Latest News! ~ 04/07/2026, Midwest Toy Soldier Show Review Part 3 ~ The Find, and Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show.

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It looks like the warm weather is finally coming back. And with that comes spring cleaning. This year I plan to go through my collections of “Stuff” and start downsizing. As with a lot of collectors, we don’t just collect one thing. I have Star Wars figures, Playmobil toys, toy soldiers, comic books, old historical books, antique prints, sheet music, old tools, old toys and etc… The list goes on. I will be reducing some of these by up to 25% to 75%. In this post we have the 3rd and last part of the review of the Midwest Toy Soldier show. And with most collectors the show is as good as with what we had found. The picture above was most of the vintage plastic toy soldier products I got.

Day One

The past few years I have not purchased too many things at the shows. Just a few things here and there. I had just about completed my search for Barzso & Conte products that I wanted. And when I started doing the 3d printing, I would just make what I wanted now. So, the collecting “itch” had mostly left me. This show I switched back to collecting mode, like about 5 years ago. I found a few Holy Grail items on my list of things that I have wanted and some other things at really good prices that I had to get them. I use the term “The Find” for the items I got while on the “Hunt” for things I have been looking for or something I found that I did not know I wanted.

Day one started a couple of days before the room trading at places around town and Thursday night, the unofficial room trading day. The Airfix Combat Pack was a set that I have been passively looking for at the shows the past several years. I purchased this on Thursday night, when some of the vendors start arriving at the hotel. Rick Eber had it for $125. The box was in rough shape, but the rest of the items were nice.

Most of the items were in new condition. It looked like it was lightly used and some parts not used at all. The Pillboxes still had the discs and they fired too. I have a nice collection of Airfix, especially the World War II box sets. I think I have most of the boxed sets, some from different eras or sizes of the 29 figures to the 14 figures. This set is one of the hardest to find these days.

After talking to Mike Kutnick on Thursday, after he arrived. I took a quick look at what he and found this Barzso Medieval cart for $25.

Here are a few things that I got around town & early room trading. The red Woman holding a baby was made by Replicants, it is 1/32 in scale or 54mm. I got that from Mike Kutnick too for $5. The Airfix German Paratrooper I got from Mike Handly for 50 cents. And the Metal Civil War Confederate flag bearer & Britain Cannon I found at an inside flea market in town. The flag bearer was around 54mm, I paid $7 for him. I am always looking for nice cannons and especially at the price of $4.

I got both of these comics for around $15 at a antique store. The Marvel Presents #72 is part of Wolverine’s origin story. The Spectacular Spider-Man 176 suddenly became a hot collector’s item because Corona’s powers involve spreading a dangerous energy‑based “infection,” which resonated eerily with the COVID‑19 pandemic. This caused a spike in interest and prices.

I traded some of my products for this foam ruined building. I had another foam piece that I was going to use as a display piece and sell it too. But when I saw this in Brian Gerber’s room, I thought this would look better. It measures about 15 inches long, 10 inches wide and 5 inches tall. Now it is part of my collection, so when you see it at Gettysburg on my table it is just a display and not for sale!

It was around 8pm that Dave Pittman came into our room and was telling us about a collection that he had purchased. He was telling us that they had a bunch of things at good prices. So, around an hour later I went upstairs to see what he had. It was at this point I wish I had a truck instead of the car that we have. I saw a lot of things that I would have purchased if I had the room to take it back with us. I purchased these two big terrain pieces for $25 each. Each piece is about 2 feet long, 16 inches deep and around 4 to 5 inches tall. I plan on repainting these pieces and use them for a pacific island setup. After purchasing this, I was hoping that we had a good show. Because we needed the room to take everything back.

Day Two

Friday morning, I walked around the first floor of the hotel to see who setup for the room trading. Rick Keller had two bags of Marx recast Robin Hood figures that I got for $10. I traded with Mike Kutnick for the Prince Valiant and Robin Hood figures in the plastic case. I think they came from the John Stengel collection. Paul Stadinger said they were made by Res Plastic from Italy.

All of these boxes are empty. I love all the box art on them and will go through my collection to swap out a few boxes. The best part of getting these was they were free. Dave Pittman had at some point emptied the soldiers into a big plastic storage container that he & Mike Handly were selling for 50 cents apiece.

Friday evening, I went back to Dave Pittman’s room and most of the terrain pieces were gone. I picked up this foam bunker for $15. It measures about 16 inches long, 10 & 1/2 inches wide and 5 inches tall. By Saturday evening it looked like all the new stuff he had was gone too.

I thought Thursday was great, but it was just getting started. All of these boxes are full; most are sealed or partially sealed. I had picked up most of these from Rick Keller and most of the Matchbox from Dave Pittman. I paid about $150 for all of them. A lot of rare sets for a great deal. I felt like a kid again when I got all of these sets. Rick Keller would leave and keep bringing new stuff back to the room every few hours. He has a toy store not too far away. The boxed sets had just arrived in a cardboard office box when I got there. He had a lot of other great stuff in the room that Rick shared with Rick Lipp.

Day Three

Day three on Saturday started like on Friday. But there were more vendors setup doing the room trading. Rick Keller had more things in the room. I picked up this Airfix Outpost building for $10.

I also picked this W. Britain Fallschirmjager toy soldiers from Rick Keller for $10.

Mike Kutnick also had some Larry Patterson figures with him. They were wrapped in bubble wrap. I was able to purchase this trapper with a pack horse for $30. These figures show up once in a while, the poses are unique. I think they are conversions of different models and some sculpting then painted. They fit in well with my models and horses too as shown in the last few pictures. They are around 1/32 in scale or 54mm.

The Show

I didn’t purchase anything at the show, but I had traded some of my sets to fellow collector & painter Scott Campbell. I had arranged this a couple of months ago and picked them up at the show. I sent him different sets to be painted. These are the Conte plastic WWII US Paratroopers painted up by Scott. They look awesome. The Conte soldiers are around 58mm.

Here are some of the Esci plastic WWII US Paratroopers that Scott had painted too. These Esci toy soldiers are supposed to be around 1/35, but they are about 54mm.

Here is set #1 of the Warhorse Miniatures WWII US Paratroopers that Scott had painted too. An awesome job.

Here is a professionally painted metal W. Britain German Fallschirmjager next to a Warhorse model painted by Scott. If you are interested in his service, you can email him at Scott13va@sbcglobal.net.

That will conclude the review for the Midwest Show, we are now looking forward to the next show. Maybe you will find your Holy Grail there this year. Sunday April 19th, we will be at Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show. The classic Monsters will be in different colors, and we will have same new products. There will be 100 tables for the show, they are all sold out. Here is a list of the vendors listed below.

Michael Jones
Gettysburg Miniature Soldier
Dan McLean
Mark Hegeman
Kerry Dunable
Mike Handley/Dave Pittman
Rick Eber
Tom Stine
Jeffrey Schilling
John Balestria
Wayne Stevens
Matt Murphy ~ Hobby Bunker
Allan Ford
Calvin Plowman
Robert King
Robert Hornung
Fred Sassin
Christian Keller
Ted Deddens ~ W. Britains
Joe Saine
Todd Nace
William McMahan
Richard Appalt, Jr.
Dennis Beidler
Steve Connell
Larry Lovely
Rick Keller/Rick Lipp
Mike Prendergast & Carolyn Young ~ Warhorse Miniatures
Jefferson Davis Hobbs II
Gerardo Vazquez
Nathan Fogt Nate’s Garage
Eric Kohl
Larry Ciccarelli ~ Land Air Command LLC
Bob Skiff
Rich Zunica
Michael Beninati
Jack Eagan
Daniel Shaheen ~ Prestige Toys
Randall Koller
Paul Knapp
Martin Berman
William Hartman
Jonathon Waters

Latest News! ~ 03/31/2026, Midwest Toy Soldier Show Review Part 2 ~ The Show, and Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show.

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Indoor market scene with numerous tables displaying vintage toys and collectibles. Attendees browse products amidst a crowded hall.

I hope everyone is doing well these days. We will review the Midwest Toy Soldier show in this post. This is the 2nd part of the review of the show overall; the 1st part was a few days ago (Latest News! ~ 03/26/2026, Midwest Toy Soldier Show, Room Trading Review, LOD Bunker Hill Preview and More.) and it focused on the room trading. In about a week or so, I will finish the review with a 3rd part that will deal with all the items I had picked up.

We will start the review with Jim Clouse & his brother’s tables. They had a nice battle board, I think they were looking at $80 for that. It was a really nice piece.

Steve Connell usually has boxes of painted metal sets, bags of Barzso, Marx or other vintage plastic toy soldiers and playsets with him at good or fair prices.

And as usual, Rick Eber had a bunch of vintage playsets, plastic toy soldiers, and toys. Mainly Marx, but he had other brands too.

Some random pictures from some different tables.

Next, we have Rich Egan’s tables. He usually has a mixture of vintage Marx, Barzso and Conte.

Collector Brian Gerber had a table of different toys that he was selling.

Rob Hornung always has some beautiful hand crafted and painted miniatures & toys. He creates them in different topics that range from Sci-Fi to Ancient civilizations. They are very unique & one of a kind. I think most of them are cast or made out of metal.

More random pictures.

The was one table with custom Lego minifigs.

Dealer Boyd Moore had a bunch of King & Country toy soldiers & products with him.

Morehouse Military Miniatures had some resin castings and a handmade fort. They were scaled for wargaming.

Some more random pictures from a few different tables.

Nate’s Garage always has some interesting toys. He hand crafts and paints them too.

Bill Richardson had some vintage playset for sale at good prices.

Rod & his son Tara Roberts had some vintage toy soldiers & toys for sale.

More random pictures from a couple of tables.

Joe Saine had a bunch of antique toys & miniatures with him. Some rare and hard to find items here. Plus, some newer products.

There was a vendor with some 12 inch military figures with him. I did not get a chance to talk with him about them, but they look nice.

Gary Wendeln had some nice toys for sale. Some were rare. He usually has vintage European & Barzso products with him.

More random pictures from a couple of different tables.

The doors opened early this year because there was a lot of people waiting to get in. Probably around 9:30am or maybe earlier. We were really busy until around 1pm. After that, things died. At this point, I was able to walk around to start taking some pictures of the show and talk to some of the vendors. But it wasn’t too long before the show was over and we started to pack up.

We will end the review of the show with our tables. We had 3 tables again in the right rear corner. I had traded for a foam ruined building with Brian Gerber that I used as a display piece and is now part of my collection. The classic Monsters were really popular and so was the new WWII sets.

The room trading was a lot better for us this year than the show itself. We had fun talking to old friends and meeting new ones. This is one of our favorite shows because it takes place over a few days. And it is a relaxed setting where you can take your time looking through things without feeling your being rushed. It is great if you are a plastic collector, but you can find some really good deals if you are a metal collector too. It is really a treasure hunt, not knowing what you will find. As we will see in the next article I do about the show with all the goodies I had found.

In a few weeks we will be heading to Gettysburg. We will have most of the same products that we had at the Midwest show and maybe something new. The classic Monsters will be in different colors. It should be another great show this year. There will be 100 tables for the show, they are all sold out. Here is a list of the vendors listed below.

Michael Jones
Gettysburg Miniature Soldier
Dan McLean
Mark Hegeman
Kerry Dunable
Mike Handley/Dave Pittman
Rick Eber
Tom Stine
Jeffrey Schilling
John Balestria
Wayne Stevens
Matt Murphy ~ Hobby Bunker
Allan Ford
Calvin Plowman
Robert King
Robert Hornung
Fred Sassin
Christian Keller
Ted Deddens ~ W. Britains
Joe Saine
Todd Nace
William McMahan
Richard Appalt, Jr.
Dennis Beidler
Steve Connell
Larry Lovely
Rick Keller/Rick Lipp
Mike Prendergast ~ Warhorse Miniatures
Jefferson Davis Hobbs II
Gerardo Vazquez
Nathan Fogt Nate’s Garage
Eric Kohl
Larry Ciccarelli ~ Land Air Command LLC
Bob Skiff
Rich Zunica
Michael Beninati
Jack Eagan
Daniel Shaheen ~ Prestige Toys
Randall Koller
Paul Knapp
Martin Berman
William Hartman
Jonathon Waters

Latest News! ~ 03/26/2026, Midwest Toy Soldier Show, Room Trading Review, LOD Bunker Hill Preview and More.

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Promotional poster for a toy soldier sale with various discounts, vivid flames in the background, and toy soldiers displayed amongst sale tags.

A collection of model kits and boxes featuring various military figures, including American, British, German, Russian, and WWII paratroopers, arranged around a central 'Combat Pack' box with images of tanks and battle scenes.

We had a great time at the Midwest Toy Soldier Show this year. Now that I am retired, we left a few days earlier to check out some antique stores in the Lafayette, Indiana area and along the way. We arrived Monday night. Tuesday we drove around to the different antique malls in the area. On Wednesday we started setting up and I checked out an indoor flea market. Thursday some of the other vendors started to arrive and the trading started. For this blog post we will talk about the room trading. We will discuss the Show and then what I picked up in a future post, sometime during this week.

I first met Mike Kutnick and spent some time talking to him. I had some things for him, and then I traded & purchased a few things. For some reason, I did not take any pictures of Mike’s room. But he had some storage boxes of Barzso figure and props. He also had BMC boxed playsets and boxed sets. Plus, some rare figures from various makers, like Larry Patterson.

I went to check out Dave Pittman’s & Mike Handly’s room. Dave had come down to our room to inform us that he had purchased collection recently and was selling everything at a good price. I was not really looking for anything is particular, but I found a few things. There were a lot of foam terrain pieces that were discount about 70% from current prices. They also had storage containers filled with plastic toy soldiers and props. They were priced differently. But one was filled with Airfix & Matchbox toy soldiers for 50 cents a figure.

A whiteboard listing exhibitors and room numbers for the Midwest Toy Soldier event, with names and associated details about toy soldier vendors and collectors.

Friday came and more vendors showed up. Around 11am the billboard started to get filled out. Over the next few days, I would walk around the hotel and pick up a few other things from different vendors.

Rich Egan’s room had a lot of nice things. I met him on Thursday night also. He usually will have some vintage Barzso & Conte and Marx products. He sold a Barzso Braddock’s Defeat playset and those Conte foam pieces in the first couple of days.

Rick Eber had a bunch of nice Marx playsets and toy soldiers as usual. He also had that Airfix Combat Pack playset in 1/32 scale that I purchased for $125. It was something that I had wanted for a long time for my collection.

A white poster board displaying a list of names, companies, and room numbers related to a toy soldier event, titled 'Midwest Toy Soldier'.

On Saturday, most of the other vendors were setup and trading. I went into every room, at least once over the next couple of days. Some rooms I went back to multiple times.

Jim Clouse and his brother’s room had some foam buildings, custom made terrain battle boards and Barzso figures & props. Plus, some tanks and other toys.

Also in Jim’s room was a preview of the LOD Battle of Bunker Hill playset. There was a foam piece and character figures. Things are still in development and could change. The date of release is TBD, but probably sometime next year. There were 3 character miniatures and older Barzso British & Colonial soldiers. The 2 character figures in blue for the Americans were Col. William Prescott & Dr. Joseph Warren. The model for the British I believe is Maj. Gen. William Howe. Jim Clouse will be doing the artwork for the Playset box and there should be around 125 pieces. The soldiers in the set are around 54mm. I am looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

The next room belonged to a collector named Jim Koshan. He is a big Barzso collector and a history buff. He had some Barzso & Marx products, plus some other things to sort through. Jim had given me the idea to create the British Grenadiers that will be released later this year.

Boyd Moore had a bunch of King & Country products. He was the only dealer at the show that carried a lot of metal toy soldiers. Other vendors did have some painted metal toy soldiers, but it was mainly from their collection or from collections that they acquired.

The last room for the review is ours. The World War II miniatures were finally released. The first set is the US Paratroopers in the gear that they had for the Normandy campaign. The models are based on Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. The second US Paratrooper set was available at the show and will be added to the webstore in May, and so will the Germans. The German Paratroopers are based on the “Lions of Carentan”. Which refers to the men of Fallschirmjager Regiment 6 (FJR 6), the German paratrooper regiment that fought with exceptional tenacity around Carentan during the Normandy campaign. We also had some new Medieval and French & Indian sets. Plus, some classic movie monsters. And the Conte & LOD/Barzso toy soldiers.

Logo of Warhorse Miniatures featuring a stylized horse head in a gold and black design.

This was our best year in sales with the room trading. This year I was able to add a bunch of things to my collection too. I saw a lot of great deals and rare sets. I would have purchased more things, but my car only can hold so much. It was one of the best shows I have seen in years. This is the first major show of the year, that is usually filled with a bunch of products the vendors had acquired over the winter. So they are more willing to make some deals. The crowds were lower this year, but at least for us the collectors that came purchased more. This show is one of my favorites, almost like a convention of old friends getting together. I am looking forward to next year and maybe making some new friends. That wraps up the review for the room trading. I wish I would have taken more pictures of some of the other rooms. I will mention some of them in the next posts about the show & items that I did purchase.

Promotional poster for the Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show featuring event details and images of toy soldiers, a historical battlefield, and vendors.

Latest News! ~ 01/18/2026, New Products, Vintage TimMee Army Men and some Hobby News.

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I hope everyone is doing well. Now that I have more time I am going to try to post more blog posts this year. In this post, I will share with you what I found last week while I was out for my Birthday and then we will discuss some updates and hobby news.

We spent the day in the town of DeBois, looking around and stopping at a couple of Antique stores. It is not too far from us, and since we never really have been there, we wanted to see what it was like. In one of the antique stores, I found a bag of Vintage TimMee Army Men from the original molds. The Marching pose and the Soldier with the grenade were in this lot of 54 Soldiers that I got for $10. The original mold was damaged at some point, and the marching pose was lost & the grenade guy became the waving guy with his hand open instead of holding a grenade. Some were broken, but almost all of them are in very good condition.

There were 5 Marching poses in the bag. I will say about 1 out of 10 times I see a bag of TimMee Army Men they are the newer version. And luckily the rifles were not broken too. About half of the time, I find a marching pose the rifle is broken. This pose is one that I can reuse in multiple setups. If you want to read more about the History of the TimMee soldiers click on this link, TimMee Army Blog: U.S. Soldiers • Series IV. You can also buy new TimMee Toys over here with this link, https://timmeeusa.com/.

I also found these big Native American Indians by Ajax. Kent Sprecher informed me about the maker. I usually do not collect the big toy soldiers. I guess they are around 6 inches. But I like the blue plastic these were made and the sculpting style. They were almost $14 for the 3 figures.

I keep testing new resin mixtures. And I will start using the burnt orange color for the Saxons & Native Americans. I will be adding a few more sets tomorrow. But here are some of what is available now, click on the links posted below.

WWII US Paratroopers Set 1 – 58mm Green Resin | Warhorse Miniatures

WWII US Paratroopers Set 1 – 58mm Grey Resin | Warhorse Miniatures

WWII US Paratroopers Set 1 – 60mm Green Resin | Warhorse Miniatures

WWII US Paratroopers Set 1 – 60mm Grey Resin | Warhorse Miniatures

Medieval Raid Set – 1/32 Resin | Warhorse Miniatures

Saxon Spears Set #1 – 1/32 Resin | Warhorse Miniatures

Anglo-Saxon Archers Set – 1/32 Resin | Warhorse Miniatures

Viking Raiders Set – 1/32 Resin | Warhorse Miniatures

Ojibwe Native Villagers Set – 54mm Resin | Warhorse Miniatures

French Marines 1755 – Ambush Set – 54mm Resin | Warhorse Miniatures

So far, we are set to go to the Midwest & Gettysburg Toy Soldier Shows. I am waiting for Matt Murphey to get back to me about the Chicago Toy Soldier Show. We are planning to attend the MFCA Show in Trevose, PA too. We will have more information about the shows in coming posts.

I just saw today that Airfix is re-issuing some of the old WWII sets in 1/32 scale again. It looks like they will have the WWII British Commandos, WWII British Infantry Support and WWII German Mountain Troops this year. Sometime in the summer. I wonder if the plastic will be different.

And in 1/76 scale they are re-issuing the Romans, Ancient Britons, Robin Hood and Sheriff of Nottingham sets. Plus, the Roman Fort and Sherwood Castle sets.

Thank you for reading. I should have an update in about 2 weeks. Keep Checking the store page for new products. Take Care for now.

Latest News! ~ 01/04/2026, A Joyful Yuletide, Merry Christmas & Happy New Year. New Warhorse Miniatures Products, WWII American Paratroopers, Ojibwe Villagers & Vikings.

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Warhorse Miniatures WWII US Paratroopers

It has been a while since I have written a post. Since around Thanksgiving, I have had the time to finish setting up the 3d workshop and start testing new products. It has not been easy the past few weeks with all the cold weather we have had. I have been multi-tasking between splitting wood for the wood stove, doing normal things around the house, eBay and the 3d printing. Over the next few weeks, I will be re-opening the webstore with new products and some of the older products.

The Vikings Raiders are back. Some things were adjusted, like the seax knives. They are now thicker. We added the Head Taker model to the mix. There is going to be only one Viking Raider set and in the future, I will add some more sets.

I have been testing new resin mixtures. I will start making the Vikings in this color. The size is around 58mm, they blend well with Conte Vikings. The price of this set is still $49. As the year goes on there will be a lot of new medieval sets. First, we will have the Vikings & Saxons and then some Normans. There should be around a dozen new medieval sets coming over the new few months.

We will have a bunch of new Native American sets for the French & Indian War era. Plus, some French, British and Canadian sets too. They will be scaled to be around 54mm so you can mix them with your Barzso toy soldiers. The above set is the Ojibwe Native Villager set. It will cost $36.

After about 2 years or so the WWII US Paratroopers are ready for production. First in 60mm & 58mm, then in a few weeks they will be available in 54mm. The price of the 60mm set is $72, 58mm set is $64, and 54mm set will be $56. The are 6 different models in 8 poses. Some models are taller than others, but in the same scale. The last model was made to be a little thicker. The first two sets are based on a rifle platoon.

The 60mm scale blends well with the W. Britain toy soldiers and the 58mm models blend well with the plastic Conte toy soldiers.

Here is a preview of the 2nd set of American Paratroopers.

We hope everyone is doing well and staying warm. Over the next few days, I will start adding the new sets to the website store. In my next post I have some updates on the Saxon sets and some other Native American sets. We will see everyone at the Midwest Show, Gettysburg Shows, Chicago Show and a few others this year. Take Care for now and thank you for reading.

Latest News! ~ 10/21/2025, Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show August 24th Review

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I hope everyone is doing well. It has been a while since my last post. We had been slowly moving since late July to the beginning of September. We took a break to setup at the Gettysburg show. After the show we have been unpacking and starting to settle in. The new 3d workshop is setup now and I am starting to make things again. I finally found some time to do a post, so without further delay here is the review of the Gettysburg show.

We will start the review on a sad note. In July, John Boyko Sr. passed away. John was a big collector of vintage toys. His son John Jr. was at the show selling off some of his collection. John Jr., also a collector of vintage toys. Here are a few pictures of the toys that he had at the show.

“John was an avid reader of many books on world history. He loved to go to the flea market always with the hope of scoring something. He loved to collect many things and attend toy and military shows John also had a love of corvettes, but nothing came close to his profound love for his wife Janet of 43 years and his 2 sons, John Francis Boyko, of Shelton Ct and Michael Paul Boyko of Johnson City.” John Boyko Obituary

There was a lot of Marx toys, bags of soldiers and playsets. Boxes of loose figures to dig from. There were some rare items to discover at bargain prices. Ten years ago, I would have probably purchased a lot of things. The collectors and other dealers spent a lot of time going though John Sr. toys.

Dr. Christian Keller was selling his antique metal toy soldiers. He always has some nice things.

Calvin had a bunch of vintage toy soldiers for sale. He was picking through John Boyko horde of stuff during the show. He found some nice Marx Robin Hood figures and a bunch of other things.

There were a few collectors selling across from us. They had some nice pieces available.

Steve Connell had some nice metal toy soldiers for sale. He also had some Marx & Barzso toy soldiers in plastic bags too.

Jack Eagan had a bunch of painted metal toy soldiers. Both loose and boxed. Most were from John Jenkins. He also had a lot of plastic toy soldiers too.

As usual, Rick Eber had a bunch of his pristine vintage toy soldiers. He must have a time machine to keep finding these mint toys. If you are looking for something in particular, I bet Rick has it.

Another dealer Mark also had a lot of nice vintage toys.

Eric Kohl had a lot of nice painted metal toy soldiers.

Here are some random pictures from the show. There was plenty of vintage plastic toy soldiers around. Brands of Marx, Airfix, MPC and Barzso that were mainly bagged and sold loose too. Plus, a lot of painted metal toy soldiers & playsets.

It was nice to see Paul Stadinger again. He usually will stop and visit us at the Gettysburg show. I think he found some good things.

Dave Pittman had a lot of plastic toy soldiers. He had a horde of Airfix WWII toy soldiers for 50 cents apiece, what a bargain. There were some Matchbox toy soldiers too at the same price.

Rick Lipp had some nice Marx toy soldiers for sale too.

There was a dealer from Canada called Timeless Troopers that some nice painted metal toy soldiers.

Here are some more pictures of vintage plastic toy soldiers from a few different vendors.

William & Mary Antiques had a bunch of vintage toys to pick through. Mainly plastic toy soldiers.

There was a vendor selling a bunch of Warhammer knights and some painted metal toy soldiers.

And lastly, we get to our table. I had a sale on some of the old stock of British figures that will be replaced sometime next year with the new models. The crowd was smaller than the first show this year, but we did better this time around. We sold almost all of the Native American sets that we had. It was a fun show.

Time Bandits Meme

That is it for the review of the show. We will now take a look at a few things that I picked up. I have not purchased too many toys since I got involved with the 3d printing. But once in a while I find something that I need, especially if it is at a good price. John Boyko had a lot of things at bargain prices. Here is a box of vintage trees that I paid $20 for.

There was 11 Marx Oak Trees. Some were a hard plastic, and others were a little softer.

There 3 of these types of Marx trees too.

And another group of 3 different Marx trees.

There were 4 vintage trees in this style.

And last group of 4 trees looked like this. It was a great deal for all these vintage trees. I plan on using them in a display that I want to build next year.

John had a bag of Marx Marching Army Cadets & Marines. Here are the Army Cadets, most were in very good condition. Some had the plumes broken off. I don’t have a big collection of Marx toy soldiers. But the last few years I have been picking up some as I discover them at the shows. I really like the marching poses that they did over the years in different scales.

Here are the Marines. All these toy soldiers were around 54mm.

Here are some Airfix & Matchbox toy soldiers that I picked up from Dave Pittman for $5.00. The Britains German Officer I had already, I like how similar they are to the Airfix German Officer.

Well, that is all the things I got at the show. I am now starting to make things in the new 3d printer workshop. We are still adding more tables & shelves. Plus, eventually an exhaust fan. I am starting to test the World War II Americans & Germans and take orders. You can send me a message you want to order something.

That is it for now. I will have an update with the 3d printing in my next post. Thank you for reading.

Latest News! ~ 07/28/2025, Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show, Sunday August 24th, 2025

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I hope everyone is doing well these days. It has been a while since my last post. We had been busy searching for a house, we purchased a house and now are in the process of moving. Earlier this month I closed the website store. After I have the new workshop setup to start production again, hopefully in September. We will be at the Gettysburg Toy Soldier show on August 24th, 2025. More information about the show can be found here, The Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show 2025 ~ Sunday, August 24th..

Because we have been busy it has been hard to get new products created. But it has not stopped the designing of new products. I have been working on a lot of new medieval miniatures. Mainly Saxons and Normans. So far, the Huscarls are in production and now we are bringing back the Saxon Spears sets. A few of the old models are mixed with new models. Some of the old models had been changed a little too with new helmets.

I will have some sets of Saxon Spears Set #1 with me at Gettysburg.

Saxon Spears #2 will be released at the end of September.

The Saxon Huscarls set will be added in September. I will also have some of these sets at Gettysburg.

The Viking Raiders set will be back too. There are 7 models that are great for a raiding scene. Most are in motion. We added the “Head Taker” model to the set. I am reworking some of the older models and will have a bunch of new models coming late fall or in the winter.

Over the last few months of the year, you will see more Saxons, Vikings and then Normans. Plus, some WWII American Paratroopers and finally the French & Indian War British & French. I reworked some of the poses and have new ones too.

We hope to see you at the Gettysburg Toy Soldier show on Sunday August 24th. It will be the last show of the year for us. Next year will be attending the Chicago Toy Soldier Show.

Well, that is it for now. Thank you for reading.

Latest News! ~ 05/19/2025, Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show 2025 Review

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It’s been a couple of weeks since the Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show. I finally found some time to do a review. It was a rainy day, but the crowds were nice in the beginning. That lasted to around noon and then everyone started to trickle out. Our sales were down, but we still did good. Others said they had a slow day. There were plenty on nice products and some good deals.

I spent most of the day talking to fellow collectors. I did not get a chance to look around until the end and took some pictures. As usual there was plenty of plastic. But there were enough new and old painted metal soldiers too.

I think these pictures were taken from Eric Kohl’s tables. He usually has antique metal and some modern toy soldiers.

There were some collectors selling custom & vintage playsets, John Jenkins & Conte soldiers without the boxes and some with them. Plus, military uniform items for reenactors or just to have in your collection.

Talking about collectors. There were plenty of them selling off parts of their collections. One gentleman that was across from us had some nice items.

Plenty of storage containers to search through. Some nice foam pieces and lots of tanks around.

As usual Rick Eber had plenty of nice vintage toy soldiers and playsets with him.

Another vendor had a bunch of vintage plastic toy soldiers and playsets.

Matt from Hobby Bunker had part of his store with him.

One collector had some really nice toy soldiers to pick through.

Rob Hornung had his custom made & painted toy soldiers with him. Some really unique items.

Here are more random pictures of different products that were available. As I go through the pictures there are a few things that I had missed that I wished I had picked up.

It was nice to meet Paul Knapp again. He had some really nice custom themed playset boxes with him at a good price. Plus, the nice custom-made terrain pieces with him. I picked up a couple from him. In my next post I will take some pictures of them and some other stuff that I have found recently.

More random pictures.

Rick Lipp had some nice vintage products with him.

Another collector had a bunch of vintage Airfix toy soldiers and other brands for sale.

Larry Lovely had plenty of toy soldiers to pick through.

Mark Hegeman also had some really nice vintage toys with him.

Nate had some great custom-made toys too.

Paul Stadinger and Erwin Sells setup at the show this year. The last time Paul setup was about 20 years ago. They had a lot of plastic and Erwin brought a bunch of tanks.

Steve Connell had some nice metal sets for sale.

There was a collector selling a bunch of Warhammer miniatures. One day I will paint my Warhammer armies.

We will end the review with our tables. I had a few new products with me. The medieval Saxons & Vikings were popular; we sold them all. There are more medieval Saxons, Vikings, Normans and Peasants that will be available later this year.

We do not plan on attending any other shows this year. Right now, we have to many things going on to commit to anymore. We are searching to buy a house and hopefully we will be moved before the end of the fall. There will be a lapse in production again this year, but the designing will continue. There is a lot more to come. That is it for now. Thank you for reading.

Latest News! ~ Midwest Toy Soldier Show 2025 Review Part 2 ~ The Show

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I hope everyone is doing well. We continue the review of the Midwest Toy Soldier Show. In my last post I did a review of the room trading, The Latest News!! 03/19/2025 ~ Midwest Toy Show Review Part 1 ~ Room Trading.

Here are some pictures of the showroom the day before. I like to study the room if possible before the show to see where my tables are located.

We started setting up in the showroom at 7am. The setup was faster than usual because we had the shelves put together and the display miniatures were unboxed already.

We start the review with John Atherton’s tables. He had some medieval buildings, bridges, colonial, and native Indian houses. Plus, modern structures that could be used for World War II. His foam buildings bring displays alive. Plus, they are great for wargaming.

Joe Baker’s tables had a bunch of the Speira 3d printed models and a lot of Conte toy soldiers. Plus, some foam buildings.

Steve Connell had more on his tables than this, but I forgot to get back to him.

David & Kim Cook of MicShaun’s Closet had a bunch of plastic toy soldiers from different brands. Plus, a lot of foam buildings.

Curtis Cousinea had a bunch of items from his collection for sale.

Karl Deiner had some nice Vintage plastic toy soldiers for sale. I will start collecting some old Marx toy soldiers when I retire.

Rick Eber always has some pristine vintage Marx playsets and a lot of loose & bagged toy soldiers for sale. If you are searching for some rare items, ask Rick.

Rich Egan also had some nice Marx toys and usually has a nice selection of Conte & Barzso products.

Handley & Pitman had some storage bins of vintage plastic to sort through.

Rob Hornung was setup for the show with his hand-crafted miniatures. He had skipped the room trading and it was not sure that he would setup because he had hurt his thumb. But he is a trooper.

Rick Keller & Rick Lipp had a lot of vintage Marx playsets & toy soldiers.

Mike Knutick had all kinds of toy products. He usually has a nice selection of Barzso soldiers and accessories to pick through, but most of them were sold during the room trading.

Larry Lovely has taken over the top spot in promoting the Midwest show. Steve & Rick are still helping out. Larry’s tables had storage containers full of vintage plastic toys to search through. He had some good prices.

Todd Nace had some storage bins of Marx toys to search through too.

Nate’s Garage had their hand crafted creations for sale. He is always working on something new.

Ed Nelson had some vintage toys with him.

It was the first time that we met Papa Joe. His foam creations are really nice. His western buildings would look really nice for a western town display. Both plastic & painted metal toy soldiers fit in really nice.

Here are some random pictures of the show.

Rod Roberts had some nice items from his collection for sale.

Joe Saine had a bunch of new & old painted metal soldiers. Plus, some Barzso Playsets.

Here are some pictures of a few tables from some unknown venders to me. I think some are from Rick Keller.

Here are a couple of pictures of Gary Wendeln’s table.

We end the review here with our tables. We have been switching most of our sets into boxes instead of the bags with the header cards. Besides the Warhorse products we had some Barzso resin soldiers, other brands of plastic figures and some things from my collection for sale. I had some of the new Saxon Huscarls with me too. I am working on a few new Saxon sets that I should have at the Gettysburg show. Just like the room trading the show attendance was down again. We still did good and had a great time. Hopefully next year things are better. We will take a look at some of the items that I picked up at the show.

I picked up this lot of Native American toy soldiers from John Anderson for $10. There were a group of Airfix recast horses, 7 recast Marx Teepees and 4 bagged groups of Timpo solid Native American Indians. They are all 1/32 scaled.

I picked this group of Conte WWII GIs from Rich Egan for $30. Conte made some of the best World War II toy soldiers. The sculpting and details are really nice.

I also got these Plastic Platoon German Paratroops from Rich Egan for $50. I already had this set in a different color. They are also really nice, but I dislike the rubbery resin they use. The weapons are hard to straighten out once they get bent.

I picked up this lot of Barzso toy soldiers from Mike Knutick for $40. I always can use more Redcoats. There were some character figures. The Scottish flag bearer was a weird color and seem to be a little bigger. They also felt a little like vinyl.

Here are some of the Warhorse British compared to the Barzso British. I should have a better color as soon as I have the chance to start testing again.

I picked up this boxed set of 7th Cavalry from Mike Knutick for $20. It is not complete, but I was mainly interested in the box. I have more 7th Cavalry to complete it. Most of the models were in really good shape. I have most of the Airfix boxed sets in my collection.

Also from Mike Knutick was this boxed set of Native Americans. It was also missing some models, but again I was interested mainly in the box. It was a little damaged in the back. But for $15, you can’t go wrong.

I got this boxed set of Normans from Joe Saine for $5.

I picked up this Atlantic Buffalo Bill set from a collector named Mike for $40. It was missing a few pieces. I have a rider somewhere and some more Buffalo that I had picked up years ago.

I found this group of toy soldiers at a thrift store of $5. The miniatures are about 54mm, a little smaller. I have not seen anything decent like this for a while. It is like a mini playset. I do not know who makes this. There is a sticker on the truck that says, “SDE Dongguan“

We usually will stop at some thrift stores after the show as we are traveling home. I found this drum for $4 at a Salvation Army.

I found these items for a $1. The tree was a gift. The Saxon miniatures are made by Replicants. Everything is 1/32 in scale.

I picked up these CTS Sioux Indians from Cal Luckett for $5. I like this orange/brown color that they had used. They look a little bigger than the dark brown ones that I have.

And lastly, I traded some of my native sets with John Atherton for these two Barzso Longhouses. They look good with my Warhorse miniatures. John had just started making these again. The longer longhouse is from the Rogers’ Rangers Attack on Saint Francis playset. The other one is from the Last of the Mohicans playset. They are nicely painted.

If you are in the Evansville, Indiana area check out Evansville Military Collectors club show. It is over 3 days starting on April 24th, 25th & 26th. Around 160 tables of Military relics & collectibles.

Speaking of shows, we will be setup for the Gettysburg Toy Soldier show on May 4th. It is the best show on the East Coast. You can find anything at this show, vintage & new plastic or painted metal toy soldiers, vintage models & toys, custom painted sculptures, military books and other hobby related items. There is a nice mixture of dealers like Hobby Bunker and collector/vendors selling off parts of their collectors. We hope to see you there.

As usual I am busy designing and testing out new products. I will have a few new sets at the Gettysburg show. Thank you for reading, that is it for now.

The Latest News!! 03/19/2025 ~ Midwest Toy Show Review Part 1 ~ Room Trading

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Last Thursday, March 13th we arrived in Lafayette, Indiana to take part in the Midwest Toy Soldier show. After driving about 11 hours we checked in to the hotel and then went to an antique mall before eating dinner. I then walked around the hotel as a few vendors were room trading a day earlier.

I looked around and talked to a few collectors/vendors. I took some pictures of John Anderson’s & Papa Joe’s rooms.

On Friday we got up early and went out to check some local antique stores. We got back around noon and started some room trading. We were open until around 9pm, closing for about an hour & a half to get something to eat. I took some pictures of David & Kim Cook’s, Rick Eber’s, Rich Egan’s and our(Warhorse) rooms. I would walk around to check out the other rooms and return if a collector had a question. Carolyn would call me when that happened. I did find some nice things each day. I spent more this year than I have done the past few years.

I hung out talking to some of the other guys to around 10pm or so before I headed to bed on Friday. We got up early and opened the room around 9am for day 2 of the room trading. More vendors and collectors arrived Friday night. The Room Trading chart was updated for Saturday. When you start the room trading you should write down the room numbers and names. Then check them off as you visit them. It is easier to keep track of the rooms you visit this way. Sometimes the vendors might close for a little bit. We had the room open to around 9pm again.

Here are pictures of John Anderson’s room. He usually has a bunch of vintage playsets and bags of figures. I think the prices on the playsets are fair. I am not a Marx collector, but I see him sell a lot of them each year. He has some good deals with the bags of toy soldiers, which I do get from him. He does a lot of buying and selling every year. He usually leaves the shows with no inventory left.

John Atherton was at the show too. He was touching up some of the foam products late into Saturday night. I did some trading with him, and we had hung out a little. He is a fun guy to talk to about the foam products.

Next, I visited Joe Baker, a legend in the toy soldier community. He had some of his collection for sale and the Speira 3d models too.

Every year there are a few collectors that come to the show to sell items from their collections. Sometimes they come to sell everything at once. One collector was Brain. I had talked to him and hooked him up with John Anderson. They then made a deal to sell him everything he had after the second day of room trading.

Cal & Sue Luckett did some room trading and set up at the show too. They had a bunch of bagged vintage toy soldiers and some playsets too. I think this was their last year of doing this at the Midwest Show. I picked up a few figures from him.

Another collector named Mike also was selling off some of his collection. He had a bunch of different types of toy soldiers. I purchased some Atlantic Bison from him. The custom King Kong set was cool. Plus, the painted figures were nice too.

Rod Roberts and his son Tera Roberts had some of Rod’s collection for sale. They had some vintage plastic soldiers and some nice painted ones too.

Gary Wendeln was selling off some of his collection too. He had some old painted metal soldiers and vintage plastic too. Plus, some Barzso foam Castles and forts.

Steve Connell had some vintage plastic soldiers, playsets and some painted metal boxed sets not pictured.

David & Kim Cook had a bunch of the TSSD bagged plastic soldiers with them. Plus, lots of other plastic brands from around the world. Also, some foam products too. He had a few prototype foam Alamo buildings with him. I think these last two will complete the TSSD version of the Alamo.

Rick Eber always has some quality vintage playsets and plastic toy soldiers. They are mainly Marx, but he does sell other brands too. He had and sold a rare Batman Playset.

Rich Egan was selling some vintage Conte, Barzso and Marx toy soldiers. He always has some nice Conte & Barzso playset with him. Plus, a lot of loose or bagged figure sets.

Mike Handley & Dave Pitman had a bunch of vintage plastic figures to pick through.

Rick Keller & Rick Lipp had a bunch of vintage toys and playset with them as usual.

Mike Knutick had a bunch of Barzso toy soldiers. Plus, some comics and other brands of toy soldiers.

Larry Lovely had some vintage playsets and a bunch of vintage plastic to pick through too. He prices were really good.

Todd Nace also had a bunch of vintage plastic toy soldiers to pick through.

Most of the vendors were selling vintage products. But there were a few like me and Papa Joe selling new products. Joe makes mainly western themed houses. But he has some modern buildings too. The look great with the vintage plastic toy soldiers. He also makes some 3d props too. Plus paints some toy soldiers.

Joe Saine had some playsets, bagged toy soldiers and boxes to pick through. I think he had some painted metal sets, but I seem to not have any pictures of those.

We will end the review with my room. Here are a few of the products I had. I had most of my Native American sets and French & Indian War sets too. I had a few of the older Medieval sets and the new Saxon Huscarls.

Lastly, on Saturday evening. Larry Lovely had pizza for everyone. Then Larry & Tera Roberts played the guitar & sang. Kim Cook sang a few songs too. We had some fun before going back to the room trading and then getting ready for the show the next day.

There were some major thunderstorms & twisters in southern Indiana and Missouri. The same thing happened as last year. I think this effect the size of the crowd that attended. The size was less than the previous years. Plus, the March Madness might be a reason. Years ago, when I first started attending the show it was in early April. The weather was nicer, and it seemed to be better attended. We still did well, besides the smaller crowds. I do think that these shows will cease to exist in about 10 years. The market is shrinking with both the vendors and collectors. I heard the NJ show was not well attended too. Unless there are new vendors and collectors start attending these shows, they will start to disappear like the Northwest Toy Soldier Show.

That is the end of the first part of the review. I will try to finish the second part that is about the Show itself. Thank you for reading.