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Looks great, Rick! Nice work!

The only Steiff Doll I picked up in 2024 was this amazing 16 inch Spahi, which I have on display with the Steiff Zouave and Turco:

Photos, Rick?

Tom, For Christmas I got my son this incredible 18-inch tall doll of a French Cuirassier under an antique glass dome, made in the 1820's. The sword is steel (and pointy enough to draw blood) when you remove it from the scabbard, the armor and helmet are steel, the inside of the helmet has a...

I also picked up this WWI era real wood and steel (but blunted) miniature child's bayonet:

Here is a Meiji Restoration Era 6 inch Japanese Imperial Sailor Doll I picked up:

I love "The Bank Heist"! What a tremendous diorama! They even shortened the noses of the Tiger Tanks to match the ones made for the movie!

My wife always tries to get me cool collectables for my birthday. She works with my son to find out what I want.

My wife bought me these for my birthday: Baudoin Figures of Napoleon III and a Napoleonic Chevauleger from 1812. They are incredibly detailed 7-8 inch tall figures with cloth, leather and metal details:

I picked up this excellent Trench Art Doll (10 inches tall) of a WWI or Earlier (possibly Boer War) British Soldier:

I identified an artist doll of an Austrian Medieval Mercenary I had previously posted on this thread as being made by an Austrian history professor named Helmut Krauhs. I have since added another medieval crossbowman and a Napoleonic Dutch Carabinier made by Professor Krauhs:

This was my son's birthday present, an amazing Tailor's doll (18 inches tall) of a Highland Light Infantry's Officer, with every detail of the uniform a miniature version of its real counterpart made from the identical materials (leather, cloth, metal, etc.). Apparently tailors making uniforms...

Before Pfeiffer made fully composition soldiers (which eventually led to Elastolin and Hauser composition soldiers), they made larger (5-8 inch) soldier figures with cloth uniforms and composition heads, hands and feet. Here are a few I have managed to add to my collection in 2024:

This might be my favorite acquisition from 2024: a Fleischman Carette wind-up tinplate U.S. Battleship, "The Brooklyn" made circa 1900-1910. The dang thing still works:

I managed to pick up these Bucherer Dolls of a wounded WWI British Soldier and a Fireman. Bucherer made metal jointed fully posable dolls, between 6 and 8 inches tall, in the 1920's:

For Christmas I got my son this incredible 18-inch tall doll of a French Cuirassier under an antique glass dome, made in the 1820's. The sword is steel (and pointy enough to draw blood) when you remove it from the scabbard, the armor and helmet are steel, the inside of the helmet has a liner...

The popularity of Kathe Kruse's posable wire armature soldier dolls led to copycat manufacturers in countries like Italy and Great Britain. These tend to be smaller (7cm), with cloth uniforms and wire armatures, but have white metal heads, hands and feet (instead of composition heads and feet...

I managed to purchase one Kathe Kruse soldier doll of a WWI German Infantryman. Kathe Kruse is to German dollmakers what Steiff is to German stuffed animal makers, so these extremely rare 11cm (4-1/2 inch) posable dolls (patented wire armatures) with cloth uniforms, detailed backpacks and...

No one has posted on this thread for a while, so I thought I would bring it back. Here is a WWI French Child's soldier backpack, which I have displayed with a child's Zouave uniform (Ken Osen told me to put it at the feet of the uniform, so the acid in the leather straps wouldn't damage the...

Rob, I love what you did with Carlo's work! Spot on!