Monthly Archives: September 2011

Before going to the show, I printed up several photo lists of what I was looking for…they included, at the top of the list, the Marx 60mm Maid Marian and Robin Hood, from the Richard Greene Robin Hood set number … Continue reading →

William T. Schimenck passed away suddenly in his backyard on Sunday September 25th in backyard. He was 57. He was a collector and sold on Ebay under the id toysbill1.  If you want to leave condolences go to www.cantelmifuneralhome.com  . … Continue reading →

Ed Borris  put this as a reply to my Just when you seen. I felt it should get a separate comment as it is a honest review of the show. I was rather disappointed in OTSN this year, not the … Continue reading →

Just when you thought you had seen everything from a company something pops up to tell you guess again. With Auburn I thought I had seen all of their figure production. I had even seen the Spanish copies of the … Continue reading →

Recently in Plastic Warrior Magazine there was series of articles and letters over the Soldiers of the World. These figures representing different periods of history were first used as cereal giveaways in Europe and Australia. The figures were later sold … Continue reading →

Many of the English plastic toy soldier companies did battleground accessories for the military figures.  Over the years I have seen accessories from Speedwell, Timpo, Britains and Charbens. This is first time I have gotten accessories from Johillco in plastic. … Continue reading →

I picked this figure up recently. The figure is 54mm and hard plastic. I was told that it is from the Lost in Space Model Kit. Can anyone confirmed  if it is from that set or not.  I picked it … Continue reading →

I just got from my local Comic shop Beachhead Comics a great magazine on Kelly’s Heroes. Cinema Retro  has done special issue on the movie talking about plot, rare vintage and new interviews with people plus much more.  There are … Continue reading →

Our very good friend Peter Evans has come up with some more great finds of figures from Merry Old England. The first one is called Dragon Knights. The figures sell for 1.20 and are about 60 to 65mm. The next … Continue reading →

Mark Hegeman has give us some update information on the large size Marx Tom and Jerry figures. They were sold in the United States. The box seen above (sorry for the small size I am still try to get the … Continue reading →