THIS SAYS PRITTY MUCH WHAT IS SAYS ON THE TIN.................HOWEVER THOSE NEW TO KING & COUNTRY MAY NOT KNOW THAT ANDY C NEILSON IS THE MAN BEHIND KING & COUNTRY

This area of the Blog will be (over time) the area where you can ask Andy C Neilson the Co - Founder and Creative Director of King & Country your questions about the King & Country product and company.

You will see over time direct input from the guys in K&C and hopefully have the answers to a lot of things straight from the horses mouth..........! so to speak.

Keep and eye on this section for information direct out of the King & Country office.

Tony

JUNE DISPATCHES 2009

ITS ALMOST D-DAY ON THE JUNE DISPATCHES.........EXCUSE THE PUN!

The Toy Soldier Show London still bucks the trend

With the sun in th e80's and the tourist still all flocking around London town the June show really made for a great destination for all toy soldier fans. The show was full of a varied number of traders and from all over the world, making for a real international feel. Added to the well travvelled customers as well The Toy Soldier Show London made a for a very cosmopolitan visit.

King & Country UK was very busy with a great flow of customers all day...........in fact we had a couple of sneaky visitors on Friday! over all the sales at K&C UK were up showing that again not only is King & Country a great product but the show is a very popular show.

Numbers through the door were slightly down on June 2008 (like for like show comparison) but only as little as 20 max, the early birds were up, so definatly the early bird does catch the worm here.

Feedback from the traders around the show would bostle that those that turned up for the show were there to spend.

So as far as the economy goes The London Toy Soldier Show stares in the face of the economic downturn, and long may it last.

Tony

THE TOY SOLDIER SHOW LONDON - SATURDAY JUNE 27TH 2009

As the Toy Soldier Show London is ran by King & Country UK you will find a lot of updates and information on here as well as the official site.

Please note at the Show there can only be a very limited amount of stock brought down from Durham and we urge all collectors to where possible, pre order as there is always dispointment from the odd collector.............and please bear in mind we leave on Thursday to get down and set the show up. No point calling the office on Thursday onwards as we wont be there!!

The Show is full with some extra traders this June that have not displayed in London before so you will find a lot of new goodies to see.

See you Saturday....................and if not keep an eye on this blog for the upto minute information. I will have my laptop on at the show.

Ask any questions you may although please bear in mind this is a King & Country dedicated website and Blog!!

Hi Guys

Here goes with my first direct K&C review................the new DD107 LCA Landing Craft.

Starting with the Box............even before you get to the model the Box is really good. A great picture box with a display of various K&C models on. Then there are a couple of really nice pictures of the D-Day landings themselves showing the Landing craft in action.

Now whats inside the box??

The Landing craft itself is a Polystone and metal mix model in the same material as the tanks. All sections of the Landing Craft are non moving except for the front Ramp door which is designed to be down. (the point of action of this model is at the beach, giving reason for the ramp to be up) The Landing craft look so good i picked it up and had a good look around it. its amazing from every angel.

The rope / wire to the back of the craft is real string and is flxible making for a real effect look.

The Royal naval figures are in action as the cox'n steers the boys as close to the action as he can without grouding the craft, the gunner trys to clear a path as they exit.  The figures, as you can come to expect from King & Country are very high quality and make for a realistic look to the craft. Just look at the pictures on the box to see how realistic the action is.

A great sized LCA to start with as it is small enough to fit in most dioramas and shelves but big enough to give some great effect. The craft is 16.5" long (42cm) long by 4.5" (11.5cm) wide and has a green baze base to stop the craft from scratching your dining room table or mantal piece!! i am sure the wife wont mind.

you can also hear in Andys own words about the Base on Toy Soldier TV www.toysoldiertv.com or here is the direct link to the film itself :-

http://www.toysoldiertv.com/videoview.asp?hd=0&vid=167&upid=11

Here at King & Country UK we have had in a large number of the landing craft and only today we sent most of them out this is going to prove a great King & Country model and a must have............in my opinion.

Add your comments to this blog if you have got the Landing craft and share your views. Or by all means use this section of the K&C UK Blog to ask questions about the item.

As there has been a huge increase in the number of ranges by King & Country, and a number of changes to the ranges already available. King & Country UK will be selling off various diorama bases at the Toy Soldier Show London.  The bases will have signs up on them telling everyone how much they are.

We will even ship them out to you after the show to save you carrying them home (if you cannot manage on the day).

This will be making way for an entire new look of dioramas for the December Show.

See all of you who can make the show next week.

Welcome to our new website and I hope you have so far enjoyed you surfing around the new look site.

There is plenty more to see and do on the K&C UK website so make sure you grab a coffee and enjoy your visit.

One of the new areas that you will like is the Download. If you want to see what has been released by K&C in the past this is a good place to get a look.

Make sure when you are looking at the products you enlarge them into our new light box system which shows the figures off to their best.

Now of course by reading this you are in our very new unique King  & Country only BLOG spot. This is a great place to come and hear about the entire latest goings on with the world of King & Country UK and King & Country. Over time you will see the blog develop and become an essential part of any serious King & Country collector.

The best place on the net to find out whats going on with King & Country.

Here at King & Country UK we like to stay at the forefront of the toy soldier world and as such we have introduced the very first King & Country only Blog. You will find over time the following:-

• Insider views
• News
• Product reviews
• Product release news
• Interviews with the K&C team in Hong Kong
• Product information sourcing
• whats happening at K&CUK
• Diorama development

As Tony spends most of his life connected to the internet there will be live feed information loaded up from Tony, Dispatch Dave and if we can drag him kicking and screaming into the 21st Centry who knows even Mike will Blog!! We will also be having guest bloggers from K&C Hong Kong coming in to talk about development and discuss new products, from time to time.

Please Note
In the early stages of King & Country UK Blog as a member you can only add to a blog already started we will however be allowing general blogging at a further date.

So make sure you drop by and find out whats being talked about in the world of King & Country UK and King & Country.