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| The highly anticipated World War II Plastic GIs are now in stock and shipping!!! ORDER YOURS TODAY!! |
December 2006
Dear Conte Collector,
The long awaited UNpainted Gi Blistercards have arrived! Ten different cards,
each containing 10 injection molded figures. A total of 27 new poses are
spread amongst the 10 cards.
These figures are already being called "the best plastic figures ever made" by
collectors and dealers and the one magazine editor who has seen these thus
far. Words like 'suberb', 'the best ever', 'engineering marvels', 'amazing' etc.
have been said to us repeatedly.....and I must admit , we are mighty proud of
these!
While I don't like to compare our efforts to product made by others (all toy
soldiers are great!) I must say that these are our best Conte plastic to date and
make future plastic possibilities even more exciting to me.
The photos of these sets (and the very kind comments being made) describe
these new GIs better than I can or should attempt to do. The sculpting is great
and this time we have not had to make any concessions when it came to
molding these.......some of the figures contain as many as 8 or more separately
molded parts.....'undercuts' are beyond my wildest expectations and we have
virtually eliminated the ugly 'blockout' normally seen in the plastic toy soldier
world (like the filling in of what should be 'air' between and arm and a chest of a
figure firing a rifle.....or the underside of a helmet which usually must be filled
with plastic where one in real life would be able to look 'up' and see the side of
the head and helmet.....or shovels hanging out 'in mid air'...or the existence of
'space' between straps and the body.......etc...)
These figures have taken a lot of time and money to bring them to market (over
$5000 per figure) but I am convinced that the delays and the costs were
justified as I think we've set a new standard for ourselves and opened the door
for life-like full round, highly animated poses. These figures show what can be
achieved in the plastic toy soldier world and really have me anxious to see
samples of our Spartans which are in the mold making process....but that's for
2008!!
The figures come in a choice of colors: green/khaki, light brown or a medium
tan . I've been asked which color I like best and all I can say is I like all 3!
Collectors seem to like all 3 colors but I've heard several times that the light
brown shows off the detail really well........honestly, I can't pick which of the 3
colors I like the best...... Please contact us if you' d like to order some of these,
or, you can place your order online.
Thanks as always for your kind support of our plastic efforts -- I continue to try
and bring my fellow plastics collectors the most detailed sculpts and modern
production whilst still paying homage to the Marx and other plastics of our
youth. I appreciate you 'die-hards' supporting us early & often so that we may
defray some of the massive costs associated with bringing figures of this
caliber to life.....
Hail Ragnar's Beard!
RC
Dear Conte Collector,
The long awaited UNpainted Gi Blistercards have arrived! Ten different cards,
each containing 10 injection molded figures. A total of 27 new poses are
spread amongst the 10 cards.
These figures are already being called "the best plastic figures ever made" by
collectors and dealers and the one magazine editor who has seen these thus
far. Words like 'suberb', 'the best ever', 'engineering marvels', 'amazing' etc.
have been said to us repeatedly.....and I must admit , we are mighty proud of
these!
While I don't like to compare our efforts to product made by others (all toy
soldiers are great!) I must say that these are our best Conte plastic to date and
make future plastic possibilities even more exciting to me.
The photos of these sets (and the very kind comments being made) describe
these new GIs better than I can or should attempt to do. The sculpting is great
and this time we have not had to make any concessions when it came to
molding these.......some of the figures contain as many as 8 or more separately
molded parts.....'undercuts' are beyond my wildest expectations and we have
virtually eliminated the ugly 'blockout' normally seen in the plastic toy soldier
world (like the filling in of what should be 'air' between and arm and a chest of a
figure firing a rifle.....or the underside of a helmet which usually must be filled
with plastic where one in real life would be able to look 'up' and see the side of
the head and helmet.....or shovels hanging out 'in mid air'...or the existence of
'space' between straps and the body.......etc...)
These figures have taken a lot of time and money to bring them to market (over
$5000 per figure) but I am convinced that the delays and the costs were
justified as I think we've set a new standard for ourselves and opened the door
for life-like full round, highly animated poses. These figures show what can be
achieved in the plastic toy soldier world and really have me anxious to see
samples of our Spartans which are in the mold making process....but that's for
2008!!
The figures come in a choice of colors: green/khaki, light brown or a medium
tan . I've been asked which color I like best and all I can say is I like all 3!
Collectors seem to like all 3 colors but I've heard several times that the light
brown shows off the detail really well........honestly, I can't pick which of the 3
colors I like the best...... Please contact us if you' d like to order some of these,
or, you can place your order online.
Thanks as always for your kind support of our plastic efforts -- I continue to try
and bring my fellow plastics collectors the most detailed sculpts and modern
production whilst still paying homage to the Marx and other plastics of our
youth. I appreciate you 'die-hards' supporting us early & often so that we may
defray some of the massive costs associated with bringing figures of this
caliber to life.....
Hail Ragnar's Beard!
RC
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| For Photos of Each Individual Blistercard, please click here. |