The West Coaster Toy Soldier Show March 8 , 2026 (1 Viewer)

[HobbyBunker]

The West Coast Toy Soldier Show is booked!
Sunday March 8th 2026
Double Tree by Hilton
7000 Beach Blvd
Buena Park, CA 90620
9:30AM-3PM
Admission $8.00
Early admission 8AM $20.00

 

[tdubel]

The West Coast Toy Soldier Show is booked!
March 9th 2025
Double Tree by Hilton
7000 Beach Blvd
Buena Park, CA 90620
9:30AM-3PM
Admission $8.00
Early admission 8AM $20.00

Matt, Assuming you mean Monday March 8?
Tom

 

[HobbyBunker]

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SUNDAY
The West Coast Toy Soldier Show is booked!
March 8th 2026
Double Tree by Hilton
7000 Beach Blvd
Buena Park, CA 90620
9:30AM-3PM
Admission $8.00
Early admission 8AM $20.00

Julie can you help? I can't edit???

 

[Julie]

Corrected for you Matt!

The West Coast Toy Soldier Show is booked!
Sunday March 8th 2026
Double Tree by Hilton
7000 Beach Blvd
Buena Park, CA 90620
9:30AM-3PM

 

[Denver]

Room Reserved.
Thanks for the HOT LINK

 

[Denver]

Two
More
Weeks

 

[Panzer ace]

I hope someone posts a review of this show.

 

[Warrior]

I hope someone posts a review of this show.

Pictures of the room trading and the show itself as well.

 

[tdubel]

I was very sorry to miss this show this year and miss seeing a bunch of old friends. I always loved this show due to timing of the year and escaping the cold weather. The irony is I was at the show in Jersey and it was 65 degrees! Hope the WC was a fun show for all!
Tom

 

[Warrior]

Here's a walk through video of the show................

 

[Warrior]

A lot of retired and current production King & Country for sale, some glossies from WB, Imperial and Trophy, matte finished metal from WB, TGM, Frontline, painted plastics, Marx and Barzso playsets, some deetail from WB, other assorted plastics, some 12 inch figures, loads of boxed 21st Century and FOV vehicles etc, etc, etc, etc.

Funny to see the prices on some things and how low they are these days.

Three toy soldier dealers, the rest are collectors thinning out their collections.

Highlight for me was the 3D printed rubbled out buildings, those were spectacular, 3D printing is taking the hobby by storm.

 

[Julie]

It was a good weekend! Still a bit tired as I take a red-eye home on Sunday night after working at the Show all day! And had to hit the ground running on Monday morning.....

Weather was nice enough to enjoy some pool time on Friday after arrival.

Saturday was spent at Bob Walker's Open House and seeing the new buildings he has added and new pieces to the collection as well! Working on a photo dump, some on Facebook already!

Always a fun but fast weekend and nice to see people in person!!!

Julie

 

[Panzer ace]

Here's a walk through video of the show................

Thanks for the video.

 

[villagehorse]

Interesting video and with Julie’s photos, the show was covered fairly well, so thank you. Robin.

 

[jazzeum]

A lot of retired and current production King & Country for sale, some glossies from WB, Imperial and Trophy, matte finished metal from WB, TGM, Frontline, painted plastics, Marx and Barzso playsets, some deetail from WB, other assorted plastics, some 12 inch figures, loads of boxed 21st Century and FOV vehicles etc, etc, etc, etc.

Funny to see the prices on some things and how low they are these days.

Three toy soldier dealers, the rest are collectors thinning out their collections.

Highlight for me was the 3D printed rubbled out buildings, those were spectacular, 3D printing is taking the hobby by storm.

I watched the video last night and glad someone did that. Generally agree with George. I didn’t see a whole lot of prices mentioned but someone had an Elefant for 200 which seems pretty inexpensive and the person who made the video bought a Figarti for under 200, another great price. It’s nice to see some reality seeping into the shows unlike eBay where it’s still pie in the sky.

 

[Julie]

Seff always does a good job on his Videos!

Julie

 

[Warrior]

I watched the video last night and glad someone did that. Generally agree with George. I didn’t see a whole lot of prices mentioned but someone had an Elefant for 200 which seems pretty inexpensive and the person who made the video bought a Figarti for under 200, another great price. It’s nice to see some reality seeping into the shows unlike eBay where it’s still pie in the sky.

There are currently north of 11,000 King & Country items listed on Ebay; the comically high/are you kidding me prices are generally from one seller, no surprise there.

The values on WWII figures and vehicles are much lower now than they used to be, 200.00 for the elephant is about right, vehicles go generally in the 150.00 to 250.00 neighborhood, wonder what he paid for the Kelly's Heroes Tiger, those used to go for stupid money.

Key word there is used.

As with anything, it's all about supply and demand, I had someone a while ago come to me with a large K & C WWII collection, your typical WS/DD/BBA/BBG assortment, made an offer, never heard back from the seller.

My offers are based on what I think/know I can sell items for, minus selling fees, not even factoring in my TIME, either my time in going to pick up the collection or laying it all out, inspecting it, sorting, it, cataloging it, listing it on Ebay/sending out lists to customers.

My TIME is worth something, but try telling sellers that.

 

[tdubel]

There are currently north of 11,000 King & Country items listed on Ebay; the comically high/are you kidding me prices are generally from one seller, no surprise there.

The values on WWII figures and vehicles are much lower now than they used to be, 200.00 for the elephant is about right, vehicles go generally in the 150.00 to 250.00 neighborhood, wonder what he paid for the Kelly's Heroes Tiger, those used to go for stupid money.

Key word there is used.

As with anything, it's all about supply and demand, I had someone a while ago come to me with a large K & C WWII collection, your typical WS/DD/BBA/BBG assortment, made an offer, never heard back from the seller.

My offers are based on what I think/know I can sell items for, minus selling fees, not even factoring in my TIME, either my time in going to pick up the collection or laying it all out, inspecting it, sorting, it, cataloging it, listing it on Ebay/sending out lists to customers.

My TIME is worth something, but try telling sellers that.

Kelly's Heroes Tigers sell legit for $1000 without trying. I think Matt just sold one on his site for over a grand. Ebay I think the last one sold was higher than that. Certain items will always bring money.

It also depends on who is selling and the time horizon they have.

What is not going for crazy money is just any retired piece. Put an Honour Bound Sherman or Tiger up Gold or not and it will not last long. Neither will early First Legion Vehicles and of course certain K&C and Figarti ones.

Put an Aeroart PB Knight with large flag up - goes from anywhere $1500 to $2500.

Just all depends on the piece.

Tom

 

[Warrior]

Kelly's Heroes Tigers sell legit for $1000 without trying. I think Matt just sold one on his site for over a grand. Ebay I think the last one sold was higher than that. Certain items will always bring money.

It also depends on who is selling and the time horizon they have.

What is not going for crazy money is just any retired piece. Put an Honour Bound Sherman or Tiger up Gold or not and it will not last long. Neither will early First Legion Vehicles and of course certain K&C and Figarti ones.

Put an Aeroart PB Knight with large flag up - goes from anywhere $1500 to $2500.

Just all depends on the piece.

Tom

Right, certain rare/hard to find items sell for high prices.

That's always going to be the case.

IN GENERAL prices are dropping on the vast majority of vintage/out of production toy soldiers.

Since that tank sold at a show from a private collector, I don't think it went for a grand, the person who bought it is a bargain hunter if ever there was one.

I should know.

 

[tdubel]

Right, certain rare/hard to find items sell for high prices.

That's always going to be the case.

IN GENERAL prices are dropping on the vast majority of vintage/out of production toy soldiers.

Since that tank sold at a show from a private collector, I don't think it went for a grand, the person who bought it is a bargain hunter if ever there was one.

I should know.

From what I understand, tank was not sold at the show, was removed from show and was put on website. Lasted an hour, then sold.

That is what I was told.

I would venture if you put a Kelly's Heroes Tank new in the box and were patient, I would bet you would get a large sum on ebay.
Tom