OK OK OK.......

YOU GUYS HAVE TALKED ME INTO IT....



THE ROMAN WAR FLEET RETURNS !!!

BACK IN 07 WE RELEASED OUR FIRST ROMAN WAR GALLEY (LET'S CALL IT GALLEY #1) RETAIL PRICED AT $750.00 EACH. WE MADE 500 OF THESE BEAUTIES WITH OVER 50 FIGURES INCLUDED IN EACH & SOLD OUT QUICKER THAN CAESAR COULD SUBDUE GAUL. BY 09 THEY HAD ALL SET SAIL FROM THE WAREHOUSE....

WE GET REQUESTS SEVERAL TIMES PER WEEK FOR A RE-RELEASE OF THIS BEAUTY, WHICH WAS SIMPLY ONE OF THE BEST THANGS WE EVER DESIGNED OR PRODUCED.



NOW, TO GO ALONG WITH THE RELEASE OF OUR MAJOR ROMANS VS. BARBARIANS LINE WE'VE HEARD YOUR PLEA AND HAVE DECIDED TO RELEASE A NEW ROMAN WAR SHIP!!! (LET'S CALL THIS NEW BEAUTY, GALLEY #2)
WE ARE NOT RERELEASING GALLEY #1 AS WE WANT COLLECTORS TO RETAIN THEIR INVESTMENT VALUE IN A SOLD OUT ITEM. ALSO MANY OF YOU HAVE ASKED FOR A LESS EXPENSIVE SHIP AS THE PRICE OF GALLEY #1 WAS UNATTAINABLE FOR MANY....

THE NEW SHIP IS SIMILAR TO YET DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL SOLD OUT WAR GALLEY ....



THE HULL, MAIN DECK, OARS, BOW AND STERN WILL BE THE SAME AS GALLEY #1 BUT THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS THAT GALLEY #2 DOES NOT HAVE THE LOWER ROWING DECK WITH THE 48 ROWERS AND THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR(WHIP MASTER). THE 50 PAINTED FIGURES WHO WERE 'BELOW DECKS' (ON GALLEY #1) AND THEREFORE HARD TO SEE , WHILE BRILLIANT IN THEIR SCOPE , HAVE BEEN JETTISONED THIS GO AROUND SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THE COST OF THE SHIP DOWN FOR COLLECTORS. THERE ARE ALSO VARIATIONS IN THE PAINT SCHEME OF THE NEW BEHEMOTH .....



SAID DIFFERENTLY, THE LOWER DECK WILL BE CLOSED OFF . NO ROWERS ON GALLEY #2.

#2 WILL BE A LIMITED EDITION (LIKE #1) BUT WE HAVE NOT SET THE EDITION SIZE AS OF YET

LIMITED EDITION SIZE WILL PROBABLY BE NO MORE THAN 300 OF THESE BEAUTIES.
250 FOR COLLECTOR AND DEALER PURCHASE AND 50 FOR A MAJOR SEA BATTLE I WANT TO SET UP.....( A DREAM PROJECT OF MINE)

WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR HOW MANY ARE PRE-RESERVED (BELOW) BEFORE MAKING THAT DECISION.

A SMALL 'CREW' OF 8 FIGURES (NOT THE 56 WHICH WERE WITH GALLEY #1) ARE INCLUDED WITH GALLEY #2. THESE INCLUDE (1) COMMANDER, (2) LOOKOUT, (3) & (4) TWO CLIMBING THE RIGGING, (5) + (6) TWO HELMSMEN AND (7) A DRUMMER.

"ADD-ON" SETS WILL BE IN ABUNDANCE SO YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE THE ACTION ON DECK TO YOUR LIKING....A MINI SCORPION OR JAVELIN THROWER & CREW, MINI CATAPULT, DECK BOARD ACCESSORIES, OBSERVATION 'TOWER', ARCHERS & MARINES ARE ON THE SCULPTING LIST.



AS TO TIMING, WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO BRING THE SHIP TO YOUR SHORE IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS 2011--POSSIBLY EARLIER. THE ADD-ON SETS WILL PROBABLY ARRIVE EARLY 2012.

PRICE IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED BUT THE CLEAR GOAL IS TO MAKE THIS DEVIL MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE THAN GALLEY #1...DESPITE THE FACT THAT #1 SOLD OUT, I'VE ALWAYS FELT BAD ABOUT THE ROMAN COLLECTORS WHO WERE LEFT BEHIND WHO STILL WANTED A ROMAN SHIP.......I ALSO MUST ADMIT TO LOVING THE IDEA SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE HAD ABOUT WANTING TO PUT A FLEET OF THESE INTO ACTION AND IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THAT A NEW LOWER PRICE WAS NEEDED.

SAILORS & MARINES WANTED

SIGN ON TO VISIT EXOTIC LANDS
MEET & GREET FOREIGN PEOPLES

CAESAR NEEDS YOU!!!!

ROMAN & BARBARIAN ARMIES
TAKE SHAPE

AS THE PHOTOS SHOW, WE'VE BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY GETTING OUR LEGIONS
AND BARBARIAN HORDE
INTO BATTLE-READY MODE. WHILE NOT WILLING TO REVEAL PAINTED FIGURE
PHOTOS YET, WE ARE NOW READY TO TAKE ADVANCE RESERVATIONS FOR THIS AMAZING NEW RANGE.
(CLICK NEXT TO EACH SET TO 'PRE-RESERVE' ; WE SHALL BE SENDING OUT PRICING AND COLOR PHOTOS OF THE FINISHED PAINTED PRODUCT VERY SOON)

WE HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE OF SEVERAL COMPANIES WHO HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTING
TO COPY OUR HIGHLY ANIMATED POSES ON A REGULAR BASIS AND AS A RESULT, WE HAVE BEEN A TAD RELUCTANT TO SHOW TOO MUCH TOO SOON. WE INTEND THIS ROMAN RANGE TO BE ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC YET FAIRLY PRICED ROMAN RANGES AVAILABLE IN THE MARKET. THE FIRST WAVE OF SETS LOOKS TO INCLUDE:

ROME-001 WINTER GAMES ---OUR 1ST SET WHICH HAS ALREADY BECOME A RUNAWAY HIT---WE'VE REORDERED MORE OF THESE AND SHOULD HAVE PLENTY OF THEM IN STOCK WHEN THE REST OF THE HORDE ARRIVES.... Check to Pre-Order:

ROME-002 BEHOLD THE POWER OF ROME (REDUX) ---A MIGHTY BARBARIAN CHIEF HOLDING HIS ROMAN VICTIM'S HEAD ALOFT. THIS SET IS SIMIAR TO OUR GREAT BEHOLD THE POWER SET FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO BUT 10 TIMES BETTER!!!!! TERRAIN BASE INCLUDES SPRUCE TREE WHICH IS CURIOUSLY ABSENT FROM THIS PHOTO. FIGURES ON TERRAIN BASES ARE REMOVABLE (MUCH LIKE THE ROMAN'S HEAD) Check to Pre-Order:

ROME-003 ROMAN GENERAL-- MOUNTED-POSE A ---ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC POSES WE'VE DONE. THIS 'CHARACTER" LET'S CALL HIM MAXIMUS RICARDUS AS A WORKING NAME WILL REAPPEAR IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT KEY POSES AS WE SEE HIM IN THE THICK OF THE ACTION ALL OVER THE BATTLEFIELD....AS WELL AS IN THE CAMPAIGN TENT Check to Pre-Order:

ROME-004 ROMAN CENTURY COMMAND SET PART 1 ---THIS TIME AROUND ALL OF OUR SIGNIFERS, AQUILIFERS, VEXILLIFERS, CENTURIONS & SUCH ARE FIRST APPEARING IN ACTION COMBAT POSES--WE DID ENOUGH MARCHING AND STANDING ROWS WITH OUR PREVIOUS SERIES OF ROMANS DON'T PANIC LADS AS THE MARCHING AND STANDING IN ROWS FELLOWS ARE COMING IN WAVE 2 ALONG WITH MUSICIANS..... WE AIM TO GET THE ROMAN ARMY DONE RIGHT THIS TIME AROUND....... Check to Pre-Order: (Rome-004 Includes the two figures on the LEFT)

ROME-005 ROMAN CENTURY COMMAND SET PART 2 ---TO BE HONEST , THERE ARE 2 MORE 'COMMAND' GUYS DONE IN ACTION & I MAY SWITCH THESE UP AS I GET A BETTER 'FEEL' FOR WHO WORKS WELL TOGETHER..... Check to Pre-Order: (Rome-005 Includes the two figures on the RIGHT)

ROME-006 BARBARIANS ATTACKING SET 1 ---THIS TIME AROUND, OUR BARBARIANS ARE HAIRIER, MORE MUSCULAR AND INFINITELY MORE DANGEROUS THAN OUR HORDE FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO.... Check to Pre-Order:

ROME-007 BARBARIANS ATTACKING SET 2 ---I WANTED THE HORDE THIS TIME TO LOOK DEADLY & UNWASHED, TO LOOK IMPERVIOUS TO THE ELEMENTS AND MORE THREATENING TO OUR STALWART ROMAN LEGIONS. FLEAS & LICE NOT INCLUDED. Check to Pre-Order:

ROME-008 BARBARIAN CASUALTIES ---THIS LOOKS TO BE A 3 FIGURE SET & I THINK THE FELLOW WITH SWORD IN HAND , FALLING MAY BE CHANGED TO BE DROPPING A SHIELD.......THIS RANGE WILL BE FILLED WITH OUR USUAL CARNAGE & THEN SOME SO EXPECT TO SEE AT LEAST 2 OR 3 CASUALTY SETS ON EACH SIDE AND SOME GORY 'HAND -TO HAND' ACTION........ Check to Pre-Order:

ROME-009 THERE STANDS THE DEFENSE OF ROME SHIELD WALL PART 1 ---IF THE SET(S) NAME SOUNDS FAMILIAR, IT IS BECAUSE WE HAD A SIMILARLY NAMED SET YEARS BACK IN OUR EARLIER ROMAN RANGE; AS GOOD AS THOSE FIGURES WERE, THEY NEVER WERE EXACTLY WHAT I HAD ENVISIONED FOR OUR SHIELD WALL...THIS GO AROUND, I THINK WE ARE FINALLY GETTING IT RIGHT WITH CLOSELY PACKED TROOPS, SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, SHIELD OVERLAPPING SHIELD..... EACH "SHIELD WALL SET" WILL HAVE 3 FIGURES Check to Pre-Order:

ROME-010 THERE STANDS THE DEFENSE OF ROME SHIELD WALL PART 2 ---ONE SHIELD WALL SET HAS 3 LEGIONNAIRES WITH HELMET, ANOTHER INCLUDES THE SIGNIFER IN LIONHEAD, THE THIRD HAS A WOUNDED LEGIONNAIRE, ETC..... Check to Pre-Order:

ROME-011 THERE STANDS THE DEFENE OF ROME SHIELD WALL PART 3 ---EACH SET OF SHIELD WALL WILL BE CAPABLE OF INTERLOCKING WITH OR ADJOINING THE OTHER SHIELD WALL SETS..SO U CAN ARRANGE THE ACTION TO YOUR LIKING... Check to Pre-Order:

ROME-012 ROMAN LEGIONNAIRES ATTACKING SET 1 ---WE'LL POST THE REST OF THESE NEXT WEEK; HAND TROUBLES LIMITING HOW MUCH WE CAN TYPE OR LIST AT ONE TIME...BE PATIENT. THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE KICK ASS RANGE....2 FIGURES IN FULL ADVANCE MODE Check to Pre-Order:

ROME-013 ROMAN LEGIONNAIRES ATTACKING PART 2 Check to Pre-Order:

ROME-014 ROMAN CASUALTIES Check to Pre-Order:

ROME-015 CATAPULT & CREW Check to Pre-Order:

ROME-016 CATAPULT COMMAND SET Check to Pre-Order:

ROME-017 BALLISTA & CREW Check to Pre-Order:

ROME-018 DOMINA BARBARIAN PRINCESS OF DEATH ---THINK ILSA SHE WOLF OF THE SS BUT ONLY 1900 YEARS EARLIER....every great range deserves at least one great female figure?? Check to Pre-Order:

ROME-019 THE BURNING LOG (REDUX) ---YEARS BACK WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, WE DID A 'BURNING LOG' FOR OUR SPARTACUS RANGE--WE SOLD CLEAN OUT OF THOSE BEAUTIES AND AS MUCH AS I WAS PROUD OF WHAT WE'D ACCOMPLISHED, UNIVERSAL STUDIOS WOULDN'T LET ME DO WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO DO WITH THE SET---i.e. to explore the moment of impact as one of these fiery devils makes contact with the Roman shield wall--you get the idea..... Check to Pre-Order:

ROME-020 BARBARIANS CHARGING ---YOU DIDN'T THINK WE'D DO THE BURNING LOG WITHOUT MORE BARBARIANS TO FOLLOW IT!! Check to Pre-Order:

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