Monthly Archives: January 2017

Wohlen Switzerland Toy Soldier Meet October 2017

Posted on January 20, 2017 by admin

Wohlen Switzerland Toy Soldier Meet October 2017 is a show in Switzerland.  It is more for our European readers.  I hope to get more information on its size and some photos.  For now we have the following information. Good Morning … Continue reading →

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Urfin Jus New Russian Company World War I Russian Soldiers

Posted on January 17, 2017 by admin

Urfin Jus New Russian Company World War I Russian Soldiers were produced in December 2015.  We just found out about them from a new reader Roman Gurochkin. Roman is from Moscow Russia. He goes by the nickname of  Guest97 on the … Continue reading →

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New Figures Set Pvblivs Expeditionary Force

Posted on January 16, 2017 by admin

New Figures Set Pvblivs Expeditionary Force our our first figure sets for the new year.  Pvblivs  has released a new six figure set of English Saxons. Expeditionary Force  has added ancient Persian heavy weapons and ancient  Persian archery forces to … Continue reading →

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Reflections on 2016 Looking Ahead on 2017

Posted on January 15, 2017 by admin

Reflections on 2016 Looking Ahead on 2017, this year was a rough year in so many ways.  I will be discussing only how it related to our hobby. We saw a number of new figure sets, but a decrease from American makers. … Continue reading →

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Custer Playset Question

Posted on January 14, 2017 by admin

A European collector asked me if this Custer playset came out this way.  As you will notice the set has Marx Union figures and 45mm Dearborn figures. Also interesting is the blue wagon tops.  Let me know your thoughts

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Marx Remade 60mm Cavalry Are Now Available

Posted on January 13, 2017 by admin

Marx Remade 60mm Cavalry Are Now Available from CTS. As we noted last year CTs had remade the Marx 60mm cavalry. Sadly  the figures were not up to CTS. We had not heard anything until when Ed Borris spotted on … Continue reading →

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Atlantic Western Box Mystery Bill Nevins

Posted on January 12, 2017 by admin

Atlantic Western Box Mystery Bill Nevins we have an interesting mystery on what were the two Atlantic Box that were never made. Bill Nevins discovered this going through an old Atlantic Catalog.  We put our intrepid investigator Erwin Sell on … Continue reading →

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Marx Atlantic Cavalry Figures Bill Nevins Greg Liska

Posted on January 9, 2017 by admin

Marx Atlantic Cavalry Figures  Bill Nevins Greg Liska  this time we have some interesting items from both of them.  Greg has some conversions he did of the Marx 60mm cavalry. Bill has some photos of the Atlantic Cavalry. He also … Continue reading →

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Photos of Marx Sports Painted Figures

Posted on January 8, 2017 by admin

Photos of Marx Sports Painted Figures that bill Nevins was talking about. Photos of Marx Sports Painted Figures Photos This what Bill said: Here are pix of the boxer and 2 others from the same find. As you can see, … Continue reading →

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Roaming Around Finds in A Junk Box

Posted on January 6, 2017 by admin

Roaming Around Finds in A Junk Box looks at two different subjects.  The first subject roaming around talks about how it is important to get out in the field. This aspect is important to both dealers and collectors. Second subject is … Continue reading →

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