Good time to be a collector (1 Viewer)

[damian]

Trophy and Imperial deserve a special place in the histroy of toy soldiers. They bridged the gap between the new old toy soldiers which Jack Scruby started to make imn the 1970's and teh matt action figures of today. The new old toy soldiers were designed to go with the old lead Britains which from 1966 onwards were no longer being produced. They were mostly marching figures. Trophy and Imperial kept the old toy soldier look but brought in action and hand to hand sets. They were cottage industries in the true sense of teh word. There still are companies like this around Little Legion and Dorset. I thisnk Toy Army Workshop is out of production. Although these companies have been hard hit by the China syndrome and the move to matt I still feel there is a market for gloss figures especially in the bands and colonial war stuff. I still feel very nostaligic looking at my Trophy stuff. It was an age of innocence

 

[damian]

Klited Vampire
that is a great display. Trophy and Tradition. I don't recognized the others.Well done

 

[Capitolron]

How many sets do you think Andy is going to release this year ??

What is coming out that we already dont know about - is there a surprize awaiting us??

 

[Louis Badolato]

Trophy and Imperial deserve a special place in the histroy of toy soldiers. They bridged the gap between the new old toy soldiers which Jack Scruby started to make imn the 1970's and teh matt action figures of today. The new old toy soldiers were designed to go with the old lead Britains which from 1966 onwards were no longer being produced. They were mostly marching figures. Trophy and Imperial kept the old toy soldier look but brought in action and hand to hand sets. They were cottage industries in the true sense of teh word. There still are companies like this around Little Legion and Dorset. I thisnk Toy Army Workshop is out of production. Although these companies have been hard hit by the China syndrome and the move to matt I still feel there is a market for gloss figures especially in the bands and colonial war stuff. I still feel very nostaligic looking at my Trophy stuff. It was an age of innocence

I also have a soft place in my heart for Trophy and Imperial. They were not alone, however, in bridging the gap from Britains to the matt collectibles of today. Tradition is still a going concern that makes glossy Toy Soldiers, as does Edmunds (the best flag figures I have ever seen by a considerable margin). Frontline and K&C also helped to bridge the gap until K&C switched to matt in 1996, and Frontline followed around 1998. And don't overlook Bill Hocker's stuff, a widerange of very interesting glossy soldiers on just about every 18th & 19th Century subject, including such wonderful oddities as Tiger Hunts from elephant back and the Highland Games. I suspect that K&C will never go back to producing glossy Toy Soldiers, but for me, "Queen Victoria's Little Wars" (to quote a title from the works of Byron Farwell) will always look best in glossy.

 

[aujj65]

I suspect that K&C will never go back to producing glossy Toy Soldiers, but for me, "Queen Victoria's Little Wars" (to quote a title from the works of Byron Farwell) will always look best in glossy.

Louis, Do you think Andy will ever revisit this period but in matte?

Jeff

 

[Louis Badolato]

Louis, Do you think Andy will ever revisit this period but in matte?

Jeff

There have been rumours about Andy revisiting the Seaforth Highlanders and other Northwest Frontier early releases in today's exceptional sculpting and matt finish for the 25th Anniversary of K&C, but only Andy knows if it will actually happen.

 

[aujj65]

There have been rumours about Andy revisiting the Seaforth Highlanders and other Northwest Frontier early releases in today's exceptional sculpting and matt finish for the 25th Anniversary of K&C, but only Andy knows if it will actually happen.

Lets hope so, that would be a great series to collect.

Thanks

Jeff

 

[The Lt.]

Jeff earlier today informed me that he had spoken with Ken Jackson of Maison Militaire who purchased The Trophy line from Len Taylor and he's planning in the near future of offering The Trophy Line in it's Traditional Style as well as in a Matte finish. Tentative plans according to Jeff is that he'll also be providing single figures along with sets of three. Base on Jeff discussion Ken mentioned both WWI and The Zulu series as starting points but nothing to date. Thought I'd pass this on which I'm sure will make a group of us happy to hear.

Until then we have Little Legion whose doing a very nice job in keeping with The Traditional Toy Soldier... Jeff as stated earlier thanks for the info...The Lt.

 

[kilted vampire]

Klited Vampire
that is a great display. Trophy and Tradition. I don't recognized the others.Well done

Thanks Damian, wait until I get some new ACW molds and a new display table.

 

[kilted vampire]

Until then we have Little Legion whose doing a very nice job in keeping with The Traditional Toy Soldier... The Lt.

I love the Little Legion.

 

[aujj65]

Jeff earlier today informed me that he had spoken with Ken Jackson of Maison Militaire who purchased The Trophy line from Len Taylor and he's planning in the near future of offering The Trophy Line in it's Traditional Style as well as in a Matte finish. Tentative plans according to Jeff is that he'll also be providing single figures along with sets of three. Base on Jeff discussion Ken mentioned both WWI and The Zulu series as starting points but nothing to date. Thought I'd pass this on which I'm sure will make a group of us happy to hear.

Until then we have Little Legion whose doing a very nice job in keeping with The Traditional Toy Soldier... Jeff as stated earlier thanks for the info...The Lt.

Just to follow on this, Ken said that he has had a fair amount of interest already so the more people that contact him with their wishes as to which ranges are released first the more chance they will happen.

Jeff