Tony Ciccarello of The Toy Soldier Gallery/Armies in Plastic passed away (2 Viewers)

[Warrior]

Some very sad news, just heard that Tony Ciccarello, of The Toy Soldier Gallery at West Point/Armies in Plastic passed away on 10th February. Tony and Mike Rosso from the former Stockade Miniatures if I am not mistaken were among the first dealers to carry King & Country in the United States, he was a fixture at the East Coast Toy Soldiers shows in NY, NJ and PA back in the day when they were worth attending, his Armies in Plastics figures were very popular with the plastics crowd,

He was quite a character, yet another toy soldier dealer icon has passed away, condolences to his wife and his family, R.I.P. Tony.

 

[marco55]

Our small hobby gets smaller and smaller, RIP Tony.
Mark

 

[Louis Badolato]

Tony was a good friend as was his wife Marilyn. I hated when the Toy Soldier Gallery closed, and have missed visiting with them since. He will be sorely missed. My sincere condolences to his family and friends.

 

[tdubel]

Second all the thoughts here. I visited his shop one time with Louis, it was a very memorable experience and day!
Tom

 

[theBaron]

@Warrior George, I'm reminded again of the time you looked at the floor plan from our show from around 1993 and noted all the vendors who were there back then, and who have since passed on.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Warrior]

@Warrior George, I'm reminded again of the time you looked at the floor plan from our show from around 1993 and noted all the vendors who were there back then, and who have since passed on.

Prost!
Brad

Very sobering; on the East Coast/in the Northeast, it's myself, Matt from HB, Gary Green, Mike and Dan Jones, John at Gettysburg Toy Soldiers and Cicero.........................Crown moved to that toy soldier collecting hot bed Texarcana, who did I miss?

Explain to me how you're going to fill a vendor hall with sellers?

You can't; you need a number of collectors peddling bits and bobs from their collections, which IMO is not a true vendor hall, just take a look at any of the HMGS conventions in Lancaster, a huge dealer hall filled with mostly full time but also part time wargaming vendors, the flea market is where collectors sell their bits and bobs, they're not in the dealer hall.

It's apples to hand grenades.