No more new Bayonets and Barbed Wire figures?

[BayonetsJunkie]

I'm a bit skeptical about the future of the line since no new figures have been seen yet at Toy Fair. It's been a while since a new figure was revealed (the Lighthorseman back in October, I think), so I had expected to see something new.

Can any Sideshow reps shed some light on this? Is the line going to be like Six Gun Legends where a figure comes out every now and then?

[GI GENE]

I too am disappointed that no new WWI figures were shown at Toy Fair. Will there be any new releases from this line this year? If market forces compels Sideshow to release their Revolutionary War figures instead of new WWI figures this year then I understand. But I would like the "official word" of the status of Bayonets and Barbed Wire this year so we won't get our hopes up.

[BayonetsJunkie]

Sideshow is one of the few companies that often trucks out new product for San Diego Comic-Con. As it gets closer to the summer maybe we'll see something.

They didn't have any new Live By the Sword figures either, but I doubt that line is cancelled since it just got started.

Maybe they couldn't get any prototypes ready in time.

[Honestyspolicy]

Hmmmmm we shall see ComicCon perhaps.

[dstephan]

Well Brant didn't sound too encouraging about new figures in this line, but he has said that a line never dies...(it just fades away).

[BayonetsJunkie]

I'd at least like to get a Russian and a Turkish figure out of the line.

[GI GENE]

That is disappointing, this line still had plenty of potential. Its not like other companies are releasing WWI figures on a regular basis...

Still, I believe the Bayonets & Barbed Wire line was slipping in quality starting with the German Trench Raider, the German Officer, and the Doughboys due to rehash and SLIGHT quality control slip ups. However I am grateful that we got the British, German, French, American, and particularly the Australian figures that did come out.

It is too bad we won't see the German Ulan Cavalryman, Austro-Hungarian, and Ottoman soldiers that were going to be made when this line was first announced three years ago. It would have been cool to see a Russian infantryman and an Italian Arditi among many others. Yet I plan to send Sideshow my WWI wish list anyway... ;)

[BayonetsJunkie]

Yeah, the German trench raider was a dissapointment.

The German Leiutenant was the most serious case of just kit-bashing, but I kind of like it.

Pershing is undeniably amazing, though. Maybe the line should be like the Brotherhood of Arms line and just make the "icons" of the war, like a Eddie Rickenbacker or Gavrilo Princip.

[musketball]

:eek Hi all,
I was told by a very good source that there is only one more figure slated for this year for the WW1 line. Most likely Eddie Rickenbacker. I was hoping for possibly Sgt. Alvin York. I guess Side Show has so many "irons" in the fire they don't want to have us all go to the poor house trying to buy every thing. I hate to say it but I think I just about every thing on pre-order.
Thanks,
Brent
;) ;)

[GI GENE]

Thanks for the scoop! Eddie Rickenbacker would be a cool figure to own. Though there will only be one WWI figure from Sideshow this year, I'm glad you shared this with us Musketball so we are not all left wondering this year.

Hopefully we will see Sideshow launch a fresh offensive with this line in 2005. ;)

[AV8TORJoe]

Eddie Rickenbacker would be a cool figure to own.

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What? When??? I definitely must have this figure! :cry