Latest Additions: Part 1

It's January 5th, 2014 and I'm kicking the year off with the best of intentions, starting as I mean to go on etc. etc. and posting a few items fairly early on in the month! How long will that continue I wonder?

The following two posts feature a handful of recently retired figures I purchased from K and C shortly before Christmas. First up, some figures from their Streets of Berlin series, together with a personality figure from another range, all of which I picked up from Sierra Toy Soldier over in the US

Konstantin Hierl, Leader of the Reich Labour Service

The figure of Konstantin Hierl, pictured above, will more than likely be placed alongside Hitler on the K&C Nuremberg podium I already have. The picture below shows Hierl standing alongside the Fuhrer at a party rally and comes from a photo book dedicated to Hierl and published in 1939

A page from the photo book about Hierl by Herbert Erb

The remaining pictures are of various SA troopers, all part of the Streets of Berlin series. The plan at the moment is to feature these, and several other SA, Hitler Jugend, BDM and Allgemeine SS figures, as part of a Berlin street scene diorama which I am in the very early stages of commissioning from David Marshall. More on that as it happens!

King and Country: January Dispatches

The festivities are over, the turkey has all been gobbled up and the runny bits of left over sherry trifle supped, and we're facing those January blues, wondering what the next three hundred and fifty something days will hold for us

Well, if you're a toy soldier collector who likes his K&C figures and wants to know what to look out for in January then look no further. Here's a pictorial run down of the latest releases and retirements

 

Heading for the hills!

Not quite so many figures being retired this month as there have been in recent months and I for one am grateful for that, what with the expense of Christmas, and the fact that I added a few recently retired figures from November and December to my collection as well

If you're in the market for any of the above, further details are available on the company website. Happy hunting!

Happy New Year, 2014

Okay, so some of my more recent posts have been a little late. To make up for that, a little, this one is slightly early, at least for some of us!

I'd like to wish everyone around the globe a happy, prosperous and successful New Year

May it bring you everything good you wish for, and more. Good health, good times, and good cheer!

JJD: December Releases

As already referred to in my previous post, I know this is late in the day but I would feel incomplete if I didn't post the following pictures of John's latest batch of releases, so here goes

Happy hunting!

King and Country: December Disptaches

Thank God, or anyone else you care to for that matter, that Santa and his sleigh are never as late as some of my posts! Anyone looking at this has probably seen all the goodies already, you may even have ordered some of them. So without further ado, here's the list of new releases and retirements for December [perilously close to being last month] from Andy and the team in HK

Heading for the hills!

Happy hunting!