Hey fellas,
I'd like to introduce myself to the board. I'm thirty-something, married, two great little daughters. I live about an hour north of NYC. I've been into military history since I was a kid, with a special fascination for the Pacific War, as both my grandfathers served there (as a Navy Corpsman on Iwo Jima and as a Marine Raider on Guadalcanal). My board handles come from the nicknames that the Marines gave to the Japanese fliers and artillery that harassed them on Guadalcanal. I started collecting in 2001, after seeing a 21C Japanese Infantry figure on the shelf of a local KB Toys. With the demise of 21c Toys' 1/6 scale line, I've expanded my collection to include product by DML, DiD, BBI, Battlegear Toys, Newline Miniatures, and other brands. Over the past few years, I've been putting together a fully-kitted out figure to represent every Marine campaign of the Pacific War. Although I've stopped collecting Ultimate Soldier figures, I'm also still working on a 21C-themed web site up that contains a complete product checklist, a headsculpt gallery, an action figure glossary, and an extenive links page, among other things. Check it out if you have the time:
www.pistolpetechecklist.com
Thanks for the read!
Pistol Pete
aka Washingmachine Charlie
I'd like to introduce myself to the board. I'm thirty-something, married, two great little daughters. I live about an hour north of NYC. I've been into military history since I was a kid, with a special fascination for the Pacific War, as both my grandfathers served there (as a Navy Corpsman on Iwo Jima and as a Marine Raider on Guadalcanal). My board handles come from the nicknames that the Marines gave to the Japanese fliers and artillery that harassed them on Guadalcanal. I started collecting in 2001, after seeing a 21C Japanese Infantry figure on the shelf of a local KB Toys. With the demise of 21c Toys' 1/6 scale line, I've expanded my collection to include product by DML, DiD, BBI, Battlegear Toys, Newline Miniatures, and other brands. Over the past few years, I've been putting together a fully-kitted out figure to represent every Marine campaign of the Pacific War. Although I've stopped collecting Ultimate Soldier figures, I'm also still working on a 21C-themed web site up that contains a complete product checklist, a headsculpt gallery, an action figure glossary, and an extenive links page, among other things. Check it out if you have the time:
www.pistolpetechecklist.com
Thanks for the read!
Pistol Pete
aka Washingmachine Charlie
