John Jenkins Designs: The Death of General Wolfe - QB-02

John Jenkins Designs: The Death of General Wolfe - QB-02

General Wolfe was a highly successful general for the British military in Jacobite's rebellion and the Seven Years War. He fell from three shots, one fatal to the chest during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. This death was depicted in a famous painting, which John Jenkins Designs reconstructed with their latest release QB-02. In the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, General Wolfe took a group of British soldiers and two cannons up the side of a cliff to surprise the French and defeat them in less then 15 minutes. This was the last action General Wolfe would see.

The John Jenkins Designs military miniature depiction of The Death of General Wolfe is limited to 750 total sets. The set retails for $92.00 USD. It is depicted to the right here. BgsToySoldiers.com has this set available and many more figures available from John Jenkins Designs.

The Collectors Showcase: Voltiguer Napoleonics

The Collectors Showcase: Voltiguer Napoleonics

The Voltiguers were formed in most French Line Infantry battalions in 1804. This was a group of 90 soldiers that were an elite group of sharpshooters that would perform light infantry operations for the French Infantry. They would shield the battalion from the enemy and forming skirmish lines. This group of elite soldiers was slowly disbanded throughout the 1812 Russian campaign.

Collectors Showcase has just released a group of Voltiguer Napoleonic miniatures in this latest release. This is the 4th release of figures for their Napoleonic Waterloo collection.

Voltiguer Prone - CS00370 - $59.00

Voltiguer Firing - CS00371 - $79.90

Voltiguer Command - CS00372 - $85.00

Voltiguer Wounded - CS00373 - $59.00
Voltiguer Advancing - CS00374 - $59.00

Order yours today at www.BgsToySoldiers.com.

Collectors Showcase: Panther Tank Release

The Collectors Showcase is releasing a new Panther Tank series this Christmas season. They will be releasing two variants of panthers for both their Normandy and Winter collections. The Panther tanks are already up on www.BgsToySoldiers.com for pre-order. As with all Collectors Showcase releases, the tanks are extremely limited. With each panther tank the collector will get two sets of tracks, one damaged track and one running track. This way you can display the Panther in action or in a battle damaged diorama.

The tanks also come with a clean look or the Zimmerit version. For those of you unfamiliar with the Zimmerit finish, Germany coated some of their tanks in a rigid paste covering to reduce magnetic attraction of the tank to combat anti-tank magnetic mines from being attracted to their tanks. Even though, Germany was the only country that widely used the magnetic mines during World War II??

Also available are Panzer Crew Casualty set, which actually fits the copula of all tanks released by Collectors Showcase, which include the Tiger tanks, Sturmgeschutze, and the newest Panter. These are also available for the Normandy and Winter collections. The Panzer tanks are set at $159.00 and the Casualty packs are $59.00. The tanks are selling fast, so we will try to get extras to accommodate everyone out there that wants to get one of these fine military miniature tanks.

Thomas Gunn Miniatures: Overlooking the Battle and The Rocket Men

Bgs Toy Soldiers has started to carry Thomas Gunn miniatures. We now have the latest two releases from Thomas Gunn Miniatures. There will be many more pieces to come as they release new toy soldier figures. Currently we have in stock both TGM 002(A) - Overlooking the Battle - $85.00 and TGM 003 - The Rocket Men - $85.00. Both sets are from Thomas Gunn Miniatures World War II German Military Miniature Collection. Pictured here is TGM 002(A). All figures from Thomas Gunn are extremely limited and 1:30 scale. Sets run size run anywhere from 200 to 300 total produced.

TGM 002 (A) is a limited edition of 200 pieces and comprises a 1/30th scale radio operator and 2 other paratroopers conferring about the battle going on in the distance. Dressed as they would have appeared in typical FJ Luftwaffe dress at Normandy in 1944.

TGM003 The Rocket Men A three man SS Fallschirmjager anti tank team as they would have appeared at the Battle of the Bulge. One figure prepares to fire his Panzerschreck whilst wearing his respirator, a second crew member prepares to reload the weapon should the first shot not be successful and a third member of the platoon runs forward to give support.

The Collectors Showcase: 146th New York Infantry

The Collectors Showcase is releasing 4 sets of military miniatures based on the 146th New York Infantry also known as Garrard's Tigers. They were named after Colonel Kenner Gerrard. The 146th New York Infantry was a volunteer group of infantry organized for the Union during the American Civil War in Utica, New York. The group also has been referred to as Hallek's Infantry or the 5th Oneida Regiment. They uniform of choice was the Zouave uniform of sky blue jacket and pants, yellow tassels, and red sashes.

The Regiment fought in battles throughout the Civil War from 1862 up through Battle at Appomattox, which ended the war with the surrender of the South. The Regiment suffered their heaviest casualties in this final battle. Collectors Showcase has released 4 sets of 3 toy soldiers based on the 146th New York Infantry, which include:

146th New York Charging - CS00366 - $79.90

146th New York Firing - CS00367 - $79.90

146th New York Wounded - CS00368 - $79.90

146th New York Command - CS00369 - $85.00

Pre-Order yours today at www.BgsToySoldiers.com.

Figarti Miniatures: U.S. Sherman M4 with Fording Stacks - ETA-005

Figarti Miniatures has just released ETA-005 as part of their 1:30th scale WWII European Theater collection. This piece retails for $179.00 USD. We have already sold out of this piece, but more are coming soon. We are getting new releases as they come out, but in low quantities, due to limited availability on the initial run, but as they release 2nd and 3rd waves of the newest figures, we are restocking them. As for limited edition figures, we will be able to get 3 or 4 maximum. Figarti has become the rising leader in the military miniature collectibles market. Their pieces are hard to keep in stock, and we are getting pre-orders on pieces before we even put them up on the site, www.BgsToySoldiers.com. This piece was no different. It is a fantastic, well crafted piece.

During WWII, specifically during the Pacific Theater, tanks were fitted with Fording Stacks. These stacks allowed the tanks operate in deeper waters. During beach landings, tanks were often lost when LCMs sunk, or when tanks were moving towards land and hit deep holes in the water. The fording stacks were fitted on the tanks to combat this. You can find this piece soon at www.BgsToySoldiers.com.

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

Thomas Gunn Miniatures: Company Profile

Thomas Gunn Miniatures launched their product line on the 4th of July this year, 2009. They strictly construct the 1:30th scale figures. Thomas Gunn miniatures started their company to improve on the quality of 1:30th scale figures available and offer collectors a reasonable price for high quality military miniatures. Thomas Gunn Miniatures are limiting their releases to 300 figures per collectible release. This will make them unique and an investment for collectors. Thomas Gunn Miniatures hand paints all their pieces and puts extra attention to detail and authenticity.

Pictured here is their upcoming release at the end of this month TMG-003. It is labeled the Rocket Men. The figures depict a SS Fallschirmjager anti-tank team from the Battle of the Bulge. As you can see these pieces are well made and have excellent quality. This piece will retail for $85.00 USD. We hope to have this piece available to all of you in our store sometime in October of 2009. Please check www.BgsToySoldiers.com in October for availability.