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I've been getting interested in WW1 figures lately, with Veteran's Day/Remembrance Day coming up. I dug out my AIP US Marines at Belleau Wood that I haven't looked at in years since I bought them in 2003 and noticed that the poses are completely different from the poses I currently see online...

I glued my Conte figures' arms and weapons etc. in with Loctite Superglue, but it never seems to make a permanent bond. I'm always having to re-glue things. Is there a better, more long-term glue for these figures? Also, will the same glue work on Ex Force figures, as I am planning on buying...

I wanted a two-wheeled Mexican cart to add a little color to my Southwestern and Mexican setups. BMC and Marx both made carts like these, but I haven't had any luck finding any lately, so I decided to make one myself. I went to Walmart and picked up a few bags of assorted craft sticks. Craft...

^&confuse After several years of stalling, I finally ordered the Italeri PAK 40 & servants and the Elite German Infantry and I have one huge question... Why on earth would Italeri release 2 supposed 1/32 sets with such a size discrepancy? I am assuming it is the same for the 2 Russian sets...

Metal soldier company, Regal Toy Soldiers of New Zealand, seems to have the same sculptor as many of the AIP figures. Many of the poses in their other ranges are identical to AIP's. Did AIP license the Regal poses to make in plastic? More WW2 pics at this site...

I have a lot of Conte Germans,but of course, I need even more Germans. Which are a better match, scale-wise? TSSD or CTS (later sets, not the Marx clone early set). Also, are the CTS Germans to scale with the CTS GIs?

Would anyone be interested in trading me 3 poses from Conte’s plastic British Paratroopers set #2? I would be willing to give you my extra unopened bag of all 8 poses from Conte plastic British Paratroopers set #1 in return. You get 8 figures for 3! I would want the figures in unpainted...

After finding that 3d printed toy soldiers website I posted yesterday I was looking for more and I found a person who seems to be distributing the files to print out clones of Steve Weston's WW2 British Infantry. Oddly enough, the person is advertising them as "Nazi Toy Soldier". Unless they...

I just found a website where (if you have a 3d printer) you can download files to print several sets of really nice toy soldiers. Not the blurry, blocky designs of the past, either. These figures look just as good if not better than many sets sold commercially today. They have knights...

I got this email yesterday from Conte. I am pretty excited about it! I am not sure if more plastic figures are in their plans, but this is VERY good news indeed! http://us13.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a786a8c1fda789b287ef3bcad&id=f86bbaac3b&e=57e59fc5ab

I got my ancient Jean Hoefler Grand Canyon diorama base out of the garage today. I think I got it for my 5th birthday back in 1970 or so. It's in pretty good shape, but there are a few large splits in the plastic at the corner mountains and I want to repair it. It is made out of that thin...

I just found this listing for a very early, and rather crude figure from Pvblivs. It's a mounted Gaul and comes in red, green and black. It is no longer available on that website, but I thought it might be interesting for any Pvblivs collectors out there to see. The horse is probably the...

Stads has an article about 3 new 54-60mm sets: 79-89 Afghan War Mujahideen and Soviet Army and Vietnam War Vietcong! The Vietcong look very nice. I especially like the grenade thrower and female sniper. I Hope they are compatible with TSSD!

Anyone who likes fantasy figures will be pleased to see these figures which will be released soon by Dark Alliance. The riders in the pic are historical Turks, I believe, but the Trolls look as though they would make perfect 1/32 scale Orcs. Picture found on Cheap Fantasy Minis blog...

Years ago there was a website called "Toy Soldier Recruitment" where you could buy cheaper Asian-made toy soldiers and accessories by the piece. More recently, Toy Soldier Depot provided this service, but now he seems to be developing into a more "serious" toy soldier site with name-brand kits...

Hi everyone, My son and I set up my Timpo Wild West collection over the Labor Day weekend and I thought you might like to have a look. Sorry it's a little shaky at first, but I was using my computer chair as a camera dolly and whenever I passed over the tiles, the cam shook a little...

I got my Timpo things out of their boxes yesterday, where they had been sitting for several years. Last time I looked at them, they were all fine, but now, although most of them are still supple, a few have become very stiff and I accidentally shattered an Indian torso into glassy chunks while...

I'd like to see how well they match up for a huge Impi. If anyone has a comparison pic I would be grateful to see it.

I saw this bag of current production Cowboys & Indians on eBay and I thought the poses looked better than the usual modern China-made figures. The orange ones look like they might be a good match for Marx Indians. Has anyone bought these? Are they OK? How big are they? The picture doesn't...

I don't like Leonardo DiCaprio movies as a general rule, but the trailer for "The Revenant" looks amazing. It's the story of Hugh Glass, the mountain man who was mauled by a grizzly, left for dead and traveled hundreds of miles alone through the wilderness. Richard Harris played him in the...