Plastic Figure Showcase Part Three January 2018 Jean of Germany pus other items. First we will show some of the figures from Jean. This will include six of the eight army poses. We will look at some other figures. Finally I am have a congratulations to you our readers on a goal you help us achieve.
Plastic Figure Showcase Part Three January 2018 Jean of Germany Jean Figures
Jean Hoefler started making plastic figures in 1956. They did a number of figures including Napoleonic figures. Jean did eight mounted and eight foot. The figures according to Kent Sprecher were first done in silver plastic then painted silver. The later recasts were in the white like mounted figure.
Jean Hoefler did 8 army figures. I know I have six of the eight figures. There are several reason I may not have the complete. First I might have all eight but they spread between several drawers for Germany. Another reason I have not had to get every pose like other people. Related to that is I have not had chance to get all the poses.
Getting back to the figures here are the poses.
- Army officer with pistol
- Bazooka man kneeling firing
- Soldier running with rifle at waist
- Soldier marching
- Machine gunner with gun propped on a piece of wall.
- Standing firing rifle
- Standing firing grease gun
- Advancing with grease gun
These figures will go well with other 60mm figures.
Finally for now one of the twenty foot poses Jean did of Indians. they also did 8 mounted poses. The cowboys have the same number of poses.
Plastic Figure Showcase Part Three January 2018 Jean of Germany Other Figures
Here we have the 60mm Comansi of Spain Daniel Boone figure. It might have also been used as Davey Crockett.
Here we have three of cowboy figures from Italy. I have shown them before individually but I happen to have them together. I like them for the pose.
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Thanks for showing the Jean WW2 soldiers. I’ve never owned any, but Jean western figures are among my favorites, as my very first figures were from the Jean Fort Apache. I guess being a post-war German company, they could not produce German soldiers. What a shame… I wish they had done a complete WW2 line. One of my impossible toy soldier dreams would be to own a Jean-made WW2 Eastern Front playset with Russians and Germans. I love the sculpting style of Jean.
Does anyone have pictures of the Jean space figures? I have a memory from when I was quite small of seeing a display table in a store in my town full of plastic bags, each filled with about a hundred bronze colored Jean spacemen. Under the bags there was a deep layer of loose spacemen. I think they had detachable clear helmets. That store was a family-owned department store and they must have had contacts in Europe, because they sold many amazing toys from Germany and Italy that were not available anyplace else.
I just Googled Images Jean Hoefler good photos there of Spacemen and others !
Yes most germans companies avoid the making WW2 soldiers sensitivity.But Elastolin did then.
The jean hoefler are most post WW2 NATO soldiers of possible german army. Original made in two colors as foes and allied.
Some armors and accessory s trenches were made x the soldiers as well.
the wrong call “Napoleonic poses set” represent each a Corp unit uniform of many germans nations during post napoleonic period.Not quite a regular one army set and more of statues type pose than action.The horses semi flat by Jean hoefler 4 poses are nice poses but odd reason in making then so flat ,a french companies did copy (not clone ) then .
Space set are not hard to find .I got several reissues packs and resold then few years back.
Markus will have more to add and mint sets samples possible.
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Kent sprecher has pictures opn his site of the spacemen.
Mark T .
This web site link has an interesting article about Jean Hoefler spaceman ,the variation copies made by others as well ,Use google translate to help as much you can read all .I recommend it if want know more about their space man sets.
It show the interesting story in both scales astronauts made and sold under Coranoa(austria) and Jean Hoefler later as well the french copies .Hope could be read by most in english .
http://www.blechroboter.de/info/jeanhoefler/index.html
Best.
Thanks for the info about the Jean astronauts. The website Erwin linked even had one in the same gold/bronze color I recall seeing as a kid.
Some of their Napoleonics are not too bad and interesting, too bad the horses were not sculpted better !
Awesome job adim x this blog.
The best part anyone could post and no just google or watch as many other forums…
The so call “napoleonic jean hoefler” figures made are not quite napoleonic era soldiers. The original come with original German army regiment corp else unit belong represented in figure below with each pose engraved in base .These were partially painted over silver figures made often .
Then later the description was removed.They represent 1830-148 most uniform of German confederation armies
So far as extracted from database the poses are as follow.
Foot
Drummer, Hesse-Cassel, nf01
Rifleman, Großherzogtum Oldenburg (Hanseatische Brigade), shouldered Musket, nf02
Prussian Guard Uhlan, saluting, nf03
Bavarian Grenadier, nf04
Trumpeter, Holstein Artillery, nf05
Grenadier Officer with Sabre, nf06
Prussian Guard Grenadier with Musket, nf07
Officer Saxon Guard Division with Bicorne, saluting, nf08
Mounted
Hussar with Sabre, nb01
Uhlan with Lance, nb02
Hussar Bugler, nb03
Guard Hussar with Sabre, nb04
Uhlan, saluting, nb05
Mounted Officer with Bicorne, drawn Sabre, nb06.
While some uniforms are napoleonic period, others are posterior as well ,so no all quite napoleonic period .The possible reason in why are call “German confederation army set” 1815-1866 in some blogs ,catalog and books
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Here you can see the musketeer soldiers represented identical as in figure with 19830s uniforms much after napoleon era and regimented was made also after napoleon’s war .https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldenburgisch-Hanseatische_Brigade
If link come in german please use Google translator.
Officer in horse same regiments army is represented as well in figures too if look at images.So many of figures have post napoleonic era uniforms for sure.
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Thanks Again Erwin !
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Please let me know if you ever get the Jean Hoefler Siege weapons in stock, especially the a arrow shooting ballista.
I have no idea when things pop up.I have not seen in the wild in the U.S. in at least 5 years.
Thank you for responding to my message if should ever come across the Jean Siege weapons please let me know.