Monthly Archives: July 2012

Ernest Borgnine

As you may have already heard one of the great actors of our lifetime Ernest Borgnine has passed away at the age of 95.  Laurie and I had the honor of meeting him at Chiller in 2011.  It was a … Continue reading

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Polish Figures Part One

Our Very good friend Andreas Dittmann sent me some pictures of some Polish made figures to share with you. The figures are a hard plastic material and very interesting.

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Coreography for Plastic Soldiers

I was over on Boing Boing when I spotted this video Coreography for Plastic soldiers, It is done by David Fain  a former fish packer and Sponge Bob animator.  Enjoy http://vimeo.com/26645299

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Russian Romans Part Two

  Pvblivs has done a second set of Romans. The set contains four poses: Roman with shield and sling, Roman throwing spear and shield, Roman with spear and shield and heavy set officer.  Once again I have no source for … Continue reading

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Post Office Follies

I  have been going to the postage office for the last 30 years for the business. The last eight years I have been going to a post office substation in a local supermarket.  I like use it as I have … Continue reading

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Flea Markets

A reader from the UK, Mike wrote me how he amazed how much I find. I replied to him it is not easy.  I have to go out each week and do various flea markets in hopes of finding items. There … Continue reading

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Color variations

Recently I have acquired two color variations of some plastic figures. The first is pictured above and at first looks like a Deluxe Reading figure. It is actually a Helm Toy from Hong Kong. Helm copied the Deluxe Reading figures … Continue reading

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