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A big advantage to using a host is not having to worry about the specific parameters of any given forum we belong to. Prost! Brad

I thought of Fusilier, but a look through their online catalog didn't tun up any WWI Germans with gasmasks, in any pose. Neither has Tommy Atkins, nor Tradition. Sorry! Prost! Brad

You should paint a version with a Mail Pouch chewing tobacco ad on it, Ken. Prost! Brad

They promise their constituents things they want, tell them things they want to hear. Very often, that includes telling their constituents that Someone Else is responsible for the life they find themselves in. They aren't responsible themselves. That is hard for many to resist, human nature...

I have some printed catalog sheets, so I can see whether those figures are in them. Hoegermeyer had a number of figures without bases, like those crawling and wounded figures, and they didn't have markings. Prost! Brad

Thanks for posting your photos, Julie! In the first pictures in the album, there are some classic toy soldiers on display. I thought I saw a nice collection of Vertunni figures in the one photo. Those are a treasure! Prost! Brad

Nice diorama, Bob! This is right up my alley. For anyone who might consider visiting the MFCA show in May, this is exactly the kind of piece that would fit well in our Toy Soldier category. I'll second the recommendation on Bleckwenn's cassette on Frederick's army, too. I hunted for it for...

A deeper problem that needs to be resolved, but is not likely to be, is the use of executive orders to implement policies that really should be implemented through legislation. I don't care who is in the Oval Office-it's a bad idea. But Congress has increasingly abdicated its role and...

What do any of you expect in 6 six weeks? An end to inflation? It'll take at least 6 months but more likely a year for new policies' effect to be felt. Illegal immigration-did anyone expect millions of people to be rounded up and shipped out of the country in 6 weeks? On any other issue? Even...

Looking closely at your photo, I see on the right-hand page, bottom row, second from the left, a Prussian officer from the Seven Years War. In the Tradition catalog, that's a portrait figure of Frederick the Great's brother, Prince Henry. Of course, he can be painted as an officer from a...

Sure thing, John, glad to help! I still haven't found the connection between Bussler and Stadden/Tradition, apart from the fact that he sold these. That is, I'd like to learn if he sold them under some agreement, or if he copied them, or something similar. Bussler made his own figures, of...

And these photos are from a current eBay auction, but they also illustrate what I mean. The figures are Stadden/Tradition castings, in Bussler's packaging, with his squared base attached to the master figure to be cast integrally with the figure. The auction is for 2 figures, a French...

Hi, John, here are some pictures of Bussler's boxes, to illustrate what I'm talking about. The first 4 pictures are of a box and painting guide for a figure I painted. The casting itself was a Prussian Guard Uhlan, though the painting instructions can be used to paint him as a Bavarian Uhlan...

Besides an apparent change in the items kolobob sold on eBay, let's not forget that there is a war going on. I won't comment on the war itself. I want only to point out that it's important to remember that war brings disruptions, and perhaps something has happened that prevent him from...

Hi, John, They look like Stadden/Tradition sculpts, and your description of the painting instructions makes me think of Bussler's copies of Stadden figures. He added the base to the castings when he made his molds. I've got a number of Bussler's Staddens in my collection. Besides the painting...

Hover your mouse over Brad's (jazzeum's) avatar, Carlo. You'll get this menu as a pop-out: Click the Start conversation button to send him a message. Hope that helps, prost! Brad (other Brad)

I'm in a bit of a reading rut right now. I need to look at my reading wish list and pick something. On an area other than the hobby, I want to read St. Thomas Aquinas' "Summa Theologica". This might be a good time to take that out of the library. Prost! Brad

I have found them, since his very first post in the forum, to be full of accusations against others, some thinly-veiled and some overt, that can't really be verified unless they might be tested in court. And accusations like that really have no place in this thread or in our forum. Especially...

I'm curious to see how Koyo Aoyagi looks in spring training. He's a non-roster invitee. He's a righty with a side-arm delivery. Prost! Brad

Swapping the sword for the bow is a great idea, Vic! It's a better pose. This is coming along nicely! Prost! Brad