Odds Ends New Submission Airfix Releases, we have a new submission from Gary DiBello. Gary is from my old list days and he had a question on a figure. Next Rahway alert me on Airfix going to release some of their 1/32 scale World War Two line. Third, I share some Publius figures I don’t remember if I share before or not.
Odds Ends New Submission Gary DiBello
The other figures in the photo beside the Marx pioneer woman are by Timmee. The Timmee cowgirls are a little harder to find. We hope Gary will share more in the future.
Odds Ends New Submission Airfix Releases for 2021
Rahway alerted me that Airfix is going release six of their old WWII sets. They are as follows: British paratroops
German Infantry
U.S. Infantry
U.S. Paratroops
German Paratroops
British Infantry
No details if the plastic will be stiff or soft plastic.
Did I Post These Figures?
Speira horses and Mules
I am seeing more and more people using Speira miniatures. Not only for their existing figures, but also new figures. One collector is working with them to make horses and mules. The mules will a welcome addition to many scenarios. We will post more as we get information.
I know many may love have more Airfix but to me they had been recast reissues so many time with exception of the never again reissues set such Italian as mold damage and few others .The same sets they mention will be recast again were same recast last time I believe and unless they recast them in soft plastic and not the brittle stiff plastic used last time they won’t sale much too .So to me Airfix vintage and recast are as easy/cheap to find in shows as loose figures or bags in pile boxes often as many others ,same goes x Napoleonic .Harder to get at low prices are the US cavalry and western figures ,yet not hard get either at descent prices at shows or ebay at all time
Same goes off eBay .
I believe JH western cowboys are 28 poses not counting the semi flat set 6 poses and swoppet western figures poses set .The 28 poses are 20 foot and 8 mounted poses but there others poses I think as well .Indians are about same with the seating camp and canoe poses as extras .
my thoughts
best
Hi Paul, et al. Any word if Airfix will re-issue the Multi-pose sets? Is this a comeback for them?
Airfix Multipose 1/32 kit-line series are very abundant since 1980s all set reissues, in early 2000 or later they reissued 2 or 3 sets again and very abundant also .The only not reissued from long is the Japanese .
Here last German infantry multipose reissued set .
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Airfix-1-32-Multipose-WWII-German-Infantry-Figures-Starter-Set-A55210/373313100211?hash=item56eb31d9b3:g:Q0AAAOSw5cNYdMKx
These are the 80s/90s reissues box samples ,same seller have them cheap in other sets too.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Airfix-Multipose-1-32-German-Afrika-Korps-Five-Figs-1-Duplicate-6-Total-03581-3/114617458877?hash=item1aafbba0bd:g:B3MAAOSw-b5f9LsA
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Airfix-Multipose-1-32-US-Infantry-Europe-WWII-04586-Missing-One-Figure/114617431848?hash=item1aafbb3728:g:ExsAAOSwb5Vf9Lpl
marines..
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Airfix-Multipose-1-32-US-Marines-1941-45-WWII-Six-Figures-03583-9/114617440301?hash=item1aafbb582d:g:1QgAAOSwfVhf9Lq7
JAPANESE old stock
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Airfix-Multipose-1-32-Japanese-Infantry/265006472939?hash=item3db39ddeeb:g:lQwAAOSwprlf-I66
Paul, your lists were one of the first resources i relied on when i got back into toy soldier collecting. i do miss them, but i was never able to get the best items; by the time it reached me here in california, all of the really neat stuff was long gone.
but i still managed to pick up a lot of great stuff from you. between you, the guys on the old marx newsgroup, and that toy newspaper (can’t remember the name, but it was full of vendors and ads) i have managed to recreate my childhood.
The magazine was Toy Shop. It was produced by Krause Publications. I always had problems shipping the list so everyone could get at the same time.
Speira made 4 1/30 scale WW1 Holt 75 Artillery Tractors for me.Very reasonable.
And Victorian civilians /C/W-WIA/KIAs,trying to get 90+ poses (Civil War) in
puttees for 1918 France. We shall see if cost inducive.
Who made the tan coloured set of eight ancients. They look like bi-plant figures to me.
Both are by Publius.
It is the other way around BIPLANT had copied AND /OR CLONED several figures set from Publius recently making Publius very unhappy about as their clone- copies are almost identical to Publius yet 10 times cheaper Approx. .
One of the early set or few poses copied was post here by me .
https://www.stadsstuff.com/?p=13972
after hat they had copied others …
Any word on the plastic for this Airfix release? I need the British Infantry and I could use some more Germans as I lost my officer, but I will NOT buy that brittle crappy resin they made the last release in. I hope they are good old-fashioned soft plastic.
Nothing yet as soon as we have we will let everyone know.
Thanks Paul!
Hey Paul! It’s been a long time. Are there any groups where us old timers can get together? I am getting into one area (WWII) after selling off my collection years ago.
There are various groups on Facebook that might interest you.