Latest News! ~ 10/27/2026 ~ 2026 Chicago Toy Soldier Show Review

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Today, I started writing up this post. It is a review of the 2026 Chicago Toy Soldier Show. I decided to try to finish it today and get it post tonight. I would usually watch the Paul Knapp show, but he is taking a break from the show to take care of some personal things. Hopefully he is back in a few weeks. So, with that we will begin.

Paul Knapp thoughts on the show were, “Overall, I thought it was amazing. Seeing old friends again, meeting new ones, especially followers of my Toy Soldier Tuesday livestream show. Just an amazing experience. I didn’t have a table this year to sell stuff, so it was nice being able to room shop Friday and Saturday without having the stress of staying in one place all day selling. Last year I came as a dealer and was sort of trapped in my room most of the time. This was my first time seeing a vintage box opening by Rick Eber and Craig Remington. I can see why everyone loves it. As for the show it’s on Sunday and I bought many larger items that would normally cost me a lot of money to have shipped so I ended up saving those costs. I saw more 3d printed dealers this year than before and I think our hobby, at least the plastic collectors, are starting a new age of the hobby. But mostly it was seeing all the dealers and especially the people that watch my YouTube channel that made it a great weekend. Definitely worth the 15-hour drive.”

Here are some pictures of the show and Alex Baldwin. Here are his thoughts about the show, “In general I thought it was a better show than last year. I thought the room trading was strong and did most of my shopping there. I didn’t have much cash left over for the show. The best part for me was seeing everyone. We got a great haul but spent too much money and barely got it all home.”

Here are some pictures of the Austin Miniatures tables. They are working on a lot of new things for next year. Looks like it will be WWII products for the European theater.

Here are some pictures of the Battle Bricks table. Not everything at the show is Toy Soldiers.

Here is Brandon Helms from Castle Dehelmsman. Most of the 3d guys were in the same area. Here are his thoughts on the show, “Great room trading for me this year. Better than the show itself. I was pretty picked over by then . I made a lot of new contacts this year for more projects. I feel like I am getting closer to the community which is good. I have a better feel for what people want.“

Here is Evans Oelrichs of Combat Collectibles and his Grandfather Terry Durso. Right now, he is making World War I miniatures that are around 60mm. He has plans on making miniatures from different eras next year. Here are Evans’s thoughts on the show, “I had an excellent time at the Chicago show hanging out with you and Room trading, it was wonderful to see a lifelong dream come to fruition and great to see everyone & spend time with my grandpa.”

David & Kim Cook of MicShauns’s Closet had a bunch of foam products and plastic toy soldiers with them.

Here are a few pictures from the table of Rick Eber.

Here is Jason Finley on the right next to Brandon. His company is called Finley 3d. He makes terrain pieces & props with filament printers and miniatures with resin printers. Most of the products he makes are WWII based.

Here are some pictures from Gallaghers Gallery.

Some random pictures of the show.

Graig Remington had a bunch of tables filled with vintage playsets and plastic toy soldiers.

Hobby Bunker was setup in their private store in front of the ballroom where the show was. As usually they had a ton of different products from the hobby of Toy Soldiers. Here are some thoughts about the show from Matt, “Overall, I think the show was similar to the previous years. We had 393 paid attendees which is up from last year by about 20.
We had 71 registered room traders. We had 139 people staying in our group. The hotel was sold out. I know many collectors stayed at the Holiday Inn next door and some at the old Hyatt hotel.”

Rob Hornung was setup again with his handmade creations. Miniature works of art.

Here are some pictures that Jason Evans took. That is him in the first picture.

Here are a few pictures of Joe Bakers table. This is what Joe thought about the Show, “You’ll have to choose excerpts from it but here goes.
The Chicago Toy Soldier Show was both the best I have attended and the worst. It was the best because of the great interactions I had with the Marx playset collectors I’ve known for decades and the wonderful new friends I’ve made through the Toy Soldier Tuesday Live Stream show. It was by far the most fun I’ve had with the people in the hobby. It was the worst of shows on the selling front because I chose the wrong year to bring mid quality Marx playsets to sell. Several large collections of playsets were being sold at great prices and there was no market for what I brought. Conversely, I think it was a great show to be a buyer. The other thing that stood out to me was how much a part of the hobby 3d printing has become. Mike Prendergast, Brandon Helms and Jason Findlay all had great stuff that fires the diorama maker/story teller’s imagination. They were very busy making lots of people very happy. Room trading traffic seemed down this year, but that might be because of where my room was or because of what I brought to sell. Overall, the joy of the sense of actual friendship I experienced this year far overshadows the sadness of having to bring home so many great playsets to enjoy for another year. 😉

John Satatellis was setup next to Joe Baker. Here is what he thought, “As a collector and part-time content creator who resides in Canada, far away from all the hubs of toy soldiering, this show to me is like the 5 days of Christmas! Going on the 4th year now the experience never gets old or stale. In fact it gets better and better. At this point, going to Chicagoland is not only going shopping for toy soldiers but going to visit friends & family. The camaraderie with everyone at this event is unmatched. This year was even more special as it was the first time that all of the TST team was together physically in the same place.
And a blast was had! Huge thanks goes out firstly to Matt for all his tireless efforts in running this show. And to all of the countless vendors and collectors, who are now basically family.”

LOD Enterprises had their new Bunker Hill Playset and a bunch of the resin Barzso reissues toy soldiers.

The Waters were setup with a bunch of painted metal toy soldiers again.

Rick Berry of Michigan Toy Soldiers was setup too.

Nate’s garage had a bunch of his handcrafted creations at the show too.

More random pictures from the show.

Treefrog Treasures had a bunch of painted metal toy soldiers and some unique pieces for sale.

W. Britain was setup with a lot on nice painted toy soldiers. Their WWI and Apaches look really nice.

We finish with my tables of Warhorse Miniatures. I did well at the show too and had fun talking to everyone. It was a long week. I had a lot of fun spending time with my fellow collectors and vendors. I found a few things that I did not know that I needed with was nice. I can’t wait to go back next year.

This is Ben Meiinze from Ben’s War Room. This year marked my first venture to the Chicago Toy Soldier Show. For a bit of background, I only just reentered Toy Soldier collecting in early 2024 after a nearly 20-year hiatus. I had heard a lot about the Chicago show and was really looking forward to attending. I went there with a mindset on it being a shopping trip but found so much more. First and foremost, the show blew past my expectations. The hotel site was just great. The room trading leading up the Sunday show was beyond anything I’ve experienced before. In fact, I did most of my purchases, going from room to room. There were so many amazing vendors too! Hobby Bunker, Warhorse Miniatures, MicShaun’s Closet, Castle DeHelmsman, Finley 3D, Austin Miniatures, Royal Remington, and so many more. Needless to say I way overspent, but the selections were just too amazing to pass up. But the absolute best part was meeting everyone. People I had connected with on Facebook or through Toy Soldier Tuesday podcasts. I met so many great people that I had the privilege to hang out with and share a passion for collecting. Some of the nicest and warmest people you can imagine all in one place. And while the room shopping and the Sunday show were an absolute delight, I came away feeling like I had made new friends and that’s something that hasn’t occurred in a long time. I am already looking forward to attending again next year and hope to see everyone there!

Travis Gibson. It was my first Chicago show in 11 years. That was the last time we were there. I didn’t think it was that long. I thought the show was well attended. It also seemed that there is a resurgence in plastic/resin which is fantastic! A lot of new product was on display, From Austin, Finley 3D, W. Britain, LOD and of course Warhorse!
It was great talking with collectors and meeting people in person that you usually only speak to by phone or email. Like the fire service its tight community and some of the nicest people around. Definitely going back next year!

J.A. Vincent. Sure, it was my first time going to Chicago. I found amazing so many venders and displays. Everyone was so nice and so informative. If someone didn’t have what you wanted they knew where to get. This Show is like a childhood dreams come true, everyone was so great, my thanks to everyone who worked or practiced.

Eric Burden. Being my first time, It was even more than I expected. Incredible room trading experience. Meeting all of the vendors and seeing old friends! I just wish I would have saved more before going, lol.

Dave Carpenter. I think based coming for the past 25 years one of the best in the past 10 years.

Chris Shaw. Being a first timer to the Chicago toy solider show. I was super excited to attend. I arrived Friday afternoon. The room trading was in full swing. Going from room to room was such fun. Everyone was very welcoming and friendly. I found many treasures on both Friday and Saturday hitting all the rooms multiple times. Sunday was the show their were several vendors I didn’t see in the room trading part. The show was big and very spread out with lots of room to move about. So many great things to see playsets lots of plastic and metal abound. I picked up some older Marx Germans some MPC Russians. Along with loose figures from Auburn and Conte Collectibles. Mike Prendergast had his new Marines and Japanese figures they were fantastic. The show was a great experience for me . Great vendors good and kind sales. I will definitely be back next year.

Here are some the toys I picked up at Chicago. I got the LOD Bunker Hill Playset for $350. I will one day unpack everything and set it up.

Graig Remington talked me into buying this playset for $125. He threw in some extra soldiers. I am not a big Marx collector, but there are some sets that I do like. This is one of them. I took most of the soldiers out for this quick set up.

Here are some Conte Alamo buildings that I had picked up. I got a really good deal on these.

Here are 2 new Asian huts made by Austin Miniatures. I think they are made to be used with 1/32 scaled Vietnam toy soldiers. But I will use them in my WWII Pacific war setups. The were $40 a piece.

Here are some Conte WWII toys soldiers that I got from Remington for around $50. I got Sgt Rock, 3 custom GI’s, and 5 Germans.

I picked up these Larry Patterson Miniatures from Mike Kutnick for $75. They are custom made 1/32 scaled Western figures. This is what I usually look for these days. At some point I am going paint this and fix a few of them up.

That is it for now. I will have some updates in the next post. Thank you for reading.

Latest News! ~ 10/25/2026 ~ Warhorse goes to Chicago!! CTSS 2026 Room Trading Review

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Last month was the Chicago Toy Soldier Show. This was the first time that I had attended. Carolyn wasn’t able to attend because of some heath issues. Hopefully next year she will make it. In this post we will do a review of the room trading. In the next post we will do a review of the show itself.

A couple of months before the show I started building up my inventory. A week before the show I was making a lot of US Marines, which was the latest set.

I arrived at Chicago early, on Tuesday afternoon. Luckily, I was able to check in early. After an hour I was settled in my room with all of the toys. I then went to see who else was here. Rick Eber and Graig Remington had arrived the day earlier and were open for room trading. I then realized that I had forgotten to take my camera. So, I had to use my phone. I took some pictures of Graig’s rooms; he had 2 of them set up for the trading. For some reason, I forgot to take pictures of Rick’s room.

I had taken a quick look at Eber’s room which was full of mainly Marx’s Playsets and toy soldiers. Then spent most of Tuesday hanging out with Graig and his assistant Jason Bruce. Both are nice guys to talk to. One room was filled with mainly vintage Marx playsets and some Barzso playsets. The other room had a lot of Conte playsets. They had a lot of vintage Conte toy soldiers. Sold in bags and by the peice. I was not planning on buying much, but then I started looking. And then I started finding things… I also was searching for some things for a few friends. I find it is better to get there a day early to see what other dealers have.

Here are some of the things that I had picked up on the first day. I traded some things and spent $250 on these foam terrain pieces. Most are by Conte, except for the hard foam/epoxy Pacific piece that was made by Bresica Miniatures.

On Wednesday, I started setting up in my room while watching the Paul Knapp show from the day before. I set up all the WWII products, and the Conte & Lod/Barzso toy soldiers. I then walked around and went to Remington’s room again. Later that day John Salatellis arrived. I wasn’t room trading to the public until Friday but did some private sales in my room. After John purchased some things from me, we walked around to see who else was open now.

After a while of looking, I returned back to my room to rest. Later on, I walked around meeting other collectors as they started to arrive. Everyday Graig Remington & Rick Eber were the only vendors open after 9pm. I then spent another day hanging out with Jason & Graig.

On Thursday, it was more of the same. I walked around again and met more people. I did a few more private sales in my room and checked out any new rooms that had opened up. There still was not too many people set up room trading yet, but they started later that afternoon. One room that I did check out was the Austin Miniatures room. I was able to check out their new foam pieces. I had already spent most of my budget for the show at this point. I really liked the Church and Farm house setup. The Farm setup was $600.

I spent most of the day walking around looking again and talking to people. I went back to room to finish setting up some things, like the Lod/Barzso Fortified Abby. That evening Evan Oelrichs of Combat Collectibles had arrived. I had a stash of treasures that I had found for him the previous days.

On Friday, I got up early and walked around to see who now was open. I was able to check out Eric Koopmeiner’s room. He had a bunch of vintage Marx Playsets and items. He also had some custom playsets too. Eric said, “His room was busy as Hell”

W. Britian had an Apache preview which was very nice.

Late Afternoon I had opened my room for the room trading. Evan was setup with his Combat Collectibles inside my room. His World War I models looked awesome.

We closed shop around 9pm and started walking around again. I saw Steve Connell and took a look at what he had.

And then spent some time in Remington’s room again.

Here are some pictures, that Jason Evans took. I had asked him what he thought about this year’s show. “Here are my thoughts Mike. I will start off by saying that the Chicago toy soldier show weekend since I’ve been going (2005), is one of the highlights of the year for me. I always look forward to seeing friends that I only get to see once a year(you can’t beat seeing people in the flesh, and hanging out). The show will never be what it once was, that’s just a fact. Half of the vendors, and probably even more than half of the collectors who once attended have passed on. So obviously attendance will keep going down every year. Even with new younger collectors, the numbers will never be what they once were. I just don’t there is enough interest in the hobby. All that being said, the show still seems to be doing pretty good. There is still a bit of traffic in the hallways for room trading, and I think the show attendance was decent, given the bad weather. I think some people won’t drive in the rain, the show always seems busier when it’s nice out. That’s just my observation. As far as the hobby, I think the 3d printing will definitely be the future of the hobby. You guys have endless possibilities with the 3d printing. And seems like you all are getting better at making the figures less fragile. I personally will still collect painted metal, I just really love it. But I also love the nostalgia of the plastic/resin figures, reminds me of my youth. I would like to think these shows have a good 10 years left, I sure hope so anyway. I will really miss not going to a toy soldier show. I think Matt and the other show organizers would be doing themselves a favor by coming up with more extra fun events. They have had special dinners and luncheons and even breakfast, where there was a special speaker (most of the time it was one of the manufactures) anyway, those event added a little something extra fun to do over the weekend, and to top it off, you usually received a painted metal figure that you could only get at the event. That’s the kind of stuff that extra fun to me.“

Here are some videos of the room trading. They did a nice job going through most of the rooms.

From Left to Right, Evan Oelrichs, Jacob Kendell, Jason Evans, Thomas Kontos, Mike Prendergast(me), and Evan's Grandfather Terry Durso.

Overall, I had a great time. I found some good deals and things that I didn’t know that I needed. Evans & I did well with the sales. The best part is talking to other collectors and sharing ideas with them.

For the past 10 years, guys would tell me you have to go to Chicago. This was the first time that I had gone. So, on Tuesday through Thursday I was mainly a collector. The rest of the week, I spent as a vendor. Most of the vendors were open at the same time we were open. It is hard to do both room trading as collector and then a vendor. The rooms are spread out on three different floors for the most part and it is a big hotel to walk around through. Most of the vendors did close early too. I collect plastic or resin miniatures and there was not as much as I thought there would be. But I did find some nice things with the dealers that had them.

Thank you for reading. That is it for now. I will have another post about the show in the near future.

Latest News! ~ 09/06/2026, Chicago Toy Soldier Show 2026, Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show August Review and some Hobby News!!

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It was another good show at Gettysburg. Paul Stadinger was my helper, as Carolyn was not feeling well to attend. Sorry, but I did not have much time to take a lot of pictures as I usually do. So, the review will just be a quick one.

Here are some pictures of different vendors. Some are from a collector that is selling off things he had made and soldiers that he has painted. Another with Johnny West dolls. And then some vintage plastic soldiers from Mark.

Like I had said earlier, this is a quick post, and I will let the pictures do the talking for the most part. Some more pictures from Mark Hegeman and I think antique toy soldiers are Christian Keller.

The show was busy until around 12:30pm. I spent much of my time talking to the usual collectors that come to the show and a few new ones. Around 2pm, I had realized that I did not take too many pictures yet. So, I walked to the other end of the show and took a few pictures and then started walking back, while watching to see if anyone wanted anything from the tables. There was a lot of nice things at the show.

I like the show in August; it is nice because there are more vendors that are selling off parts of their collections. You never know what you will find and there are some really good deals to be found out there.

About a week before the show, I had convinced James Viola to come down and check out the show. He lives over 3 hours away, so he made it a day trip. He is a really good painter and has a channel on YouTube. He is a really good painter. You can check him out over here, https://www.youtube.com/@Jamesviolaofficial.

Rick Eber and Graig Remington had some nice vintage plastic toy soldiers. As I was taking pictures, I had noticed the Tin Litho Argo aircraft carrier that Rick had. I had never seen one before. It is a nice size; the deck is about 37 inches long and 10 inches wide. I do not have to many antique toys, but for $40 I had to get it. I will use it in one of my displays one day to be in the background. It is large enough for me to put two larger planes on it. After, I get back from Chicago and have more time, I will take some nice pictures of the ship.

Here is 3D Prints with some of the products.

Paul Knapp had stopped by the show too and took a video.

I was sad to hear that Mike Martello had passed away a few days after the show. He was one of the vendors there. He would have a lot of W. Britain Deetail toy soldiers at the Gettysburg shows.

Here are more pictures from the show.

We will end the review with our tables. This time I had some of the new WW2 Japanese figures with me and the new Norman Crossbows set. I also had a Barzso/LOD Fortified Abby with me. I still have it and will be bringing it with me to Chicago. If anyone is interested, I will have a package deal of the Castle, a set of the Warhorse Miniatures Norman Crossbowmen, and 2 Medieval Monks included for $365. Besides the Warhorse Miniature products, we had Barzso/LOD products and Conte Collectible Toy Soldiers. I will have these at Chicago too. The show had a crowd of around 175 this time. It was nice to see everyone, and I was happy with the sales. We will be back next year on April 18th, 2027.

Here are a few pictures on things in the works. I started testing the German Fallschirmjager MG Team set and should have that ready in October. I had started testing the US Marines. The 4 figures of the 8-figure set are ready and the other 4 I am testing now. I will have some sets of the US Marines at Chicago. I hope to see some of you in about 2 weeks. Carolyn will not be able to attend the Chicago Toy Soldier Show this year. But Evan from Combat Collectibles will be helping me. He will be setup at my tables selling his Miniatures too. You can visit his website over here, https://combat-collectibles.square.site/. Thank you for reading.

Latest News! ~ 08/15/2026, Gettysburg April 19th Review & the next August show and some Hobby News.

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I hope everyone is doing well. It has been a while since my last post. There has been a lot going on and I have not had the time to sit down and finish this. This post is about the 1st Gettysburg show. You will have a good idea of things that you might find at the next show. Which is on Sunday, August 23rd, 2026. That is about a week away.

The last show had a huge crowd attending. I think it was almost 300 people that attended. Most of the vendors were happy. We were very busy too.

We start with some random pictures from one of the antique dealers that a lot of plastic toy soldiers.

Talking about antiques, Christian Keller brings a huge selection of antique toy soldiers.

Not all the vendors are professional sellers. A lot are collectors like you that for various reasons decided that they need to thin out or sell off their collections. This gentleman had a lot of display pieces and toy soldiers that he had painted & created.

Here is a vendor that had a lot of vintage plastic toy soldiers and some that he had painted too.

And here are some pictures from the man of the hour, Steve Connell. He usually has a nice blend of painted Metal and vintage plastic toy soldiers are good prices.

Here are some random pictures that one vendor was offering.

Here is another vendor with a lot of vintage plastic and some metal toy soldiers.

Jack Eagan usually brings a bunch of painted metal and some plastic toy soldiers too. Here are some pictures of mainly John Jenkins figures.

Rick Eber as usual had a bunch of vintage plastic playsets and toy soldiers. Mainly Marx, but he has other brands too, like Barzso and sometimes Conte. He will have something new at every show, as he is always acquiring something new to resell.

This vendor had some nice Britain Deetail toy soldiers.

Hobby Bunker had a mini store setup up. He brings a little of everything that the hobby has to offer.

Rob Hornung is a wonderful craftsman who produces handcrafted & painted miniatures. He has a lot of unique themed sets.

Here are some random pictures of the show.

Paul Knapp was selling his custom playset at Gettysburg. It was based on the Battle of Fredericksburg. The set is really nice; I purchased one of them. I made some new Civil War miniatures to use with this playset which I will have with me next Sunday. Paul also was selling some 3d printed toys and some custom terrain pieces he had made.

Larry Lovely had a bunch of loose Plastic toys to search through.

And talking about loose toy soldiers, there were a lot of vendors that containers of toys to search though that were loose or in bags.

Here are some more random pictures from the show.

Here are some pictures of what Mark Hegeman had with him.

Here are some random pictures of painted metal toy soldier products. The Gettysburg show does have a nice mixture of everything that the hobby of toy soldier collecting has to offer. From plastic & metal toy soldiers, die-cast vehicles, foam terrain pieces, vintage toys and reference books to help you paint. Plus, models, hand crafted miniatures & sculptures and maybe some wargaming things. And a great selection of 3d historical miniatures…

Here are some pictures of some models, toys and metal cannons.

Nate’s Garage also is a wonderful craftsman. He makes some one-of-a-kind metal unique products.

Here are some random photos of some old & vintage toy soldiers. Most look like hand cast metal and a couple are plastic.

Some more random pictures of vintage plastic toys.

Graig Remington had a load of vintage plastic figures and playset for sale too.

We were not the only vendors selling 3d printed products. There was a company that is making animals and figures in different scales.

The show was busy until around 1pm and then things settled down. I did not spend too much time walking around as much. Paul Stadinger had stopped by to visit us again. He will usually use us as a base and then go searching for treasures. It is always great to see him.

On the last row to the left there is a lot of vintage plastic toy soldiers and playsets. This is one of those vendors.

Here is another one of the vendors on the left, in the rear corner. He has always had plenty of vintage soldiers and playsets too.

It was nice to see W. Britain was at the show. The had a nice selection of their painted metal toy soldiers.

Jonathon Waters and his wife Rachel had a lot of painted metal toy soldiers. They had a lot of Premium painted Russian miniatures, John Jenkins Toy Soldiers and from other companies too. They will be back at the next Gettysburg show too.

Lastly, we end with our tables. We were selling our latest WWII US & German Paratrooper sets. Plus, some other new things, like the Civil War Infantry and Classic Monsters. As usual, we had fun talking to the other vendors & collectors. We are now getting ready for the next two shows.

Here is a list of the Vendors attending the next Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show. Most of the same vendors at the show earlier this year.

Gettysburg Miniature Soldiers
Steve Connell
Mark Hegeman
Joe Saine
Mike Handley
Allan Ford/Brandydwyne Toy Soldiers
Rick Eber
Larry Lovely
Craig Remington
Christian Keller
Tom Stine
Calvin Plowman
William McMahan/Baby Boom Nostalgia
Richard Appalt, Jr
Fred Sassin
Rick Keller/Romney Toy Shop
Mike Prendergast/Warhorse Miniatures
Mike Martello
Wayne Stevens/Antique ctr
Gerardo Vazquez
Jennifer Hudgins
Eric Kohl
Dan Mclean
Michael Beninati
Jim Koshan
Jonathon Waters
Robert King
Jack Eagan
William Hartman
Martin Berman
Ross McIntyre
Todd Nace

Here are some of the new products that we will have at the Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show. Plus, some of the old sets are coming back too. And we will have some of the latest Conte & LOD/Barzso toy soldiers too. We are spreading into the Pacific Theater of World War II now. We are focusing on the Japanese SNLF (Special Naval Landing Force) Marines. By the end of the year will have a bunch of figure sets and some terrain sets too. We are hoping to have some Mounted Normans and WWII US Marines for Chicago.

That is, it for now, See you next week or at the Chicago Toy Soldier Show.

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.