Monthly Archives: December 2015

Red Kepi Knights New Company from Chile

Posted on December 18, 2015 by admin

Red Kepi Knights is a new company from the country of Chile. These figure was found by one of our readers Billy Hill. Billy Hill is fan of the Lido knights.  Bill found Red Kepi on the internet and found … Continue reading →

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More on the Marx Figures in Russia

Posted on December 16, 2015 by admin

Denis a well known Russian collector  has done a series on the Marx variations in 60mm.  He has been kind  enough to send those links to his pages to us so that you can see the difference between the various figures. Hi … Continue reading →

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Bill Nevins Finds for December

Posted on December 15, 2015 by admin

  Bill Nevins Finds For December, once again Bill has found some interesting items. We will let Bill explain his latest finds.  I have several interesting items that I found over the last 3 weeks. First up is a header … Continue reading →

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Marx Sawhorse or Sawbuck Hardest Western Accessory

Posted on December 13, 2015 by admin

The Marx Sawhorse or sawbuck is the hardest Marx western piece .  I found it in a partial Marx Fort Apache playset recently.  The playset had 60mm pioneers and Indians. It was in a plain cardboard box so I do not … Continue reading →

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Informal Survey of the Color of Future Lod Chariots

Posted on December 12, 2015 by admin

 We receive this request from Ken Ciak of Lod Enterprises. LOD Enterprises is working closely with our factory on the prototypes for our second War at Troy figure set.  The set will include two chariots to be helmed by a … Continue reading →

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Pvblivs Samurai One More Set for 2015

Posted on December 10, 2015 by admin

Pvblivs Samurai  just when you think plastic figure makers have call it quits for the year along comes Pvblivs with one more offering for this year. Their final offering for the year is completely outside Russian history; Japanese samurai.  The … Continue reading →

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Marx Plastic Figures in Russia

Posted on December 6, 2015 by admin

  Marx Plastic figures in Russia has been a question on many collectors’ minds for years. since their appearance in the late 70’s. Collector have wondered how these figures showed up in Russia. We have got a partial answer recently … Continue reading →

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Michael Purchase Medieval Helmet Conversions

Posted on December 6, 2015 by admin

Medieval Helmets over the centuries various armies  had different  styles. One type used a lot was the kettle hat.  This helmet was used by various European armies. The name kettle hat came from the helmet looking like a pot.  The … Continue reading →

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Mysterious Russian Figures

Posted on December 3, 2015 by admin

Our very good friend Mathias found these mysterious Russian figures on a Russian Figure forum. The photo shows five figures three men and two women poses. The male poses are man kneeling firing a rifle, a man with a flag … Continue reading →

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York Toy Show and the Thanksgiving Weekend

Posted on December 2, 2015 by admin

The York Toy Show is the cap to a busy weekend for us. The show with 850 tables has a wide variety of toys to look at. Also we will see many of our friends so we can wish them happy … Continue reading →

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