Plastic troops in the back of comic books (1 Viewer)

[CHuDWah]

The Gibbs Custer's Last Stand set was not part of the comic book flat series. I had a set. The Gibbs set is much more sought after today.

http://oldtoyfigures.com/gibbs-1959...s-playset-80-figures-playmap-original-box.php

Mine was mint. I never played with it much as I got it toward the end of the toy soldier period of my childhood (the first one, that is {sm4}). I got it mostly because it was sorta unusual and cheap. Wish I still had it but it went in some long-forgotten garage sale...along with my Marx Roy Rogers, Blue & Gray, Alamo, prehistoric, Revell and Monogram WWII models, etc, etc, etc. If I had only known!

 

[blaster]

Hi All,

Wonderful memories.

https://hobbylark.com/collecting/10...Toy-Storage-Footlocker-Box-Lucky-Products-Inc

Rgds Victor

 

[Currahee Chris]

These are the ones that I remember as a kid .......

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bring back memories ???

John

Funny as I was looking at the WW2 set at the back of a Sgt. Rock comic this very weekend and noticed the 4 females in form fitting uniforms looking like they are giving a briefing during a rather intense engagement- I don't think I ever saw those women in there before! Yes, it looks like WACS came with that set.

It does seem like the best thing to come from these sets was Russ Heath's illustrations!!! {sm4}

And yeah Brad- funny you should mention that about the dimensions- I just noticed that this weekend as well- you could have inferred the dimensions of the sets based on the measurements of the box.

In Obee's post that I quote- you can see though that the one set has the measurements and the other doesn't- makes me think they were fielding a lot of questions about the figure size (and perhaps several upset parents) so they started publishing it as a way for the reader to "Read between the lines".

 

[Currahee Chris]

Hi All,

Wonderful memories.

https://hobbylark.com/collecting/10...Toy-Storage-Footlocker-Box-Lucky-Products-Inc

Rgds Victor

This is an EXCELLENT link- thank you for that!!!

 

[theBaron]

hi all,

wonderful memories.

https://hobbylark.com/collecting/10...toy-storage-footlocker-box-lucky-products-inc

rgds victor

Out-standing!!!!!

 

[theBaron]

Now I want to track down a set and see what they mighty look like painted up!

Prost!
Brad

 

[THE SHOOTIST]

I had the ugly flat set. It was disappointing. But, I went for the "Helen of Toy" "Tank Trap" game afterward and played the heck out of it. Even after the pieces were lost, I managed to make cardstock tanks and still played the game on a blanket that had a pattern on it with my classic Timmee soldiers. The minesweeper men stood in for the Mortars. I'll be ****ed if I remember how to play the game now.

 

[rahway]

If you had any of the Helen of Toy games the site created by the late Thor (Tom) Sheil might bring back some memories:

http://www.thortrains.net/milihistriot/comictoys/comicbooktoysoldierswargames.html

 

[CHuDWah]

If you had any of the Helen of Toy games the site created by the late Thor (Tom) Sheil might bring back some memories:

http://www.thortrains.net/milihistriot/comictoys/comicbooktoysoldierswargames.html

Not comic book games but remember these?

I still have a copy of each. In Feudal, the object is to capture the opponent's castle or slay his royalty (3 of 13 figures). A screen is placed across the board, players arrange their pieces, the screen is raised and they have at it. I once played it with my wife before she was my wife. I had my forces aligned to defend the border. When the screen was raised, I saw to my horror that hers were massed directly in front of my castle. Needless to say, she quickly slaughtered my thinly spread troops. I still married her but the experience gave me respect for her strategy and tactics that has served me well for over 40 years. {sm4}

 

[Go for Broke]

I had the Feudal game, which was very good and strategic. Even better, it was played with little knights. I gave it to my nephew several years ago. He better not sell it.

 

[egonzinc]

Wow what memories! I must have drooled for hours overvthat AWI add. I remember most the one shown and an ACW one. Never got a set. Never got any "Sea Monkeys" either!

 

[theBaron]

Seeing this thread get a bump, and rereading it, it makes me think of the military board games that I had, or still have, in my father's attic. From the original "Battleship", to "Stratego" (labelled as a "European game of strategy" as I recall; I later learned it was based on a French board game), to the 3-layered "Sub Search", and "Tank Battle" with its Shermans, Panthers, and Hueys, to "Carrier Strike!", with its vaguely Essex-like carriers, Avengers and Kates. I had "Carrier Strike!" by the time I was in 9th or 10th grade, and painted the ships and the planes for the USN and the IJN.

I never had the Civil War game, but I remember it and some similar games, sponsored by American Heritage but issued by Milton Bradley. There was a WW I fighter game, with little Dr Is and Sopwith Camels. And I think there was a Revolutionary War game, with soldiers, artillery, and even ships, one side in blue, the other in red plastic.

And Risk was issued at times with small figures instead of geometric counters.

I think we had better games back then...

Prost!
Brad

 

[CHuDWah]

Seeing this thread get a bump, and rereading it, it makes me think of the military board games that I had, or still have, in my father's attic. From the original "Battleship", to "Stratego" (labelled as a "European game of strategy" as I recall; I later learned it was based on a French board game), to the 3-layered "Sub Search", and "Tank Battle" with its Shermans, Panthers, and Hueys, to "Carrier Strike!", with its vaguely Essex-like carriers, Avengers and Kates. I had "Carrier Strike!" by the time I was in 9th or 10th grade, and painted the ships and the planes for the USN and the IJN.

I never had the Civil War game, but I remember it and some similar games, sponsored by American Heritage but issued by Milton Bradley. There was a WW I fighter game, with little Dr Is and Sopwith Camels. And I think there was a Revolutionary War game, with soldiers, artillery, and even ships, one side in blue, the other in red plastic.

And Risk was issued at times with small figures instead of geometric counters.

I think we had better games back then...

Prost!
Brad

The American Heritage/Milton Bradley games were the "Command Decision" series, and included:

Civil War - quickly renamed Battle-Cry
Broadside - 1812 naval battle
Dogfight - WW1 air battle
Hit The Beach - WW2 Pacific campaign
Skirmish - AWI

All had miniatures relevant to the subject of the game.

I have one of the early Civil War, before it was renamed. It came out around the time of the ACW centennial and I got it for Christmas one year. Each side has 22 figures including infantry, cavalry and artillery: