We got this video from Mark T I thought you like it
I am a frequent reader of your blog and I sometimes comment as “Mark T.” I just wanted to share this video of a diorama my son and I set up over the Labor Day weekend using my Timpo collection. It’s a little shaky at first because I was rolling my computer chair along the floor using it as a camera dolly and whenever I went between tiles, the camera shook. I tried using the correcting feature on Youtube but it blurred my video. Anyhow, hope you like it!
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A nice cool fun to do Diorama. A lot of nice figures …thank you for sharing with us.
Suggestion as I did once, set your camera in a flat train coach from Christmas train set ;set it (battery or electric train running) around the scene and let it roll with camera life ,it will be more static and close .You may need to sets of railing.
Or use your edit software video maker of computer to fix the motion, any how it look very good to me as you did.
GREAT idea, Erwin! Wow! Eye level with the figures. Would be great to run that through Marx Western Town Jail Side & Hotel Side w. full accessories & figures.
That’s great. I wish that there were more like it.
Fun video and great set-up; took me back to childhood and some of what made me love toy soldiers.
That’s a pretty impressive collection of Timpo Wild West figures. You’ve got them all —- Townspeople, Cowboys, U.S. Cavalry, Apaches, Plains Indians, a good selection of Mexican Banditos, and I even noticed a detachment of Confederate riders coming over the horizon.
I’m, glad you guys liked it!
Erwin, that’s a great idea about the train. We have a couple of those Christmas train sets in the garage. Next time I will try that out. I wish I had a Timpo Prairie Rocket, though.
When I was a kid I only had about 1/10th that many Timpo figures. I got most of these when I discovered eBay in the late 90s/early 200os. Now, unfortunately, Timpo things are getting priced out of my range. I’m glad I got these when I did. I couldn’t bear to sell them. I love those figures. My very first toy soldier aside from cheapo Hong Kong guys was a Timpo Mexican. I remember I thought the word “Timpo” on the base was his name. Hey, I was only five.
The really sad thing about Timpo is how some of them deteriorate. Most of mine still are nice and flexible, but a couple of them have broken with minimal handling. Apparently Timpo used some kind of softener in their plastic that forms a gas and evaporates over time, leaving the figures hard and glassy. I’m glad mine are still in pretty good shape. I got a Timpo fort online once that literally crumbled apart in my hands when I unboxed it. (The fort I am using in this diorama is about half of one of my two Jean Hoefler Fort Independences.)
One of my fondest daydreams is to win a few million dollars and set up a company making a new version of Timpo Toys for collectors. Ah, if only.