Collectors Showcase: Mosby Cavalry - American Civil War

The Collectors Showcase is releasing 5 Cavalry figures in their upcoming release designed after John Mosby and the 43rd Battalion, 1st Virginia Cavalry. John Mosby served for the Confederate army from 1861 to 1865. John Mosby started the war assigned to the monted rifle company of Virginia volunteers. After the First Battle of Manassas, John Mosby was re-assigned to Stuart's cavalry scouts, under J.E.B. Stuart. It was not until 1963 that John Mosby was granted permission from General Lee to form the 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry, a regiment of rangers in Northern Virginia. Mosby and his rangers carried out a number of successful raids throughout the remainder of the war throughout Virginia, causing major disruptions in the Union supply chain. It was Mosby's rangers that carried the surrender documents and orders of the Confederacy at the end of the American Civil War to Appomattox Court.

Pictured here is Mosby himself - CS00384. Order all 5 today, they include:

Mosby - CS00384
Mosby Flagbearer- CS00385
Mosby Bugler - CS00386
Mosby Shooting - CS00387
Mosby Attacker - CS00388

Collectors Showcase has done 5 Cavalry figures of John Mosby and his rangers. Each figure retails for $65.90 and is available for pre-order from www.BgsToySoldiers.com.

Figarti: Hermann Goring 251/17 - RMG-010

Figarti has just released the Hermann Goring 251/17 motorized Anti-aircraft gun, which is limited to only 100 pieces and retails for $289.00. The piece is in stock, and will be available on www.BgsToySoldiers.com this weekend. If you have been waiting on this piece, please let me know via email, as I am sure once they are up on the site it will be hard to get one before they sell out. Here is a little information about the piece posted by Figarti:

"As the war progressed, the Germans found themselves getting more and more desperate for motorized anti-aircraft guns that could keep up with their fighting units. One solution was the mounting of a 2 cm FlaK 38 gun inside the modified armoured hull of a Sd. Kfz. 251 halftrack. Adding to its Ą°Road to RomeĄą line that focuses on the WWII Italian Campaign (Ą°RMAĄą for Allies and Ą°RMGĄą for Axis), Figarti Miniatures proudly introduces its Ą°Hermann Göring 251/17Ąą (Item # RMG-010) with four crew figurines manning the gun. Done with an attention to detail, the Figarti 251/17 Ausf. C has a detailed transmission, fine width indicators made from brass, and painted with the white circle with red tab used by the Hermann Göring Division to identify a flak unit. The flak crew wears various Luftwaffe tropical uniforms and camouflage smocks with the distinctive Luftwaffe eagle over the right breast. Only 100 sets of this livery will be produced."

Get your Figarti pieces from www.BgsToySoldiers.com. You can email me any pieces you are interested in prior to their release, to help ensure you get each piece you are interested in. We do not put them up for pre-order, as we are not 100% sure what quantities we will receive of each new release. We will get more then we have in the past going forward, but we are still limited to only 5 to 6 of each new release, as Figarti has now went to a very limited quantity release structure.

Figarti: Desert Sherman MKII - 8TH-006

Figarti has just released a Desert Sherman MKII, 8TH-006. This piece is limited to 100 pieces and retails for $189.00. We will be putting the piece up on www.BgsToySoldiers.com in the next few days. Here is what Figarti has posted about this piece:

"The first Sherman tanks to see combat in WWII were the petrol engined M4A1, known to the British as the General Sherman Mk II. Responding to the wishes of collectors, Figarti Miniatures proudly adds to its North Africa line by introducing the "Desert Sherman Mk II" (Item # 8TH-006) with a single tank commander figurine. Painted in the markings of Squadron C, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, 2nd Armoured Brigade, 1st Armoured Division, the Shermans of this regiment were known for their marksmanship with one gunner personally congratulated by General Montgomery for destroying nine enemy tanks on a single day. Displaying an attention to detail, the Figarti Desert Sherman Mk II has the distinctive early M3 type bogies, M34 gun mount, spoked road wheels, and bolted three piece transmission cover. In addition, Figarti has added the features unique to British Shermans serving in North Africa, including sand shield, blanket box, recognition pennants, and the brackets and rails along the hull to accommodate a sunshield. Their existence a secret at the start of the Second Battle of Alamein, the British Sherman tanks used a large tent like sunshield painted to look like a 3 ton lorry to disguise them from enemy aerial and mountaintop observation. Only 100 sets of this livery will be produced."

Thomas Gunn Miniatures: PAK 38 with 2 FJ crew TGM-005

Thomas Gunn Miniatures has just released 3 new Fallschirmjager sets for their German WWII military miniature collection. Pictured here is the TGM-005, PAK38 with 2 Fallshirmjager Crew members. This set comes in two paint schemes, the Normandy and the Tropical versions. Also released in this latest release are - FJ Mortar set with War Correspondent TGM-004 and Add on PAK - TGM-006. All sets retail for $85.00 USD. We also have TGM-002 and TGM-003 still available. Thomas Gunn Miniatures limits all their pieces to a small quantity. in each release. For those of you that don't know, Thomas Gunn Miniatures creates 60mm 1:30 scale, hand crafted and painted military miniatures. They are a relatively new company, but their pieces are very similar in style and quality to King and Country.

The PAK38 was developed for the German military in 1938 to replace the PAK 36. The PAK 38 was a German anit-tank gun featuring a 50mm gun capable of penetrating the 45mm armor of the T-34 Soviet tank. The PAK 38 was introduced to the German military in 1940 and saw its first combat in 1941 in the Western front during Operation Barbarossa (The war effort versus the Soviets by the German army). The PAK 38 was replaced by the PAK40 which featured a 75mm gun, but the PAK 38 was used by the German military till the end of the war in 1945. The PAK 38 used an armour-piercing, composite rigid ammunition with a tungsten core, known as Panzergranate 40, in order to penetrate the armor of heavier tanks.

Order your Thomas Gunn Miniatures today at www.BgsToySoldiers.com

Figarti Miniatures - US Priest "Texas Special" - RMA-001

Figarti Miniatures - US Priest "Texas Special" - RMA-001

The M7 is a 105mm mobile artillery, self propelled howitzer. The British had a version of the M7 and the US, also known as the Texas special was an M7 but armored with additional armor on the ammo racks. The M7 was the self propelled artillery of choice for the allies in World War II. The British were the first to see combat with the M7. The 105mm Howitzer was removed in some M7 artillery vehicles in the Asian campaign to utilize the vehicle as a troop transport.

Figarti has released a new US M7 "Texas Special" self propelled Howitzer this past month. They only fabricated 100 of the figure. We do still have a few instock, but as with most Figarti pieces they are going quickly. The cost is $229.00 USD. The SKU number is RMA-001. Get yours today at www.BgsToySoldiers.com.

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.