Monthly Archives: September 2014

We have just received  an update from Sell Toys  on some of your questions you asked about their new vehicle.  It is not a 100% replica/kit/else, but a very close model/toy  Correct German name (Jag panzer IV (Sd.Kfz.162/1 V)) It was … Continue reading →

Engineer Bassevitch has  released  another set of figures.  The figures are based on a popular Russian children’s short story called the “Secret Message” by Arkady Gaydar.  “Military Secret” is about Malchish Kibalchish a young boy, who takes command of the Soviet army … Continue reading →

NEW Panzer IV/70 (V) (Sd.Kfz.162/1)WW2 GERMAN TANK DESTROYER Over 930 produced from late July 1944-till April 1945(Battles of France 1944 Operation Market Garden, Hürtgen Forest, Battle of the Bulge, all eastern front and Italy. All hard plastic with rotated cannon … Continue reading →

I saw that Kent Sprecher had up on his web site Toy Soldier Headquarters  an update and corrections to Geppert’s Figure Guide. It made me wonder if anyone still uses the guide.. When it first came out, you had to have it  as … Continue reading →

The latest from Greg Liska I use the Marx 7th Cav figures as dismounted cavalry. Calvary increasingly fought dismounted during the war. Gen. Joe Wheeler (Cavalry CO, Army of the Tennessee) was especially adept at it, using the heavily wooded … Continue reading →

We spotted this up on Treefrog forum and as it is a press release from Barzso Collectibles we decided to post it here. Barzso Playsets’ “Press Release” below: ATTENTION COLLECTORS! The Future of Toy Soldier Collecting is here! We all … Continue reading →

Our very good friend Brian Johnson alerted us about the next possible set from Engineer Bassevitch. This was posted on Warbird Forum.  We now have confirmation on the set. Steve Weston has a picture on his web site. It shows the … Continue reading →

It never fails to amaze me how many different Marx figures were copied. The latest find were these sports figures The lot  contains nine different figures.  I have no idea who made them. the detail is not as sharp as the Marx … Continue reading →

I like that with Timpo you can do conversions without having to do  conversions. By just  taking a part new or old and place it on a figure and you have new figure.  An example of this is the figure above.  … Continue reading →

Our very good friend Andreas Dittmann has gotten the information on the unknown astronauts. They were made by a company in Germany called Manurba.  A friend of his  Reinhold Hom gave him the answer and that were 8 poses. Andreas … Continue reading →