Sierra Toy Soldier Blog

Updated November 14, 2009

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• BR47032 -- Highlander - 84th Foot Royal Highland Emigrants - 1779-1784 (Walt Keener Memorial Figure)
• BR44037 -- Guardsman - Grenadier Guards - With SA-80 - Present Day

Classic - Redcoats

• BR36035 -- French 4th Lancers Bugler Charging #1 - 2 Piece Set (Limited to 550 Sets)

Napoleonic

• BR20044 -- British 24th Foot Charging #1
• BR20045 -- British 24th Foot Butting with Rifle #1
• BR20046 -- British 24th Foot Casualty #1

Zulu War

• BR23011 -- 1916 British Infantry Standing Firing #1
• BR23013 -- 1916 British Infantry Throwing Grenade #1
• BR23014 -- 1916 British Infantry Advancing #1

WWI

New Announcements For March!
Club Set #3 - Update February 10, 2010.

• JJCLUB-SET#3 -- Lt. William Dunbar - Battle On The Monongahela 1755

Collectors Club

Raid on St. Francis

• RSF-004 -- The Captives
• LEX-001 -- Longhouse Extension #1
• LEX-002 -- Longhouse Extension #2

Raid on St Francis

Jacobite Rebellion, 1745

• JR-015 -- Combat Set #2 - Highlander and Grenadier

Jacobite Rebellion

Battle of Chippewa

• QB-028 -- The 28th Regiment of Foot, Officer with Kings Colours

Battle of Chippewa

Gordon at Khartoum

• SUD-004 -- Egyptian Defenders

Gordon at Khartoum

Collectors Showcase have announced the following new releases for February. The new releases include Napoleonic French Artillery, American Civil War and WWII. They all look outstanding especially the French Artillery and the new winter Stuart.

American Civil War

• CS00384 -- Mosby
• CS00385 -- Mosby Flagbearer
• CS00386 -- Mosby Bugler
• CS00387 -- Mosby Shooting
• CS00388 -- Mosby Attacker
• CS00384_388 - Mosby Collection

Mosby Rangers

Napoleonic - French Imperial Guard Artillery

• CS00389 -- French Guard Cannon
• CS00390 -- French Guard Destroyed Cannon
• CS00391 -- French Guard Cannon Movers 2 figs
• CS00392 -- French Guard Cannon Ramrod/Loader 2 figs
• CS00393 -- French Guard Dead / Wounded 2 figs
• CS00394 -- French Guard Commander 1 fig
• CS00395 -- French Guard Igniter / Sponger 2 figs
• CS00396 -- French Guard/Ready Ammunition 1 fig
• French Guard -- Complete set with additions.

French Imperial Guard Artillery

WWII - American

• CS00382 - M8 Stuart Howitzer Winter
• CS00383 -- M8 Stuart Howitzer Normandy

American Collection

Collectors Showcase

• ZULU-013 -- 24th Foot Standing Firing
• ZULU-014 -- 24th Foot Kneeling Firing
• ZULU-019 -- Steady Lad, Steady!
• ZULU-020 -- 24th Foot Command Set

• ZULU-001 -- Zulu Triumphant
• ZULU-002 -- Durnford
• ZULU-003 -- Ammunition! Where Is The Ammunition?
• ZULU-004 -- Some General's Son / 24th Foot Lieutenant
• ZULU-006 -- Zulu Induna
• ZULU-007 -- To The South Wall!
• ZULU-012 -- Saving The Colours
• ZULU-015 -- Clump O' Zulus

• ZULU-005 -- With Some Guts Behind It
• ZULU-008 -- Taking One With Him
• ZULU-009 -- Zulus Charging
• ZULU-010 -- Brits Charging
• ZULU-011 -- Zulus Attacking
• ZULU-016 -- Zulus Wounded
• ZULU-017 -- Zulu Casualties
• ZULU-018 -- Washing Of The Spears

Zulu 1879

Conte

New Announcements For March 2010!

• EFR-001 -- JS2 - Russian
• EFR-003 -- We Cannot Be Stopped! Russian Tank Riders
• ETA-030 -- British LCT Landing Craft

Figarti

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Just added to the Photo Gallery pictures and dioramas from the American Civil War, Ancient Egypt, Rome, Medieval Times, French and Indian Wars and WWII, to name a few.

Photo Gallery

Just Announced

For March 2010 release

• WWI - "L'Armee francaise" and les Poilus march off to battle, August 1914
• WWII - DDay 1944 - American Paratroopers. 2 new sets, this time 82nd and 101st Airbourne decending from the sky.
• WWII - Rogue’s Gallery at the Berghof
• WWII - Cossacks - Russian Cossack cavalry have the distinction of having fought both for and against Stalin’s Red Army.
• WWII - Kriegsmarine (German Navy 1939 - 1945), KM017 -- Sd. Kfz. 9 Famo Recovery Vehicle
• WWII - German Army - Panzer III
• Scenic - Palm Trees
• Scenic - Latest additions to the "Desert Village" including a village house and wall.

For April 2010 release

• Remember The Alamo - Three brand-new renderings of the three most famous Alamo defenders Crockett, Travis and Bowie. Plus Mexican Dragoons.
• WWII - D. DAY MINUS ONE - The day before the "day of days".
• WWII - Market Garden Airborne Reinforcements
• WWI - Johnny Turk! - First at Gallipoli then in Palestine and elsewhere in the region, "Johnny Turk" was a formidable adversary.

King and Country What's New

Retirements announced this month include sets from

• Medieval
• Napoleonic
• Fields of Battle

View the King & Country Retired page.

• AA38902 -- Fokker DVII - Jasta 4, Ltn Ernst Udet, June 1918

WWI Aircraft

• AA33015 -- Corsair MkII, JT590 1842 Sqn, Royal Navy (FAA), HMS Formidable, August 1944
• AA35708 -- Me262B - 2-seat Trainer, 1Gruppe,. KG(J)53, Late 1944
• AA36309 -- Fairey Swordfish Mk II, LS326, 836 Sqn FAA, 'L' Flight, MAC Ship Rapana, North Atlantic Convoys, 1943 (and restored at RNHF Yeovilton)
• AA38802 - Dornier Do215 B-5 Kauz III, Stab II/NJG 2, Leeuwarden, Summer 1942

WWII Aircraft

• AA32714 -- Hawker Hunter T7 RAF - XL573 - RAF, 237 OCU, Honington, July 1987
• AA33613 -- Panavia Tornado GR1 - 2 Sqn, RAF, Norway, 1995
• AA34109 -- Bucanneer S. Mk.2B. RAF 208 sqn. - Exercise Red Flag 77, Nellis AFB, Nevada 1977

Modern Aircraft

Corgi

Propeller Power Collection

• HA0203 -- Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless Lt. Richard H. Best, VB-6, USS Enterprise, Battle of Midway - 1/32 Scale
• HA2307 - Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IF RO-B, No.29 Sqn., West Mailing, late 1942 "Bambi" - 1/72 Scale
• HA7701 -- North American Aviation P-51D Mustang "Feeble Eagle" 353rd FS, 354th FG., 1945 "Lt. Col. Glenn Eagleston" - 1/48 Scale
• HA7801 -- Spitfire Mk.I Flt. Lt. John Ellis, No. 610 Squadron, Biggin Hill, 1940 - 1/48 Scale - Release Expected Late August

Propeller Power Collection

Jet Power Collection

• HA0144 -- MiG-21RF - Frontal Aviation - 1/72 Scale
• HA1919 -- McDonnel Douglas F- 4J Phantom II VMFA-235 "Death Angels", 1975 - 1/72 Scale
• HA2109 -- F-100C Skyblazers USAF Aerobatic Display Team 54-2009, 1961 "Captain Kramer" - 1/72 Scale
• HA2605 -- AV-8B Harrier II Night Attack - VMA-311 "Tomcats," 1999 - 1/72 Scale

Jet Power Collection

Airline Collection

• HL1002 -- L-188 Electra - KLM Royal Dutch Airlines - 1/200 Scale
• HL1008 -- L-188 Electra - Braniff International Airways "N9701C" - 1/200 Scale
• HL3004 -- HL3004 - Vickers Viscount 700 Series Air France "G-ATDU" - 1/200 Scale
• HL5001 -- Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner First Flight - 1/200 Scale - Release Expected Late June 2010

Airline Collection

Ground Power Collection

• HG3312 - T-54B - 202nd Armored Brigade, People's Army of Vietnam, Saigon - 1/72 Scale
• HG4003 -- British Quad Gun Tractor with 25 pdr. Gun 5th Infantry Division, Italy late 1943 - 1/72 Scale
• HG4102 -- German Tank Destroyer Marder III - 15th Pz. Div., 33rd Tank Destroyer Bttn., North Africa 1942 - 1/72 Scale
• HG0001 -- 23 pieces of WW II U.S. Army accessories: bedrolls , crates and more - 1/72 Scale

Ground Power Collection

Hobby Master

Here is the latest WWII sets, one of the best that they have ever released. To pair this set they are releasing a German Mine Detector group.

• HB047 - German and British troops fighting, Africa, WWII
• HB048 - German Minesweepers, WWII

Honour Bound