"1066" Conteville
This range is named after a small village in Normandy, which for rather obvious reasons - is near and dear to us. Conteville is famous as being the home of Herleve (William the Conqueror's mother) for most of her life and for being the birthplace of Williams two illustrious brothers.
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VALHALLA AWAITS --- The Viking Raid
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NEW "VALHALLA AWAITS" tm Viking Sets NOW SHIPPING!
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Viking Invasion!
Restocks Arrive!
Magnus The Mighty Makes His Appearance
The Battering Ram Is Finally Here
Dear Conte Collector,
A ton of stuff just arrived..actually it was over 2 tons of stuff(literally). Two (2) NEW Valhalla Awaits sets
just came in plus restocks of nine(9) other Valhalla sets which have been on backorder status for a
number of months.......even more amazing is that the factory finally sent us some more
'restocks' of older sold out items. Pictures of all 19 on our website........19 different sets here as follows:
(as always, these figures are fine pewter(i,e. deemed lead free) while the battering ram is cold cast resin
as are some of the terrain bases in the VA series.) Regrettably, the cost of everything is going up
dramatically.
New Sets
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Huge battering ram with swinging ram and 2 Vikings designed to operate this thang.....covered in hides and generally perfect for all sorts of Ancient thru Medieval scenarios. We think it's the best toy soldier battering ram ever made...... Ram is approx. 11 1/2 " long
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Special offer: I am willing to sell six of the rams without the 2 pewter figures for $59.95 each to plastics collectors who do not want the figures as we can use some extra guys swinging the ram for a diorama I have in mind.
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Majestic Viking Chief on horseback with hunting hawk. Clearly enjoying himself as the Raid progresses..........
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Restocks Of Sets From Long Ago:
At long last the factory has sent us some restocks of long sold old and high in demand Viking and Norman
sets...we apologize again for the delay with restocks as we just aren't getting a lot of cooperation from the
factory on restocking older sets. We've had some sets like the ones listed below on order with the factory
for almost 2 years......it's very frustrating for you and even worse for us!! Thankfully, at least we've gotten
in some inventory of these classic Conte sets. My advice is you'd best buy them now as we may not
reorder these for some time again as we have so many sets needing overdue restocking....and given the
factory's inexcusable tardiness and the ever growing cost of pewter and Chinese labor, who knows when
we'll see them again. It should be noted that we've discounted these as "reintro" prices as an apology for
the restocks taking so darn long.
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A single figure holding aloft the classic and dreaded Norman coat of arms( which would later--after a fashion be incorporated into Englands Royal Coat of Arms). He provides the perfect counterpoint to the Viking Raven's Banner when you've set up your diorama...or better yet , give this figure a place of honor in your Hastings set-ups.......
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A single figure of someone near and dear to our hearts..and while this pose never occurred in any movie, we are sure that it was enacted numerous times when Ragnar was on a Raid!!!!!
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Three(3) of the Duke's stalwarts charging/attacking. One of our mst requested sold out sets...these guys will all come in handy with our new castle system coming in the future..those of you who who were at OTSN last year saw the prototype of the 'gate house' ........perfect also for use on the Medieval Cog.......it's great to have them back for Cog use....
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Three (3) more of our earliest Norman poses...you can tell how old these sets are by the boring nature of the set titles!!! The figures, however, are not boring in the least & again will look great in the new castle or on the Cog or on the field at Hastings, liberating England from the vile Saxons.....
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Three (3) Norsemen in attack mode.....definitely needed for any attcks yopu are going to make with the Viking battering ram(see new sets above). One of those bread & butter /everybody needs one sets which sold and sold and sold in the old days. While I think our new Ortiz sculpted Vikings are a tad better these still go well and help tell the 'story". Perfect for castle 'work" or a slash & burn raid.
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Valhalla Awaits Restocks
Nine (9) of our VA sets sold out right away...we are happy to get these back into stock as they include
some of the best sets from the VA range......I am fond of all of them (as you'd expect me to be) but the
arrival of the battering ram (above new sets) makes it imperative that you also add the Viking catapult to
your attack (sets VA003 and VA004 below).
Due to the factories inordinate delays on getting restocks to us, we are honoring our introductory prices
on each of these sets from several quarters back..... although we originally intended that this special
would have run out long ago. A number of you have pointed out that we should honor the intro specials
since when you tried to order, we had already zoomed through the first batch with faster than expected
sales.....we agree!
Specials
Yes, we know you expect specials so here they are.......Buy any 4 sets and receive free shipping.......Buy
any 7 different sets from this list and receive your choice of either VA003 or VA021 Free................Buy
any 13 different sets from this list and receive BOTH VA003 and VA021 for free...........and on a smaller
scale: Buy any 2 Medieval sets (VA, VIK or WAL) and receive a third set free.
To take advantage of this sale online, please add all sets, purchased and free) to your shopping cart. The
special will be applied to your order once it is processed in the office.
Medieval Cog (Ship)
If you haven't purchased this yet, now's your chance as we still have a few of these being offered at a sale
price so we can continue to minimize what we will have to move when our warehouse changes. Click here
to order.
Thanks as always for your patronage & support. I'm very happy that we've been able to restock 17 of the
sets listed above and also get our hands on supplies of 2 new sets. Now that the factory has caught up
on Roman Galleys, Medieval Cogs and these VA sets, I am hopeful that they will rapidly address our
restock needs with Spartans, Immortals and all sorts of backordered items from the ACW, Rogers Rangers
and Alamo series.....as well as getting adequate supplies of our new Zulu range to us......
Best Regards
Hail Ragnar's Beard
RC

The following items from our Valhalla Awaits range are also available
for purchase. Please keep in mind that these items are excluded from
the special offer mentioned above.