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Merry Christmas All! Dave

Sad news! Rest In Peace Colonel

40 degrees sucks the life right out of you! I’ll take the snow right now! By the way what were you making? Dave

That’s interesting! Any American equipment? Dave

Happy birthday Julie! Have a great day Dave

I love that photo of Kitchener and his staff Thanks for sharing Dave

Such terrible news! I will miss his painting and discussing various issues with bringing broken soldiers back to life! Dave

I wish someone would produce the veterans group for the parade...😜 Dave

Those are great! Thanks for sharing Dave

Man oh man I wish I could be there it’s such a great time! Have fun guys Dave

Latest Standard arrived! Some very interesting articles Dave

Those look great! I guess I need to get off my butt and order some from Andrew. I guess I should figure out what band I want to do. Thanks for being a motivator for me! Dave

You have an amazing collection Louis! Thanks for sharing the photos with us. Dave

Brad sums up some of what I was thinking as well. I had some lead hollow casts as a kid but they were quickly phased out by plastic shoppers and then detail solid figures. Also a great point about them being for collectors these days and not for kids. My boys have a bunch of plastic toy soldiers...

Wow that is great! Thanks for sharing Dave

I guess it depends on what you collect. Some brands are always pricey and others less so. There is also the secondary market where you can find deals but you risk damage in transit which means additional costs for repairs. So what are you collecting? I collect a wide range of makers both new and...

Gazza I feel your pain, I collect a lot of eras that haven’t been produced for years. But with the Northman line I have had plenty to keep occupied and I also collect other makers so if one doesn’t have what I want another probably will. As for the issues with the last London event I can only...

Very cool! Those are some amazing planes and the paint job is top notch! Thanks for sharing

Thanks Brad, but to address issues like the 88 is not totally on the staff at Britain’s their factory crew had some very big issues thus the delay. Other sets have come a plenty over the past few years and to keep picking at the scab on the 88 issue seems silly. The George Washington set looks...

I love the little vignettes that some makers have come up with. I have some great Christmas setsfrom Britains and one from Errol John that is a really great set called Christmas in the Khyber. I will post a photo of it. Dave