I hope everyone is doing well. Now that I have more time I am going to try to post more blog posts this year. In this post, I will share with you what I found last week while I was out for my Birthday and then we will discuss some updates and hobby news.
We spent the day in the town of DeBois, looking around and stopping at a couple of Antique stores. It is not too far from us, and since we never really have been there, we wanted to see what it was like. In one of the antique stores, I found a bag of Vintage TimMee Army Men from the original molds.The Marching pose and the Soldier with the grenade were in this lot of 54 Soldiers that I got for $10. The original mold was damaged at some point, and the marching pose was lost & the grenade guy became the waving guy with his hand open instead of holding a grenade. Some were broken, but almost all of them are in very good condition.
There were 5 Marching poses in the bag. I will say about 1 out of 10 times I see a bag of TimMee Army Men they are the newer version. And luckily the rifles were not broken too. About half of the time, I find a marching pose the rifle is broken. This pose is one that I can reuse in multiple setups. If you want to read more about the History of the TimMee soldiers click on this link, TimMee Army Blog: U.S. Soldiers • Series IV. You can also buy new TimMee Toys over here with this link, https://timmeeusa.com/.
I also found these big Native American Indians by Ajax. Kent Sprecher informed me about the maker. I usually do not collect the big toy soldiers. I guess they are around 6 inches. But I like the blue plastic these were made and the sculpting style. They were almost $14 for the 3 figures.
I keep testing new resin mixtures. And I will start using the burnt orange color for the Saxons & Native Americans. I will be adding a few more sets tomorrow. But here are some of what is available now, click on the links posted below.
So far, we are set to go to the Midwest & Gettysburg Toy Soldier Shows. I am waiting for Matt Murphey to get back to me about the Chicago Toy Soldier Show. We are planning to attend the MFCA Show in Trevose, PAtoo.We will have more information about the shows in coming posts.
I just saw today that Airfix is re-issuing some of the old WWII sets in 1/32 scale again. It looks like they will have the WWII British Commandos, WWII British Infantry Support and WWII German Mountain Troops this year. Sometime in the summer. I wonder if the plastic will be different.
And in 1/76 scale they are re-issuing the Romans, Ancient Britons, Robin Hood and Sheriff of Nottingham sets. Plus, the Roman Fort and Sherwood Castle sets.
Thank you for reading. I should have an update in about 2 weeks. Keep Checking the store page for new products. Take Care for now.
It has been a while since I have written a post. Since around Thanksgiving, I have had the time to finish setting up the 3d workshop and start testing new products. It has not been easy the past few weeks with all the cold weather we have had. I have been multi-tasking between splitting wood for the wood stove, doing normal things around the house, eBay and the 3d printing.Over the next few weeks, I will be re-opening the webstore with new products and some of the older products.
The Vikings Raiders are back. Some things were adjusted, like the seax knives. They are now thicker. We added the Head Taker model to the mix.There is going to be only one Viking Raider set and in the future, I will add some more sets.
I have been testing new resin mixtures. I will start making the Vikings in this color. The size is around 58mm, they blend well with Conte Vikings. The price of this set is still $49. As the year goes on there will be a lot of new medieval sets. First, we will have the Vikings & Saxons and then some Normans. There should be around a dozen new medieval sets coming over the new few months.
We will have a bunch of new Native American sets for the French & Indian War era. Plus, some French, British and Canadian sets too. They will be scaled to be around 54mm so you can mix them with your Barzso toy soldiers.The above set is the Ojibwe Native Villager set. It will cost $36.
After about 2 years or so the WWII US Paratroopers are ready for production. First in 60mm & 58mm, then in a few weeks they will be available in 54mm. The price of the 60mm set is $72, 58mm set is $64, and 54mm set will be $56. The are 6 different models in 8 poses. Some models are taller than others, but in the same scale. The last model was made to be a little thicker. The first two sets are based on a rifle platoon.
The 60mm scale blends well with the W. Britain toy soldiers and the 58mm models blend well with the plastic Conte toy soldiers.
Here is a preview of the 2nd set of American Paratroopers.
We hope everyone is doing well and staying warm. Over the next few days, I will start adding the new sets to the website store. In my next post I have some updates on the Saxon sets and some other Native American sets. We will see everyone at the Midwest Show, Gettysburg Shows, Chicago Show and a few others this year. Take Care for now and thank you for reading.
I hope everyone is doing well. It has been a while since my last post.We had been slowly moving since late July to the beginning of September. We took a break to setup at the Gettysburg show.After the show we have been unpacking and starting to settle in.The new 3d workshop is setup now and I am starting to make things again. I finally found some time to do a post, so without further delay here is the review of the Gettysburg show.
We will start the review on a sad note. In July, John Boyko Sr. passed away. John was a big collector of vintage toys. His son John Jr. was at the show selling off some of his collection. John Jr., also a collector of vintage toys. Here are a few pictures of the toys that he had at the show.
“John was an avid reader of many books on world history. He loved to go to the flea market always with the hope of scoring something. He loved to collect many things and attend toy and military shows John also had a love of corvettes, but nothing came close to his profound love for his wife Janet of 43 years and his 2 sons, John Francis Boyko, of Shelton Ct and Michael Paul Boyko of Johnson City.” John Boyko Obituary
There was a lot of Marx toys, bags of soldiers and playsets. Boxes of loose figures to dig from. There were some rare items to discover at bargain prices. Ten years ago, I would have probably purchased a lot of things. The collectors and other dealers spent a lot of time going though John Sr. toys.
Dr. Christian Keller was selling his antique metal toy soldiers. He always has some nice things.
Calvin had a bunch of vintage toy soldiers for sale. He was picking through John Boyko horde of stuff during the show. He found some nice Marx Robin Hood figures and a bunch of other things.
There were a few collectors selling across from us. They had some nice pieces available.
Steve Connell had some nice metal toy soldiers for sale. He also had some Marx & Barzso toy soldiers in plastic bags too.
Jack Eagan had a bunch of painted metal toy soldiers. Both loose and boxed. Most were from John Jenkins. He also had a lot of plastic toy soldiers too.
As usual, Rick Eber had a bunch of his pristine vintage toy soldiers. He must have a time machine to keep finding these mint toys.If you are looking for something in particular, I bet Rick has it.
Another dealer Mark also had a lot of nice vintage toys.
Eric Kohl had a lot of nice painted metal toy soldiers.
Here are some random pictures from the show. There was plenty of vintage plastic toy soldiers around. Brands of Marx, Airfix, MPC and Barzso that were mainly bagged and sold loose too. Plus, a lot of painted metal toy soldiers & playsets.
It was nice to see Paul Stadinger again. He usually will stop and visit us at the Gettysburg show. I think he found some good things.
Dave Pittman had a lot of plastic toy soldiers. He had a horde of Airfix WWII toy soldiers for 50 cents apiece, what a bargain. There were some Matchbox toy soldiers too at the same price.
Rick Lipp had some nice Marx toy soldiers for sale too.
There was a dealer from Canada called Timeless Troopers that some nice painted metal toy soldiers.
Here are some more pictures of vintage plastic toy soldiers from a few different vendors.
William & Mary Antiques had a bunch of vintage toys to pick through. Mainly plastic toy soldiers.
There was a vendor selling a bunch of Warhammer knights and some painted metal toy soldiers.
And lastly, we get to our table. I had a sale on some of the old stock of British figures that will be replaced sometime next year with the new models. The crowd was smaller than the first show this year, but we did better this time around. We sold almost all of the Native American sets that we had. It was a fun show.
That is it for the review of the show. We will now take a look at a few things that I picked up.I have not purchased too many toys since I got involved with the 3d printing. But once in a while I find something that I need, especially if it is at a good price. John Boyko had a lot of things at bargain prices. Here is a box of vintage trees that I paid $20 for.
There was 11 Marx Oak Trees. Some were a hard plastic, and others were a little softer.
There 3 of these types of Marx trees too.
And another group of 3 different Marx trees.
There were 4 vintage trees in this style.
And last group of 4 trees looked like this. It was a great deal for all these vintage trees. I plan on using them in a display that I want to build next year.
John had a bag of Marx Marching Army Cadets & Marines. Here are the Army Cadets, most were in very good condition. Some had the plumes broken off.I don’t have a big collection of Marx toy soldiers. But the last few years I have been picking up some as I discover them at the shows. I really like the marching poses that they did over the years in different scales.
Here are the Marines. All these toy soldiers were around 54mm.
Here are some Airfix & Matchbox toy soldiers that I picked up from Dave Pittman for $5.00. The Britains German Officer I had already, I like how similar they are to the Airfix German Officer.
Well, that is all the things I got at the show. I am now starting to make things in the new 3d printer workshop. We are still adding more tables & shelves. Plus, eventually an exhaust fan. I am starting to test the World War II Americans & Germans and take orders. You can send me a message you want to order something.
That is it for now. I will have an update with the 3d printing in my next post. Thank you for reading.
I hope everyone is doing well these days. It has been a while since my last post. We had been busy searching for a house, we purchased a house and now are in the process of moving. Earlier this month I closed the website store. After I have the new workshop setup to start production again, hopefully in September. We will be at the Gettysburg Toy Soldier show on August 24th, 2025. More information about the show can be found here, The Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show 2025 ~ Sunday, August 24th..
Because we have been busy it has been hard to get new products created. But it has not stopped the designing of new products. I have been working on a lot of new medieval miniatures. Mainly Saxons and Normans. So far, the Huscarls are in production and now we are bringing back the Saxon Spears sets. A few of the old models are mixed with new models. Some of the old models had been changed a little too with new helmets.
I will have some sets of Saxon Spears Set #1 with me at Gettysburg.
Saxon Spears #2 will be released at the end of September.
The Saxon Huscarls set will be added in September. I will also have some of these sets at Gettysburg.
The Viking Raiders set will be back too. There are 7 models that are great for a raiding scene. Most are in motion. We added the “Head Taker” model to the set. I am reworking some of the older models and will have a bunch of new models coming late fall or in the winter.
Over the last few months of the year, you will see more Saxons, Vikings and then Normans. Plus, some WWII American Paratroopers and finally the French & Indian War British & French. I reworked some of the poses and have new ones too.
We hope to see you at the Gettysburg Toy Soldier show on Sunday August 24th. It will be the last show of the year for us. Next year will be attending the Chicago Toy Soldier Show.
It’s been a couple of weeks since the Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show. I finally found some time to do a review. It was a rainy day, but the crowds were nice in the beginning. That lasted to around noon and then everyone started to trickle out. Our sales were down, but we still did good. Others said they had a slow day. There were plenty on nice products and some good deals.
I spent most of the day talking to fellow collectors. I did not get a chance to look around until the end and took some pictures. As usual there was plenty of plastic. But there were enough new and old painted metal soldiers too.
I think these pictures were taken from Eric Kohl’s tables. He usually has antique metal and some modern toy soldiers.
There were some collectors selling custom & vintage playsets, John Jenkins & Conte soldiers without the boxes and some with them. Plus, military uniform items for reenactors or just to have in your collection.
Talking about collectors. There were plenty of them selling off parts of their collections. One gentleman that was across from us had some nice items.
Plenty of storage containers to search through. Some nice foam pieces and lots of tanks around.
As usual Rick Eber had plenty of nice vintage toy soldiers and playsets with him.
Another vendor had a bunch of vintage plastic toy soldiers and playsets.
Matt from Hobby Bunker had part of his store with him.
One collector had some really nice toy soldiers to pick through.
Rob Hornung had his custom made & painted toy soldiers with him. Some really unique items.
Here are more random pictures of different products that were available. As I go through the pictures there are a few things that I had missed that I wished I had picked up.
It was nice to meet Paul Knapp again. He had some really nice custom themed playset boxes with him at a good price. Plus, the nice custom-made terrain pieces with him.I picked up a couple from him. In my next post I will take some pictures of them and some other stuff that I have found recently.
More random pictures.
Rick Lipp had some nice vintage products with him.
Another collector had a bunch of vintage Airfix toy soldiers and other brands for sale.
Larry Lovely had plenty of toy soldiers to pick through.
Mark Hegeman also had some really nice vintage toys with him.
Nate had some great custom-made toys too.
Paul Stadinger and Erwin Sells setup at the show this year. The last time Paul setup was about 20 years ago. They had a lot of plastic and Erwin brought a bunch of tanks.
Steve Connell had some nice metal sets for sale.
There was a collector selling a bunch of Warhammer miniatures. One day I will paint my Warhammer armies.
We will end the review with our tables. I had a few new products with me. The medieval Saxons & Vikings were popular; we sold them all. There are more medieval Saxons, Vikings, Normans and Peasants that will be available later this year.
We do not plan on attending any other shows this year. Right now, we have to many things going on to commit to anymore. We are searching to buy a house and hopefully we will be moved before the end of the fall.There will be a lapse in production again this year, but the designing will continue.There is a lot more to come. That is it for now. Thank you for reading.
Here are some pictures of the showroom the day before. I like to study the room if possible before the show to see where my tables are located.
We started setting up in the showroom at 7am. The setup was faster than usual because we had the shelves put together and the display miniatures were unboxed already.
We start the review with John Atherton’s tables. He had some medieval buildings, bridges, colonial, and native Indian houses. Plus, modern structures that could be used for World War II. His foam buildings bring displays alive. Plus, they are great for wargaming.
Joe Baker’s tables had a bunch of the Speira 3d printed models and a lot of Conte toy soldiers. Plus, some foam buildings.
Steve Connell had more on his tables than this, but I forgot to get back to him.
David & Kim Cook of MicShaun’s Closet had a bunch of plastic toy soldiers from different brands. Plus, a lot of foam buildings.
Curtis Cousinea had a bunch of items from his collection for sale.
Karl Deiner had some nice Vintage plastic toy soldiers for sale. I will start collecting some old Marx toy soldiers when I retire.
Rick Eber always has some pristine vintage Marx playsets and a lot of loose & bagged toy soldiers for sale. If you are searching for some rare items, ask Rick.
Rich Egan also had some nice Marx toys and usually has a nice selection of Conte & Barzso products.
Handley & Pitman had some storage bins of vintage plastic to sort through.
Rob Hornung was setup for the show with his hand-crafted miniatures. He had skipped the room trading and it was not sure that he would setup because he had hurt his thumb. But he is a trooper.
Rick Keller & Rick Lipp had a lot of vintage Marx playsets & toy soldiers.
Mike Knutick had all kinds of toy products. He usually has a nice selection of Barzso soldiers and accessories to pick through, but most of them were sold during the room trading.
Larry Lovely has taken over the top spot in promoting the Midwest show. Steve & Rick are still helping out. Larry’s tables had storage containers full of vintage plastic toys to search through. He had some good prices.
Todd Nace had some storage bins of Marx toys to search through too.
Nate’s Garage had their hand crafted creations for sale. He is always working on something new.
Ed Nelson had some vintage toys with him.
It was the first time that we met Papa Joe. His foam creations are really nice. His western buildings would look really nice for a western town display. Both plastic & painted metal toy soldiers fit in really nice.
Here are some random pictures of the show.
Rod Roberts had some nice items from his collection for sale.
Joe Saine had a bunch of new & old painted metal soldiers. Plus, some Barzso Playsets.
Here are some pictures of a few tables from some unknown venders to me. I think some are from Rick Keller.
Here are a couple of pictures of Gary Wendeln’s table.
We end the review here with our tables. We have been switching most of our sets into boxes instead of the bags with the header cards.Besides the Warhorse products we had some Barzso resin soldiers, other brands of plastic figures and some things from my collection for sale. I had some of the new Saxon Huscarls with me too. I am working on a few new Saxon sets that I should have at the Gettysburg show. Just like the room trading the show attendance was down again. We still did good and had a great time. Hopefully next year things are better. We will take a look at some of the items that I picked up at the show.
I picked up this lot of Native American toy soldiers from John Anderson for $10. There were a group of Airfix recast horses, 7 recast Marx Teepees and 4 bagged groups of Timpo solid Native American Indians. They are all 1/32 scaled.
I picked this group of Conte WWII GIs from Rich Egan for $30. Conte made some of the best World War II toy soldiers. The sculpting and details are really nice.
I also got these Plastic Platoon German Paratroops from Rich Egan for $50. I already had this set in a different color. They are also really nice, but I dislike the rubbery resin they use. The weapons are hard to straighten out once they get bent.
I picked up this lot of Barzso toy soldiers from Mike Knutick for $40. I always can use more Redcoats. There were some character figures. The Scottish flag bearer was a weird color and seem to be a little bigger. They also felt a little like vinyl.
Here are some of the Warhorse British compared to the Barzso British. I should have a better color as soon as I have the chance to start testing again.
I picked up this boxed set of 7th Cavalry from Mike Knutick for $20. It is not complete, but I was mainly interested in the box. I have more 7th Cavalry to complete it. Most of the models were in really good shape. I have most of the Airfix boxed sets in my collection.
Also from Mike Knutick was this boxed set of Native Americans. It was also missing some models, but again I was interested mainly in the box. It was a little damaged in the back. But for $15, you can’t go wrong.
I got this boxed set of Normans from Joe Saine for $5.
I picked up this Atlantic Buffalo Bill set from a collector named Mike for $40. It was missing a few pieces. I have a rider somewhere and some more Buffalo that I had picked up years ago.
I found this group of toy soldiers at a thrift store of $5. The miniatures are about 54mm, a little smaller. I have not seen anything decent like this for a while. It is like a mini playset.I do not know who makes this. There is a sticker on the truck that says, “SDE Dongguan“
We usually will stop at some thrift stores after the show as we are traveling home. I found this drum for $4 at a Salvation Army.
I found these items for a $1. The tree was a gift. The Saxon miniatures are made by Replicants. Everything is 1/32 in scale.
I picked up these CTS Sioux Indians from Cal Luckett for $5. I like this orange/brown color that they had used. They look a little bigger than the dark brown ones that I have.
And lastly, I traded some of my native sets with John Atherton for these two Barzso Longhouses.They look good with my Warhorse miniatures. John had just started making these again. The longer longhouse is from the Rogers’ Rangers Attack on Saint Francis playset.The other one is from the Last of the Mohicans playset. They are nicely painted.
If you are in the Evansville, Indiana area check out Evansville Military Collectors club show. It is over 3 days starting on April 24th, 25th & 26th.Around 160 tables of Military relics & collectibles.
Speaking of shows, we will be setup for the Gettysburg Toy Soldier show on May 4th. It is the best show on the East Coast. You can find anything at this show, vintage & new plastic or painted metal toy soldiers, vintage models & toys, custom painted sculptures, military books and other hobby related items. There is a nice mixture of dealers like Hobby Bunker and collector/vendors selling off parts of their collectors.We hope to see you there.
As usual I am busy designing and testing out new products. I will have a few new sets at the Gettysburg show. Thank you for reading, that is it for now.
Last Thursday, March 13th we arrived in Lafayette, Indiana to take part in the Midwest Toy Soldier show. After driving about 11 hours we checked in to the hotel and then went to an antique mall before eating dinner. I then walked around the hotel as a few vendors were room trading a day earlier.
I looked around and talked to a few collectors/vendors. I took some pictures of John Anderson’s & Papa Joe’s rooms.
On Friday we got up early and went out to check some local antique stores. We got back around noon and started some room trading. We were open until around 9pm, closing for about an hour & a half to get something to eat. I took some pictures of David & Kim Cook’s, Rick Eber’s, Rich Egan’s and our(Warhorse) rooms. I would walk around to check out the other rooms and return if a collector had a question. Carolyn would call me when that happened. I did find some nice things each day. I spent more this year than I have done the past few years.
I hung out talking to some of the other guys to around 10pm or so before I headed to bed on Friday. We got up early and opened the room around 9am for day 2 of the room trading. More vendors and collectors arrived Friday night. The Room Trading chart was updated for Saturday. When you start the room trading you should write down the room numbers and names. Then check them off as you visit them. It is easier to keep track of the rooms you visit this way. Sometimes the vendors might close for a little bit. We had the room open to around 9pm again.
Here are pictures of John Anderson’s room. He usually has a bunch of vintage playsets and bags of figures. I think the prices on the playsets are fair. I am not a Marx collector, but I see him sell a lot of them each year. He has some good deals with the bags of toy soldiers, which I do get from him. He does a lot of buying and selling every year. He usually leaves the shows with no inventory left.
John Atherton was at the show too. He was touching up some of the foam products late into Saturday night. I did some trading with him, and we had hung out a little. He is a fun guy to talk to about the foam products.
Next, I visited Joe Baker, a legend in the toy soldier community. He had some of his collection for sale and the Speira 3d models too.
Every year there are a few collectors that come to the show to sell items from their collections. Sometimes they come to sell everything at once. One collector was Brain. I had talked to him and hooked him up with John Anderson. They then made a deal to sell him everything he had after the second day of room trading.
Cal & Sue Luckett did some room trading and set up at the show too. They had a bunch of bagged vintage toy soldiers and some playsets too. I think this was their last year of doing this at the Midwest Show. I picked up a few figures from him.
Another collector named Mike also was selling off some of his collection. He had a bunch of different types of toy soldiers. I purchased some Atlantic Bison from him. The custom King Kong set was cool. Plus, the painted figures were nice too.
Rod Roberts and his son Tera Roberts had some of Rod’s collection for sale. They had some vintage plastic soldiers and some nice painted ones too.
Gary Wendeln was selling off some of his collection too. He had some old painted metal soldiers and vintage plastic too. Plus, some Barzso foam Castles and forts.
Steve Connell had some vintage plastic soldiers, playsets and some painted metal boxed sets not pictured.
David & Kim Cook had a bunch of the TSSD bagged plastic soldiers with them. Plus, lots of other plastic brands from around the world. Also, some foam products too. He had a few prototype foam Alamo buildings with him. I think these last two will complete the TSSD version of the Alamo.
Rick Eber always has some quality vintage playsets and plastic toy soldiers. They are mainly Marx, but he does sell other brands too. He had and sold a rare Batman Playset.
Rich Egan was selling some vintage Conte, Barzso and Marx toy soldiers. He always has some nice Conte & Barzso playset with him. Plus, a lot of loose or bagged figure sets.
Mike Handley & Dave Pitman had a bunch of vintage plastic figures to pick through.
Rick Keller & Rick Lipp had a bunch of vintage toys and playset with them as usual.
Mike Knutick had a bunch of Barzso toy soldiers. Plus, some comics and other brands of toy soldiers.
Larry Lovely had some vintage playsets and a bunch of vintage plastic to pick through too. He prices were really good.
Todd Nace also had a bunch of vintage plastic toy soldiers to pick through.
Most of the vendors were selling vintage products. But there were a few like me and Papa Joe selling new products. Joe makes mainly western themed houses. But he has some modern buildings too. The look great with the vintage plastic toy soldiers. He also makes some 3d props too. Plus paints some toy soldiers.
Joe Saine had some playsets, bagged toy soldiers and boxes to pick through. I think he had some painted metal sets, but I seem to not have any pictures of those.
We will end the review with my room. Here are a few of the products I had. I had most of my Native American sets and French & Indian War sets too. I had a few of the older Medieval sets and the new Saxon Huscarls.
Lastly, on Saturday evening. Larry Lovely had pizza for everyone. Then Larry & Tera Roberts played the guitar & sang. Kim Cook sang a few songs too. We had some fun before going back to the room trading and then getting ready for the show the next day.
There were some major thunderstorms & twisters in southern Indiana and Missouri.The same thing happened as last year. I think this effect the size of the crowd that attended. The size was less than the previous years. Plus, the March Madness might be a reason. Years ago, when I first started attending the show it was in early April. The weather was nicer, and it seemed to be better attended. We still did well, besides the smaller crowds. I do think that these shows will cease to exist in about 10 years. The market is shrinking with both the vendors and collectors. I heard the NJ show was not well attended too. Unless there are new vendors and collectors start attending these shows, they will start to disappear like the Northwest Toy Soldier Show.
That is the end of the first part of the review. I will try to finish the second part that is about the Show itself. Thank you for reading.
Later this week we will be setting up our tables at the Midwest Toy Soldier Show. The room trading is on Friday March 14th & Saturday March 15th. The show is on Sunday March 16th. We always have a wonderful time. I have found some really good things at this show. Above is the latest list of vendors for the show itself. There will be other collectors that take place with the room trading not listed. Each day is different with new vendors showing up.
Here are some new models of Norman Crossbowmen. I am still working on the color, but it will be a grey-blue color. They will be around 58mm in size. I am working on some archers & footmen right now. After that I will start on some Normans in chainmail and lastly the Horsemen.
I have selected the models for the new Saxon Huscarls set. They also will be around 58mm in size. I am also still working on the color; I am trying to get a burnt orange color. I will have some sets at the Midwest show and then listed on the website later this month. The Saxon Archers & Spearwall set will be updated with some new models. And I am working on a new Saxon Warriors set, a Saxon Noble set and finally a Command set. I should have all Saxon sets ready for the Gettysburg Show in May.
That will wrap it up for this post. I will have a post about the Midwest show next week and then on Interview with Anton Gorichenko soon too. We will be at the Gettysburg show in May.
Well, it has been a while since I posted anything. Between work, the weather and the hobby I have had my hands full.About a month from now is the Midwest Toy Soldier show. We will be back again this year.
The Midwest show is one of our favorite shows to do. For three days we will be buying, selling and trading. The first two days we take part in the room trading. The hotel is like a mall with rooms acting as stores. You get to spend hours walking around shopping. Plus, meeting other collectors and vendors. Each day is a little different, you have different people taking part or new products being available. Last year one vendor had a wholesale sale, and a collector came to sell off a bunch of playsets at great prices.
On Sunday March 16th in the main ballroom is a toy soldier show. You have other dealers that do not take part in the room trading showing up for the show. You never know what you might find at this show.
Here are some new miniatures that Warhansa is making. The first picture is of some Turkish Janissaries. The second picture is of a Gual fighting a Roman Legionnaire.
Here are some of TihonFigureN latest figures. The first picture is of Captain Blood and his crew. The second is of Rambo.
First Legion the famous maker of high-quality painted metal toy soldiers is now making them in rubber resin. Here are some pictures of Napoleonic French Grenadiers. Hopefully we can find some of these products in the USA when the war ends. But for now, you probably could find them on eBay.
Here are a few of the sets I have been working on lately. A few new native American themed sets and some new medieval sets. I have about 15 sets in different stages of development right now. I will have some of these at the Midwest show. Besides the miniatures that I am testing, I keep testing out new resin mixtures.
That is it for now. In my next post I will have an interview we my friend, fellow collector and owner of AMBA Soldiers Anton Gorichenko. We hope to see you at the shows.
Hi everyone, a couple of weeks ago we were at the New Jersey Toy Soldier Show. There were around 70 tables set up. They had some vintage toys, historical items, models and military books besides the toy soldiers.
We will start with Eddie Gries tables. He usually has a bunch of vintage toy soldiers. Both plastic and metal.
Here are some of the books available at the show. Mainly Osprey books.
Matt Murphy of Hobby Bunker was there. He and Joe had a whole row of tables set up with just about everything the toy soldier hobby is made of. I picked up a few Toy Soldier Collector magazines from him.
Here are some random pictures of different tables.
Here are some of the military items available to purchase.
Here are some of the models available at the show. There were more tables set up like this at the show.
Some more random pictures of different tables.
Here are some pictures I took of the show about an hour after the doors opened. The show was busy the first hour & a half, then it died.
Here are some of the vintage plastic toy soldiers available at the show.
Here are more random pictures from different tables.
There were also a bunch of die cast tanks and vehicles at the show too.
Plus, some foam terrain foam pieces too.
Here are some pictures of the vintage or collectible toys for sale.
Here are some pictures of some nice old toy soldiers.
Here are my tables set up for the show. We have started putting most of the sets in boxes. I will still have some items in the plastic bags with the header card. We had a nice time talking to collectors and looking around. I saw a few rare items and there were some good deals. We will be back next year.
Here are some of the toy soldiers I picked up. I picked up the W. Britian German Paratrooper for $30.The Airfix Indians was $8, and the lot of vintage plastic figures was $4.
The next Show Eddie has is on December 7th, in Annandale, Virginia. There will be numerous shows next year in New Jersey & Virginia.
That is, it for the show. I will be addingsome items to the website in a day or two. I will have some news in a future post. Thank you for reading.
