October 4, 2006

RETIREMENT OF SETS

Dear Conte Collector,

As those of you who were at OTSN know, we are about to release (on or about Dec.1st) 16 new Robert Ortiz sculpted American Civil War sets. These sets, comprising 35 sculpts, were given rave reviews by everyone who saw them and continue the trend towards upgrading our Civil War range with dynamic sculpting and exceptional painting. Pictures of these 16 sets will be up on our site in the next week or so.

An additional 15 or more ACW sets (predominately Union) look likely for Spring 07 release.

For years we have delayed the 'retirement' of ACW sets as we were continually hearing from new dealers & collectors that they needed time to pick up our past body of ACW product. Many dealers have been recently been urging that we commence the retirement of older sets...we've listened.

While we are very proud of many of our earlier offerings (all wonderfully sculpted by Ken Osen) some of these older sets are going to look less favorable when our new offerings hit the shelves.

The 'first wave' of ACW sets to be retired are:

ACW57098: Confederate Charging Set #1 (3 figures)    $59.95

ACW57099: Confederate Firing Set #2 (3 figures)         $59.95

ACW57100: Union Firing Set #1 (3 figures)                   $56.00

ACW57101: Confederate Charging Set #2 (3 figures)    $56.00

ACW57102: Confederate Firing Set #1 (3 figures)          $56.00

ACW57103: Confederate Wounded Set (3 figures)          $58.00

ACW57104: Confederate Flag bearer & Charging Officer $50.00

ACW57105: Union Charging Set #1 (3 figures)    $56.00

ACW57107: Union Firing Set #2 (3 figures)         $56.00

ACW57108: Union Wounded/ Casualty Set (3 figures) $56.00

ACW57109: Union Flagbearer Set (2 figures)    $50.00