More than 40.000 lead figures!!!!! (1 Viewer)

[Aleš]

If you are in Slovenia or near Slovenia, you can visit a town called Maribor (Maribor is this year European capital or culture) and you can see an display of more than 40.000 lead toy soldier figures (watch the link). It is from a private collection of Austrian collector Otto Gariboldi. Figures are very old from 17 century to 20 century, so a lot of them are one of the first ever made.
Because of th elack of space there will be only 10.000 figures displayed....but i read that they have more than 40.000 in this museum in Maribor.
THE ENTER IS FREE!
The show will be open from march 2012 to March 2013!

http://www.rts.si/v-pokrajinskem-muzeju-maribor-na-ogled-kositrne-figure.html

So if anyone is comming to Slovenia i can be his tour guide. Slovenia is a very small country but here is everything, you can go skiing, you can go to the beach (Adriatic sea), here is a lot of old castles, museums,...you can go drive arround with old train on steam, you can go to the spa, here is a good food (Italy s near haha), you can go to the Italy, Austria,...there is no border, no visas,...the curency is EURO, her eis also some great WW1 or WW2 museums, you can visit river Soca (there is a big museum about the WW1, because a lot of Italians and Austrians dies in this hills, there can still be find some helmets, daggers in the forets or river. The Movie PRINCE CASPIAN was film in the river SOCA (where they blew up the bridge),....so everybody are welcome in Slovenia. Very safe country, less than 2 hours from London by airplane, cheap prices, good food, save country, nice weather, beautyfull woman, cheap drinks,....should i say more haha

 

[nysoldiers]

Toy soldiers, good food and beautiful women! I am booking my trip right now.

 

[Aleš]

Toy soldiers, good food and beautiful women! I am booking my trip right now.

you should, if you go arround july-september you might also visit Croatia, they have many beautyfull beaches on the Adriatic sea, many island,....it will be a great adventure.
Not to mention European football tournament in poland and Ukraine, Olympic games in London,....you come to Europe and go crazy!

 

[VIRIATO]

you should, if you go arround july-september you might also visit Croatia, they have many beautyfull beaches on the Adriatic sea, many island,....it will be a great adventure.
Not to mention European football tournament in poland and Ukraine, Olympic games in London,....you come to Europe and go crazy!

I've read about some white shark attacks on the Adriatic{eek3}... Ok, just teasing you Ales...^&grin
Seriously, thanks for the link.

Paulo

 

[Mitch]

40,000 soldiers would certainly be something to see
Mitch

 

[Aleš]

I've read about some white shark attacks on the Adriatic{eek3}... Ok, just teasing you Ales...^&grin
Seriously, thanks for the link.

Paulo

Haha, no white Sharks in Adriatic, only "Shark Vodka's" hehe

 

[Aleš]

40,000 soldiers would certainly be something to see
Mitch

sure thing! Most of them are 30mm big and weight 5g, because in these days (17 century) they made them that kind of style....so it is also a part of histoy, because there are from the begining of producing. I read that companys in 17 century who make knives,forks,...they do not hav ea lot of busines so they try something new, so they start to producing toy soldiers, they were PIONERS of toy soldiers,...after some time people start to collect them and thi sis ho wall that was starting. The snow ball was released from an mountain haha!!

 

[VIRIATO]

Haha, no white Sharks in Adriatic, only "Shark Vodka's" hehe

Ales, take a look at this from the international shark attack file (try searches under Croatia, Slovenia, Yugoslavia and Montenegro):
http://sharkattackfile.info/shark-attack-search-simple-2/search-date-coutry-of-attacking-sharks.asp.
It looks like the last attack took place in 2008.

But of course it's easier to die or be injured from lightning or from a car accident...


Paulo

 

[Larry Allen]

I wish I could have understood what they were saying but the display was incredible.
Image what a fun job that would be, to be the curator of the museum. Heck even be a janitor!

 

[Aleš]

I wish I could have understood what they were saying but the display was incredible.
Image what a fun job that would be, to be the curator of the museum. Heck even be a janitor!

yes true haha, or that you can set them on battleboards and get payed for that!!!

 

[ucla1967]

Well Ales, believe it or not my wife and I will be visiting Slovenia in June. We will be on a six country, 18 day Highlights of Eastern Europe tour with Trafalgar Tours, who we have used on six previous occasions. We will be in Slovenia on June 16th and 17th, staying at the Park Hotel Lake Bled. On the 18th, we will be in your capital, Ljubljana, and then continue on to Zagreb, Croatia. Sunday, the 17th is a "free" day, but we will almost certainly sign up for one or more of the optional tours they will offer. During the Cold War, I could not travel to Eastern Europe because of my intelligence background, both in the military and as a civilian. In fact, I was not allowed to approach within 10 kilometers of the Iron Curtain border subject to being court martialed. I am really looking forward to this tour.