What Are You Lookin' At?--single British paratrooper figure and single king penguin figure from the Falklands War
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Item Number: TF018
"What Are You Lookin' At?"
Here we have a uniquely Falklands War image... a lone British 'Tommy'... he might be a 'bootneck' or a 'para' having a halt to take a closer look at one of the islands original inhabitants: a humble, but still proud, Penguin.
The Falkland Islands represent one of the world's great penguin capitals. As many as 1,000,000 of these delightful creatures 'nest' every summer in the islands along its sandy beaches, sheep paddocks and broad open landscape. Five of the world's seventeen species of penguin call these islands home: 'King', 'Gentoo', 'Rockhopper', 'Magellanic', and 'Macaroni'.
Our bold little feathered friend is a 'King Penguin' and joins with his British 'liberator' to make a unique K&C two-figure set.
"DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA!"
As well as being the memorable theme song of the highly popular film and stage musical ‘EVITA’, this particular song also formed part of the soundtrack to the 1982 Falklands War fought between Britain and Argentina.
When that war erupted in April 1982 with the Argentine invasion of this small group of rugged and remote British islands, few people suspected that a brief but bloody conflict would follow.
As is well known, a powerful naval task force was rapidly dispatched from Britain with the firm intention of retaking the islands, evicting the invaders and liberating the small British community who had lived and worked there for almost 150 years.
As the land force element of the Task Force was loaded aboard the ships sailing to the South Atlantic, they were serenaded up the gangplanks by a familiar sound…
“Don’t Cry For Me Argentina”, the memorable theme song from ‘EVITA’.
On these occasions, the song was often played somewhat sarcastically by several of the regimental bands of the Royal Marines and the Parachute Regiment much to the amusement of the boarding ‘Bootnecks’ and ‘Paras’.
Due to be released in JUNE 2025.
