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Thank you. I attach a photo of the Royal Express Durbar Shan Prince elephant (in the right hand side of the photo) - it’s very similar to the Marlborough version of the same elephant except the Royal Express elephant has its trunk facing downwards.

I am fortunate to have two Royal Express Durbar elephants in my collection. Here’s a picture of the Maharajah of Mysore’s state elephant (followed by Marlborough’s Baroda elephant). The howdah is made of wood. I’ve not seen many Royal Express elephants over the years. Bill and Kay made maybe a...

Hi All, 1 Does anyone have any tips for stopping the pillars of the Durbar review stand moving around without using glue? 2) I have four review stands in total, three have plastic bases and roofs, however the fourth one has a base and roof made of plaster and is quite heavy. Any thoughts on...

Hi Dave Thank you so much! I’ve sent you a PM. Best wishes

Thank you so much - that is a great resource! And at the bottom of one of the Nostalgia brochures it says “normal price is x for a box of 8” so that answers the question about boxes too! I also found on the same link the Marlborough catalogue which is useful to have albeit incomplete. If...

Thank you for that information, very much appreciated. Do you know if there are any Nostalgia catalogues or lists of their sets or even any idea about the number of sets produced by Nostalgia? I understand that Nostalgia produced many sets of international regiments but do not know how many that...

Here’s a picture of mine - it’s nice to see everyone’s different approaches to displaying these wonderful sets.

Part of my tiger hunt diorama using figures by Marlborough.

Another unusual set: I’ve often seen hunting cheetah sets by Britains, Marlborough (also in attached photo) and WM Hocker, but never seen another tiger like this.

Here are some pictures of Hyderabad camels by Nostalgia (standing) and Star (sitting).

I found this set of armored cavalry figures which I think are by Nostalgia but I am not sure of the regiment. Any ideas?

Pic now attached

Another unusual set I was fortunate to come across is a set by Nostalgia - I’m not too sure of the regiment - I think they are called Jodhpur Lancers. I particularly like the officers in the middle with green tunics on brown horses.

Thank you for sharing this link - an amazing collection! If I had space I would have liked to collect the Boxer range and the Trophy and Dragon Crest Sudan range. I have a few pieces from the Sudan range which I could not resist (the Trophy Arabian Dhow and the Dragon Crest Charge of the...

Thanks for sharing that great memory. I too had the red version the Raj elephant (together with the Trophy princes on horses and their retainers which are also part of the Raj range) in front of me at a London toy soldier show several years ago but could not afford the asking price because I...

Hi thank you for your message. My background buildings comprise of: 1) plastic buildings including the Ganesh Gate all by Marlborough - all of which occasionally come up for sale on secondary market; 2) some plaster JG bazaar buildings which are still available direct from manufacturer; 3) some...

Thanks for your reply and sharing the pictures of your wonderful Trophy elephants. The elephant carrying the 6 troops is a great set. I believe that Trophy did a couple more: 1) a gun carriage driven by two elephants: and 2) an elephant carrying a gun. There was a discussion thread on this...

Hi thanks for your message. I’ve seen pictures of your excellent collection and displays - very nice indeed! I attach a few more pictures. I was fortunate enough to get a number of Durbar building facades over the years - some are similar in style to the backdrops to Jim Hellstead’s amazing...

Hi thanks for your reply. Is your elephant also the blue version or the red version? I would be interested to know more about and see pictures of the other three elephants you have. Best wishes

Thanks For sharing your picture. I’m hoping someone out there may have seen and/or have photos of the elusive vehicles with the RR symbol. Best wishes