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.
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, PAtoo.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.
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.
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.
Hi everyone, a couple of weeks ago we were at the New Jersey Toy Soldier Show. There were around 70 tables set up. They had some vintage toys, historical items, models and military books besides the toy soldiers.
We will start with Eddie Gries tables. He usually has a bunch of vintage toy soldiers. Both plastic and metal.
Here are some of the books available at the show. Mainly Osprey books.
Matt Murphy of Hobby Bunker was there. He and Joe had a whole row of tables set up with just about everything the toy soldier hobby is made of. I picked up a few Toy Soldier Collector magazines from him.
Here are some random pictures of different tables.
Here are some of the military items available to purchase.
Here are some of the models available at the show. There were more tables set up like this at the show.
Some more random pictures of different tables.
Here are some pictures I took of the show about an hour after the doors opened. The show was busy the first hour & a half, then it died.
Here are some of the vintage plastic toy soldiers available at the show.
Here are more random pictures from different tables.
There were also a bunch of die cast tanks and vehicles at the show too.
Plus, some foam terrain foam pieces too.
Here are some pictures of the vintage or collectible toys for sale.
Here are some pictures of some nice old toy soldiers.
Here are my tables set up for the show. We have started putting most of the sets in boxes. I will still have some items in the plastic bags with the header card. We had a nice time talking to collectors and looking around. I saw a few rare items and there were some good deals. We will be back next year.
Here are some of the toy soldiers I picked up. I picked up the W. Britian German Paratrooper for $30.The Airfix Indians was $8, and the lot of vintage plastic figures was $4.
The next Show Eddie has is on December 7th, in Annandale, Virginia. There will be numerous shows next year in New Jersey & Virginia.
That is, it for the show. I will be addingsome items to the website in a day or two. I will have some news in a future post. Thank you for reading.
I hope everyone is having a good Memorial Day weekend. It is a time in America that we show our gratitude to the men & women that sacrificed their lives for their country.
This Saturday June 3rd is the Virginia Toy Soldier show. Eddy Gries has been promoting this show for a while now. This year I will be setting up as a vendor. This is the first time we will attend this show. If it is like the show in New Jersey there will be a little of everything. Painted metal toy soldiers, plastic toy soldiers and military related items, books & toys.I think there are about 75 tables for this show. Hobby Bunker will be present. I will be bringing my resin Warhorse Miniatures, LOD/Barzso plastic & resin toy soldiers, a few Russian resin toy soldiers, some foam products and some vintage plastic toy soldiers. I will have a review about the show in a week or so. If you are not too far from Annandale, VA stop by and say hello.
Carolyn found this Hardy horse drawn fire engine from a friend on FB a few weeks ago for $10. I think it is missing a couple firemen that would be placed on the back. It will go with my Hardy Wagon that she found a few years ago.
I found this Bum Pirate set for $20 on eBay. It was something that I was hoping to find one day. I will paint the black set of figures in the future.
Jeff Imel of BMC has plans to remake some of the Classic Toy Soldiers figures sets. Jeff says, “I’m pleased to announce that Jim & Dave over at ‘Classic Toy Soldiers‘ have agreed to pass along stewardship of their plastic injection molds to VictoryBuy. In the coming year I’ll be introducing the BMC Toys ‘Classic Toy Soldier Collector Series’ that will bring the impressive CTS catalog of Louis Marx & Co. style figures and accessories to the toy market. CTS will continue to offer their amazing playsets to the Hobby market for the foreseeable future. A huge thanks to Jim McGough and Dave Payne for all their help with this massive project.” You can read the latest update over here, https://bmc-toys.myshopify.com/blogs/news/bmc-toys-production-roundup-june-2023.
I finally added the Saxon Potter shop to my store page. I changed the shop a little. This set has changed a lot since it was first designed. The Potter and helper have been changed. Also, I added the boy to this set. It is $85. For more information you can head over here, Saxon Potter Shop – 1/32 Resin.
After the show in Virginia, we will be heading back to Gettysburg on August 27th. I am still working on the British sets, hopefully by the end of June. More testing with different resin mixtures and always something is being designed or planned. I hope to have some more updates on my next post. That is it for now, Thank you for reading.
Last night I saw a few post on Facebook and then later on at Stads about the Chicago Toy Soldier Show being cancelled. They were having to many problems with the hotel that is takes place. Hopefully another location can be found in the future, or a new show can take its place. You can read more at https://www.stadsstuff.com/?p=23181.
In my last post I mentioned about the new sets from Chintoys. Here is my review below.
The first set is # 31, the Gangsters. There are 8 miniatures in 8 different poses. The color is nice and so is the detail. I like the poses too. Most are based off movie characters from a few different Mafia movies.
This set #32, The Police. At first, I was disappointed that they were not blue. But after a while I started to like the color. And again, these miniatures are based off of Mafia related movies. There are 8 figures in 8 different poses. One day I will paint these.
The other day I stumbled across these Marx Recast WWII Sailors. I am not a big Marx collector, but I know that some sets are hard to find like these Sailors. The cost was around $30. The set has 7 miniatures in 7 different poses. The size is 54mm. You can get them in white or blue. The material is an ABS type resin. It has plastic type feel to it. It is a little pliable, but not like soft plastic. There are other Marx recast sets available too. Tim Geppert formerly of Classic Toy Soldier is selling these on ebay, https://www.ebay.com/itm/165888587499.
The other day I found these for a couple of dollars. They are made out of hard plastic. They might belong to some model train set. They are about 4 inches tall. I will use them with my Indians.
As some of you know, I have been working on some new French & Indian War sets. These are about the same scale as the Barzso Playset miniatures. I should have a few new sets released by the end of February. I have been testing and making adjustments to the miniatures. There will be a French Canadian & Native War Party set and a couple of Ottawa\Huron Indian sets. The pictured set above will be titled “On the Warpath”. There will also be some new trees and rock terrain pieces soon after. It is going to be Epic!!
I saw this post on FB by Wim Grundy.
Always plastic figures for sale at this show!
Announcement!
SOUTH FLORIDA TOY SOLDIER CLUB
28th Anniversary Show
February 4, 2023
Vendor tables offering thousands of military miniatures new and old, action figures, collectible toys and related hobby items.
Date/Time: Saturday, February 4, 2023 – 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Location: Yup! Same great show at the same great location
Finland House –
301 West Central Blvd.,
Lantana, FL 33463
Venue Telephone: 561-582-6794
Admission: Adults $7.00 Children under 12 are free.
Table rental: Our 6 foot table rental cost is $55.00 per table. Regarding table rentals and space assignments it is suggested you contact the club President Mike Skurda via e – mail at mskurda@inbox.com. Remember the early bird gets the worm!
Beside the Toy Soldier Show in Florida, the Westcoaster, New Jersey Toy Soldier Show and Midwest Toy Soldier Show are almost here too.I will not be attending any of those shows. I will be at the Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show.
MIDWEST TOY SOLDIER SHOW
When: Sunday, March 26, 2023 – 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.. ROOM TRADING: Friday, March 24 – Saturday, March 25.
Where: Courtyard by Marriott Conference Center 150 Fairington Ave. Lafayette, IN 47905
In my next post I should have more updates. Thank you for reading.
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 thehotel 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 Prikazproducts. 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 hotelthere 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.
Day Two
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.
In today’s post we will talk about some new sets that I am releasing soon. One is not a Medieval set, but it is based on the French & Indian War. I have a few more updates and some hobby news. Before that I found a vintage playset yesterday. So, this is where we will begin.
I stumbled across this Britain Task Force Playset yesterday. I don’t have to many Britain Deetail figures in my collection. Just a few WWII figures. But for less than $30 I couldn’t pass on this. I never saw this playset before. The terrain base is awesome.There are 6 figures and some accessories. The spring-loaded mines are a nice touch.The set has a Nato type theme to it. I will add some modern Britain figures over time to my collection now.
Toy Soldier Collector & Historical Figures Magazine #103
There is an article about Warhorse Miniatures in the Toy Soldier Collector & Historical Figures magazine #103. In the article Jim Clouse discusses my 1st set and my company.Steve Pyle & Scott Walter helped with taking some pictures.
Prikaz, Warhorse Miniatures & Conte
Talking about Steve Pyle, he sent me some pictures of my figures that he had painted.The first set of pictures is one of the Armed Saxon Peasants.The second set is a prototype of some Vikings with a deer.
Two of the latest sets I am working on.
In the coming weeks I will have some new set ready for production. The Saxon Hare Hunter set is $25, and the Saxon Wood Cutter set is $17.There are 4 different Wattle Fence sets.A round fence section with the gate open or closed. Then a straight fence section with the gate open or closed. I will have prices for the fence sets once the pre-orders start.
Viking Raiders Prototypes.
Here are some pictures of Prototypes. I hope to have the Viking Raider camp finished sometime next month. It will be sold in a few different sets. There will be a Raider figure set, a tent set, the Deer set with campfire and then the supply tent with some supplies. Some things can change.
Another Viking prototype with some Conte Saxons.
Here are some pictures of LOD/Barzso Merrymen figures in green with my Vikings & Saxons. They look good with the figures and accessories.
Me busy researching my next move.
The Compagnies Franches de la Marine was the main organization for the defense of New France from 1683 to 1755. In 1683, the Naval Department of France began using the Compagnies to defend the fur trade and the local civilians.
The Compagnies Franches de la Marinewill start production in March. The scale of the figures with be the same as Barzso figures or 54mm. The color will be in grey. The 1st set will be of 7 figures in 7 different poses.A second set will be released soon after the 1st set. It will be a firing line of 7 figures in 3 different poses.
That is it for now. More updates to come next month. Thank you for reading.
Sunday was the 2021 Columbus Toy Soldier Show. The vendors at the show were shouting “Covid, Give me back my Collectors….” Besides the low crowd it was actually not a bad show. There were plenty of vintage playsets, Barzso Playsets, painted metal toy soldiers and plastic figures galore. Plus my new resin miniatures.
I found a few vintage Airfix Toy Soldiers, Original Barzso bagged figure sets at original prices!!, W. Britain Saxons, Painted Russian metal Viking figures and an Atherton Medieval Church. The second part of the review will be on what I found over the weekend & some of the places where we went. Plus some updates about Warhorse Miniatures.
Paul Amody had a bunch of his Russian made metal miniatures with him. The painting is outstanding.
John Atherton & Shane Leonard brought plenty of their foam products. They are great to add to playsets or for display pieces.
Some various pictures from an unknown vendor.
Ted Deddens of W. Britain had bunch of painted metal figures. I re-joined the Collectors Club again. It is worth the price. You can take a look over here, https://www.wbritain.com/collectors-club.
Fellow collector Scott Campbell showed me some of his Barzso figures that he had painted. I always like to talk to fellow collectors to see what they are working on. I sometimes learn some tips or am able to share my own.
Rick Eber had about half of Barzso Playsets available at the show yesterday. There were about 15 total playsets spread out with different vendors. Rick also had plenty of vintage Marx plastic toy soldiers.
John Hamilton had some vintage plastic toy soldiers and other vintage toys.
Here are some more pictures of various vendors.
Robert Horning had his hand crafted & hand painted figures with him. He produces a bunch of different themes from Aliens, Ancients, WWII and even Golf. Plus much more.
Rick Keller had plenty of vintage plastic toys soldiers. Mostly Marx. He had loose figures, bagged sets and some playsets.
Larry Lovely had some loose figures to rummage through. He also had a Barzso Treasure Island playset and some foam pieces.
Mike Lonigro had a mixture of Tin Litho buildings, plastic figures and some playsets.
Todd Nace also had some playsets and storage containers full of vintage plastic toy soldiers. He also had a customized Barzso kneelboat. I think it was the Lewis & Clark boat.
Here was the vendor next to Rick Eber. I didn’t catch his name. He had some vintage figures and other toys.
Rod Chapman had a bunch of antique painted metal dimestore toy soldiers & other antique toys. His Grandson was very kind to help us pack up after the show.
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Steve Connell had a combination of different toys.Some painted metal figures and plastic toy soldiers.
Here are some more various pictures of vintage toy soldiers.
I did enjoy the show. I sold the Duke’s Tower to a lucky collector at a good price. It was a little below retail cost. I was surprised that more collectors didn’t come out. They missed out on a lot of good stuff. Most of the vendors will now get ready for next year. Most of us keep our products off the internet. We save them for the shows.I will be at more shows next year.
I would like to thank all the collectors that have shown interest in my work in creating a 11th Century early Medieval world. Thank you for the feedback also. It helps me with the further development of things to come.
In the next part of the review I will have some updates about Warhorse Miniatures. That is it for now. Thank you for reading.
Sunday April 18th is almost here. The Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show is about a week away. This will be the 1st major toy soldier show in over a year on the East coast. Gettysburg is a perfect place for a show. It has history and charm.There are plenty of same shops in the town also. A great place to get away for a weekend or a week. For more information about the show look at these two links. The first is from my page, The Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show 2021.The second link is from the promoters, http://www.mwtoysoldier.com/.
I was surprised on the size of the box and playset. The set includes 24 figures, 3 horses, 3 teepees, 2 trees, 1 wagon, and some camp accessories.Here are some pictures of the accessories for the set.Most of the accessories are original products that were made by Gulliver.
There are 12 Cowboys & Miner figures and 2 horses.
You can switch the mounted figures from the horses to the wagon.
One the bottom of the figures they are labeled Gulliver. This is good. Collectors will know the difference in the future if they find these figures loose in the wild.
There are 12 Native American Indian figures and 1 horse. Most of these figures depict life at the in a camp setting.
The last figure below was a lot smaller than most of the other figures. I don’t know if these was an original Atlantic figure.
Most of the figures are about 56mm or so. They are smaller than the original Atlantic figures. Most of the Atlantic figures were 60mm. I have a few pictures below for comparison to see how the match up with either Atlantic or some other brands.
Here are 5 figures below show the scale comparison. In order starting from the left is a Conte Alamo figure, Gulliver Cowboy, Barzso Merryman, Gulliver Native Indian and 54mm Marx Viking.You can see the different sizes with the Gulliver figures. I will try to find some Atlantic Indians in the future for comparison.
Some original Atlantic Outlaws in brown compared to the Gulliver figures below.
Here is 1/32 Barzso Merry Man figure below with the Gulliver tree. They look really nice together.
All in all I am very happy to add these figures to my collection. The details of the figures are nice. The plastic feels like the Atlantic plastic. The green color was the only color that I didn’t like. Some are 54mm in size like Airfix or Marx. Then some are like the new big 1/32 scale figures that are about 55mm or 56mmsize. The TSSD and Paragonfigures are about that size too.
I have a collection of Western toy soldiers in different scales. I have a bunch of foreign made Cowboys and Indians. They are mostly around 60mm in size. You can mix some of these figures with other brands with no problems. Andre is a good seller from Brazil. It took about a week for the figures to arrive. The set was surrounded by packing peanuts so nothing would get damaged. Take a look at the other Gulliver sets that he has over here, https://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_odkw=&_sac=1&_ssn=andre17&_osacat=220&_from=R40&_trksid=p2046732.m570.l1313&_nkw=Gulliver&_sacat=220.Andre said that there should be some new sets in the future from Gulliver.
LOD Toy Soldiers has some new colors for their Medieval Sheriff’s Men & Robin Hood Merry Men sets. The Merry Men are in a new tan color and the Sheriff’s Men are in a new Gold color now. They look really nice. I will have some of these sets for sale at the Gettysburg Toy Show next Sunday.
As I was writing this post up Ken messaged me about an update on the American Revolution Cavalry set that he is working on.They look great. Here is what Ken said, “Here are three of the prototypes for the new Calvary sets. I received them this week from the factory. If you would like to include them in your post, feel free to do so. There will be six poses in each set plus we will offer a bonus pose with a flintlock on its own.” You can check the LOD page over here, https://lodtoysoldiers.com/.
Here are a few things that I have found out in the wild at some local flea markets. I found 4 more metal cannons for $10. Three of them I can use for the French & Indian War era. These cannons are about 1/32 in scale.
I found this Motorworks U.S. Sherman Tank for $27. It is about 1/32 in scale.
Who knows what I will find next week at the Gettysburg show? I think it will be a great show as usual. My next post will be about the show. Until then, that is it for now.
