Mike Tarantino's Toy Soldier Collection (2 Viewers)

[tdubel]

I had the pleasure of touring Mike's collection live and in person over the weekend at the Westcoaster. Very well displayed, great volume!!! Beautiful cabinets, thoroughly enjoyed the hospitality and time and even saw a few pieces I have never seen before!

TD

 

[ucla1967]

I had the pleasure of touring Mike's collection live and in person over the weekend at the Westcoaster. Very well displayed, great volume!!! Beautiful cabinets, thoroughly enjoyed the hospitality and time and even saw a few pieces I have never seen before!

TD

Thank you Tom. It was absolutely my pleasure to have you take the time from the West Coaster to see my collection. I am glad you had a good time.

 

[ucla1967]

This is the second Beau Geste set that I picked up at the West Coaster on Sunday: Set No. 1A FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION, 1856.

 

[lancer]

The Evzones and the Legion are very nice looking sets. Great gets. -- Al

 

[ucla1967]

The Evzones and the Legion are very nice looking sets. Great gets. -- Al

Yes they are Al. I felt lucky to find them. Mike

 

[ucla1967]

This is the third Beau Geste set that I picked up at Sunday's West Coaster: Set No. 1C FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION FUSILIERS. Three of the figures are missing their bayonets, so I received a discount on this set. I will ultimately send them to Mike DeMarco for repair once the weather on the east coast returns to normal.

 

[jazzeum]

Mike, you can go ahead and send. The mails are working fine. We even received mail on the day of the big snow.

Of course, I may want to keep this set ^&grin

 

[MikeNick]

I picked up three early Beau Geste boxed sets at Yesterday's West Coaster Toy Soldier Show. This is Set No. 196 GREEK EVZONE, 2ND REGT, 1918, WWI.

Hi.
Their Evzone band is quite nice too. I encourage you to get it.
MikeNick

 

[ucla1967]

Mike, you can go ahead and send. The mails are working fine. We even received mail on the day of the big snow.

Of course, I may want to keep this set ^&grin

Thanks Brad. If I had an extra set, I would give it to you, but this one is mine.

 

[Old Pete Davout]

Very nice figures and unique. Modern Russian Guard are very nice too - how do I order/ purchase ???

 

[ucla1967]

Very nice figures and unique. Modern Russian Guard are very nice too - how do I order/ purchase ???

I am not sure which figures you are talking about; the figures in my collection are not for sale, but I do have others (e.g., Hiriart) which are. Send me an email at matara42@roadrunner.com so that we can discuss. Thanks.

 

[ucla1967]

This is one of two Red Army Saint George's Cross Russian Civil War sets that I picked up on eBay. The officer certainly has an unusual pose.

 

[ucla1967]

This is the second Red Army Saint George's Cross Russian Civil War set that I picked up on eBay.

 

[lancer]

Nice sets, Mike. I always liked the St. Georges Cross sets that were on the MichToy site for so long. Always eye-balled them but never could break loose the money for them. Had some great RCW sets, both Red and White, and they also had some interesting German WW1 figures in winter uniforms. -- Al

 

[ucla1967]

Nice sets, Mike. I always liked the St. Georges Cross sets that were on the MichToy site for so long. Always eye-balled them but never could break loose the money for them. Had some great RCW sets, both Red and White, and they also had some interesting German WW1 figures in winter uniforms. -- Al

Thanks Al. I only have six sets, including these two new ones. I wish I had picked up more of them when they were still available.

Mike

 

[ucla1967]

I was finally able to find a Philippine mahogany Republic P-47 Thunderbird for my World War II Warbird collection at a reasonable price on Amazon. It is the "Razorback Jug" version in 1/32 scale with a wing span of 15 1/2 inches, and a length of 14 inches. I have a space reserved for it with a wall mount above my Ikea display case. There are several other versions of the P-47 available with a bubble top canopy and silver fuselage, but I was looking for this specific one in olive drab.

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was the largest and heaviest single-seat fighter built during World War II. It was designed around the huge 2,000 HP Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp power plant. It first flew in May 1941 reaching a speed of 393 MPH. It went into service at the beginning of 1943. Surprisingly, more P-47s were produced, 15,683, than any other American fighter. The major production variant was the P-47D with 12,602 built. The P-47D had a top speed of 427 MPH with a range of 474 miles. It was armed with 6 or 8 .50-caliber machineguns and had a bomb load capacity of 2,500 pounds.

 

[Terp152]

The "razorback" is my favorite version. Great looking model, nice catch.Chris

 

[Buster]

The "razorback" is my favorite version. Great looking model, nice catch.Chris

Same here. Very nice addition to your impressive mahogany warbird collection Mike.

B.

 

[ucla1967]

The "razorback" is my favorite version. Great looking model, nice catch.Chris

Thanks Chris. My second choice was "Bonnie" which had D-Day invasion stripes. Within in a week of my buying the "Razorback," it showed up on eBay at a very reasonable price. Go figure.

 

[ucla1967]

Same here. Very nice addition to your impressive mahogany warbird collection Mike.

B.

Thank you Buster for your kind words.