Markus Lecksheid Plastic Figure Finds November 2017 one of the enjoyments from this hobby is the many good friends Laurie and I have. One of those good friends is Markus Lecksheid. Markus has share with us and you are readers examples of interesting items. We first met Markus when we went to Germany for the German Plastic Show. It has been several of years since Laurie and I have beenback, markus and I keep in touch via email. Recently Markus send me some of his weird extras. I will be sending him interesting items as well.
Markus Lecksheid Plastic Figure Finds November 2017 Part One
The figures are interesting mix. A number of the figures sent were made in France. The Indian here and is at least three inchees. He will go with a cowboy I have.
The next couple of figures are by Jim of France. Here are two of Jim’s Napoleonics. the figure on the left is missing his bayonet.
Jim did a wide range of Disney figures. They were done in various scales. Here we have Davy Crockett. The figure is 70mm.
Here is two different Zorro figures Jim. They were done without capes.
The figure on the left is a Jim Napoleonic. On the right is Isabelle. She was done by M.C-Caiffa of France. She is one of the characters from Thierry la Fronde a very popular French television show.
Markus Lecksheid Plastic Figure Finds November 2017 More Figures
The figure on left is 45mm Fontanni Indian. Then we have two cowboys who I do not know made them. The cowboy bandit on the right has swing arms.
Soldier laying firing automatic rifle. Can wait to find who made him.
Markus Lecksheid Plastic Figure Finds November 2017 Kinder Eggs
I have enjoyed Kinder Eggs since I first discovered them on my first trip to London. A collector clued me about them and started collecting over the years on trips as they were banned in the U.S. That has changed as Brian Johnson points out from this article.
Most of these figures are Ice Age. The dinosaur is from their own character line.
Markus Lecksheid Plastic Figure Finds November 2017 Marx
Markus sent me several Marx figures. It is surprising to see what shows up in Europe. Markus sent me two of the 60mm Marx pioneers.
This one was a surprise. We have here a six inch reissue of the Marx 6 inch British army officer. The figure is missing its Marx markings on the bottom. I have heard various of the six inch Marx figure have been sold in Europe.
Markus Lecksheid Plastic Figure Finds November 2017 EKO
Eko made a series of castless. They would included various knights to round out the set. The figures would be copies of various companies. In this and other photos you will see copies of Lone Star, Starlux and other Frrench companies.
The king is a copy of the Lone Star King.
Some my readers who got my list may recognize some of the knights in the photos. We had gotten them on a trip to Germany. Laurie and I took a trip to Belgium. In a Toy R Us we found boxes of reissue French knights.
I hope Markus enjoys what I sent him.
The Jim figures look great – what scale are they? 70mm like the Crockett figure? The Isabella figure is nice, too. I’ve always thought there weren’t nearly enough good female figures. I’ve picked up some here and there – the Barzso pioneer ladies; Weston’s Mexican with a broom, as well as a couple others. For awhile I was looking for a decent female to convert to Susannah Dickenson but finally picked up a metal from King and Country at the Texas Show in 2015. Whatcha gonna do?
Wayne.
Jim napoleonic and French revolution figures are close to 60 mm not counting hat.I have both sets minos one officer.So are others as well.European had made plenty female poses and they dress clothing are more old eras accordingly and well suitable for many scenarios .
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I have some of the Replicants females; they are pretty good, but so many are holding guns or not suitable for my needs – Barzso’s females might be more practical as far as poses go, but unless he re-issues some I’m not going to carve what I have. Right now, my K&C Susannah will do okay – and she’s already painted nicely.
I am looking for a female figure I can put in a pose crouching in a corner holding her infant. I guess if we found everything right away it would get boring.
Happy THANKSGIVING TO ALL!!!
Nice finds and great items Admin.
In not order by memory ,The cowboy with swivel arms is LEPICARD brand ,the other hand suppose to have a lasso to represent Lone ranger,when done with out painted face mask other arms with rifle and revolver or knife were done as well.
The first Indian tall figure 75 mm is ASTRID brand as well ,they did many nice poses that resemble Elastolin and STARLUX mix but not copies.
The prone soldiers is attributed to be by Czech republic from 1939-1937 and claim to be the first plastic type soldiers made in Europe ,the factory was in Zlin and got bombed -destroyed in 1944 unfortunately with loss of all mold else. The figures are know to be made in 3 color variation Light brown ,blue x France and green for Czech. They were sold in France ,Belgium and those sold in France had (imported from CZECH words bellow generally).Some copies were made by unknown factory .The uniform is pre 1938 army and weapon depicted in prone pose is famous ZB vz. 26 from were the Bren gun and Type 96 were later derivative. The weapon was exported and used by many countries as well the Germans occupiers since 1938/39.
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The marx 6″ is made in Italy,three companies sold then ,not known who was the mold maker .The actually varied for few mm in size versus original.So far i know of the cowboys and germans made as well…Very hard to find apparently from late 70s ..
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The six inch is not from Italy. It is marked Hong Kong. Europe has had some of the six inch for sale.
Then could by Rado.I have few japanese w HK in words bellow in bags by Rado packing.The HK are abundant.
other day I spot a lot of Canadians made by Rado on ebay .they sold out very cheap.
Mine are from 80s.
If not mark that was what I though are the made in Italy as far I had seen and also sold in bags of 3 to 5 figures.But italian verssion I had seen are a bit taller .While the Hk are reissues from old Marx mold or copies well done of painted Marx.
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All poses knights are direct copy of JEM france ,later sold by Ludorev in 90s and this not painted version had been sold x long as well by several distributor .The king pose indeed is base not clone from LS,rest are original made in France . The Ludorev version was sold limited here in painted format with castles (5 different made) included Robin Hood rare set..
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I like the French Napoleonic and of course the revised pose pioneers.
This Isabelle is JEM, not Caiffa.
Cowboy with banjo – Cyrnos
Caiffa’s listing is from Kent Sprecher’s site
Caiffa – http://www.toysoldiers.spb.ru/toysoldiers/Premium/caiffa-thierry1.jpg
Jem – http://www.toysoldiers.spb.ru/toysoldiers/Starlux/jem-thierry1.jpg
Hi Paul, Denitz is right, you have the JEM/Norev figure, the only real difference between this and the Caifa version is the shape of the base, also the Caifa version has the name Caifa on the reverse edge of the base. They were also made in soft and hard plastic by Codec but these are not marked on the base.
Thanks for the update, I was going for the closest available information. We keep learning every day.
Sorry Fritz but the prone soldier is not Czech but French…. it’s a Cyrnos (and the machine gun is a Châtellereault 24/29). Cyrnos made a lot of prone gunner ( here on the “soldat plastique 1/32 forum”: http://soldatplastique-1-32.forumgratuit.org/t4321-cyrnos-les-mitrailleurs)
Best my friend and happy birthday again 🙂
Best from France to all and happy Thanksgiving!!!!!
Thank u Matthias x point or correction . I thought was base in same figure being cataloged as that in Czh blog years ago.They are the one claiming it.Not me that is why I post “””(attributed) “”””;as they claim french copied it too.So maybe is something you two countries need figure out not me.Sorry i can not help there.
Because they have exact pose mark as made in theirs as well.
Also was posted in a Figuren magazine years ago with others figures again attributed as from same Czechoslovakia.The pictures was taken by a collector that visit a Toys museum in Czechoslovakia.http://www.muzeum-technickych-hracek.cz/o-muzeu.
But like i say is not x me to proof who did it first .The figure in post really look like non French in helmet and not common french infantry uniform 1914-1940 ,neither the machine gun could be clearly identified and could either be a ZB vz. 26,a FM 24/29 or many others alike that were base in the American BAR and Madsen light machine Gun in reality.It could had been the figure was of course copied from France Cyrano or else too.
Just my thoughts.
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Hi Erwin, the factory in Zlin was Bata and the figures they made were in very hard vulcanised rubber, unlike the softer “goma” rubber figures made in Spain and Italy. Otherwise, the information you have given about them above is correct but they are much larger and a different style from these Cyrnos figures.
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Like I say.not given to me.post in blog by then .Figure above is included and they claimed production w 8 figures.
Not as the 75mm dress in pre 1938 uniform that a collector posted many years ago in PW in a not complete set poses and describe by him as acetate material not quite vulcanizer material.There is a difference .
I think was same collector post more and some these claiming that in Figuren Magazine. The one he post include this in picture here are mix dress uniform and present at above museum he claim where he took photos from.
Others Czh collectors claim same at international plastic toy soldier blog
If copied by them or otherwise not x me or any body to correct unless proved .
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The Marx British officer could have been made by RI TI Toys of Hong Kong.
They had a number of ex Marx moulds.
Mike Ellis imported several sets into the UK in the 1990s.
Ri Ti had the Romans, Vikings, WW2 British and Germans, Japanese and Canadian troops. They also had a number of figures that were never released by Marx but seemed to be a larger “Warriors of the World” series, 6 inch Alamo Mexicans, African Askari and Highlanders. It appears that there was only two of each pose in this series.
These figures were sold in the UK for 15 pence per bag (!) by Zodiac Toys, a British chain of Toy Stores no longer in business
I said they were sold in Europe but never here in the states. I had the 6″ Mexican. RI TI is related to Rado.
After I completing my reply. I remembered my mother getting me on a trip to Canada getting a bag of the British by Ri TI
Is true every time I see then are from Canada or UK.
I had the cowboys as joung in my country Ra do and swap then x other figures.
I saw the PW with highlanders and I think they showed the mold of some too.
Was intersting post as Peter mentioned some were not done as Goldmarx series.I think there was a british pose not done too but produced by HK.
I could be confused as not w issues any more that was done before they start using colors in PW.The pose of highlander was in front of it.
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The Highlander was in Red/brown Plastic