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Steve, yes, it's wonderful to have options for multiple conflicts. I fully disagree with you on the "WW2 done to death idea". Yes, we have "Normandy era" GIs from many makers, but what about later in the war? The whole winter campaign time is weak for most of the participants. TSSD has done...

Is this a "paper panzer" or did such a thing actually get built?

It's too bad that Expeditionary Force first WW2 sets went into their own size range. I was really looking forward to them as conversion donors. I am glad to see that the "someday" X-Force Pacific war figures are supposed to be more in line with other manufacturer's figures. Gary B.

Funny enough, so have I. I did a few this spring just to stay in practice and have been upgrading older Marx Marines, some Conte, some TSSD, and some of those 1/32nd copies of the BMC Marines. The Austin parts help move things along. We'll have to compare notes sometime :-) Gary B. Waverly, NE

We know that plastic Viet Nam figures are coming from TSSD. There are also the high-priced Viet Nam figures from MARS. Paragon just released the ACW "firing line" perhaps not exciting, but at least it's something. I'm sorry that plans didn't work out for Austin or Cunnygham, they both made...

the muzzle blast of the 90mm kicked up a lot of dust in dry conditions, so it wasn't uncommon for the commander to dismount to observe the fall of shot. Gary B.

Sell toys put out a survey on some site (Stad's?) and asked for comments for future items. Gary B.

Originally the M1 and M1903 rifles had russet leather slings, but during WW2 the slings were changed to cotton webbing. The fisrt ones were a light greenish tan (OD#3) but later ones were the more familiar OD#7 in darker brown-green. So the slings appear to represent early production of the...

very imaginative. Of course the camo has nothing to do with any US vehicle paint scheme, and I'll bet that unsecured tripod would dance around on the back of the M8.

In the photo in the blog the three figures to the left of the photo are Matchbox poses, the two to the right are Airfix. Gary B. Waverly, NE

Nice. I can't say I would want to be in a Jeep when that 37mm was fired! Gary B. Waverly, NE

Andy - today's trivia; it's only an M1A1 if it has the folding stock, otherwise your carbine is an M1. There were M2 carbines but they were selective fire and only a very few saw service in WW2 (although they were common in Korea and Vietnam). I'm just quite happy that we finally got...

As mentioned before, the M1A1 was not the only carbine used. The M1A1 was originally for the engineers and certain other units. They crept into more common use in the airborne units and also were acquired by other personnel in different branches. The folding stock carbines have shown up in...

Nicely done! Well posed, well lit, well photographed. Gary B. Waverly, NE

Imagine if I produced some very nice military collectibles, then suddenly stopped, then spent years telling my previous customers how I will be producing all these new items, then went back to not producing and not answering any questions, then came back out and promised fine toy soldiers. I...

'nother little worry from this old man... all the projected figures are either gunfighters or ancient/medieval, with no a whiff of WW2 being shown. Come on Richard, you once claimed that the first 27 GI poses would be followed by more GIs and updated Germans. I realize that the chances of ever...

1) yes, I also received his email. 2) despite the promises of "hundreds of new sculpts" the photos in the email showed items that had been previously shown and promised. 3) I hope Conte will get back into the business. He may blow a lot of hot air but when he produces it is generally quite...

It's nice to see that they are going with a "large 54mm" scale for the Pacific versus the 60-65mm of the ETO stuff. That should make them look better with TSSD and Austin Marines and my conversions from Conte and Marx. Gary B.

As always, you have done a really fine job on these. Your plastics are better than many metals! Gary B.

As a fan of US infantry I must say that these are EXCELLENT! Your colors, the quality of painting and details all combine to make really nice figures. As mentioned in a previous post, your figures can stand right up with many of the metals out there. Keep up the good work and thanks for...