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Post by Marc on Apr 20, 2018 15:56:16 GMT
Yes please to 54s, and cavalry are always welcome - and Austrian infantry.
Maybe you should rethink your pricing. Expeditionary Force are charging £30 here in the UK for 9 figures - whereas I have just spent £300 on various HaT 54mm sets at approx £10 for 18. So I appreciate your pricing, but maybe the sets need to be more self-financing.
And from my discussions with a well known UK 54mm figure re-seller, it appears that only Naps sell well, and French and Brits at that. So maybe focus on the money spinners to get the sector moving again - a decent set of versatile cavalry (such as chasseurs a cheval or hussars) would be good. They could be designed as French, but can be modified by the purchaser for other nations. It might even be possible to do an "Armies in Plastic" approach and sell basically the same figure but with a different horse furniture, or shako. That way, it might not be perfect, but it would be better than nothing. I know I would buy a generic hussar if I could easily get Prussian, Russian and Austrian heads for it (without chopping my infantry preferably) - even Brunswick etc.
here's hoping
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Post by sussextoysoldier on Apr 24, 2018 23:55:24 GMT
I am looking to build 1:32 armies for Napoleonic war-gaming. The armies need infantry, cavalry, artillery and commanders. If you can get all four elements reasonably easily for particular nations then more people are going to choose those nations. At present the only two nations that you can reasonably easily cobble together a balanced force for in 1:32 are the British and the French.
So I would say Prussian Artillery and Cavalry would be a good choice as there is already plenty of Prussian Infantry around.
Then Russian Artillery and Cavalry and then Austrian Infantry, Artillery and cavalry. Then you have the five main combatant nations covered.
A nice French gun carriage would be good popular move too.
In the meantime it would be nice to be able to get hold of your French Chasseurs a Pied and French Voltigeurs in 1:32 in the UK!
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Post by STAN on Apr 25, 2018 8:48:42 GMT
Yes please to 54s, and cavalry are always welcome - and Austrian infantry. Maybe you should rethink your pricing. Expeditionary Force are charging £30 here in the UK for 9 figures - whereas I have just spent £300 on various HaT 54mm sets at approx £10 for 18. So I appreciate your pricing, but maybe the sets need to be more self-financing. And from my discussions with a well known UK 54mm figure re-seller, it appears that only Naps sell well, and French and Brits at that. So maybe focus on the money spinners to get the sector moving again - a decent set of versatile cavalry (such as chasseurs a cheval or hussars) would be good. They could be designed as French, but can be modified by the purchaser for other nations. It might even be possible to do an "Armies in Plastic" approach and sell basically the same figure but with a different horse furniture, or shako. That way, it might not be perfect, but it would be better than nothing. I know I would buy a generic hussar if I could easily get Prussian, Russian and Austrian heads for it (without chopping my infantry preferably) - even Brunswick etc. here's hoping Very much agree on your points Marc! Of course there are always people that want a different set for every single army of every specific type! But that will never happen! I think this army in Plastic approach is a good one. Also, I agree on the price issue. I don't say the sets now should be 25 pounds but they can be a bit more of that will help in keeping the 1/32 range going. Also I think the Napoleonic era is the safest area to invest in for HaT although this might sound hypocritic coming from a Napoleonic collector ;-) I was slightly surprised by the range of SYW although I get that HaT wants to also cover this range since there is interest for it, I think the Napoleonics will result in more cashflow to keep the production going! I have sent a mail to HaT with the request to do a restock on the First French Lights: Chasseurs, Voltigeurs and Carabiniers since only some carabiniers and the command set are left available. I don't know when this restock will take place but I look forward to it and hope to hear or see any progress on this great 1/32 range! Stan
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Post by Rob C on Apr 25, 2018 10:44:29 GMT
Prussian Artillery and yes would like to se the Austrians infantry plus Artillery. Other then Naps....would love to se something medieval? Crusades perhaps...all in the glorious 1/32 scale oh yea!
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Post by greentiger on Apr 25, 2018 19:13:50 GMT
Always pleased to see Napoleonics but I do have loads (Austrians would be good) but I would reallyt like would be some decenet late medieval (HYW) foot soldiers. Longbowmen, Crossbows, Bills.
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Post by marco brandoli on Apr 28, 2018 17:56:00 GMT
Dear Sir, I 'll happy to buy rigth away the new kits wherever you are going to perform ( Austrian 7YW, Napoleonics and other else), but I point a Problem. ...because here in Europe (I live in Italy), the Customer office makes trouble for every parcels coming out from <Shengen area> ( Euro dominion). Worst: the model shops are "vacancy". ( bastards!)
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Post by Stan on May 10, 2018 12:47:39 GMT
I get nostalgic when scrolling back on the former 1/32 HAT blog. So many beautiful plans...HaT asking for 1/32 Napoleonic cavalry...And don't get me started about the master for the 1/32 French LINE infantry!!! They are my wildest toy soldier fantasy. 132hatblog.blogspot.nl/2010_10_01_archive.htmlStill hope to get an insight on what is happening behind the scenes at the HaT office and if this production will ever continue? Best wishes, Stan
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Post by johnprendergrast on May 15, 2018 11:28:20 GMT
I get nostalgic when scrolling back on the former 1/32 HAT blog. So many beautiful plans...HaT asking for 1/32 Napoleonic cavalry...And don't get me started about the master for the 1/32 French LINE infantry!!! They are my wildest toy soldier fantasy. 132hatblog.blogspot.nl/2010_10_01_archive.htmlStill hope to get an insight on what is happening behind the scenes at the HaT office and if this production will ever continue? Best wishes, Stan
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Post by johnprendergrast on May 15, 2018 11:35:27 GMT
I understand the huge support for Napoleonic (life is too short for me to do it) but late colonial has a huge potential as you can do large battles or small scale skirmish games with enemies all over the globe. I have a huge AIP and Britains army (some John Jenkins and others as well) but HAT Industrie figures would be great in this scale. Not sure how they would be compatible with AIP (which are probably near 60 mm) but HAT Zulus and Mahdi period in 1:32 would be incredible for me. John "Pasha" Prendergrast of the Bristol barracks.
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Post by J Evert on May 21, 2018 9:24:32 GMT
AWI in 1/32 would be great.
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Post by Stan on Jun 19, 2018 11:37:14 GMT
Forum Admin, It seems like the 1/32 SYW Austrians have reached the final stage of production. How will this continue? Do we have to wait on how well they will sell before had takes the step for further 1/32 projects or...? Would love to get an update on the plans for this scale! Best wishes, Stan
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Post by marco brandoli on Jun 21, 2018 13:28:55 GMT
I disliked you had gaven up Napoleonics austrians sets. As Italeri did with his performing figures to grow from 1:72 scale....( Prussian cavalry ;Austrian staff; AWI Washington army; <Austrians anf French inf.before 1805> for the half set 1:72 figures not grow till 1:32 etc...
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Post by Stan on Jul 3, 2018 8:46:32 GMT
I disliked you had gaven up Napoleonics austrians sets. As Italeri did with his performing figures to grow from 1:72 scale....( Prussian cavalry ;Austrian staff; AWI Washington army; <Austrians anf French inf.before 1805> for the half set 1:72 figures not grow till 1:32 etc... Yes, same for A Call to Arms they did the same... I was hoping for a similar approach...Sets that were to be made also for 1/32 (french Line) are made in 1/72 so sizing them up would be great. Really curious what will happen after the new SWY are brought to the stores. Really curious if /what will be the next move!
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Post by Andy on Jul 24, 2018 12:12:07 GMT
Given how fast set 9304 sold out, how about some re-releasing this set?
Thanks
Andy
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Post by Stan on Aug 1, 2018 10:03:52 GMT
Given how fast set 9304 sold out, how about some re-releasing this set? Thanks Andy Thank you Andy, I had contact with HaT about set 9302 and 9304! So the Voltigeurs and Chasseurs, both sold out and are prove that they are wanted! No place to find them anymore, to me they are still to the best HaT sets so far and I am sure they will sell good again! This cash flow might open up new possibilities. To my message, I got a message back that they were suprised about the fact that these sets were no longer available and that HaT would contact the warehouse to restock them. Later on when I asked again, HaT told me that they would first wait how the new SYW sets would sell... I big disappointment to me! So Andy I can only encourage you to contact had and ask for the restock! They said when I e-mailed them it was the first time they heard about it so more emails and requests for restocking would help! Goodluck and thanks in advance, I would love to see them back! email HaT below: paccoastca@gmail.com Best regards, Stan
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Post by Malcolm on Aug 1, 2018 13:05:12 GMT
I am more interested in the SYW and AWI. At present I would like the SYW Prussians to paint up as Brunswickers for the AWI. I could also make use of the Austrians when they turn up to represent Spanish. I already have a box of the 1/72nd scale Revell figures separated from the rest of the Austrian army waiting to be painted as the City Militia of Mexico with burgundy jackets and Oxford Blue trousers.
Best regards,
Malcolm
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Post by Andy on Aug 2, 2018 10:00:58 GMT
Thanks, Stan.
I have emailed Hat. A successful toy soldier production needs to be both commercially viable and appealing to the customer. Given that set 9304 French light infantry chasseurs has proved it can do both, it would be great to see Hat restock set 9304. There may be a market for other periods but set 9304 sold out which proves it is commercially attractive - other ranges may not be so accommodating.
Best wishes
Andy
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Post by keith on Aug 4, 2018 12:20:56 GMT
Would love to see more restocks of the 1/32 scale 7 years war figures as I missed out on these would buy twelve of each set also 1/32 scale Napoleonic French Chasseurs and Voltigeurs over the years we have been building armies out of your figures would be great to see new figures coming out as well.
All the best
Keith.
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Post by Taco Bieseman on Aug 20, 2018 14:16:36 GMT
No !!!
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Post by rahway on Aug 20, 2018 14:52:41 GMT
It would make sense to have at least a minimal restock of the SYW Prussians when the SYW Austrians are released.
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Post by waynew on Aug 20, 2018 18:15:39 GMT
Rahway is right! Having both would boost sales, I would think, as there are those who missed out on the first run for many reasons. Having two opponents - even if only infantry (though there are alternatives that might fit until HaT should produce better quality sets of their own) would make both sets more attractive. For the record I've been using my 7YW Prussians as ARW "Hessians."
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Post by Stan on Aug 28, 2018 21:59:14 GMT
Today in my mail! The brand new HaT 1/32 Austrian Fusiliers PROTOtypes! I am honored to paint these for HAT! THe quality is outstanding and I am sold to a new era...The SYW! IF you want to see more images, please check out my toysoldier blog! The link to my blog: StansarmeeAttachments:
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Post by rahway on Aug 30, 2018 13:07:38 GMT
Thank you for sharing the pictures. The standing firing pose seems to have a strap for the pack but no pack (or anything else) attached to it.
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Post by Lenox on Aug 30, 2018 18:53:45 GMT
I usually stick to 18th-19th century conflicts. Some generic AWI cavalry with maybe different head options such as the tarleton helmets and dragoon helmets worn by continental cavalry and even more AWI infantry figures following the marching-action-command format would be great to have as well. In napoleonics, pre-bardin french (I believe you guys had masters somewhere), peninsular war british, and early austrians or prussians, mamlukes as well as more napoleonic cavalry would be something I would be interested in. Regardless I would support whatever HAT produces. Can't wait for the restocks as I missed out on the 7YW prussians when they first came out. Glad Hat 1/32 is coming back!
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Post by eliott on Aug 31, 2018 7:37:59 GMT
Hello games with interchangeable heads would be great to cover several regiments at 1/32 and a lower cost for the manufacturer. Sincerely eliott
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