Xm002-02 & Xm002-03 ?????? (1 Viewer)

[Aussie Monty]

Anyone know what these are or have or have a photo of these ?????

Nothing on Sagers.

Any help welcome.

Aussie Monty

 

[Peter Reuss]

Here's XM02-03 - Christmas Guard Duty

I'm looking for XM02-02....seems to me it was simply a repackage of current items...

 

[jazzeum]

XM02-03 was the British Guard from the EA 05 set, not what Pete has indicated (I have the set). Need to check out the other one. It's possible XM02-02 was the ceremonial Guard but can't say so for sure.

 

[Peter Reuss]

Nope - I have no record of XM02-02. Wonder if that was one of those numbers that got skipped.

Shannon discussed this on another thread a year ago:

Dear Pat,
These sets came out Christmas of 2002 along with the first Santa set as follows:
XM02-01 - Santa's Book of Good Little Girls and Boys $43 A new King & Country Tradition -
This first Santa Clause release shows a seated Santa, a bursting satchel full of toys at his feet consulting his address book to see which little boys and girls have been good all year and deserve a visit from him.
In the background is a traditional Christmas Tree complete with candles, decorations and even more presents surrounding it.
For many collectors, the Christmas season is their favourite time of the year. It's when family and friends buy them a special set or figure, or the collector buys sets and figures as gifts for others.
Beginning this Christmas, King & Country will produce a limited-edition figure featuring Santa and different aspects of the Festive Season.
(I can't find any information on an XM02-02, Bill Sager can probably help out on this)
XM02-03 - Christmas Guard Duty $25 A standing at attention Scots Guardsman and his guard box.
XM02-04 - Last-Minute Conversation $79 Based on a famous photo taken on the evening before D.Day, IKE confers with three 82nd Airborne Paratroopers
prior to them boarding their C47s for France.
XM02-05 - Rommel & His Men $99 The most famous German General backed up by four of his Afrika Korp Fallschirmjager.
XM02-06 - WWII Personalities $71 Three of the most famous faces of the Second World War Der Fuhrer, Hitler, Field Marshal Montgomery and It Duce, Mussolini - all together in one box.
The boxes made them special (best boxes K&C has ever put out) but also the idea was that by purchasing them in a special gift set you saved money as opposed to purchasing them separately (perfect for friends and family to purchase for collectors!). I think I still have one Christmas Guard Duty left on the shelf that escaped our website.

 

[jazzeum]

I believe the post (pardon the blasphemy ) is incorrect with respect to XM02-03. As indicated, I happen to have the set plus Bill Sager lists it under WW II.

 

[Peter Reuss]

Weird - we had listed XM02-03 as the Scots Guard.

It's not possible that your box is mis-labeled?

I suspect a Neville can help us out here....

 

[jazzeum]

No, because a few of these have shown up on ebay and my list tracks that XM02-03 number (I only track WW II) and Bill Sager has this in his site under WW II.

 

[bsager]

I have all of these special sets and the set number XM02-03 should be correct. I will check today.
Bill Sager

 

[Tony Neville]

Guys

We only brought in the XM02 - 01 as that was the santa we are not aware of the XM02-02 or XM02 -02

 

[jazzeum]

Are you sure about that about because I purchased from a UK seller and I was sure the box said King and Country UK.

 

[Tony Neville]

Brad

just saying what Mike told me. not sure myself

he does not have listed the XM02- 02 or XM02- 03 on his stock data base!

So drawing a blank here for you as well

Tony

 

[nmrocks]

Guys,
I have a Christmas set from the K&C hong kong shop I know little about, do they put out xmas sets every year as well?
Ray

P.S. the set in a very nice red K&C shop box has the xmas tree and I believe a dickens xmas figure on a bench.

 

[jazzeum]

Ray,

Can you post or send me a photo. I'd like to see it. Would also appreciate the catalog number. If it's something not on Bill's site, I'd like to get the info to him.

 

[nmrocks]

Brad,
Here you go, but I was going off of memory on my last post. When I got it out, I see there's a K&C UK sticker on the side. This may be a K&C UK club Christmas set?
Ray

 

[jazzeum]

Ray,

Does the sticker have a number?

 

[CannonFodder1971]

XM02-03 was the British Guard from the EA 05 set, not what Pete has indicated (I have the set). Need to check out the other one. It's possible XM02-02 was the ceremonial Guard but can't say so for sure.

Brad, The EA05 release was one of K&C UK's 3 different club members' figure for 2003. The XM releases were Xmas sets from Hong Kong in 2002, all repackages of ordinary sets, e.g. XM02-05 was AK11 and WS34 in a red box.

 

[jazzeum]

I'm not exactly sure what you're saying but XM numbering applies to the holiday themes as well as certain WW II sets, including the British Guard XM 002-03. I talked to Bill and he doesn't think there ever was any XM 002-02.

 

[nmrocks]

Brad,
If it did have a number on the box, the sticker was torn off, I can see where one was taken off the box. The sticker thats on it is just the K&C UK advertirsing sticker with name, address and phone number.
Ray

 

[Tony Neville]

The christmas set you show here is DO34 'Xmas pickwick and bench' there was a Christmas cootage DO35 they are not Christmas specials they were just part of the Dickens range that K&C UK and Andy worked on.

Interestingly Mike thought the set did NOT come with a tree! i showed him the pic! so he is now not sure what the set is!

Oh the joy of early K&C!

Tony

 

[Peter Reuss]

I wonder if a couple sets got mixed together here.

Doesn't that tree and bench look like it comes from the first Santa set?

Perhaps the Dickens figure got switched into the wrong box?