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Michigan Toy Soldier is hosting a very special W. Britain Open House this coming Saturday November 13th. The event begins at 11:00 AM and runs until 4:00PM. Master Sculptor Ken Osen and Master Painter Dave Youngquist from W. Britain will be on hand to discuss the latest releases and future...

We have just posted photos of our upcoming WW2 German Goliath set. Due in August this set will feature a Goliath and 2 German operators. Not in the images is the control wire extending from the operators to the goliath. This will be included in the set. The Goliath (complete name: Leichter...

We have posted advance images of the paint masters for 'Fight For The Works' Set 2. The set was once again designed and sculpted by Ken Osen who has carefully planned the set to compliment the first release #31054 ' Fight for the Works #1'. The paint masters are once again done by Dave...

We have just received the first 3 releases in the new Black Hawk Templar series. The painting quality on these new figures is excellent. Crisp, clean and highly realistic. The metal used for casting the figures has really improved - very rigid and heavy, so we shouldn't see any bending of sword...

Fight for the Works Set #1 Britains #31054 A Blue/Gray Exclusive Limited Edition This is a two piece hand-to-hand scene featuring a Confederate officer and Iron Brigade corporal battling on a set of hasty works. Sculpted by Ken Osen, Master painted by Dave Youngquist. Limited edition of only...

ACW-008 Hardtack and Coffee is the latest set in our American Civil War Camp Life Series and features 3 Union soldiers cooking over a campfire. Everything was given out uncooked so the soldiers were left up to their own ingenuity to prepare their meals. Small groups would often gather...

Photos will be forthcoming on all the new sets this week. ONTC

Thanks Carlos for the posting! We have also released 2 more new sets. In our Great War Series we have introduced the Marines! TGW-014 'The Devil Dogs at Belleau Wood' 4 US Marines and Scenic Trees In our American Civil War Camp Life Series - ACW-008 'Hardtack and Coffee' 3 ACW Union figures...

Happy Holidays to everyone at Treefrog Forums! We have finally received the 1st in a series of our new Images of War line -'Forever a Rebel' IOW-1001 featuring the iconic Mathew Brady photograph of 3 Confederate prisoners at Gettysburg. This set includes Brady and a Union guard standing nearby...

Hello all, Old Northwest Trading Company will be set up in room #5220 and will be featuring the long awaited 'Forever a Rebel' set of the captured confederates photographed at Gettysburg by Mathew Brady. In addition, the ACW Camp Life set of Union soldiers playing domino's and the new tented...

ONTC have just released 3 new WW1 sets depicting the brutal combat of the 1918 American arrival on the fields of France. This is a very limited edition run of only 100 sets each.

Meet and greet W.Britain artists Ken Osen, Dave Youngquist and Wendy Rafalski who will be signing and discussing all of the new releases. Catalogs, sneak peeks, and a one-day special sale. Saturday June 27 , 1:00- 3:00 P.M. NOTE: Win an exclusive pre-production Britains figure! Michigan Toy...

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Hello to those interested in Del Prado figures, I apologize for not responding to these posts sooner but I was awaiting news from del Prado on their situation. The company filed for Chapter 11 in Spain. It has now been bought by another publishing company. Below is the press release that has...

Old Northwest asked the good folks at Hudson & Allen Studios to create a detail set especially for their Mark IV tank that would allow collectors to easily customize their tanks by adding unditching or bridging beams, mud and more. The unditching beam was invented in France and, in the case of...

This Saturday April 11th Michigan Toy Soldier will be offering a free 3 hour demonstration on the adavnced armor weathering techniques using MIG productions products. Attendees will be able to experiment with all of the various MIG products at this event. The use of washes and filters will be...

Maddadcus posted on the K&C thread a comparison between the 2 available MKIV tanks. Thanks for the compliment on our paint job and we agree that our guns should have moved. The K&C MKIV is a great companion and will allow collectors to stage a great battle! One note: a number of WW1 armour guys...

Richard Walker of W. Britain just sent us a note that a photo in the new issue of Vanity Fair features Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings, King Kong etc...) desk. If you look on the right hand side of the desk you will see our French Renault Tank set # TGW-02. Mr. Jackson is a well known WW1...

I will be painting a new original pre-production W.Britain figure this weekend at the Michigan Historical Collectables Show - www.michiganshow.com. Stop by and say hello! Ken and Erika will be manning the Britains table and will have a few new great prototypes for you to see. See you there...