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This website is a homage to the wonderful world of toy soldiers. My enthusiasm for toy soldiers goes back to my childhood when I got Britains sets for Christmas and birthdays, as well as plastic figures and siege equipment made by the German firms Elastolin and Merten. Back then, you could still see lots of shiny new boxes of Britains displayed on store shelves with price tags of well under five dollars-those were the days! I began collecting as an adult thirty years ago after purchasing a friend's collection and then started buying from dealer lists, at shows, fairs and auctions. I also collect toy soldier books(esp. about Britains), catalogs and have even written articles about toy soldiers(including for Old Toy Soldier magazine). It's a fun, fascinating hobby but like all collecting endeavors, it can be addicting! |
Just starting to collect? Click here for some suggestions
Answer: "I played with my toy sodiers...."
3/28/06-The Black Watch became the 3rd Bn, Royal Regiment of Scotland-sic transit gloria!
Washington Post article about latest British Army reorganization,"Thin Red Line Getting Thinner"(including Black Watch):here(must register).
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Joe Wallis web site(author of Regiments of All Nations): www. leadsoldierbooks.com
Prof. Randy Katz's toy soldier collection page: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~randy/toysoldiers/collection.htm
Michel Harlange's site(France)is dedicated to the toy soldiers hobby and especially to William Britain toy toldiers. Includes copies of Britains catalogs, photos of Britains sets and a want list. See it here:http://membres.lycos.fr/toysoldiers/
Need Britains replacement parts? Try these: London Bridge Collector's Toys, Ltd. (USA), Soldier Pac(UK)
Link to Toy Soldier online magazine
Are your figures infected with lead disease?
"Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth" web site
Nineteenth Century British and Indian Armies and their Soldiers
Stephen Luscombe's British Empire Web Site (great site!-old British & Indian Army photos & prints)
The National Army Museum(U.K.)
The Anne S.K. Brown Miniature Lead Soldier Collection
Treefrog Treasure's Britains Ltd. Catalogs 1983-2008
Chakoten
The Danish Military Historical Society
Published by Geoffrey Duin
©Copyright 2006
