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

March 23, 2025 / Warhorse Miniatures / Leave a comment

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

March 19, 2025March 20, 2025 / Warhorse Miniatures / 1 Comment

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.

The Latest News!! 03/24/2024, Midwest Toy Soldier Show Part Two, The Show.

March 24, 2024 / Warhorse Miniatures / 3 Comments

Here is the part two of the review for the Midwest Toy Soldier Show. The show started off slow, but it picked up about an hour after the doors opened. We met a lot of new collectors. I wish I was able to take more pictures. But I did not have the time.

We start with Bill Richardson’s table. He had some nice Auburn Army men and a lot of vintage vehicles.

David & Kim Cook had a bunch of tables full of plastic toy soldiers and foam pieces. David said “We are bringing back some of the previous TSSD playsets, updating and improving them. By adding new foam pieces, accessories and figures. And we are in the process of creating new playsets Looking forward to seeing everyone at Gettysburg.”

Also, if you are interested in anything particular, send him a message so he can bring it with him to the Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show that is on Saturday, April 21st.

Doug Wood had a lot of nice vintage plastic toys with him. He is in Grand Rapids, MI. If you see anything that you are interested in, give him a call at 616-204-2298.

Rich Egan had some nice Barzso & Conte products. Some bagged sets and loose figures to pick through. Some were painted too. There were some Marx prototypes in rare colors too. Plus the playsets. The Conte Stamford Bridge set was $450 I believe, and the Barzso Braddock’s Defeat playset was $650.

Some random pictures of the hallway outside the main room of the show.

Jack Eagan was the vendor/collector with the John Jenkins toy soldiers for sale. He will be at Gettysburg too.

Karl Diener had some nice Marx and other brands of vintage plastic toys. He only sets up at the Midwest Toy Soldier Show. But you can contact him at kmkcd4@frontier.com.

Some random pictures of the show.

Here is some pictures of Mike Kutnick’s tables. He had a bunch of the original Barzso products with him.

Nate’s Garage produces some really nice toys. He hand makes his war machines and paints them too.

More random pictures from the hallway.

Dave Pittman had some storage boxes of plastic toys to sort through.

As usual, Rick Eber had some really nice Marx toy soldiers, playsets and other vintage plastic toys.

More random pictures of the show.

Rob Hornung hand makes and paints his products too. He has some unique themes for his sets. He is a true craftsman.

Joe Saine had some really nice vintage/antique toys. He also had a lot of Barzso playsets.

Steve Connell had some plastic soldiers, playsets and painted metal figures. He sold most of the painted metal soldiers to one young collector.

We end the show with my tables. I had a small display of the Plains Indians and Woodland Indians. I almost forgot to take pictures of my tables. I took a few as we were packing up. That is it with the review. We had a great time and will be back next year. The numbers were down some, but many vendors did really good in sales. I will now show some of the other stuff I found at the show.

Here is a lot of toy soldiers that I got from John Anderson too. In a small box was mainly Accurate Colonial toy soldiers in different shades of blue. Around 75 of them. There we some other figures like the Marx figures. Plus, some plastic women figures with what looks like a fire in one hand. I never have seen this model before. I would like to find out more about them. This lot of figures cost me $10.

Also in the lot of Accurate colonial soldiers was this plastic Britians British Artillery figures. Plus the small cannon. I set them up with one of my metal cannons. I have the same set as the picture of them painted. But never knew you could find them unpainted.

I traded some sets of my Warhorse Soldiers for these Barzso British Soldiers in the Whale boat.

I found this Bulldog miniature. I have another one somewhere that I found years ago.

I got this Conte German Officer from Steve Connell for $20.

I picked up some Marx Viking recasts for $20 from Rick Keller.

Collector Eric Burden gave me this Crusaders as a gift. They are from the Russian company Runecraft. They are around 65mm or 1/28 in scale.

I will try to have another post up before the Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show that is on Sunday April 21st. I will have some updates and hobby news. That is it for now, Thanks for reading.

The Latest News!! 03/20/2024, Midwest Toy Soldier Show Part One, Room Trading.

March 20, 2024 / Warhorse Miniatures / 1 Comment

We had a great time at the Midwest Toy Soldier Show. We left Pennsylvania on Thursday morning around 4:45am and arrived in Lafayette, Indiana a little after 3pm. The trip was not too bad. There were no traffic delays, but some rain. There was a tornado in the southern part of Indiana that did not affect us. We took everything to the room and then got something to eat. Afterwards, I walked around the 1st floor as some of the vendors were room trading already.

Across from our room was Rick Keller & Rick Lipp. They had a bunch of playsets and vintage Marx toy soldiers. Plus, some HO scale Atlantic figure sets. At one point on Saturday, a collector came and purchased about 15 playsets & some other things from them.

After I said Hello to Keller & Lipp, I went to see Mike Kutnick. As usual he had a bunch of Barzso and some unique things. I picked up some Barzso accessories to add to my collection for the Woodland Indians. Mike had a bunch of accessories to pick through and some Barzso figure sets. I also found some Austin Miniature WWII Japanese and Marines.

Next to Mike was Rod Chapman’s room. He had some vintage plastic and dime store toy soldiers.

Doug Wood had a bunch of vintage plastic toy soldiers, playsets and vehicles. There were Bags of Marx Germans at good prices. Plus, some Marx American & German Soldiers with some minor damage at great prices too.

Rich Egan had a bunch of Conte and Barzso products. He always has some quality playsets or figures with him.

There was another collector that was selling off John Jenkins toy soldiers and some other brands. I think they were around $25 to $30 each. I forgot his name; I will try to update this later. He will be selling things again at the Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show on April 21st.

We took part in the room trading on Friday & Saturday. Each morning, we opened between 9am & 10am. We took a 3 hour break mid-day and were open to around 9pm each night. The crowds were a lot less this year. But we had more sales than the last time we were here two years ago. I talked to a lot of collectors and other vendors. There was a lot of interest in the new Plains Indians that I am making. Because the foot traffic was slow, I started walking around to see what other vendors had. I found some nice things and good prices.

John Anderson had a fire sale going on. At first, I wasn’t really interested in looking through a bunch of boxes and small storage containers that he had. I saw a lot of Marx playsets and boxes with Marx or other vintage plastic stuff. I am not a big Marx collector. John kept on telling me to take a look, things were cheap. So, I did and I found a few things that I liked. The first was this Airfix Footballers boxed set. There were 47 soccer figures in 1/32 scale or 54mm. The box came with 29 figures and the rest were extra. All of this for $10. This was actually a set that I was looking for to add to my Airfix collection. It is a hard set to find over here in the states.

I found this Aurora Camelot set from John too. I paid $5 for this set. It is rare and hard to find. I love sculpting and poses with this set. The models are 54mm and made in a hard model plastic.

Mike Kutnick had some Austin Miniatures World War II sets that I purchased. I got this Japanese set for $35. I have two sets already. I like the sculpting on these figures too. They are around 58mm and made out a hard resin. They are painted a beige color. The weapons are made out of metal. Maybe one day they will do them in plastic.

The second Austin Set was another limited edition set, World War II US Marines. I also paid $35 for this one too. There were 8 toy soldiers in this container. I think two were Character figures. The one with the Cigar is “Gunny”, I believe. The last pictured figure with the pistol and Thompson is an Officer. These were around 58mm and made out of resin with the metal weapons too. Some of these models look like they will be made into plastic in the near future.

Well this wraps up the first part of our two-part review of the Midwest Toy Soldier Show. I wish I was able to take more pictures of the room trading. They were a lot of good deals. A collector sold his Barzso Playset collection of 14 playsets. They went for $200 to $300 a piece. We missed this sale while we were out eating on Saturday. I will have more updates about the show and the other things I picked up at the show too in the next post this weekend.

The Latest News!! 02/27/2024, Midwest Toy Soldier Show.

February 27, 2024February 27, 2024 / Warhorse Miniatures / Leave a comment

In a few weeks we will be attending the Midwest Toy Soldier Show in Lafayette, Indiana. As usual, we will be bringing the latest Warhorse Miniatures products, Barzso Resin Toy Soldiers and some vintage toys. The Room Trading starts on Friday, March 15th and then continue on Saturday, March 16th. The show itself will be on Sunday, March 17th from 10am to 3pm. For more information about the show click on the link here, http://www.mwtoysoldier.com/.

The past few months we have been busy testing things and filling orders. Plus making things for the next show. The main theme of this year will be the Wild West.

I am having different Plains Indian tribes created. The first tribe will be the Sioux Indian tribe. The Plains Indians will be scaled to match the TSSD Plains Indians with is around 57mm. Also, later on they will be made to match the Barzso & Airfix Indians with are around 54mm. The 57mm set with be $48. The cost for the set in 54mm will be $40.

I am creating a Plains Indian village with different teepees and villager sets throughout the year. The cost of the “Buffalo Skinners” will be $25. It will consist of 2 Native Women and 2 different Buffalo skin props. I am still working on things, so some things might change. Like in the “Open Teepee”, I am thinking of adding a few miniatures to go with it.

Here are some more different variants of the teepee. Some are made out of canvas and others with Buffalo skins. The sizes vary from 155mm to 165mm. The price for the teepees will be $45 a piece.

We are also continuing to work on the French & Indian War theme. There will be a new Huron Indian set, Marching British Grenadier & Foot sets, Canadian Militia set, Prone Canadian figure, wounded Natives and more. There will be more British & Natives in a couple of months.

Lastly, here is an update on the long-term project of the WWII US Paratrooper. We have spent a lot of time on this project. Things are coming along nicely. I hope to have a set or two ready by the fall of 2024.

Time is flying by this year. When we get back from the Midwest Show we will be attending the Gettysburg show about a month later.

That is it for now. Thank you for reading.

The Latest News!! 12/24/2023, Merry Christmas and some Hobby News.

December 24, 2023 / Warhorse Miniatures / 3 Comments

We would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The last few months have been really busy. We had to find a new place to live, then pack, move and settle in. I am now ready to start production again with the Warhorse miniatures. I have some new sets in development. We will get to that later in this post.

But first we will look at some new plastic sets coming out next year. Austin Miniatures is going to release a new set of World War II American Marines for Pacific theater. The are 1/32 in scale.

Here are two new sets from the Russian company called Beleriand. The first set is of Crusaders and the second set is of Hussites. They made out of a rubbish type of resin and are in 1/32 scale.

Here are some French, British and Native Indians for the Battle of Snowshoes by Plastic Platoon. They are made out of the rubbish resin and the big 1/32 scale.

And lastly here is “Ivar the Boneless”, the son of Ragnar Lodbrok the famous Viking. Created by Tihon, made in Russia. I like the historical depiction of these miniatures.

I like to get pictures of how the collectors paint the miniatures that I have created. Here are some from a collector named Bruno from Switzerland.

Here are some pictures of the Warhorse French Marines and Canadian militia painted by Scott Campbell.

Here are some new prototypes of some Woodland Indian natives that I have been working on. I made these about two weeks ago in the new workshop. Things will be a little slower with the production because I am limited on the space to do the post prep work. Besides that, I am going to do less testing with different resins and just work with what I have. That will be mainly the grey, brown, green and blue resin mixtures that I have been using. It will be like this for another 2 years until I retire, and we move again.

Besides these figures, I am working on more French & Indian related projects. Plus, a bunch of other stuff that we will see next year.

We will be in Lafayette, Indiana on March 17th for the Midwest Toy Soldier Show, plus on March 15th & 16th for the Room trading too. I will start updating the website again with new products and some of the older sets. That is it for now. Thanks for reading.

The Latest News!! 03/20/2023 ~ Toy Soldier Shows, NJ, Midwest & MFCA and some updates.

March 20, 2023 / Warhorse Miniatures / 2 Comments

I took a break yesterday from the 3d printing and went to a local toy soldier show not too far from me. The show was located in Wayne, N.J. I have never been to this show.

I got to the show about 20 minutes after the doors opened. There was around 100 people there when I got there. I left around 11am and there still was around the same number of people still there.

As I walked around the show, I noticed that about 75% of the vendors were selling painted metal toy soldiers from different eras. There were some displays setup to pick loose figures to buy.

Here is a layout of Del Prado figures.

A few vendors had used die cast vehicles for sale.

Other vendors had dimestore type toy soldiers.

One of the vendors is spin casting metal miniatures from some old molds that he had purchased the rights to. I think some of these were Sanderson miniatures.

The first vendor against the wall was Hobby Bunker. Matt had all the tables in the first aisle. He had everything, painted metal figures, metal vehicles, plastic toy soldiers, 3d printed & foam buildings, and some books & magazines.

There were some vendors with models and military related toys.

Besides Hobby Bunker, there was a few other vendors with new painted metal figures.

Like I said earlier above there was a lot of painted metal toy soldiers. Here are some older types that different vendors had for sale.

Gary Green was setup with all his boxed plastic soldier sets from different brands in different scales. There were a few other vendors that had some vintage plastic toy soldiers.

There was one vendor that had some nice painted metal toy soldiers, books and artwork.

Another vendor that had a nice selection of old Cherilea painted metal toy soldiers. I do not collect old painted metal figures, but I do have some. Once in a while I find them in the wild cheap and will pick them up. They have a certain charm to them.

Here are the things that I did buy at the show. I was not really looking for anything in particular but was happy to find the World War II Chinese toy soldiers. They were made by 21st Century. These are hard to find. I have a few other sets. Maybe someone will make some new WWII Chinese toy soldiers one day… I also picked up a couple of books for reference and some toy soldier magazines.

All in all, it was a nice show. I will look into attend some of the other shows that Ed Gries promotes as a vendor. The next show is on June 3rd. I am looking into setting up a table for that one.

Talking about future toy shows, later on this week there is one in Lafayette, Indiana. This Friday the 24th the room trading starts and then continues on Saturday. One Sunday the actual show takes place. I will not be attending this year but will return for 2024. It is a great show. For more information go to their website, Midwest Toy Soldier Show (mwtoysoldier.com).

Here are some protypes of the British Grenadiers and Regular Infantry. I have made a few adjustments, but the model is basically done. I will now work on a few more poses and another model. So hopefully by May I should have a few different sets available. The models are based on the 44th & 48th Regiments of Foot that took part in the Battle of the Monongahela in 1755. I will start mixing some resin too see if I can find a nice red color. They will be 1/32 in scale, 54mm or about the same size as the Barzso miniatures. Later on, I will scale them to match the W. Britian and John Jenkins figures.

The next show I will attend is on April 23rd in Gettysburg. I will have my latest resin sets with me. Plus, some of the LOD/Barzso resin miniatures for sale.

After Gettysburg, I will attend the MFCA show in May. In the next post I should have more information about my latest sets and plans. Thank you for reading.

Midwest Toy Soldier Show 2022 Review ~ Part Two The Show & The Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show & hobby news..

April 3, 2022 / Warhorse Miniatures / Leave a comment

Last Sunday was the Midwest Toy Soldier Show. Here is my review of the show. I did a post about the room trading last week. If you missed that you could check it out over here, Midwest Toy Soldier Show 2022 Review ~ Part one Room Trading.

The crowd for the show was good. It wasn’t the biggest crowd that I have seen. But it was one of my best for selling. From 10am to around 1pm the foot traffic was consent. After that it died out. I had fun talking to fellow collectors about my new products and the hobby.

We start the review with Atherton Scenics. John brought a bunch of his foam terrain pieces. I am using slide shows on some of my pictures. Some of them you can click on the arrows on the side to see another picture in case you didn’t know.

David Cook of MicShaun’s Closet had plenty of the TSSD bagged figure sets. He also had Russian plastic figures, LOD/Barzso toy soldiers and foam terrain pieces. Plenty to select from and at good prices.

Scott Canday had plenty of Vintage playsets and Willy Pickett had his custom painted play mats.

Scott Campbell brought some figures that he had painted to show me. I like the choice of colors he uses and the style also.

Here are some random pictures of the show.

Fellow collector named Curtis had a table next to me. He was selling a bunch of vintage toys.

There was a collector that had a diorama of Custer’s Last Stand in 1/72 scale.

Nate’s Garage Toy Soldiers has some amazing custom-made toys.

Rick always brings with him some amazing vintage playsets and plastic toys solders.

Rich also brings a lot of vintage playsets and toy soldiers. He usually has some Barzso or Conte products. He is a great person to deal with.

Doug Wood had this Conte Roman Galley for sale.

Here are more random pictures of the show.

Besides the main room there were vendors in the hall. This year there were more collectors and vendors room trading and selling at the show. Maybe next year they could expand upstairs!! Not everyone brought toy soldiers. There were some vendors with action figures, comics, historical books and die cast cars.

Rob Hornung also had some amazing custom creations. The knights that he had with looked awesome. He sculpts, casts and paints his figures. They are made out of metal. The cost of the mounted knights ranged from $95 to $125.

Mike still had some of the original Barzso products for the show. He almost sold everything the first two days prior with the room trading.

Morehouse Military Miniatures had some nice resin cast and wooden home made wood products.

Paul had the amazing Russian painted miniatures with him.

Rusty from Plastic Playset Magazine was at the show. You can read more about the magazine at their website, http://www.playsetmagazine.com/.

More pictures of the show.

Here are some great pictures that fellow collector Ricky Cowell took.

Julie from Treefrog Treasures had a bunch of metal painted figures.

Francis Turner had a bunch of Marx Playsets and vintage toy soldiers.

More random pictures.

I had two tables at the show. Besides my own line of miniatures, I had Barzso/LOD resin figures, LOD plastic toy soldiers, Warhansa & Publius figures and some foam terrain pieces. I set up a little display of my products and some prototypes.

That is it for the review of the show. Like I said before I had a good time and can’t wait to return next year.

There is a Toy Soldier Show in New Jersey on April 23rd. I never been to this show. I hear it is good.

Here is the first set of French Marines that I will be adding to my online catalog next weekend. I took some pictures of them primed. I hope to start painting these soon.

French Officer

French Marine advancing

French Marine Kneeling Firing

French Marine Standing Firing

French Marine Stalking

French Marine on Guard

French Marine Attacking with Tomahawk

The miniatures are scaled about the same size as the Barzso figures. Each set will cost $42. I will take some pictures of the second set next week.

May 1st is the 14th Annual Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show. I will be there with my line of miniatures, Barzso figures, vintage toy soldiers and some foam products. You can read more about the Gettysburg show here The Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show 2022 or http://www.mwtoysoldier.com/.

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

Midwest Toy Soldier Show 2022 Review ~ Part one Room Trading

March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 / Warhorse Miniatures / 1 Comment

The Midwest Toy Soldier show was on Sunday. The show took place in Lafayette, Indiana. The two days before that there was room trading at the hotel where the show took place. There were plenty of vendors that took part. Room trading was a little slow, but the crowds showed up for the show. In today’s post I will discuss the first two days of the room trading.

Me & Carolyn arrived at hotel on Thursday. We were located on the second floor of the hotel. Once we settled in I then setup my products throughout the room for Friday. The next day we got up early and went to a few antique stores before returning to the hotel around noon. Then I started the event called room trading. Room trading is when you make your hotel room a little shop. Collectors will walk throughout he the hotel and shop at your “store”. I had a nice time talking to other collectors and answering any questions they had about my products. This was the 1st time that I was selling my line of Warhorse Miniatures figures. Most were the early Medieval sets. But I also had the new French Marines from the French & Indian War era. Beside that I had some of the LOD/Barzso figure sets & foam products and some Russian figure sets. Mostly Warhansa and some Publius. I was hoping to have some Prikaz products. But I don’t know when that will happen.

I took a break a few times to check out some of the other rooms. The first room I went to belonged to Todd Nace. He had a lot of vintage Marx figures and playsets.

The next room belonged to Eric Koopmeiner. He had vintage toy soldiers, playsets, action figures and some diecast vehicles.

Next, I visited the room of Rick Eber. Each year Rick brings some rare & new mint playsets. Every time I see him, he has something that I have never seen before. This year was the same.

It was now the evening when I closed up my room for trading. I went downstairs to see what was going on. By the time I got to John Anderson’s room he had almost sold everything he had. He usually brings a bunch of playsets and figure sets with him. Plus, vintage toys. Whatever he gets his hands on.

The last room I checked on Friday belonged to David Cook of MicShaun’s Closet. He had his TSSD bagged toy soldiers, foam products, LOD/Barzso products and some Russian figure sets. We had a lot of fun talking.

Late Friday in the lobby of the hotel there was a small gathering of collectors. There were about 20 collectors looking at some old Marx playsets. I think most were from the 1960’s. They belonged to John Anderson. They were still sealed. The boxes were in bad condition. But when they started to open them up, everything inside was mint. Except for some paper guides. The sets were sold to some of the collectors there. At this point it was almost 11pm. I then retired for the night.

I got up early on Saturday and took a stroll around the 1st floor before I opened my room. I went to visit Mike Kitnuck. Ron Barzso gave Mike a horde of original Barzso products that he had found to sell for him. There was over a 100 figure & accessories sets. I don’t know what else he had the day before. I found a few rare things to add to my collection. It was a Barzso collector’s dream. If this was a few years ago, I would have spent over a $1,000. Instead, I spent around $100. I could have horded a bunch of stuff. But I am in the process now of trimming my collections. So, I took only what I needed. I was tempted, but I left everything to some other lucky collectors.

Next up was the room of John Atherton. He was busy preparing his beautiful foam pieces for sale. His products are a must for anyone creating a diorama or even a small display. We had a good time talking about the hobby.

The next room I entered belonged to Scott Canady. He also had a lot of vintage playsets and toy soldiers. After I kept knocking down one of his displays of toy soldiers, I looked through some comics and around his room…

Francis Turners room had a huge amount of vintage Marx figures. Plus, some recast figures that were old too.

Gary Wendeln also had some Barzso figure sets and playsets with him. Plus, some other vintage toy soldiers.

The last room I checked out on Saturday belonged to fellow collector Willy Pickett. He had his custom playmats to enhance your vintage figures. Plus, some custom terrain pieces that he had painted.

Treefrog Treasures was room trading late afternoon on Saturday. They were the only major metal dealer at the show.

That is all on the room trading. I think next year I will only trade on Saturday. On Friday I will stroll around instead. I had a great time trading and talking to collectors. There were plenty of deals at this show. My next post will be on the show itself. Thank you for reading.

The Latest News!! 10/14/2021 Columbus Ohio Toy Soldier Show

October 14, 2021 / Warhorse Miniatures / Leave a comment

I spent most of the day pricing and packing toys for the show. Carolyn helped me ship out the first batch of orders of our 1st set. Most of the items I am bringing to the show are new production. Besides the Warhorse Miniatures we also have a bunch of the LOD/Barzso resin figures and Foam houses. Plus some of the Russian resin toy soldiers. Plenty of Warhansa and some Publius Medieval figures. For more information on the show click over here, http://www.mwtoysoldier.com/Shows.html.

We will have the Saxon Family Set #1 with us for purchase at that show this Sunday. Plus some of the prototypes of other sets we are working on.