Thomas Gunn Miniatures: British Arnhem Paratroopers

Thomas Gunn Miniatures: The Crossing - PARA-001(A)

Thomas Gunn miniatures has started to add some British soldiers to their popular World War II collection. The first two sets available for this collections are a grouping of British Paratroopers. PARA-001 features 3 airborne soldiers in a dinghy. This set of figures comes in two seperate paint schemes European Theater, limited to 200 figures, and a Mediterranean uniform scheme, limited to 100 figures. Also available is extra Dinghies, ACC-002. PARA-001 is set to sell for $89.00 and is available for pre-order at www.BgsToySoldiers.com. PARA-001 will be shipping the last week of December 2010. Also as part of this set is PARA-002, The Sentries, featuring two British airborne soldiers standing watch. Also featured in both European and Mediterranean uniforms. PARA-002 is available for $56.00 at www.BgsToySoldiers.com and is shipping now. All figures from Thomas Gunn Miniatures are limited edition. These initial British paratroopers make excellent figures for any Arnhem or Ranville/Pegasus Bridge dioramas. PARA-002 was specifically designed to go with Build a Rama's Pontoon Bridge Diorama piece.

Also shipping the last week of December 2010 from www.BgsToySoldiers.com is Thomas Gunn Miniatures FJ-001(A) and FJ-001(B). FJ-001 is a LG40 with crew in both Normandy and Tropical uniforms. These pieces are available for pre-order at www.BgsToySoldiers.com for $75.00. The latest Thomas Gunn Club piece GC006(A) and GC006(B) will also be available soon for $30.00. Order your Thomas Gunn Miniatures today at www.BgsToySoldiers.com.

Collectors Showcase: Scots Greys Napoleonic Cavalry

Collectors Showcase will be releasing 8 Scots Greys Cavalry figures in late October. These figures will be available for pre-order at www.BgsToySoldiers.comthe third week of September 2010. We will have the figures available individually and as a set. The new Scots Greys Cavalry set will be limited to 400 total sets available worldwide. These new figures were designed using a new technique for capturing the uniforms on the soldiers in action with physics taken into account, which Collectors Showcase has dubber "Mini-Cloth". This is what Collectors Showcase has to say about this new set of figures:

"The Royal Scots Greys ride again! TCS is very happy to present our next Napoleonic installment.
These eight figures are packed full of action and for the first time ever incorporate our new proprietary physics sculpting model that perfectly imitates the behavior of real clothing in miniature. Known as minicloth it truly takes sculpting to whole new level. Minicloth was written in-house and takes into account simulations that incorporate physics and density of whatever attributes we assign, from dense wool to thin cotton. You'll think you're looking at a real rider and horse! MiniCloth brings forth a new era in miniatures never before seen: our in-house technology combined with traditional techniques, brings forth results that are pretty amazing. Naturally we'll be using minicloth on all of our sculpts moving forward. We'll be showing these pieces in Chicago and wait till you get a close look, it's pretty wild.
The action has been pushed further again and the paint combines our popular gritty look with the bright colors of the Scots Greys uniform. We thought after doing our 92nd Highlanders it would be great to set the scene right with the Grey's charging-right into a battery of French guns! Well we left out the French casualties but we think we captured the mood alright!"

Available soon at www.BgsToySoldiers.com

Figarti Miniatures: British M-7 Priest Desert with Crew - 8TH-003

Figarti Miniatures soon will be releasing a British M-7 Priest Desert with Crew pictured here. This exquisite piece includes the self propelled 105mm Howitzer (Priest), crew, and shells. The military miniature from Figarti retails for $229.00 is 1:30th scale and limited.

We at www.BgsToySoldiers.com have been allocated between 2 and 3 of this piece. We have already pre-sold 2 and once we are confirmed for 3, will put the last piece up for sale also. With Figarti pieces, they are so limited and highly sought after at this time, that we are pre-selling all our alloted sets as we make them available to the collector. We have been pushing Figarti to supply us with more sets of each new release. We will also be stocking more of the already released figures soon. Figarti is a great investment at this time, as they are making significantly less quantities then demand calls for from the collectors community.

The M7 was an American made self propelled 105mm Howitzer, created during World War II. The British ordered 500 of the artillery vehicle and dubbed the howitzer the Priest. The M7 Self Propelled Howitzer was an armored vehicle that used the M3 Lee Chassis stripped down to carry the mobile artillery vehicle. The M7 was built to use the American armament standard. This led to issues with British standards, forcing the British to have to supply the M7 seperately. The M7 was used through the North African campaign and some of the Italian campaign before being replaced by the 25 pounder Sexton.

Check for availability at www.BgsToySoldiers.com and watch for new Figarti pre-orders.