Tradition/Stadden old catalogue 1967 (1 Viewer)

[Mirof]

With the help of a friend, I put this old obsolete catalogue on line for consultation in Webb resolution,
for a better one you have to search second hand market, or ebay, or ....
Full colours, in french, english, german
https://www.mirofsoft.com/nostalgia-old-catalog-pdf/


Enjoy

 

[Obee]

Thanks for making this catalog available 'on-line' for collectors worldwide, its a very valuable resource to identification of these fine figures.

Its great to see how many of the figures have been transformed into the Tradition of London Model Figures that are still available tody,

John

 

[theBaron]

I've got a copy of the book, too. It's a valuable reference. I wouldn't call it a catalog, though, in the sense of a list of items and prices. The book is basically a collection of the color pages included in many issues of Tradition magazine. If I remember correctly, these photo pages were located in the middle of the given issue, to advertise figures from the "custom" line.

These photos are valuable to help identify the Stadden figure you've found in a box on some vendor's table, or in an auction online.

Thanks for adding that to your references, Mirof!

Prost!
Brad

 

[Artillery_crazy]

Hi Mirof,
I make John´s words mine.....You have a precious piece of our Hobby´s history in this link....
As a relatively " young arrival to the hobby " I can only wish I was around in the 70´s, 80´s and early 90´s when many of these companies were still trading and benefit from the wealth of different sets that they offered then...Not like today that you are held at ramson to a few big companies that offer what they consider ideal! The variety of historical periods covered was great ..... now a days it seems that all we see is a little Napoleonic, some 7 years war ..... A flod of WW2 and some touches of WW1 and late middle ages ...with a crisp of Classic Age...{sm3}{sm3}{sm3}
Wish for a Time Travel Capsule {sm4}{sm4}{sm4} to go back and explore these collections...
Cheers
Luiz

Thanks for making this catalog available 'on-line' for collectors worldwide, its a very valuable resource to identification of these fine figures.

Its great to see how many of the figures have been transformed into the Tradition of London Model Figures that are still available tody,

John

 

[Mirof]

Hi Mirof,
I make John´s words mine.....You have a precious piece of our Hobby´s history in this link....
As a relatively " young arrival to the hobby " I can only wish I was around in the 70´s, 80´s and early 90´s when many of these companies were still trading and benefit from the wealth of different sets that they offered then...Not like today that you are held at ramson to a few big companies that offer what they consider ideal! The variety of historical periods covered was great ..... now a days it seems that all we see is a little Napoleonic, some 7 years war ..... A flod of WW2 and some touches of WW1 and late middle ages ...with a crisp of Classic Age...{sm3}{sm3}{sm3}
Wish for a Time Travel Capsule {sm4}{sm4}{sm4} to go back and explore these collections...
Cheers
Luiz

Dear artillerycrazy
I will quote you : "...to a few big companies ..."
I have listed almost 300 companies who are active in the field of " Toy Soldiers "
and another 900 in the field of figurines in kit, all actives today
All those names and direct links available to download as a XLS file named "Figurines , Wargame, Flat, Toys, uniforms upgraded 30 Jan 2017 > 2000 links"
from here : https://www.mirofsoft.com/adresses/

Enjoy

 

[Artillery_crazy]

Hi Morof,
Yeap may be they are that many....but if we weed off the, plastic segment, Wargame, flats and toys.....and stick to 54mm....and pair them to that of the caliber of Tradition of London, Caldercfaft, All The Queens Men, Chotta Shahib, Hinchliffe, Imrie, Phoenix, Puchala, Valliant, Steadfast, Stadden and the active Asset ....... your list will be a very short one! Would you not say so? At least that is the way I see it..I am very picky ,by the way, on the quality and accuracy and historical periods of the sets....so that is part of the statement on the " to a few big companies..."
Cherrs
Artillery_Carzy

Dear artillerycrazy
I will quote you : "...to a few big companies ..."
I have listed almost 300 companies who are active in the field of " Toy Soldiers "
and another 900 in the field of figurines in kit, all actives today
All those names and direct links available to download as a XLS file named "Figurines , Wargame, Flat, Toys, uniforms upgraded 30 Jan 2017 > 2000 links"
from here : https://www.mirofsoft.com/adresses/

Enjoy

 

[Mirof]

Dear arti...

Be no so sure
First the name you give are not really paramount in figurines design, they wre the first yes, but ...
Stadden 54mm, even in 1972 when I begun were of poor quality, All the Queen were bigger size but poor sculpt, Hinchliffe and Caldercraft ( same production ) not to the level of today, Phoenix was one of the very best, Imrie lot of up and down with awfull horses, Vaillant had some very good sculptors in his staff, Chotta was very good in capturing perfect stances, Puchala was average, far better now, and nobody would be satisfied today with the level of Rose Miniatures .
Now, if you have a good look at the list, you will find at least 300 names of makers of 54mm metal in kit form, all of them at the minimum comparable level of Phoenix ( by the way, Phoenix are still availble ) and more 200 making resin with far more details than possible with the metal technique .
Nowadays, I still enjoy painting all the old stuff you named, I'm actualy painting some Rose, Lasset, Mokarex, Vaillant, Hinchliffe, Chotta .. and enjoy painting them .
I have the same pleasure when I paint, Romeo, Andrea, La Fortezza, Metal Modeles, El Viejo Dragon, First Guard, AItna, Aquila, Ares Mythologic , Berruo etc ...
It's also one of the reason why all shops selling metal kits dissapeared, in the 70 you could follow 10 to 20 makers and make stock, today you would had to follow 300 to 500 makers, nobody as the money to stock all that . So today you can not enter a shop and see the vast variety of products, you would need a parking lot in surface to show that . In the past, the best known shop in Brussels was only 100 square ft and everything was on display .
Also in the past with a shorter choice available, they sold by the 1000 almost each models, today when a company reach 500 pieces they are more than happy,and, when they reach 1000, the bells of all churches in the country are ringing at full peal .
Some supplier, mainly in resin, are making 100 sets max, and some busts only 20

A lifetime would not be enough to paint the present production .

Best
Michel

 

[Artillery_crazy]

Hi Michel,
Like I said, been for a relatively short time in the midst of this great game....For sure there must be a lot I have not seen! Especially as I am limited to buying sets over the electronic portals, and friends recommendations that I get to know from time to time, and do not have the luxury/luck to being able to stroll into a shop..in my country such hobby afiliation ( the fever for toy soldiers collecting ) did not catch, to say nearly that it does not exist....{sm2}{sm2}..So sites as the one you shared with us are great...in a snap shot you see hundreds of manufacturers.....
But I still stick to my guns, Victorian and early WW1 54mm in metal.... no resin, no plastic ( even if that means less accuracy ). I have been very lucky and have gotten very good quality sets - do not fully agree with you on Stadden ...they along with Mountford and Hinchliffe ,on artillery pieces, were the best, although your comments on the others is fair!)..I lay my efforts also on WW2 some Hinchliffe, Puchala,Cavalier Miniatures,Superior, J.Peddinghaus ( Hecker+Goro) and a great Japanese one for artillery pieces that I now forgot the name...{sm3} mainly for metal artillery pieces, not so much for soldiers...for as you have mentioned in some cases a few may be lacking the details...but given the time they were sculpted and what the competition had to offer, they were in the pack as the others... For me toy soldier collecting, means not just having one set of a museum quality sculputure standing in the cabinet...for me collecting means a Regiment size grouping of the same motif ( Regiment, battalion, squad) and being able to set up battles and dioramas, to really enjoy the tactics we read about played out with the sets...After all which kid did not want to have a Kipling´s Army at their disposal? After all the Victorian invented the rules for toy soldier war gaming , guess they were looking exactly for that...And this crazy hobby of ours was borne. I just do not collect at a smaller scale such as 28mm or so because I fancy 54mm...I agree that there are hundereds of great brands floating in the market making sets of soldiers and from time to time I do pick a few.....too bad we have to handle the scale war ( this is a different wasps nest I do not want to get into) and vehicles in resin or a plaster based material ( phoysterine I guess ) not my cup of tea .... artillery and vehicles to fit in my limited collection need to be in metal....reason why I have so few...the metal age for them has past even faster that for soldiers..{sm2}{sm2}
Cheers to us all and happy collecting....
Artillery_Crazy

Dear arti...

Be no so sure
First the name you give are not really paramount in figurines design, they were the first yes, but ...
Stadden 54mm, even in 1972 when I begun were of poor quality, All the Queen were bigger size but poor sculpt, Hinchliffe and Caldercraft ( same production ) not to the level of today, Phoenix was one of the very best, Imrie lot of up and down with awfull horses, Vaillant had some very good sculptors in his staff, Chotta was very good in capturing perfect stances, Puchala was average, far better now, and nobody would be satisfied today with the level of Rose Miniatures .
Now, if you have a good look at the list, you will find at least 300 names of makers of 54mm metal in kit form, all of them at the minimum comparable level of Phoenix ( by the way, Phoenix are still availble ) and more 200 making resin with far more details than possible with the metal technique .
Nowadays, I still enjoy painting all the old stuff you named, I'm actualy painting some Rose, Lasset, Mokarex, Vaillant, Hinchliffe, Chotta .. and enjoy painting them .
I have the same pleasure when I paint, Romeo, Andrea, La Fortezza, Metal Modeles, El Viejo Dragon, First Guard, AItna, Aquila, Ares Mythologic , Berruo etc ...
It's also one of the reason why all shops selling metal kits dissapeared, in the 70 you could follow 10 to 20 makers and make stock, today you would had to follow 300 to 500 makers, nobody as the money to stock all that . So today you can not enter a shop and see the vast variety of products, you would need a parking lot in surface to show that . In the past, the best known shop in Brussels was only 100 square ft and everything was on display .
Also in the past with a shorter choice available, they sold by the 1000 almost each models, today when a company reach 500 pieces they are more than happy,and, when they reach 1000, the bells of all churches in the country are ringing at full peal .
Some supplier, mainly in resin, are making 100 sets max, and some busts only 20

A lifetime would not be enough to paint the present production .

Best
Michel