About COBI Bricks

Thank you for responding to my rather lengthy comment. That is really unfortunate that COBI does not take suggestions for new sets or to bring back older sets that are popular, from their customers or distributers had I been aware of COBI when they first CANE onto the brick scale model scene, I would have all the kits I am interested in that are no longer produced by COBI, I have a foamily tie to the M$ tractor and M2 155 mm towed Howitzer (an 8″ battle ship or naval gun mounted on wheels for use in the field.)

My Grandfather Colonel Buford Austin Merritt US Army serve din three wars, he was a Major in WWI, and Lt. Colonel at the beginning of US involvement of WWII and a full Colonel by the wars end, he served in both theatres and went back to Japan to be a part of the US occupying force following that war. He was also involved of the 4th Army’s Liberation of the Birkenau Concentration Camp.

After his service during WWII he became the CO of an artillery division at Ft. Sill Oklahoma, the unit he commanded had the M2 155 mm Howitzer and M4 to pull the gun around. (I really want the M2 COBI set, the cheapest I can find it anywhere is on EBAY for $76 shipping from Paraguay. COBI as of yet has not produced a set for the M4 tractor, the M2 & M4 would make an EXCELLENT WWII Executive Edition set should they be paired together in one set, I would gladly pay $150 for that set, I can actually visit both of the real M2 and M4 at the 45th Infantry Division Museum here in OKC, it is by far one of the best mechanized infantry, artillery, and general service military units. The Thunderbirds are no longer an active duty unit but are instead the National Guard Unit for the entire state of Oklahoma. The museum sits on a 15 acre plot of land, they have over 60 vehicles on display in their outdoor exhibit (with approximately 30 other vehicles on display in their indoor exhibits. Including armor, air craft both fixed and rotor wing, missiles, equipment from the Civil War all the way through our modern military history.

After WWII and his time as part of the occupying force in Japan, my grandfather was stationed in Los Alamos, NM to work on the US Nuclear Weapons Program, my Grandfather retired from the US Army at the beginning of the Viet Nam war, he had a very long and very interesting career with the US Army, there are still some of his service records that have not been de-classified.

The Museum has a huge indoor exhibit that takes up almost every inch of the old 45th Infantry Division HQ along with several large outbuildings that are packed full of exhibits that the museum just does not have to room to display. The 45th Museum is probably the best National Guard Museum in the US and even give the Army Museum at Ft. Sill stiff competition as to the history represented, the amount of indoor and outdoor exhibits on display and the sheer number of artifacts, official records, photo and film collections and the LARGEST COLLECTION Adolf Hitler’s personal siler collection that was liberate from Hitler’s Berlin Apartment.

The museum also has a large and VERY, VERY emotionally stirring Holocaust Exhibit. There is a lot of family history with my family on both parents sides with the 45th Infantry Division. Here is an interesting bit of trivia, prior the the US official entry into WWII, the insignia on the unit patch for the 45th infantry was a yellow swastika on the red background (the swastika they used was the “good luck swastika” which faces the opposite direction than the Nazi one faced) on many Buddhist statues, artwork, sculptures, it was quickly changed to the current version of the unit insignia of the Thunderbird for obvious reasons.

I anticipate collecting every US COBI set from WWII and many modern US military sets even if I have to pay exorbitant prices for discontinued sets from EBAY, I will definitely use your price matching tool whenever possible. I am super impressed with the kits COBI has produced so far, their attention to details, (many small and insignificant to the uneducated eye, these small details make the models even better IMO. I am looking forward to see what other sets COBI is going to produce in the future, they have a loyal customer in me as long as they don’t change the quality of their sets or the research that goes into each set before it is placed in production. IF only money were no object if you know what I mean.

I cannot wait to spend more money with your company and the other US distributer and add to my quickly growing collection.