July,2026 Interesting Figure Time: I have been busy finding figures for resale and the collection. It gets hard at times not to keep everything you find. I fight hard to keep the collection under control, but it does not always work.
July, 2026 Interesting Figure Time: Expeditionary Force
At the New Jersey Toy Soldier Show, I acquired several Expeditionary Force figures. The high quality of the painting of the person struck me. I debated whether to keep them.
I decided to keep one, a flagbearer, and share the others.
Various Figures Found
These are some figures I found at the New Jersey Toy Show. The figure on the left is from Armies in Plastic. I am sure Erwin or someone else will tell me who he is. The middle figure is an archer knight. The scuba diver is a Hong Kong copy of the Lone Star figure.
This unknown Indian chief was in a junk bag I got at the show. The New Jersey show is small; I only bought from four dealers. Three I have bought from before and one new one. The new dealer had six Merten 60mm Indian chiefs and a Starlux Mounted Joan of Arc. Those are going into my collection. I will be doing photos of them soon.
I picked these figures up at the Mullica Hills Show. The pirate reminded me of my late friend Bob Burns, and I would have given it to him.
Some more figures from Mullica Hills. I don’t know who made them, but they were different.
A Little More On the Show
As mentioned before, the New Jersey Show is not big. It has a relaxing feel. Most of the dealers were selling metal. You could get Britains Deetail at various prices. My friend Gerry had a wide selection of plastic at great prices. There was a dealer with foam pieces. Hobby Bunker had metal and plastic. I was able to stop off at the Clinton Diner on the way home.
Interesting discoveries, particularly with some of the rare items. The green mini monster from the 1990s is part of the Ultraman Metroton line, created for Fujiya as an eraser premium toy for snacks. The tall knight was made in Spain and is quite rare and difficult to locate; I cannot recall the manufacturer at the moment. The silver knight with a crossbow is believed to be from Russia. The golden warrior comes from the Warriors of the Galaxy playset, Golden Heroes vs. Demons, produced by Marty Toy.
The brown plastic musket man with bare head is an AIP Confederate. I am not 100% sure but the seated Indian but he looks like a copy of Britains swoppet. The gold plastic fantasy figure is one of a set I have and I painted them as Red Martians.
these are great interesting figures thanks for sharing