If you are looking for the Army Air Corps M1938 set, complete w. hat, correct trousers, coat with correct orange & blue dress "waffles", I have only seen a couple sets in 35 years of actively collecting and one of them was on the forum. I am guessing $500-750 if you can find some-one that wants to sell and that's providing the soldier does not have any significant service history. These are very rare. Infantry, Cavalry or Artillery might be easier to find. Cavalry would be the same price and maybe slightly less for the other branches. If you find one with multiple service stripes, high rank NCO with WW1 and before service I bet you might have to pay over $1K. They come up so seldom that it hard to give an accurate value. One of the most striking uniforms Army NCO's have every worn in my opinion.

Well for starters what do you have already. The essentials I would say are Grunt Gear by Tolkoff, Pradiers Marine corps uniforms and equipment 1941-1945, and Harlan Glenn’s 782 gear. Those are the absolute essentials in my opinion and a must have for any USMC collector. A great overview and in depth resource for anything the marines had. Now if your interested in specific units or would suggest getting a roster book for whatever division your interested  in, you can find these on Amazon. And period unit histories are also a great resource though a little scarce at times. 

Thanks for sharing thorin6, nice collection of MC1 you have.   Now I’ll have to go through my bins to see if I have a Colonial Knife MC1. 

Overlocked edge and “tail” = circa 1980s

You seem to be missing one of the MC1 knives.  

Cerick,   While I may be a "new member" here, I have been a long-time reader.  These guys know way more than I do.  Iron bender, great info.  While not a "3 bander" this Ole Gal came out of an attic near here a couple of years ago.  While I stopped collecting years ago, I couldn't leave her behind.  Ohio marked 1854 Lorenz.  Thought you might enjoy seeing it.     OD    

AGAIN,, THANKS FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE! I FEEL BAD, IT HAS BEEN BID UP KIND OF HIGH $1150.OO RIGHT NOW. 

I must be sheltered; it took me a while to realize the issue with searching " inflatable mannequin" !!!  And NO, I didn't try it!!   Lance

I'm trying to learn about this patch. I think it's US made, WW II era, but there doesn't seem to be nearly as much info out there as I found for my 101st Abn patch. Any help with date & origin would be appreciated. 

Looks like some kind of drapery tassel perhaps.  Doesn't look like a sword knot from any countries I'm aware of (which is not all of them I'm sure).   Lance