Toy Soldier Show, London, 3rd Dec 2005; King & Country E

[CannonFodder1971]

Hi,
Just to let you know the latest news from Bob Neville of K&C UK regarding London's Toy Soldier events. He has e-mailed some of you already, but this is of interest to Frontline, Figarti, FoV and ERTL/Britains fans too.

The Toy Soldier Show, London, 3rd DECEMBER 2005
K&C UK run The Toy Soldier Show, London www.thetoysoldiershow.com and in December, there will be close to 250 tables, which is believed will make it one of the largest shows of its kind.

From the horse's mouth, Bob's hope:

These shows will become more of an event as we need to attract new collectors in to the hobby and give more. At the December show we will have a British Tommie theme (we had Romans in June which was good fun!). To bring the December Show to life we will have a YMCA Austin K2 van from 1941 along with some Tommie’s and some Land Army Girls to help bring it all to life and add some glamour.

At the show there will be a number of K&C highlights-

§ Andy Neilson will be with us for the weekend.
§ We will have and launch our exclusive K&C UK vehicle (available to all and limited to 500), Andy signing certificates.
§ 60ft of K&C diorama product display.
§ Old K&C, early IWJ, LAH,VN (VN1-VN8 as an example) DD (DD1 – DD23 as an example), WS (WS20 as an example), Arnhem (AN1 – AN16 as an example), etc. We have yet to decide on the way to sell these items BUT the closing may well be at a special event we are planning in the evening!

KING & COUNTRY GLOBAL COLLECTORS CONVENTION, THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM LONDON 3RD DECEMBER, 7.30PM - MIDNIGHT

Agreed and with the full support of Andy Neilson we have booked the whole of the Imperial War Museum www.iwm.org.uk/lambeth/venue for the evening following the show on the 3rd.

The ‘gathering of the band of brothers’ will take place in the large exhibits hall amongst real versions of the K&C models! The evening is open to any one from anywhere!
There will be a cost for the evening to us so we will have to charge to cover costs. Anyone 6 - 16 accompanied by an adult will get free entry.
Any money made beyond covering costs will be handed to the Royal British Legion

Whilst the final format of the evening has to be decided some highlights will be-

§ Open to all K&C enthusiasts not just club members, we want to get as many as we can together.
§ Cocktail reception
§ History and future of K&C by Andy Neilson
§ Pre registered collectors pick up exclusive K&C UK vehicle..
§ Final sale of the old K&C items. (as I say we are still working out the detail on how we will sell the K&C old items, it will not be on e bay though)
§ Exclusive event polo shirt
§ Private viewing of IWM exhibits.
§ Guest Speaker NICK PETTIT GM QGM , THE MOST DECORATED SOLDIER SINCE WW2 or Tim Collins author of Rules of Engagement, A Life in Conflict. We are speaking to both at the minute.
§ WW2 Re enactors……….K&C figures and vehicles come to life!
§ ……………..and a few surprises !

I will post more information as it is confirmend but would love to see you at what is sure to be a very memorable weekend for K&C lovers!
Terrorists may bomb London BUT they will not win, stop normal life or keep us from our K&C.....the show will go on!
Kind Regards
Bob Neville
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Any toy solider collectors on the other side of the pond can send a wish list and I'll send them something similar for OTSN.
Regards,
CannonFodder1971