Your oldest King Country (2 Viewers)

[PanzerAce1944]

My K&C WS070 (SL) Winter Tiger back from 2005 is one of my early pieces. I started collecting in 2007.

 

[rws591]

The rents gave me a DD50 they got in France. It went down hill from there.

 

[Larry Allen]

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the oldest king and country fom my collection ak 01
richard .

Thank you, Richard, for POSTING the AK01. I have searched for that for years with little luck.
I saw a picture on Bill Sager's web site, but yours is the clearest picture yet.

THANKS!

 

[GT1]

The oldest K&C figures still in my collection are these 1985 Seaforths...
and (a real slice of history!) this 1984 vintage, mk 1 version of K&Cs marching officer HB1. This dates back to the very earliest days of K&C in Hong Kong

 

[Cyber Field Marshall]

I guess I was a little later coming back to the hobby than many of the posters here as I don't have sets that date back to the 80's and 90's. The first set I ever got was WS58 and I was hooked after purchasing it around 2005. The oldest piece in my collection I think is WS31. I just thought those SS tank riders looked great on the K&C german tanks.........and they still do. In general I prefer K&C's newer releases as in my opinion they are vast improvements over many of the pieces originally released, the old charm of the older pieces doesn't appeal to me much. :smile2:

 

[CollectionFigurine]

The oldest K&C figures still in my collection are these 1985 Seaforths...View attachment 71470
and (a real slice of history!) this 1984 vintage, mk 1 version of K&Cs marching officer HB1. This dates back to the very earliest days of K&C in Hong Kong
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Amazing 1984 ! {eek3}

 

[HAWKEYE]

two more.

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i love the fort

 

[HAWKEYE]

My oldest are propbably the gloss afhans, and the matte arnhem series from 1995

 

[CollectionFigurine]

My oldest are propbably the gloss afhans, and the matte arnhem series from 1995

Photos plz ? {sm4}

 

[jazzeum]

Here's some of my oldest K & C.


Jockey (Louis and Larry have the complete sets I believe)


Elvis from the Performers series, which included Charlie Chaplin and the Beatles


Seaforths (in my display case)


Arnhem


More Seaforths. The rider on the horse is rare because most riders were painted in khaki.

 

[mario]

Thank you for the beautiful photos Brad!
Mario

 

[jazzeum]

Thanks Mario. Great idea for a thread and it's great to see people show their oldest pieces. I'm sure that Larry must have a few photos that he can show us.

 

[arnhem44mad]

I have a mint conditon wss16, but also have a mint condition mww10!^&grin

as well as arnhem 44 original sets^&grin

 

[IONA]

My oldests sets are all the Stalingrad series and some of the Arnhem sets and ws 06{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}
Scott

 

[BK Trade]

Hello,

Thanks to post here, your oldest reference King and Country.
This will allow us to discover or rediscover the historical reference of the brand K&C.

My Oldest:

King & Country - RUSSIANS (1999)
Ref: RA01a / RA01d (written to the tag under the model)

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and you ?

How old are these Glossys:

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Best, Tom

 

[Louis Badolato]

How old are these Glossys:

http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/7563514/aview/EARLY_GLOSS.JPG

Best, Tom

Tom,

The Seaforth standing/firing in Khaki is from the second flyer in late 1984. The Indian Army kneeling gunner is from 1988 "King & Country Field Force" flyer. The Ludhiana Sikh is from 1990-1991 post card catalogue. The marching Seaforth in home service dress is from one of the band releases circa 1994-1996.

 

[BK Trade]

Tom,

The Seaforth standing/firing in Khaki is from the second flyer in late 1984. The Indian Army kneeling gunner is from 1988 "King & Country Field Force" flyer. The Ludhiana Sikh is from 1990-1991 post card catalogue. The marching Seaforth in home service dress is from one of the band releases circa 1994-1996.

Thanks Louis! I was looking at your Volume 3 and thought I had the right catalogue numbers but I guess not. Could you put the right Cat. number for the described items:

The Seaforth standing/firing in Khaki (1984)
Indian Army kneeling gunner (1988)
Ludhiana Sikh (1990-1991)
Marching Seaforth in home service dress (band releases ca.1994-1996)

Best, Tom

 

[MarkeytMaker]

Here's some of my oldest K & C.

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Jockey (Louis and Larry have the complete sets I believe)

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Elvis from the Performers series, which included Charlie Chaplin and the Beatles

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Seaforths (in my display case)

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Arnhem

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More Seaforths. The rider on the horse is rare because most riders were painted in khaki.

Where in the world do you find an Elvis...I'm all shook up!

 

[jazzeum]

Lucky or being in the right place at the right time.

I had purchased a glossy K & C Pacific pilot via eBay from a collector in Pennsylvania (might have been the second item I purchased from him). Anyway, he later contacted me and said he had a K & C plane that he'd like to sell. I think he was looking for more than I could afford to pay at the time so I put him in touch with Louis and they worked out a deal. Then, either Louis or the collector contacted me saying he had an Elvis and a Beatles set and he was going to give me first dibs. The other one would go to Hans. Would have liked the Beatles but, again, being a little short on funds, I chose the Elvis.

I've seen the Beatles set on eBay a couple of times (it's on my most wanted list) but have never seen Elvis.

 

[Lawrence Lo]

Glossy Seaforth Sets from 1984