Who will be Next?

[Masaoken]

Who will be the next releases?

[Doomhammer]

If you're talking about the Premium Format line there was a thread some time ago which had some exquisite ideas in it. Seems that didn't survive our infamous EZ-crash...
There's tons of names running through my head but the first one to pop up every time is Beethoven :p

[dstephan]

Napoleon apparently didn't do that well. It's too bad because I'd probably rather have Washington as a PF than a 12".

[Doomhammer]

You're right, the fact that Napoleon has still not been sold out isn't very promising for the future of this line. Then again I wonder how long it would take a 1/4 Washington to sell out; I'm sure he'd do better.

[Masaoken]

Just a thought on 1/4 scale Napoleon...he was 18" right?

:lol


6' Napoleon -Think about it.

[chamildav]

I think you could sell out a Washington in a reasonable period of time in the numbers that SSC would be producing. I would buy the 1/4 scale figure and I'm not a traditional "Premium format" kinda' guy.
And I think Napolean will sell out eventually. I imagine it would be better for SSC if it's sooner rather than later. And better for those who'd like to see the line go on.
I think they could have sold out a Pershing pretty quickly. Several American Civil War figures, also WWII Generals, Allied and Axis alike would likely move fairly well. They have a broader audience I think as far as those who are buying larger scaled cloth costumed figures than a Napolean Bonaparte figure does. Suck in some more of those crazy 1/6th collectors.
I may be wrong about this, but I think a more "generic" Napoleanic figure might have sold better as a first in a historic soldiers or Napoleanic series. An NCO from the "Old Guard", a figure based on one of the Scottish regiments, or some other colorfully uniformed soldiers from the era would be more appealing to a lot of 54mm toy soldier and 12" type collectors as well as those interested in military history, or who just want a pretty portrait doll.
Just my opinion but I can't help thinking based on what I see people actually buying any of the things I've suggested would be a better bet for successful sales.

[GI GENE]

I think a 1/6th Napoleon figure would have been better. Hopefully that will come about in the future.

[Doomhammer]

Just a thought on 1/4 scale Napoleon...he was 18" right

He's about 15.5" without the hat.

[Masaoken]

"Napoleon was not especially short. After his death in 1821, the French emperor's height was recorded as 5 feet 2 inches in French feet. This corresponds to 5 feet 6.5 inches in English feet, or 1.686 meters [4], making him slightly taller than an average Frenchman of the 19th century."

-Wikipedia


"After his death in 1821, an autopsy was performed on Napoleon in France. This autopsy found Napoleon to be five feet and two inches tall (5' 2"). However, when the French measure of five feet and two inches is translated into the standard English measure, his correct height is found to be five feet, six and a half inches (5' 6.5"). This is a full four and a half inches taller than previously believed."

How tall was Napoleon Bonaparte?

Following the autopsy of the Emperor's body, on 6 May 1821, the afternoon of the day after he died, Dr. Antommarchi, the Emperor's personal physician, who also performed the autopsy, made the following observations from the Emperor's body:


"The overall height from the top of the head to the heels is 5 feet, 2 inches, 4 lines. His reach, stretching between the tips of his middle fingers, is 5 feet 2 inches. From the pubic symphsis to the top of the head, 2 feet, 7 inches, 4 lines. [2 feet 7 1/3 inches] From the pubis to the heel bone, 2 feet 7 inches."



"This is a very good point that most people, to include most authors, are not aware of. Historians have presented Napoleon to us as being well below average height because they have failed to take into account that his diminutive height of 5 feet 2 inches is in French measure of the Paris foot, which is equivalent to 12.789 inches in English or US measurement. Napoleon was 5 feet 6 1/8 inches in US measurements. Therefore, for that period, Napoleon was average height. As stated by the editor of Louis Marchand's memoirs, when a person of average height stands among men of superior height, he looks small. One must keep in mind that most of the soldiers close to the Emperor were of superior height because they were, for the most part, soldiers of the Imperial Guard. To qualify for the Imperial Guard, a soldier needed to be at least 5 feet 10 inches in height (French measure), which is slightly more than 6 feet 2 inches in US measurement. Napoleon, standing among a group of Imperial Guardsmen, with the additional height of their bearskin busbies, would look diminutive.


Also, the fact that Napoleon's upper and lower body measurements were virtually identical indicate that his body was perfectly proportioned."

[10 minutes research.]



12.789 x 62 + .33333" = 793.251 (5'6.1042777")

15.5 x 4 = 62

Hmmm.