Napoleonics are the same size and many fit nicely with the FL ones. I have done that in some of my posted diorama shots and no one seemed to even notice. I am very pleased WB is continuing to support Napoleonics.