Catching Up On Things Odds Ends June 2017 this is a post where I try to catch up on things. I have news of a new item from Warhansa. Mike Mullins has a question on Ideal cavalry. I have a few photos and other items to cover, so let’s get start.
Catching Up On Things Odds Ends June 2017 Warhansa
Warhansa has down another 54mm figures set, this time it is pirates. The set has four different poses.
The poses are
- Standing with sword
- Female pirate with two pistols out
- Pirate with sword and chest. A parrot is on his shoulder.
- Standing firing with rifle.
The set of four is $26.00 plus postage. You have to go to their site for details ordering. People have had a good experience with is company. Here is their web site Warhansa
Catching Up On Things Odds Ends June 2017 Ideal Cavalry
Mike had the following question.
Here is the scenario…. I received a complete set of Ideal 7th Cavalry figures, including horses. The set is blue, color-matched, and pliable soft plastic. The set came in a box with many other 1950s/1960s figures, including MPCs and Lidoswivel cowboys and Indians and accys. The seller said the figures belonged to a little boy who died many years ago, from cancer.
Catching Up On Things Odds Ends June 2017 My Stuff
Both of these figures are from Marx. The one on the right is an early tan figure. the one on the left is flourescent red. I would like to know When was the flourescent red figure issued?
I did an local auction where I picked this item Timmee jeep and cannon up. My only competition was a Ebayer. I love to go against them as they are using their phones to check prices. I can go through a box and figure out its value. He had no chance against me unless he over paid.
In one box I bought was this army cannon which has a spring. It is the first version of Timmee. This is the first time I have picked one of these cannons.
Really good pirates! Insane price!
Ok, I have heard that you can examine plastic figures under a black light to compare with known originals, to see if they ‘glow’ the same, etc. Recasts would have a very different look under the light than the originals because of the different pigments used to color the plastic. Don’t know if this is true or not.
I don’t know but those pirates looks funny w those big pistoks and weapons.
For that price I will pass then x sure.
My thought
Agreed
I do know that the guy who ran the Ideal recasts did so in a bunch of colors.
I visited him several times at his place. He did test shots in all kinds of colors and plastics. He gave me a couple of examples.
I have some Ideal ACW recasts in a pewter color, soft plastic that are beautiful.
He used the same color plastic that he used to do the Knights.
Why he ended up using crappy regrind plastic to do the ACW I have no idea.
The flurecent Marx in plastimarx Mexico 1970s .
I had seen lots bags from Mexico with Marx plastimarx logo listed and figures in those colors in ebay before.
Not the late 80s reissues in odd plastic please.
They pup in todocollecion website in bags too .Another seller distributed then in Venezuela in bags under rare brand Broadway.
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They are nicely sculpted figures except for the weapons. The one on the far left is a nice pose.
These are great looking pirates except for 70mm size weapons.
Agreed
The weapons and the price are big. The pirate figures look very good. I will pass and probably regret it later.
I’m thinking the $26 per set is what we will be paying for decent new figures.
That’s what I’m starting to think.
You know what, Don – I just bought a bag of 18 BMC Appomattox ACW figures to get the two general figures for conversions. I only paid $9 for it from Kent, but the other 16 BMC figures were WORTHLESS as I knew before I bought the bag. Maybe I can cut off the four ringhand arms to use with something and the four flags are useful but the rest will sit until they get thrown away. Like those cheap 42mm Red Box pirates that were on recently – wouldn’t want those for FREE! But if I was into pirates – I don’t think these are too bad. So spend $26 for good figures or have a pile of low priced junk to sit in the basement?
I guess the lesson is that if we want Engineer Bassevich quality, we will pay Engineer Bassevich prices.
Not me We still have tssd, cts….
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Well, they are certainly better sculpts than that Red Box junk. The price is a little high, especially for figures with over large weapons. I’m not going buy so I can convert them to look decent.
At that price is $6.50 per figure,that is not counting shipping that need to be add per set /figure price always.
If the figure is worth EB and PLV do then with right weapons least.
I can take EB 10-12 figures set x $42.00 at 4.20 per figure or a bit more w shipping still much less than these.
Too much asking x new production in my opinion.
My thoughts.
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Ideal made the cavalry figures for a number of years so there are shade variations just like the many Marx light blue ACW variations. I have had the Ideal Cavalry in several shades of blue and blue green. The reissues were made in a very different fragile stiff plastic
I think the jeep and cannon were made by Lido not Tim-Mee.
You have it listed under Timmee on your site.
No the Tim-Mee pictured at my site is different. Look at the Lido page and you will see the later nonfiring version.
The cannon is the firing version.