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Summer 2024
Back to the School Room – Early Figures by Heyde

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Spring 2024
Paper Soldiers
Chasseurs d’Afrique, Émile Guérin, Paris, circa 1900

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Winter 2024 Magazine Cover

Winter 2024
Featuring:
Britains in the Balkans By Bill Anderson

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2023

Fall 2023 Magazine Cover

Fall 2023
Featuring:
Polar Expeditions in the Playroom
By Steve Sommers

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Summer 2023 Magazine Cover

Summer 2023
Featuring:
Keyman Footballers
By John Cupman

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Spring 2023 Magazine Cover

Spring 2023
Featuring:
Colour Variations of Timpo’s Hopalong Cassidy Series
By John Cupman

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Winter 2023 Magazine Cover

Winter 2023
Featuring:
George William Wood; The Forgotten Manufacturer
By Norman Joplin and Richard Forrester

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2022

Fall 2022 Magazine Cover

Fall 2022
Featuring:
American Dimestore Finn Soldiers
by Stan Alekna

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Summer 2022 Magazine Cover

Summer 2022
Featuring:
Queen Elizabeth as Colonel-in-Chief of the Guards; Trooping the Colour
By Will Beierwaltes

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Spring 2022 Magazine Cover

Spring 2022
Featuring:
America’s First Female Soldier Deborah Sampson
by Rob Wilson

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Winter 2022 Magazine Cover

Winter 2022
Featuring:
All Hail Peter Greenhill

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2021

Fall 2021 Magazine Cover

Fall 2021
Featuring:
Britains Largest Post-War Display Set (2081), Part 1
by Rob Wilson

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Summer 2021 Magazine Cover

Summer 2021
Featuring:
Britains Large American Sets
by Joe Wallis

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Spring 2021 Magazine Cover

Spring 2021
Featuring:
Britains Military Moustaches
by Harry Kemp

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Winter 2021 Magazine Cover

Winter 2021
Featuring:
Sentry Box Models
By Will Beierwaltes

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2020

Fall 2020 Magazine Cover

Fall 2020
Featuring:
FAO Schwarz Timpo West Point Cadets Display Set

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Summer 2020 Magazine Cover

Summer 2020
Featuring:
Britains New York State Militia – An Unusual Variation on Set #149
by Rob Wilson

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Spring 202 Magazine Cover

Spring 2020
Featuring:
Heyde Large Scale Personality Figures (One Man and His Horse)
by Harry Kemp

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Winter 2020 Magazine Cover

Winter 2020
Featuring:
Cumulative Subject Index 2010-2019, Volumes 34-43
by Joe Wallis

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2019

Fall 2019 Magazine Cover

Fall 2019
Featuring:
Eriksson Uncle Sam
by Lou Sandbote

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Summer 2019 Magazine Cover

Summer 2019
Featuring:
Popular Playthings & Thomas Toys Plastic Space Figures
by Bill Hanlon & Norman Joplin

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Spring 2019 Magazine Cover

Spring 2019
Featuring:
The General – Britains Early Mechanical & Gyroscopic Toys of the 1800s – Part 2
by Norman Joplin & Philippa Dupoylen

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Winter 2019 Magazine Cover

Winter 2019
Featuring:
Early British Manufacturers. The Faudel Phillips/Renvoize Connection
by Norman Joplin

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2018

Fall 2018 Magazine Cover

Fall 2018
Featuring:
Lincoln Log and Noveltoy
by Norman Joplin

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Summer 2018 Magazine Cover

Summer 2018
Featuring:
Historical Miniatures Made in the USA
by Norman Joplin

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Spring 2018 Magazine Cover

Spring 2018
Featuring:
Steampunk Dimestores
by Norman Joplin

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Winter 2018 Magazine Cover

Winter 2018
Featuring:
William Carman Take 2
by Rob Wilson

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2017

Fall 2017 Magazine Cover

Fall 2017
Featuring:
Chelsea Pensioners
by Norman Joplin

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Summer 2017 Magazine Cover

Summer 2017
Featuring:
Britains Beaufighter
by Norm Joplin

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Spring 2017 Magazine Cover

Spring 2017
Featuring:
British Camel Corps Regiments 1884 and
the Possible Britains Connection
Norman Joplin

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Winter 2017 Magazine Cover

Winter 2017
Featuring:
Heyde Large Scale Kings (and Emperors!)
By Rob Wilson

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2016

Fall 2016 Magazine Cover

Fall 2016
Featuring:
Trophy’s Christmas
By Norman Joplin and Russ Bednarek

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Summer 2016 Magazine Cover

Summer 2016
Featuring:
Frazier Museum Stewart Toy Soldier Gallery
Norman Joplin

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Spring 2016 Magazine Cover

Spring 2016
Featuring:
Barclay’s Cuban Flag Bearers
Stan Alekna

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Winter 2016 Magazine Cover

Winter 2016
Featuring:
Undiscovered Gems – Rose Miniatures
By Dick Pielin

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2015

Fall 2015 Magazine Issue

Fall 2015
Featuring:
Don Pielin
Congratulations on 35 Years of OTS

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Summer 2015 Magazine Cover

Summer 2015
Featuring:
BRITAINS CLYDE MODEL DOCKYARD
By Norman Joplin

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Spring 2015 Magazine Cover

Spring 2015
Featuring:
PARADE OF SOVEREIGNS
By Norman Joplin

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Winter 2015 Magazine Cover

Winter 2015
Featuring:
Britains Largest Guardsman
By Norman Joplin

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2014

Fall 2014 Magazine Issue

Fall 2014
Featuring:
Before the Tin Army of the Potomac Early German-Made, American-Themed Toy Soldier Sets
By Earl Jorgensen

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Summer 2014 Magazine Cover

Summer 2014
Featuring:
Commemorating World War One Scepter
By Norman Joplin

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Spring 2014 Magazine Issue

Spring 2014
Featuring:
Filling in the
Line Terrain Terrier
By Norman Joplin

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Winter 2014 Magazine Cover

Winter 2014
Featuring:
Is this Britain’s First Toy Soldier Catalogue?
By Rob Wilson

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2013

Fall 2013 Magazine Cover

Fall 2013
Featuring:
Made in Argentina
By Norman Joplin

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Summer 2013 Magazine Cover

Summer 2013
Featuring:
The Conversions of Neal Crowley
By Jack Matthews

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Spring 2013 Magazine Cover

Spring 2013
Featuring:
Greenwood and Ball: An example of the 25mm Connoisseur Range – Magna Carta
By Rob Wilson

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Winter 2013 Magazine Cover

Winter 2013
Featuring:
Britains 120th Anniversary Life Guards
by Norman Joplin

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2012

Fall 2012 Magazine Cover

Fall 2012
Featuring:
Timpo. Quentin Durward,Ivanhoe and Crusaders Series. A Look Beyond the 190/1951 Timpo Catalog
by Norman Joplin

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Summer 2012 Magazine Cover

Summer 2012
Featuring:
Toyell – London Ceremonial Souvenir Toy Soldiers
by Norman Joplin

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Spring 2012 Magazine Cover

Spring 2012
Featuring:
Shamus Wade – Auction Preview Toy Soldier and Figure Auction
by Norman Joplin

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Winter 2012 Magazine Cover

Winter 2012
Featuring:
G.W. Wood and Co. Part 1 – The Forgotten Manufacturer
Norman Joplin

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2011

Fall 2011 Magazine Cover

Fall 2011
Featuring:
Update on the Barclay, Manoil and Grey Iron Soldiers
Stan Alekna

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Summer 2011 Magazine Cover

Summer 2011
Featuring:
1066 and All That: A Homage to Frederick Ping
Rob Wilson

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Spring 2011 Magazine Cover

Spring 2011
Featuring:
The Roy Selwyn-Smith Archive – Part One
Norman Joplin

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Winter 2011 Magazine Cover

Winter 2011
Featuring:
M.I.M. of Belgium
Russ Bednarek

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2010

Fall 2010 Magazine Cover

Fall 2010
Featuring:
Besold Flats
Norman Joplin

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Summer 2010 Magazine Cover

Summer 2010
Featuring:
Timpo GI’s: A Remembrance
Norman Joplin

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Spring 2010 Magazine Cover

Spring 2010
Featuring:
Heyde’s Taking of Troy
Steve Sommers, S. Mark Young and Markus Grein

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Winter 2010 Magazine Cover

Winter 2010
Featuring:
Things Aren’t Always What They Appear to Be
Russ Bednarek

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2009

Fall 2009 Magazine Cover

Fall 2009
Featuring:
The King that Never Was
Rob Wilson

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Fall 2009 Magazine Cover

Summer 2009
Featuring:
Britians Toy Town Figures
Norman Joplin

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Spring 2009 Magazine Cover

Spring 2009
Featuring:
Barclay’s Bikes
by Stan Alekna

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Winter 2009 Magazine Cover

Winter 2009
Featuring:
The West India Regiment Britians Set #19
by Joe Wallis

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2008

Fall 2008 Magazine Cover

Fall 2008
Featuring:
Paper Soldiers
by Ed Ryan

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Summer 2008 Magazine Cover

Summer 2008
Featuring:
The Spectacular Hollow-Cast Creations of Georg Munckle and a Visit to Toy Mania in Paris
by Norman Joplin and Jean Benard Doublet

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Spring 2008 Magazine Cover

Spring 2008
Featuring:
Herrings Caught
by John C. Stewart

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Winter 2008 Magazine Cover

Winter 2008
Featuring:
Grants Whisky Highlanders Manufacturer Mystery
by John T. Watersworth

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2007

Fall 2007 Magazine Cover

Fall 2007
Featuring:
Three Generations of Christmas Magic…
by Bonny Bray Skovbroten

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Summer 2007 Magazine Cover

Summer 2007
Featuring:
Britains Famous Football Teams
by Norman Joplin and Colonel Donald Pudney

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Spring 2007 Magazine Cover

Spring 2007
Featuring:
Belgian Composition Figures “Pirates”
by Vincent J. Russo and Patrice Servais

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Winter 2007 Magazine Cover

Winter 2007
Featuring:
A Touch of Nostalgia
by Gus Gardner

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2006

Fall 2006 Magazine Cover

Fall 2006
Featuring:
30 Years of OTS Magazine – Part 3
Norman Joplin

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Summer 2006 Magazine Cover

Summer 2006
Featuring:
30 YEARS OF OLD TOY SOLDIER MAGAZINE PART 2 1986-1996
By Norman Joplin

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Spring 2006 Magazine Cover

Spring 2006
Featuring:
TRICO; JAPANESE PRE-WAR COMPOSITION THE LARGE AND EXTRA-LARGE SIZE MILITARY FIGURES
By Will Beierwaltes and Joseph Touhill

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Winter 2006 Magazine Cover

Winter 2006
Featuring:
BRITAINS SALVATION ARMY 1906 VERSION BOXES AND GENERAL BOOTH, MYSTERIES SOLVED – PART ONE
By Norman Joplin

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2005

Fall 2005
Currently unavailable

Summer 2005 Magazine Cover

Summer 2005
Featuring:
DIMESTORE CAMERAMEN
By Verne Johnson, Steve Sommers and Don Pielin

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Spring 2005 Magazine Cover

Spring 2005
Featuring:
BUCK ROGERS CASTING SETS, MOLDS AND FIGURES OF THE 25TH CENTURY
By Will Beierwaltes and Ron Eccles

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Spring 2005 Magazine Cover

Winter 2005
Featuring:
SETS BRITAINS SHOULD HAVE MADE
By William J. Miele

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2004

Fall 2004 Magazine Cover

Fall 2004
Featuring:
“MADAME TUSSAUD” “IF YOU WANT TO GET AHEAD”
by Philip Dean

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Summer 2004 Magazine Cover

Summer 2004
Featuring:
BRITAINS CORONATION COACH “SPECIAL”
By John Mundey

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Spring 2004 Magazine Cover

Spring 2004
Featuring:
A Look at the Labels and Trademarks of the Old German Makers Part 1: “The Biggest Box of Heydes I’ve Ever Seen”
By Earl Jorgensen

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Winter 2004
Not available

2003

Fall 2003 Magazine Cover

Fall 2003
Featuring:
American Metal Toy’s Tanks
Stan Alekna

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Summer 2003 Magazine Cover

Summer 2003
Featuring:
Britains Tagged Feature
Philip Dean

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Spring 2003 Magazine Cover

Spring 2003
Featuring:
The Durso Company, “Bandits”
Vincent J. Russo and Patrice Servais

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Winter 2003 Magazine Cover

Winter 2003
Featuring:
At Ease Soldiers
Morton A. Hirschberg

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2002

Fall 2002 Magazine Cover

Fall 2002
Featuring:
Wendal Nativity
By Philip Dean

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Summer 2002 Magazine Cover

Summer 2002
Featuring:
British Royalty in Coronation Robes
By Norman Joplin

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Spring 2002 Magazine Cover

Spring 2002
Featuring:
Britains Royal Horse Artillery
Rob Wilson

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Winter 2002
Not available

2001

Fall 2001 Magazine Cover

Fall 2001
Featuring:
21st Annual OTSN Show
By Jo Sommers

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Summer 2001 Magazine Cover

Summer 2001
Featuring:
Do You Know this Man? The Search for James Edward Jones
By Walter J. Keener Jr.

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Spring 2001 Magazine Cover

Spring 2001
Featuring:
The Britain Family History
By Joe Wallis

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Winter 2001-02 Magazine Cover

Winter 2001-2002
Featuring:
Britains Road Series – Part 1 – Petrol Pumps
By Philip Dean

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