Who's going to London? (1 Viewer)

[CannonFodder1971]

I'll be at the Toy Soldier Show at the Royal National Hotel on 3rd December. If anyone has a wish-list (and an accompanying price range) then let me know and I'll see what I can find.

I'll also be at the K&C event in the Imperial War Museum but alas won't be able to stay for the duration. (Well I could but I'd be sleeping in a Tube station if I did). Who else is going to either or both?

 

[Chuck Harris]

Joe
I need the figure that goes with the WS14 and figures for DD14.

Send me a plane ticket and I'll pay for the hotel & food.

 

[Tony Neville]

Cannonfoder

Would be good to meet you as you are aware we run the London show now and it is truly the biggest in europe. We have represention from all over the world.
Make sure you come over to the K&C UK tables and say hi as the NEville's will all be there and Andy.

Cannot wait we have 1.5ton of K&C product on the way to us now for the show.

Also keep an eye out for the new K&C UK website it should be lilve by the end of the week. It is amazing and a must for any K&C fan favourites. There are one or two (actually 10) gems that are there. Cannot say anymore but have a look.

Chuck re your figures e-mail my dad as he has a huge private collection. He buys and sells drop him a line mike@kingandcountry.co.uk even i dont know what he has and we share an offic!!!!

100 K&C fans at the Global collectors convention in the evening so will be awesome. Have you received your ticket yet?

see you and anybody else on the 3rd


Tony Neville (the youngest!)

 

[Pierre]

Hi Mr. Neville,

I can't go this year. We went to London this september (our wedding trip) and we falled in love with the city and the people there. We plan to go back next year and to make sure that it will be at the same time of your show. So, see you in 2006 and have a great, great, great show.

My best regards to all the Neville.

Pierre.

 

[Tony Neville]

thanks pierre

Shame you wont be there. Keep an eye out on www.thetoysoldiershow.com for all the dates to get your trip on th eright dates. we are booked at the national for the next three years.

gone midnight here working on site which is going to be awesome. should be live by the end of the week.

Thanks for your support and i will say hi to the rest of th eguys

all the best

Tony Neville

 

[jazzeum]

Would love to go but, alas, won't be there. Joe, I'll send you a couple of things that I'd like to get and price ranges.

Tony, I'll drop your Dad a line. Looking forward to the new web site.

 

[Monty]

Tony

Just got my ticket / ration book! awesome i think these alone are a collectors peice. The 1945 themed buffett is an awesome idea (as is the free bar!!!)

cannonfoder would be great to meet up in the evening. I was ill in chicago when the forum guys got together so missed out on a face to face meet with the guys.

I cannot wait to see the site Tony do i here right that your going to have a section for 'old' K&C? there is talk you have a K&C bid section how do i get in on this???? Your dads 'stash' of things is a must. Sherman only days away now, can i help you unpack the 1.5ton of K&C products. You guys have an awesome job!!!! K&C heaven.

see you on the 3rd

Monty

 

[Rob]

Really looking forward to this.Will be at the show in the morning and at the convention.I work as a volunteer tour guide at the IWM taking the public on short tours, and Bob Neville as asked me to do the same on the night.I am so pleased and honoured to be involved.Will look forward to meeting any of you who can make it on the night.Best wishes to all

Rob.

 

[Bill Moore]

I'll be at the Toy Soldier Show at the Royal National Hotel on 3rd December. If anyone has a wish-list (and an accompanying price range) then let me know and I'll see what I can find.

I'll also be at the K&C event in the Imperial War Museum but alas won't be able to stay for the duration. (Well I could but I'd be sleeping in a Tube station if I did). Who else is going to either or both?

I will be attending both events and hope to meet many of you. I arrive late thursday and depart tuesday mid day.

 

[UK_BOD]

Hi,

I will definitely be going to the show in December. Can anyone tell me if the Napoleonic Farm will be on sale at London? Also, when is the release date for the British Sherman?

Regards

A C

 

[Monty]

UK BOD

I have preordered from K&C UK as they have everything at show but limited numbers. The Sherman is around next week Mike Neville told me this as i keep hassling him for it.

Best to give them a show order and they wil bring it checked and bagged ready for you so you dont miss out.

E-mail mike@kingandcountry.co.uk he will be able to help you.


December the 3rd xmas is early !!!!!!!
Monty

 

[Bill Moore]

I planned on attending the London show, but had to cancel. I discovered i had a torn retina in my left eye,had surgery Saturday,and can`t fly for at least two weeks. Sorry i`m not going to meet several of you.

 

[Tony Neville]

Bill

That is a real shame mate, was looking forward to meeting you again after Chicago. Mind you mate you would need more than just your shorts at the moment. Hope the eye gets better soon, we have had that on a member of our family so we understand.

All the best (dad says hi, would do it himself but he is horrified of IT! unless it is e-mail) from the Neville;s King & Country UK

 

[Tony Neville]

GUYS

5am on Friday and its time to set off for London (1hr drive) we were up until 2am loading the 7.5TON!!!! lorry with the K&C goodies.

Any traders out there will now the no sleep set ups!!!

As organisers of Europes biggest show we have to be a day ahead of everyone else!!!!

SEE YOU THERE IF YOUR THERE!!!

Tony Neville (Jnr as i have just been nicknamed)

 

[CannonFodder1971]

Excellent show! Must've been 100 tables in 2 large halls, with plenty of alcoves and labyrinthes. Lots of enthusiastic and knowledgeable sellers and plenty of buyers too.

Dropped by the K&C stand to say "hi". Tony was there at the time holding the fort, as was Andy, but Mike and Sue were being mobbed by a 3-deep horde at the place along the stand where the WWII figures were being displayed. Bob was a white blur passing around the different buildings. I didn't stay around the K&C stand too long, enough to collect the DD45 (astonishingly good), and was hoping to meet up with everyone in the Imperial War Museum later. Alas, I had used up all my free-time parole credits in the morning and afternoon at the show, and by evening my London me-time had expired, and I grumbled through numerous family obligations.

A great show though, and I hope the collectors' conference in the IWM was as good as the show. (I got some texts and voice messages during the day, and I left some with others: overall my phone logged in to Vodafone UK, O2, and T-Mobile at different stages of the day - and not always allowing access to my voicemail either). Great to have met some of you in the flesh, sad that I didn't get to meet and chat at the Imperial War Museum, but an excellent show nonetheless.

Congratulations to the Nevilles for organising such a good show, having re-enactors there, taking time to talk to people at the stand when there was so much near-maniac interest in the K&C stand, which was almost the entire length of the hall. (Figarti were right beside, and some Russians were beside him - their figures were better than Rogatchev or Grenada and at a lower price. Niena had a huge display on the opposite side. Great diversity throughout the show). I'd say that the British Legion must've done well from the show's takings.

The only downside from the show itself was that there was a famine when it came to retired K&C pieces. (Plenty of rare Britains, but they were originally produced as toys so there were always bound to be large quantites available in every condition imaginable). Later in the evening, when being frog-marched around Oxford St/Regent St on Christmas present shopping duties, I managed to get into Hamleys. On the 4th floor there is a small K&C display and for those of you still in London you can get some of the NV buildings (eg Maison Vert) at normal UK retail price. That was about the extent of what retired K&C bargains I saw. Anyone else have good or bad stories from the show and/or, more importantly, the event at the Imperial War Museum?

 

[Eazy]

It was reported on another forum that K&C had the new Afrika Korps pieces on display.
1. A command half-track with Rommel , a radio operator and another soldier standing saluting
2. 105 mm howitizer with crew.
3. A half-track prime mover .
4. A group of Afrika Korps officers with a captured and wounded British officer.

Sounds pretty good. The poster also mentioned that K&C would be releasing a new Panther in June for the Normandy range.

 

[Rob]

The Afrika Korps display was small and excellant.All the above mentioned items looked really good together,it convinced me to start collecting that range!.Also Andy told me that the new Panther will have lots of Battle damage.

Rob.

 

[jazzeum]

It was reported on another forum that K&C had the new Afrika Korps pieces on display.
1. A command half-track with Rommel , a radio operator and another soldier standing saluting
2. 105 mm howitizer with crew.
3. A half-track prime mover .
4. A group of Afrika Korps officers with a captured and wounded British officer.

Sounds pretty good. The poster also mentioned that K&C would be releasing a new Panther in June for the Normandy range.

Which forum would that be and did anybody take pictures? If so, please post.

 

[Tony Neville]

Guys

Wow!!!!!! let me give you a very blurred eye!! account.

Saturday for me and Bob started at 3am with dodging the homeward bound drunks of London to put up signs for the show.
I can tell you as we past the exact spot where the bus bomb was in july and we took a look at the flowers iam sure the whole of London went quiet.

The 4.30am traders started to turn up (those that had not started to set up on the Friday) so Bob and myself went from being the display team to being the directional show team!! Another hat or is it a broom?

6.30 am (customers started to turn up and have a nose around.

7.30 am i manned our 11 table strong K&C display set up (in fact 60ft long) must have taken the short straw as Sue Mike and the rest of the sales team (alleged family) were off having breakfast after only getting up at 6am

next thing i knew our table was stormed it was like somebody had told K&C collectors we were giving the stuff away!! (by the way we dont!!) The new Sherman was the hottest cake we had and they are for sure this years must have for Christmas. I have infact bagged one for myself after the reaction on Saturday (not quite the Winter Tiger foray) but still.

10 am (offical show open time) and we were by now fully up to strength with Mike Sue Myself and my son and three helpers behind the K&C UK stand. Oh and Andy (who thought he was just going to chat!!) with in 30mins even the master of K&C was in selling mode. Andy thank you very mush for your help.

The day then went into a blur (by the way still no Grub for me!!) no no dont feel sorry! anybody that knows me i need a few pounds off.

Andy then used a lame excuse to go and have a coffee with Hans as his way of getting out hard labour! tusk tusk!

next watch check 2pm!!!!!! where did it all go! time that is.

my boy Luke of 11 was a star and now is an expert on WWII paras as he was talking and selling to a retired WWII para who went on to buy! thats my boy.

great meeting all those that managed to make it (Hans sorry i did not get more time to chat! or for you to throw a cocktail over any of my food!) Joe very nice meeting you and i presume mean you picked up your DD65 not 45!

4pm and we were still hard at it (show officially closed!) we as we speak are getting a call after call from both traders and customers alike praising the show. Its not Chicago (and you wont get the room trading like you do there) but with 100 traders and 236 tables and 1130 visitors it makes for a truly good time. I agree with Joe not a lot of K&C old stuff but then Joe you need to know who to ask!! wink wink say no more! Mike and i got a nice couple of bits!

IWM in the evening (well this report i will have to leave to Bob as with a slight mix up i was still dismantaling our stand and loading up the lorry) mind i manage to get there for the last half hour after a mad rush in a cab across town. Boy it looked Good with all the real stuff on display and the lights and K&C UK logos spinning around. Bob you will have to fill in the guys in on this one.

look out in all the trade press for reports on the Show as we have had already drafts through already. Plus also Bob is getting stuff together to publish pics and reports on www.thetoysoldiershow.com

Brad your correct Andy had the Finished Master for the said ranges and WOW do they or do they look good. Bob has some pics etc of these and is speaking to Andy if it is OK to publish.

Anyway those Shermans are not going to move on their own so off to ship them around the world. Move on out

Tony 'still hungry, soar feet, big smile' Neville

 

[jazzeum]

Tony,

Publishing pics shouldn't be a problem for Andy as I know at the Chicago dealer several dealers took pics of the then upcoming Bulge material and published them on their websites. Also, since it was available for public viewing, I think Andy intended for people to see it. I would certainly love to see them.

I think a new Panther will be interesting in comparing to the old Panthers.

On finding old K & C stuff at shows, I think those days are long gone.