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The figure on the left is an original Stuart the one on the right is a copy from Hong Kong. You can tell the  difference as the Hong Kong version has a hollow body where the original has a solid … Continue reading →

Our Very good friend Mathias has given permission to share with you photos of the Salon International du Petit Soldatl. The show  was held in May of this year. The show has dealers with composition, metal and plastic figures. Some … Continue reading →

  We got this information from Carl Cwiklinski  Just to show how well CTS sculpted their Red Chinese figures, here are uniformed mannequins on display at the War Museum in Seoul.  Sorry about the reflection on the glass.

Here is an interesting link to a collector’s memory on the Marx six inch Universal monsters Enjoy http://www.jeffs60s.com/universal-plastic-monsters.php#more

Today Quinn is 5 years old.  This is a picture of him when first got him about month or so after he was born. At that time he was 2 pounds, now he is 20 plus.  He is a character and loves … Continue reading →

Airfix will put out a 200th Anniversary Battle of Waterloo set using their 1/72 figures. Details below http://www.toynews-online.biz/news/read/hornby-marks-200th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-waterloo-with-airfix-set/044710

We have not been posting of the boys lately and various people have been asking for photos. The boys have been doing well.  We will doing a celebration of Quinn’s birthday this month. In meantime we have photos of Sparky … Continue reading →

We have gotten information from our very good friend Erwin Sell that confirmed the figures were used in a Lincoln Log, but the figures are not from Mexico but Hong Kong. Erwin sent us photos which confirmed this information. The … Continue reading →

Jim McGough of CTS has sent to us sample photos of  two more of the North Korean soldiers they are doing. The first pose is a North Korean soldier kneeling firing machine gun. The second figure is North Korean officer. … Continue reading →

I was photographing this Marx 60mm Tonto with a damaged feather when I realized where the sculptor got his inspiration for the pose. He got it from the Dell Comics  and the daily comic strip.  In the comics Tonto had … Continue reading →