There are many reasons you listed an item for sale. Most times you feel the item will have a customer who will want it. Other times you listed item just to see if it will sell. The BMC Japanese that I listed on Ebay are in that second category. I am curious to see if anyone wants them. How I got these figures was interesting. I was at an auction and spotted a box of mixed figure lots. The figures were not anything rare or exciting, but I thought I would put a bid on them. I got the box very reasonable and had a laugh the person thought he had gold. He had put a price of $24.95 on the 18 BMC Japanese. The original owner had done that on other items in the box. Those items I had re-priced at their correct price and sold them quickly. I was left with this lot and was going to put it into a junk box when I decided to put them up on Ebay. I am curious to see if they will sell for the price I have listed or at lower price. They might not sell at all. It will be an interesting experiment
Actually they are not bad figures, some of the best ever done by BMC (King and Country), they should sell if the price is low enough.
These are nice figures. Gun barrels are sometimes a little brittle. If priced right they should sell.
These are figures I give out as “prizes” for great thinking in class. I also challenge my students to identify the individual soldier as to nationality and period. If they are correct they receive another figure. I teach at an all-boys school so there is a natural interest. A simple motivation tool, and an unsuspected history lesson, too.
Back in the “OLD DAYS” these figures would have been considered too big for 1/32.
But now they’re too small for EX-FORCE!
Well may be they match real size;Japanese(Asians) in general x the most part are smaller than average America/Europeans. So the EXF Americans are great x them I will think. The same on Oliver from original (PH) WW2 Japanese set.
The K&C mold/figures design are great in detail, uniform and poses, still weapons are a bit thick and short x most parts, specially the Japanese rifle that was one of the largest bolt action rifles.
And if not because I got too many already I will get them for that price listed-that is bargain!!!.
Unless they been reissues later these will become collectible soon after the very sad passing of his maker/producer. Also would be very interesting if others K&C sets- mold would be used in plastic production.
A few years ago, I bought a bag and painted the Japs a tan to match my Lido Japs an added them together. It gave the Lido guys LMGs and mortars, which I ensured were present in the proper proportions. They take paint very well, being of a stiffer plastic. They are actually better sculpts than the Lido guys. The Marines got painted a decent olive drab and were added to my 60mm+ GIs. Far from the first to this, I separated the flag raisers and made other poses out of them. Some crawling, some got bases, whatever looked natural. Getting weapons into their hands was pretty easy. I used MPC Ring Hand weapons, which suited them fine.
Greg good point ,yes indeed they match with lido pretty much. I totally forgot those old warriors
I agree, these are pretty nicely sculpted , Kudos to whoever sculpted them ! ( although I could do without another “knee” mortar, but still very nice !
They should be better than Lido, they are King and Country sculpts.
Speaking of Lido anyone need Lido Germans?
But we NEEDED that 60mm Knee Mortar! Now m 60mm Japs got what they need.
Ah, Lido Germans. Great figures! They and their GI counterparts were my first toy soldiers.
Since we’re discussing ‘needs’ – anybody got BMC AWI guys? I’d like to cherry pic some poses and looking for the Americans cast in red.
The Lido Germans were my last plastic toy soldiers for about 25 years..
I think that the 3 US made German WWII soldiers complimented each other perfectly. All 3 MG men are in radically different positions. The Panzerschreck guys are very different. Lido added the flamethrower pose to the lot. MPC had one striking with the buttstock of the rifle, Lido had a stabber. Not a lot of repeat poses like standing and kneeling firing, Marx covered that base. Lido added the unique figure throwing a round grenade which was a common issue item in the German armed forces. Maybe I’m biased, but to this day I have this combo, completed with Mx German vehicles, as a unit.
I personally like Germans lido over MPC and Marx for the more action combined poses set and even with the LIDO been more 2D their uniform and gear/weapons look more war/battle ready than Marx and MPC. The bazooka, flamethrower and standing shooting MG-mg42 are great poses unique done in plastic by a US brand-before any body in the world in plastic I think!?
Once again my personal view.
Now I had owned the lido sets, but see often on line only the HK German copied cloned in grey, light blue and green.Do these were in same scale done and also does any body know if HK also copied the Japanese as I seen the GI’s copied too?.
The copies are a bit smaller. I’ve kept a number of them, too. All in either a primer grey or (14 of these) in a very dark grey. Very hard to get the stabber in grey. Only ever found 1 and I believe it was an Italian copy. I painted a few green ones to round out the sets.
I love that Lido MG guy. He fits in the back of the Marx German PC perfectly, delivering suppressive fire as the squad maneuvers on some Commie position.
I have a full set plus of the Japanese, but I think these are Italian copies, too. The color is a bit more yellow than the originals and they are small enough to fit with my Marx and MPC Japs, which made me happy to find them.