Monthly Archives: December 2011

As I have mention before I have a quirk on Christmas.  I have to get some plastic toy soldiers for Christmas! This quirk goes back to one Christmas when my parents got me just clothes.  I took some of my … Continue reading →

Merry Christmass to all I hope you had a good and quiet holiday. Laurie and I had a nice time. This was first time in years that we did not go to the movies because nothing interested us.  Laurie got her … Continue reading →

Our very good friend Les recently took us to a Christmas Market. We returned the favor by him to a couple of flea markets. We tried to do a garage sale but the show did not open until 12:00 so we headed … Continue reading →

This past week I went to a country auction. I had not been to an auction in a long while for various reasons, but this one advertised plastic items so I went to the preview.  The auction was not far … Continue reading →

I picked this figure up recently of a Marx 60mm Knight from the Marx Robin Hood. Set. Someone did a nice job of painting the figure.  I flip the figure over and saw the underside was an orang e plastic.  … Continue reading →

One of my enjoyments is go through a junk box and finding items that I have never seen before. An example of this interest is the figures above that I found in a recent junk box.  The two figures are … Continue reading →

Here is another link from Boing Boing. This is a fantastic toy soldier museum in Spain. They have a large selection of figures which they set up in various dioramas of various battles and historical scenes.  http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/The-Great-Battles-of-History-in-Miniature.html

I was on Boing Boing and found this posting of someone who did plastic soldiers in silver! Yes the metal silver, this person is trying to sell them for $2400.00. Here is the link  http://www.goodart.com/2011/11/ages-80-and-younger/ One note, the person talks … Continue reading →

Here is an interesting item I picked up from our good friend Chris at the York Toy Show. It is a Batman Playset. It comes with figures of Batman, Robin, Joker, Riddler, Catwoman, undersize batmobile and some generic accessories.  This … Continue reading →

For some people say the word  fruitcake and people will get a negative feeling. Laurie is one of those people. She hates fruitcake because her mother would make them and put things in she did not like and then she … Continue reading →