King & Country WS216 Tiger I Early Production: No. 213 with an Important Chronology Caveat

The model includes deliberate absences

King & Country describes missing track guards and a missing front wheel cover, as well as a rear turret bin adapted from a Panzer III type. Those features are part of the intended model, so an absent-looking item should be compared with the reference before being assumed lost.

The exposed wheels and tracks make the lower half especially prominent. The commander adds a small, lighter human detail above the broad turret.

A useful comparison with the winter release

WS220 applies whitewash and supplies a different commander. The contrast lets collectors compare how finish and crew treatment change the same broad early-Tiger subject.

WS216’s interest lies in its gray, deliberately stripped appearance and distinctive turret equipment. The chronology note makes the release more useful as a historical collectible rather than simply repeating every sentence of its original sales description.

Photographs of both sides and the rear bin are particularly valuable when checking an example.

Release record and collecting notes

Sager’s archived WS216 product record lists a release date of October 2012 and a retirement date of December 2015. These are catalog dates, rather than a statement about today’s secondhand availability. Compare the seller’s actual photographs with the reference image here, including any projecting equipment and the base; a familiar box title alone is not a condition report.