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Currahee Chris, You have my sincerest condolences. With the current prices of newly purchased "toy soldiers", read connoisseur figures, repair, let alone replacement, is virtuously prohibitive. I know, recently my dear wife knocked a small display case of the shelf off my larger display...

Hello hsm aka GL, Have tried to post this reply at least a half dozen times. Frustrated by both my own apparent lack of computer skills, and the forum's various protocols/idiosyncrasies, unsuccessfully. Also use Excel. Cells left to right as follows. Obviously use more, less or different. Mine...

To forum members, As has been said in some Sicilian circles, "Forget about it.", for all your assistance. Have been able to replace vehicle with a new old stock duplicate, however at a HELL of an inflated price. Arnhemjim, Arizona Territory

Correction Set No. EA044 not 055 Needless to say a bit upset. Arnhem Jim

WTB replacement for K & C Eighth Army Series EA055 Royals Royce Armoured Car, knocked-off library shelf (inside display case w/carpeting didn’t help). Will pay top price (within reason). Don’t need it boxed or figure, just well packed. Many Thanks. Arnhem Jim Arizona Territory

Members of the Forum, With regard to the subject you may find the following article of some interest; http://arnhemjim.blogspot.com/2011/07/parachuting-for-dummies-rupert-world.html Arnhem JIm Arizona Territory

Hello Andy, Congratulations on your company's 40th Anniversary. As the sun is setting on the W. Britains Ltd Empire (with all due respect to Ken Olsen's valiant rear guard action), you have singularly revolutionized the "toy" soldier industry. The three elements being; Change in scale (1:32 to...

To Members of the Forum, Given the realization of repeating myself, I would, none the less like to reiterate my personal assessment of the state of our hobby: Update on the State of Toy Soldier Collecting This author personally believes that a significant...

To PanzerAce, May I recommend a classic; "Hell is a Very Small Place", by Bernard Fall. Arnhem Jim Arizona Territory

86 last September ... Still active and selectively collecting, however got blind-sided by a malignant colon tumor (successfully excised, no further treatment required). Then hit with two stokes and a heart attack. Still this side of the sod and recovering from all. God Bless the Lord...

Vlad, Believe this will complete the recommendations; Notes: There are professionals who will take care of all the internet selling details for a commission. Most of them don't know beans about railroadiana, but, they do know how to post an item and then handle all of the...

Vlad, So far so good; Negatives: Picking a good auctioneer is a problem. Ideally it should be someone who has had some experience and is familiar with the railroadiana market. This can be difficult in some areas of the country. Then there is the task of getting the collection...

Hello Vlad, Continuing; Positives: The advantage to the seller is the convenience of getting rid of everything all at once. It is the quickest, easiest way to a cash settlement. Getting rid of the collection may also be a big part of the healing process for those left behind...

Hello Vlad, Apparently I have a limit on file size. Will see if this increment is transmitted/posted. Set Values The first question that you have to ask yourself is how much do you expect to get for all of this stuff? You have to think about this realistically. Like most...

Hello Vlad, This is literally the 6th time I've tried to send you some assistance. Am baffled as to what protocol/limitation I'm encountering/violating. If it is file size, this time will only send a few paragraphs and see if it will post. If it does will send balance of text in increments...

To All Forum Members, Sincere apologies. It was not my intent to provoke open verbal warfare, but I did anticipate disagreement. But not such short fuzes. Was only trying to convey a personal observation and opinion. It just seems to me that the predominate number of threads show or address...

To All Members of the Forum, Am certain the following assessment is going to sound rather arbitrary. In the 21st Century the hobby of collecting toy soldiers, or if you so choose military miniatures, in my personal opinion is dying, if not already dead. It has been replaced by...

Hello Louis, Sincere thanks fo taking the time and effort of your kind response. You may have already seen the previously published blog article; http://arnhemjim.blogspot.com/2014/11/acquisition-of-scottish-officers-full.html Best regards, Jim aka Arnhem Jim Arizona...

Recently acquired what I think is a reasonably unique piece of Scottish regimental militaria. It is a replica of a regimental drum-major's baldric to the 92nd Regiment of Foot The Gordon Highlanders. If any further interest see the following article...

Thank you very much Warrior, those are exactly my thoughts. For years I have responded to active threads on this forum, not to have the response show up as such, but somewhere in a more obscure general category file. Indeed frustrating. Arnhem Jim Arizona Territory