Greetings
First Legion faithful! This is a very brief supplemental newsletter
for August to announce the start of the (very short!) pre-order for our
WWII US 101st Airborne Paratroopers! Figures NOR001-NOR011 are
now available for pre-order and will be shipping right around September
7th 2012
We
have long been asked when we would expand our WWII range to cover the
campaign in NW Europe and we are pleased to announce that the time has
finally come. And what better way to kick off the "Great Crusade" than
with those who were among the first to land in France to begin the
liberation of Europe, the 101st Airborne Division of the US Army
The
101st Division landed in Normandy on the early hours of June 6th 1944
but were spread out due to missed drop zones. After isolated battles
by various pockets of men, the division consolidated and pushed on St.
Come du Mont on June 8th and pressed for the causeways to Utah Beach on
June 10th. On June 12th they attacked Carentan driving out the German
Fallschirmjagers and beat off ferocious counterattacks to the southwest
of the town by SS Panzergrenadiers of the 17th Division and
Fallschirmjagers supported by Assault guns on June 13th in the Battle of
Bloody Gulch
After this period of non-stop fighting, the division was
assigned the role of defending the left flank of VII corps and shortly
later taken out of the line and placed in operational reserve having
taken heavy casualties in men and material. We sincerely hope you
enjoy them and welcome this addition to our ever expanding World War II
figure range
NOR001 US 101st Airborne Captain with Thompson SMG - $59.95
NOR002 US 101st Airborne Sergeant with M1A1 Carbine - $59.95
NOR003 US 101st Airborne Paratrooper Running with M1 Garand and Ammo Box - $59.95
NOR004 US 101st Airborne Paratrooper Running with M1 Garand - $59.95
NOR005 US 101st Airborne Paratrooper Running with Thompson SMG - $59.95
NOR006 US 101st Airborne Paratrooper Standing with M1 Garand - $59.95
NOR007 US 101st Airborne Paratrooper Standing Firing M1 Garand - $59.95
NOR008 US 101st Airborne Paratrooper Running with M1 Garand - $59.95
NOR009 US 101st Airborne Corporal Running with Thompson SMG - $59.95
NOR010 US 101st Airborne Paratrooper Firing Thompson SMG - $59.95
NOR011 US 101st Airborne Paratrooper Bazooka Team - $124.95
Shipping Early September 2012
So that's the good news. The slightly bad news associated
with this is that all of our new releases scheduled for late August will
be shipping at the same time. This includes sets AWI058-AWI069 Haslet’s 1st Delaware, the 3 different versions of BMW R75 Motorcycle Combinations for our WWII: DAK range with sets DAK015-DAK017, and the start of our Vietnam range with VN001-VN004 US Infantry of the 25th Infantry division
In addition, Archduke Charles NAP0350 will come into stock at the same time along with additional stock of our mounted Samurai figures SAM021-SAM026. We felt it was important to get our US Airborne figures to the US in
time for the big Chicago show, so we made the decision to push
everything back a week or so. A small tradeoff for such fine figures!
Plus,
another benefit of this new release is that it generates another
newsletter which of course means it generates another “sneak peek”. For this round we’re previewing some more of our upcoming mounted
Crusades figures. We previewed one charging figure awhile back, now
we’re previewing him along with four of his friends!
Until next time, happy hunting!
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