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[Poppo]

My father bought me these figures for 3 euros each ^&grin I don't know this manufacturer...British dragoon-scots grey; austrian curaisser; french hussard.I like the austrian figure which is unusual for the toysoldier industry..

 

[theBaron]

They're made in Italy, I think. I have 2 Prussian cuirassiers from this maker, depicting one from 1756 and one from 1870. They're klunky in their sculpts, and the paint jobs are generally execrable. The size seems to be around 56mm, comparable to classic Stadden figures, but again, because the sculpting is so coarse, I don't expect that to be too consistent. I've thought about stripping mine and repainting them.

I would take a look at Mirof's spreadsheet on manufacturers, if I were you, and see if you can find the maker listed there.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Poppo]

They're made in Italy, I think. I have 2 Prussian cuirassiers from this maker, depicting one from 1756 and one from 1870. They're klunky in their sculpts, and the paint jobs are generally execrable. The size seems to be around 56mm, comparable to classic Stadden figures, but again, because the sculpting is so coarse, I don't expect that to be too consistent. I've thought about stripping mine and repainting them.

I would take a look at Mirof's spreadsheet on manufacturers, if I were you, and see if you can find the maker listed there.

Prost!
Brad

Thank you for the informations:salute::, Sure they are not masterpices, but I find the austrian one interesting as I ve never seen anything similar...

 

[trooper]

Thank you for the informations:salute::, Sure they are not masterpices, but I find the austrian one interesting as I ve never seen anything similar...

I find this puzzling. What Austrian figure? Those illustrated are two views of a British Lifeguard, a Scots Grey and a French hussar. Trooper

 

[theBaron]

I find this puzzling. What Austrian figure? Those illustrated are two views of a British Lifeguard, a Scots Grey and a French hussar. Trooper

Thanks, I was wondering the same thing.

The figure's identity should be cast on the underside of the base.

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Brad

 

[Poppo]

I find this puzzling. What Austrian figure? Those illustrated are two views of a British Lifeguard, a Scots Grey and a French hussar. Trooper

This is the austrian curassier..

 

[theBaron]

Sorry, Poppo, but that's clearly incorrect. That figure is a British Life Guard, not an Austrian cuirassier. Though the Austrians had cuirassiers, they never, ever had a uniform that looked like that. On 1. October 1867, the Austrians converted their 12 regiments of cuirassiers into regiments of dragoons; they'd already eliminated the cuirass from the equipment in 1860.

I suspect someone swapped the bases, especially since they are removable.

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Brad

 

[theBaron]

I must add, though, that now I'm very curious to see a catalog from these people, because I'd like to see how broad the range is. So far, I know that they make a British Lifeguard (circa 1910, perhaps, or up to the present?); a Scots Gray, 1814; a French hussar, also Napoleonic; a Prussian cuirassier, Regiment Gens-d'armes (Nr 10), 1756-63; and a Prussian cuirassier, 1870 (don't recall the regiment). I wonder what other subjects they make?

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Brad

 

[Wraith]

Re the manufacturer, I suspect these are DeAgostini, or a remorphing of this part works publication house. The 'dea' is in the same font and style as the full DeAgostini brand.

 

[theBaron]

Re the manufacturer, I suspect these are DeAgostini, or a remorphing of this part works publication house. The 'dea' is in the same font and style as the full DeAgostini brand.

Good call! I remember that now from the eBay auctions I won.

And some quick googling turned up this useful article, as an introduction:

http://www.planetdiecast.com/index.php?&option=com_content&task=view&id=981&Itemid=522

If I can find anything like a list or catalog, I'll share it back here.

Maybe we ought to move this thread to one of the Other Manufacturers forums, since the question is answered.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Mirof]

DeA De Agostini
Basicaly an Italian company ( a very large one )
They produced un USA : Secret Millionaire (ABC), Celebrity Wife Swap (ABC), Being Human (SyFy) Hardcore Pawn (truTV), Killer Karaoke (truTV)
They have a section edition, and published in the past collections, illustrated with toy soldiers ( bimonthly)
http://www.zodiakmedia.com/about-us/deagostini-group.php

Publishing adress in USA is : http://www.deagostiniusa.com/ecm/web/dea-us/online/home/about-us/company/de-agostini-publishing
They edited in he past lot of figures with/from Frontline, can be found here : http://www.norton.co.uk/figures-c55...e-mounted-aragonese-knight-12th-century-p8541

On one time for the Middle Age, they had parallel production with Del Prado, all figures coming from the moulds of New Hope Design in their serie Men At Arms, based on the drawing in the Osprey Men At Arms books

They were/ are better knowns, at least in Europe under the name Altaya

They also published figurines of WWII, based on the moulds of Andrea, stamped on the base Metal & Soul

 

[Mirof]

Lists of Altaya Middle Age and Elite Forces
http://genieminiature.com/Altaya Figurines.htm

Del Prado
http://genieminiature.com/Del Prado Figurines.htm

Hachette
http://genieminiature.com/Hachette Figurines.htm

Cobra
http://genieminiature.com/Cobra Figurines.htm

They are working on De Agostini
Altaya has been integrated by De Agostin, some are published under the name De Agostini like in UK, Portugal, Italy and with the name Altaya in Spain, France, Latin America