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Collectors Corner

Occasionally we get a rare opportunity to acquire individual items and complete collections for collectors that are thinning out their collection or from other dealers. These pieces are items that we do not normally stock. All are in mint condition or and in their original boxes, unless specified in the description. Please note these may have been on display.

So these are ideal pages to view if you are looking for that missing piece in your collection or just looking to find some very unique pieces that are not normally available.

This month we have added a very large collection of Aeroart, St Petersburg figures and also a very large collection of Plastic figures and Play Sets. We have also added Frontline French and Indian War sets in perfect condition.

Consignment Highlight

This month we feature sets from Thomas Gunn, First Legion, Britain's, Jenkins, King & Country, Frontine, St Petersburg and Plastics.

Collectors Corner

Sierra Toy Soldier Britain's Exclusive

Sierra Toy Soldier Exclusive - In Stock Now!

• BR20199 “Ukulwa Nokufa!” (Fighting to the Death!) Zulu Hand-to-Hand
• BR20147 -- "The Deadly Dance" - Zulu Warrior and British 24th Foot Hand-to-Hand Set
• BR20183 Pressing Home The Attack - Zulu Warrior and British 24th Foot Hand-To-Hand Set.

Zulu Storehouse Attack

Britains

Britain's New October / November Releases

Musuem Collection

• BR10108 German Luftwaffe Bomber Pilot, 1939-45
• BR10109 RAF Bomber Pilot, 1940-45

Musuem Collection

Musuem Collection

Wife of U.S. President James Madison, Dolley Madison was influential in establishing the concept of bipartisan cooperation among the political parties of the day. She held elaborate Washington social functions in which she invited members of both political parties to attend. Madison helped to create the idea that members of each party could amicably socialize, network, and negotiate with each other in peace and civility. Previously, politics often devolved into physical altercations – there would be none of that in her newly constructed White House. When the British set fire to it in 1814, she was credited with saving Gilbert Stuart’s classic 1796 portrait of George Washington. Dolley Madison did much to define the role of the President’s spouse, giving rise to the unofficial title of First Lady.

• BR10125 Dolley Madison, 1805-15

Musuem Collection

Jack Tars

• BR13068 British Royal Marine Officer, 1803-16
• BR13069 British Royal Marine Sergeant, 1803-16

Jack Tars & Leathernecks Collection

WWII

It has been argued that the ubiquitous Sherman tank was the best armored fighting vehicle of the war. It first saw service with the British 8th Army, October 1942 at the battle of El Alamein and outclassed much of the German armor – and all of the Italian armor – in North Africa at that time. It equally matched the Panzer Mark IV (the German main battle tank) for the rest of the war. The Sherman was designed to be easy to maintain. Its standard chassis and universal power plant meant that much of the mechanics were interchangeable with many of the allied armor components. If the road wheels or suspension system were damaged by an anti-tank mine, the crew just unscrewed 16 securing bolts and swapped out the bogie. Much easier than doing the same repairs on a T-34, Tiger, or Panther tank. Its armament was a respectable 75 mm main gun; two .30 caliber machine guns; one .50 caliber machine gun (the M2, or “Ma Duce” is still used today). The Sherman had good speed both on and off-road. In the desert, Sherman’s rubber-block tracks performed well, while in the confined, hilly landscape of Italy, the smaller, more nimble Sherman could often cross terrain that some heavy German tanks could not. But perhaps its greatest strength was its sheer numbers: More than 50,000 Shermans were produced between 1942 and 1945.

• BR25208 U.S. M4A3(75) Sherman 9th Armored Division, 14th Tank Battalion, Co. A, Germany, 1945
• BR25155 U.S. Infantryman Kneeling Firing in Greatcoat, Winter 1944-45
• BR25217 Hedgehog Anti-Tank Obstacle

WWII Collection

American Civil War

• BR31463 Union Infantry Sergeant at Rest

American Civil War

Diorama

• BR53021 11" Maple Tree, Summer
• BR53022 11" Maple Tree, Autumn

Diorama Collection

King & Country

King & Country October Releases!

Christmas 2023

Well that’s certainly true however here at King & Country we try and make sure it comes ever year… and always on December 25! And, as is our tradition, we like to bring out one or two little ‘stocking-fillers’ for those who like their Festive Cheer in small packages…

• XM023-01 Santa & His Snowman - Santa is having a little break from watching his elves hard at work producing all kinds of terrific toys for all those good little girls and boys all over the world just waiting to discover what Santa has brought them on Christmas morning. And so, stepping out of his Toy Workshop for a break he’s decided to build himself his very own ‘Snowman’ complete with an old tartan scarf and a giant, snow-capped top hat.
• XM023-02 The Teddy Bear's Snowman - A pair of little Teddy Bear’s also decided they too wanted to build their very own Snowman and so, taking a leaf out of Santa’s book as well copying his design they have built their own version. Ok, so it’s not their own design but hey, c’mon give the little guys a break. After all, they’re still only Teddy Bears!
• XM023-01-02 Santa and the Teddy Bear's Snowman

Christmas - Limited Edition

Ancient Egypt

• AE102 Signor Ferrari - For the classic movie fans among us here is one of the supporting characters from the great ‘CASABLANCA’ starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman… ‘Signor Ferrari’.
• AE103 Death On The Nile, Duo - Death On The Nile’ was and is one of Agatha Christie’s most famous mystery novels and first published in 1937. It features, of course, one of Christie’s favourite characters, Hercule Poirot, the famous Belgian detective.
• AE105 The Abduls - After the discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb enterprising Egyptians opened a number of hotels and restaurants nearby to cater for the needs and requirements of the many foreign visitors who flocked to view the burial site.

Ancient Egypt

Afrika Korps

Over the years King & Country has featured many different figures and fighting vehicles (plus a few aircraft too) depicting the Desert War campaign that took place there between 1941 to 1943 and the epic struggle between Britain’s Eighth Army and the German Afrika Korps led by General Erwin Rommel. These all-new AK figures are just the ‘advance guard’ of whole new range of ‘desert warriors’ that are in the works and will show a different view of the campaign that was described at the time, as a ‘War Without Hate’. Both sides fought a relatively ‘clean’ war without the bitter hatred and atrocities that took place in other theatres of war, notably in the Pacific and on the Eastern Front. These new figures are in a series of ‘Behind The Lines’ poses that can still tell a story… just a more peaceful one. You could even imagine them in some kind of Indianna Jones setting… but that’s another story!

• AK134 Food & Drink
• AK135 MG34 Machine Gunner
• AK136 At Ease
• AK137 Guard Duty

Afrika Korps

Battle of the Bulge

These three ‘2nd Generation ’GIs are doing their level best to try and keep warm despite the fierce winter weather conditions that surrounds them. As one GI drinks some warm coffee, another enjoys a ‘smoke’ while the third guy just blows into his hands as all three stand around a discarded oil drum brazier that someone has turned into a ‘burn barrel’. As you can see all three GIs are still carrying their rifles so the enemy can’t be too far away.

• BBA108 Staying Warm

Movies

A couple of months back we released our first look into the dark, vampiric world of the Horror Movie genre with the dreaded and sharp-fanged ‘Count Dracula’. Well, still somewhat in that vein, if you will pardon my pun, K&C is presenting collectors with a few more memorable if not always menacing figures from some famous Horror Movies…

• HS002 Bride of Frankenstein - The Bride of Frankenstein was a 1935 American horror film and a sequel to the 1931 movie ‘Frankenstein’. As with the first film it starred Boris Karloff as the monster but this time around Dr. Frankenstein decided to produce a female partner to keep the monster company.
• HS003 Doktor Frederik Von Frankenstein - From some horror movies that can be frightening… to one that is famously funny, ‘Young Frankenstein’. This was and is simply the best and funniest comedy /horror movie ever made! Directed by Mel Brooks in 1974 it tells the story of the American great grandson of the infamous scientist who is invited to Transylvania to claim his inheritance and family estate.
• HS004 Igor, the Doktor's Assistant - Although, ‘Young Frankenstein’ is choc-full of great comedic talents in all of the parts special mention must be made of ‘Igor’, the Doktor’s Assistant played by the irrepressible, bug-eyed Marty Feldman making his American film debut.
• HS005 The Monster - This King & Country creature is a composite blend of the 1931 monster played by Boris Karloff and the much-later ‘edition’ which featured actor Peter Boyle as the 1974 ‘Young Frankenstein Monster’

Movies

John Jenkins

New releases expected November!

Mongol - Trebuchet

The Mongol invasions are an early example of gunpowder warfare outside of China. One of the most notable technological innovations during the war was the use of explosive bombs.

The bombs are known in Chinese as “thunder crash bombs”.

An illustration of a bomb is depicted in the Japanese Mongol Invasion Scrolls, but it has been shown that the illustration of the projectiles was added to the scrolls in the eighteenth century and should not be considered to be an eyewitness representation of their use.

However, archaeological discoveries recently have confirmed the existence of bombs in the Yuan invasion’s arsenal. Multiple bomb shells were discovered in an underwater shipwreck off the shore of Japan. X-rays by Japanese scientists of the excavated shells show that they contained gunpowder and were also packed with scrap iron.

These trebuchets had a shooting range of around 100 metres, and could use projectiles of around 50kg. During Mongol campaigns against the Jin dynasty, the Mongols used over 5,000 trebuchets, which were very successful in destroying the Jin fortresses.

• MIJ-100A Thunder Crash bomb Trebuchet
• MIJ-100B Thunder Crash bomb Trebuchet

Mongol Trebuchet

Mongols - Korean Auxillery Archer

• MIJ-014A Korean Auxillery Archer
• John Jenkins:Korean Auxillery Archer
• MIJ-014B Korean Auxillery Archer
• MIJ-014BN Korean Auxillery Archer

Korean Auxillery Archers

Trojan War - Greeks

Nestor of Gerenia was a legendary king of Pylos. He is a prominent secondary character in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, where he appears as an elderly warrior who frequently offers long-winded advice to the other characters.

He and his sons, Antilochus and Thrasymedes, fought on the side of the Achaeans in the Trojan War. Though Nestor was already very old when the war began, he was noted for his bravery and speaking abilities. In the Iliad he often gives advice to the younger warriors and advises Agamemnon and Achilles to reconcile. He is too old to engage in combat himself, but he leads the Pylian troops.

His advice in the Iliad is always respected by his listeners due to his age and experience, is always tempered with a subtext of humour at his expense due to his boastfulness, as he is never able to dispense the advice without first spending several paragraphs recounting his own heroic actions in the past when faced with similar circumstances.

• TWG-008 Nestor, King of Pylos

Greeks

Trojan War - Lycian Warriors

• TWTLK-005 2 Lycian Warriors
• TWTLK-005N 4 Lycian Warriors

Lycian Warriors

Roman Auxiliary Cavalry

• ROMCAV-009A Roman Auxiliary Cavalry
• ROMCAV-009B Roman Auxiliary Cavalry

Republican Romans

Vikings

• VIK-039A Archers
• VIK-039B Archers
• VIK-039N Arxhers (4)

Lycian Warriors

Great Siege of Malta

• Malt-002 Standard Bearer

Great Siege of Malta

Powhatan

• SK-009 Beothuk Warrior

Powhatan

American Revolution - 17th Light Dragoons

• CW17-006 Trooper

17th Light Dragoons

American Revolution - Third Continental Dragoons

• CW3LD-004 Trooper

Third Continental Dragoons

American Revolution - 71st Regiment of Foot

• CW71-002 Drummer

71st Regiment of Foot

American Revolution - British Legion

• CWBL-006 - Trooper

British Legion

ACW - 4th Virginia Regiment

• CS4V-014A 2 Infantry
• CS4V-014B 2 Infantry

Army of the Shenandoah, The First Brigade, 4th Virginia Regiment

ACW - Confederate Artillery

• CSART-010 Artillery Crew
• CSART-011 Artillery Crew
• CSART-012 Artillery Crew

Confederate Artillery

ACW - Rockbridge Artillery

• ROCKART-010 "Luke" Artillery Crew

1st Rockbridge Artillery

Black Hill Wars 1876-1877

• SSB-014 Sioux Warrior

Battle where the Girl saved her Brother, 17th June 1876

Battle of Assaye, 1803

Captain A. B. Campbell of the 74th, who had on a former occasion lost an arm, was seen in the thickest of the action with his bridle in his teeth, and a sword in his right hand, “dealing destruction around him”. He was to survive the battle although “one of the enemy in the charge very nearly transfixed him with the bayonet, which actually pierced his saddle”.

• WIN74-001 Captain A. B. Campbell

74th Highland Regiment of Foot

Mountain Men

• WSP-008B Crow Warrior scout with Telescope
• WSP-042 Teamster with Cash Mule - The large fur companies put together teamster driven mule trains which packed in whiskey and supplies into a pre-announced location each spring/summer and set up a trading fair- the Rendezvous.

Whiskey, Scalps and Beaver Pelts

First Legion

New releases expected November!

Battle of Lake Peipus

• CRU126 Teutonic Knight with Axe - Livonian Order
• CRU127 Teutonic Knight with Sword - Livonian Order

Battle of Lake Peipus

Vikings

• VIK023 Viking Standing with Cask and Ale
• VIK024 Viking Walking with Spear
• VIK025 Viking Earl's Bodyguard
• VIK026 Viking Earl on Throne
• VIK027 Female Viking Warrior
• VIK028 Christian Monk
• VIK029 Viking Beserker
• VIK030 Viking ULFHEDNAR

Vikings

Retreat from Russia

• NAP0711 French Dragoon on Foot 23rd Dragoons

Retreat from Russia

Very best regards from Mike & Myszka Hall and the Sierra Toy Soldier team - Alex, Cody and Sean.

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