54mm Age of the Samurai

 

First Legion is pleased to present you with the first of our new 54mm toy soldier ranges, The Age of the Samurai, adding to our highly acclaimed Napoleon's Europe range covering the Napoleonic Wars.   To us at First Legion, Japanese Samurai really reflect the pinnacle of toy soldier collecting when they are well done.   When we determined to recreate this fascinating period of history, we decided that we would only proceed if we could do it the justice that we feel it deserves.  From the bold colors and variety of equipment to the grace and beauty of their historic counterparts, well produced Samurai toy soldiers really exist on a level beyond that which you can achieve with other historical periods. As many of  you know who collect our Napoleon's Europe product range, when we do a range we do it in great depth, with world class sculpting, and painting quality that is second to none in the toy soldier world.   First Legion's Age of the Samurai is no exception to this approach and, though we are starting off with just a few figures to introduce the range and whet your appetite for what is to come, rest assured that this range will expand tremendously over the course of 2009 and beyond!   

 

For those of you who want a peek into where we'll go after these first three figures, the primary focus of our Age of the Samurai product range will be the Adzuti Muroyama (1573-1603) and early Edo (1603-1867) periods, the so called Golden Age of Samurai.   We will bring you the figures and personalities necessary to recreate such battles as Nagashino (1575), Sekigahara (1600), and Osaka Castle (1615) with clans such as the Nobunaga, Tokugawa and Hideyoshi well covered from personalities such as daimyo's, heroes, and generals, to Samurai, Ashigaru, monks, peasants, ninjas, and possibly even a geisha or two!   This is truly a range that we will continue to develop for years to come and that will extend both before and beyond our primary time period as there is so much to cover, so take a look at our first releases and just use your imagination for now to conjure up where we'll take you next!   

 

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