June News Expeditionary Force Update

June News Expeditionary Force Update, Rahway got the collector newsletter for Expeditionary Force. As I mentioned before the dealer newsletter is missing certain pieces of information. Also we have from our very good friend information on the DGN Cavalry

June News Expeditionary Force Update

French Dragoons
Rahway sent the consumer release of the new Expeditionary Force French Dismounted Dragoons
Dear All 
Greetings from Singapore!

Very pleased to inform you that the following set is now available for shipment. Apologies for this late announcement.
  
54mm Napoleonic Wars (1812-1815) – French Line Regiments
 
54 FRN 10         Dismounted Dragoons (Foot)
 
This box-set contains 9-foot models comprising of 1 officer and 8 dragoons (all on foot). This set is designed to complement sets 54 FRN 06-A and 54 FRN 06-B French Line Dragoons (mounted) in the same uniforms with heads and certain parts inter-changeable.

The set is priced at our standard trade rate for normal foot soldiers at USD 34.00 per box-set.
 
June News Expeditionary Force Update
Dragoons are mounted troopers and are often deployed as a rapid mobile force to seize or hold important tactical positions where the infantry could not arrive in time. In this role, The Dragoon functions as an infantryman relying on his musket and bayonet. His mount would be kept at the rear and his sword, not useful in a fire-fight, would be kept with the horse.
 
 Dragoon
The Dragoon Officer is not issued the musket and thus does not have the shoulder cartridge belt. His helmet is of a slightly different (more elegant) shape.
June News Expeditionary Force Update
There was a plan to have another set 54 FRN 10-B with 8 trooper models plus 2 horses without the officer model. This option was scrapped as it could not fit into the mold having to include a saddle and an extra sword. We felt that the Officer model is more relevant.
 
For the Napoleonic French line regiments series, this set marks the end of the series. The Napoleonic French regiments will resume with the Imperial Guard series in 2021 as we need to move on to our announced new period, 54mm WW2 Pacific War (see below).
 
The next sets in the production release queue are 60 GMS 02 Early Germanic Cavalry and 60 GMS 03 Germanic Tribal Command. These are in the toolings phase with test casting expected on 10 June 2020. They should be available in June 2020.

54mm Pacific War Range

54mm Pacific War Range

This range will cover the following series: Japanese, British Empire, American (USMC), and Chinese.
For the Japanese, there will be 5 sets:-
54 PWJ 01 Regular Infantry;
54 PWJ 02 Tropical Island Defenders (in camo-helmets, 7/10 sleeves, and Tabi shoes, etc.);
54 PWJ 03 Machine-Gun Section;
54 PWJ 04 Mortar Section; and
54 PWJ 05 Special Naval Landing Force (fabric-covered helmets, etc.).
The sculpting for the Japanese sets is almost complete. These are 54mm scale with a slightly smaller statue of the Japanese in those days. We will proceed to do the British sets before the Americans and the Chinese.
 

60mm Late War Germans (to supplement the WW2-GRM series)

German officer
German soldiers
German machine gun
Flame thrower
German mortar
German bazooka
four German soldiers

These sets are awaiting a slot in the production queue for their release.

Final Comments

I have been stuck in Singapore since my return on 21 January 2020. Fortunately, both my colleagues and I are not affected by the infection and thus are healthy and well. We have been able to continue operation since April but replenishment of inventory in Singapore has been disrupted. We seek to resume this aspect from later June 2020. Shipment (order of 4 box-sets or more) from China warehouse has resumed in April but due to lack of inventory in Singapore, small orders (3 box-sets or less) of out-of-stock items can only be mailed from 21 June 2020. The logistic services are crammed with medical and healthcare supplies delivery. The shipping agent slots us wherever they can. We seek your kind patience in this time of the pandemic. We are confident that things will improve in due course. I have a flight to China this Sunday (7 June 2020). This is my third attempt. I hope they don’t throw me into quarantine when I arrive there.

The next sets in the production release queue are 60 GMS 02 Early Germanic Cavalry and 60 GMS 03 Germanic Tribal Command. These are in toolings phase with test casting expected on 10 June 2020. They should be available in June 2020. This will be followed by 54 BRT 11 British 95th Rifles scheduled for July 2020 (see below). Looking forward to your kind support. 

Cheers,

Scott

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4 Responses to June News Expeditionary Force Update

  1. Bobby G Moore says:

    Look forward to the Japanese and U.S. Marines. Also the British.

  2. Brian JOHNSON says:

    Don’t mention the Anniversary of tank man photo when you land eh

  3. Mark McNamara says:

    So many great looking figures available today !

  4. Henry P. says:

    The Germans look great, if ex force makes a Prussian queen’s dragoon, i would be enthralled!!! i love the likes of ww2 and i’m starting to enjoy Napoleonic’s quite a lot as well, H.G. Wells ocmes to mind!!!

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