As you may remember, we sent these hundreds of WWII figures off to Old Guard Painters - a painting service in the Ukraine - back in January 2006.
The good folks at Old Guard Painters finished painting all of the Marines, and shipped them back to TMP by the end of February 2006. They even provided all of the research needed in order to paint the minis.
The figures arrived shortly afterward, sorted into ziploc bags according to their original packs...
...and individually wrapped in brown paper.
The final total, including shipping, came to $510.80 USD.
The original plan was for me (
Editor in Chief Bill 
) to base and flock the figures, photograph them, and present them to you as the conclusion to this article. This was entirely too optimistic of a plan, as it's taken me over a year to get the first set on display! (Like many of you, my workbench is a crowded workbench...)
I'm now hoping to post weekly updates, as each group of figures is based, flocked, and photographed. (Fingers crossed!)
Please feel encouraged to post comments if you recognize particular items of equipment, or have other knowledge that would be useful to gamers thinking of picking up these sets.