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King & Country was founded in 1984 in Hong Kong by two expatriate Scots, Andy C. Neilson and Laura McAllister.

Andy, a former Royal Marine Commando had been interested in and collecting toy soldiers since a young boy. Laura provided the solid business background and support.

From humble beginnings, King & Country has developed into one of the world's major designers and producers of all-metal, hand-painted 1:30 scale military and civilian miniatures.

You’ll find that King & Country figures & vehicles are slightly larger than most other brands. They tend to run 58-60mm in height rather than the standard 54mm that traditional 1/32 figures are measured. This allows for more detail and expression.

In addition to their metal miniatures figures, King & Country has also developed an amazing and expanding range of scale model buildings, fighting vehicles and tanks, ships and aircraft.

The figures are cast in pewter but these vehicles and buildings are cast in polyresin. The wheels move on the armoured vehicles and jeeps! Vehicles with tracks such as tanks have moveable turrets and gun barrels - but the tracks and most hatches are static.
  
From their headquarters in Hong Kong, King & Country oversees every stage of design, development and production in mainland China.

Among King & Country's best-selling ranges are "Streets of Old Hong Kong" --- a colorful and dynamic series of Chinese figures and buildings depicting street life in-turn-of-the century Colonial Hong Kong.

Their various "World War Two" series encompass figures, fighting vehicles and buildings that stretch from the shores of D. Day Normandy to the sands of Iwo Jima and all points in between!

Other exciting and colourful series cover such diverse topics as "The Age of Napoleon" and "The American Revolutionary War". They even produce the Roman Army of Julius Caesar. One of King & Country recent releases is "In The Time of The Pharaoh". This colourful series travels back in time to the splendour and magnificence of Ancient Egypt. More contemporary series also include the recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.

As King & Country continues to grow and develop they remain totally committed to producing unique and collectable military and civilian miniatures that are the finest on the market and at price levels affordable to their customers…both individual and corporate.

The first time we saw the pieces made by King & Country we were impressed. The vehicles have great detail, but it’s the character of the people that really caught our attention. The expression is excellent and the pieces come alive. We are highly excited about King & Country and we are sure you will be too!