Monthly Archives: January 2016

Plastic Toy Soldiers 2015 Year Review

Posted on January 13, 2016 by admin

  Plastic Toy Soldiers 2015  Year Review This year was a tough year for plastic toy soldiers.  We saw a draw back in American production while foreign production increase but at much higher prices than collector were accustom to in … Continue reading →

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Greg Liska’s AWI Insanity

Posted on January 11, 2016 by admin

Greg Liska’s AWI insanity. that is what are very good friend Greg Liska called his  recent purchase of Ideal Revolutionary War figures. I better let Greg explain. I recently saw the ‘pool bottom blue’ Ideal AWI recasts on Ebay. I full … Continue reading →

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Ed Borris Alamo Conversions for 2016

Posted on January 10, 2016 by admin

Ed Borris  Alamo Conversions for 2016. Once again Ed has done  a number of  various figured from Marx, BMC and other  figure makers to do his conversions. Ed is a big fan of the battle of the Alamo. Ed did … Continue reading →

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Plastic Figure Showcase for January

Posted on January 9, 2016 by admin

  We are starting this Plastic Figure Showcase with two updates. The first update is on the Marx sawbuck. As we noted the sawbuck showed up in a couple of Marx playsets  and there is debate if it was made by … Continue reading →

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Lintek Napoleonic Commando figures from Russia

Posted on January 9, 2016 by admin

Lintek Napoleonic Commando figures our very good friend Erwin Sell has acquired some very rare plastic figures from  Russia  and has a limited number of sets for sale.  Lintek Napoleonic Commando History LINTEK From Russia Small company founded in 1991. Closed … Continue reading →

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Marx 60mm Egyptians and Other Figures

Posted on January 5, 2016 by admin

Marx 60mm Egyptians are figures I did not know they existed until  person came up to me in a show in New Jersey many years ago and showed them to me. I had bought from this person the previous year a … Continue reading →

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Breaking News TSSD Next Figures Vietnam

Posted on January 3, 2016 by admin

TSSD  has finally announced that they are doing Vietnam. They have on their web site a photo of one of the proposed figures an African American Marine and will be doing  Marines, North Vietnamese soldiers, weapons , soldiers, buildings, etc.  … Continue reading →

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Pvblivs Hundred Year’s War Figures

Posted on January 1, 2016 by admin

Pvblivs Hundred Year’s War figures one more set of figures shows up just before the end of the year. Pvblivs Hundred Years’ War represents one of the major wars between France and England. The Hundred Years’ War lasted from 1337 to … Continue reading →

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