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Cumulative Author Index Vol 43 No 4 – Vol 49 No 2

Alekna, Stan — A Study of Barclay and Manoil Rarity and Value — Vol. 44, Number 2, Summer 2020 — pp. 21–24
Alekna, Stan — A Study of Grey Iron Rarity and Value — Vol. 44, Number 3, Fall 2020 — pp. 46–48
Alekna, Stan — The Wings of Barclay — Vol. 45, Number 1, Spring 2021 — pp. 25–27
Alekna, Stan — Dimestore Update — Vol. 45, Number 3, Fall 2021 — pp. 37
Alekna, Stan — Another Barclay Variant — Vol. 45, Number 4, Winter 2022 — pp. 17–18
Alekna, Stan — Scratch One Barclay Airplane — Vol. 46, Number 1, Spring 2022 — pp. 11
Alekna, Stan — American Dimestore Finn Soldiers — Vol. 46, Number 3, Fall 2022 — pp. 37–39
Alekna, Stan — Another American Dimestore Mystery — Vol. 47, Number 3, Fall 2023 — pp. 17–20
Alekna, Stan — American Dimestore Silent Auctions — Vol. 49, Number 1, Spring 2025 — pp. 47–49
Anderson, Bill — New South Wales Lancers — Vol. 45, Number 1, Spring 2021 — pp. 41–50
Anderson, Bill — The Russo-Japanese War, 1904–05: History in Miniature, Part 1 — Vol. 45, Number 3, Fall 2021 — pp. 63–69
Anderson, Bill — The Russo-Japanese War, 1904–05: History in Miniature, Part II — Vol. 45, Number 4, Winter 2022 — pp. 21–24
Anderson, Bill — The South Australian Lancers — Vol. 46, Number 1, Spring 2022 — pp. 49–54
Anderson, Bill — South Australian Lancers as Represented by Toy Soldier Manufacturers — Vol. 46, Number 2, Summer 2022 — pp. 27–31
Anderson, Bill — Empire in El Dorado — Britain’s Argentinian and Uruguayan Troops — Vol. 46, Number 3, Fall 2022 — pp. 27–33
Anderson, Bill — The 21st Lancers — Heroes of Omdurman & Khartoum — Vol. 47, Number 1, Spring 2023 — pp. 19–25
Anderson, Bill — The Gurkhas: Britains’ Tribute to This Famous Regiment — Vol. 47, Number 2, Summer 2023 — pp. 43–47
Anderson, Bill — Britains Set 19 — The West India Regiment — Vol. 47, Number 3, Fall 2023 — pp. 67–69
Anderson, Bill — Britains in the Balkans — Vol. 47, Number 4, Winter 2024 — pp. 51–55
Anderson, Bill — Ethiopia 1935–1936, the Unclaimed Colony — Vol. 48, Number 1, Spring 2024 — pp. 27–31
Anderson, Bill — Beau Geste, the French in North Africa: The End of Empire, 1830–1962 — Vol. 48, Number 2, Summer 2024 — pp. 45–52
Anderson, Bill — The Royal Navy: The Senior Service as Represented by Britains — Vol. 48, Number 4, Winter 2025 — pp. 27–34
Anderson, Bill — With the Flag to Pretoria: Britains in the Boer War — Vol. 49, Number 2, Summer 2025 — pp. 9–23
Beaumont, Francois — Noris: Links to Some of the Earliest Figures Produced by C.B.G. — Vol. 46, Number 4, Winter 2023 — pp. 37–39
Bednarek, Russ — Re-visiting the Soldiers of Hachette & Cie — Vol. 48, Number 3, Fall 2024 — pp. 7–13
Beierwaltes, Bill — Early American Metal: McLoughlin Brothers — Vol. 48, Number 2, Summer 2024 — pp. 35–39
Beierwaltes, Will — Sentry Box Models — Vol. 44, Number 4, Winter 2021 — pp. 8–16
Beierwaltes, Will — Toy Soldiers in the FAO Schwarz 1931 Christmas Catalog — Vol. 45, Number 1, Spring 2021 — pp. 19–23
Beierwaltes, Will — Howard Francis Willetts and Matchlock Military Models — Vol. 45, Number 2, Summer 2021 — pp. 41–48
Beierwaltes, Will — Toys of the Armored Train in the Boer War — Vol. 45, Number 3, Fall 2021 — pp. 23–30
Beierwaltes, Will — Flash Gordon Home-Cast Figures from Home Foundry Manufacturing Co. of Chicago — Vol. 45, Number 4, Winter 2022 — pp. 33–37
Beierwaltes, Will — Lone Star “Metallions?” — Vol. 46, Number 1, Spring 2022 — pp. 15–20
Beierwaltes, Will — Queen Elizabeth as Colonel-in-Chief of the Guards; Trooping the Colour (The Sequel) — Vol. 46, Number 2, Summer 2022 — pp. 53–59
Beierwaltes, Will — Blenheim Military Models, 1973–1981 — Vol. 46, Number 4, Winter 2023 — pp. 11–23
Beierwaltes, Will — Article Update: An American-Made Armored Train. The Marx Trains No 5288 Thortrain — Vol. 47, Number 2, Summer 2023 — pp. 18–19
Beierwaltes, Will — William Feix Toy Soldiers: Bringing the European Tradition to American-Made Toy Soldiers — Vol. 47, Number 3, Fall 2023 — pp. 53–60
Beierwaltes, Will — Feix and the German Connection: An Exchange of Views — Vol. 47, Number 4, Winter 2024 — pp. 27–30
Beierwaltes, Will — U.S. Metal Toy Mfg Co. Tin-Lithographed Western Wagons — Vol. 47, Number 4, Winter 2024 — pp. 23–25
Beierwaltes, Will — Medical-Themed Toy Soldiers of Britains Ltd. — Vol. 49, Number 1, Spring 2025 — pp. 7–18
Beierwaltes, Will — Miscellaneous Sports Figures — Vol. 49, Number 1, Spring 2025 — pp. 43–44
Beierwaltes, Will — Early American Toy Soldiers of the Whitney Reed Chair Company — Vol. 49, Number 2, Summer 2025 — pp. 31–33
Cupman, John — Colour Variations of Timpo’s Hopalong Cassidy Series — Vol. 47, Number 1, Spring 2023 — pp. 7–11
Cupman, John — Keymen Miniatures — Vol. 47, Number 2, Summer 2023 — pp. 7–12
Cuthbert, Norman — Heyde Treasures: Some Personal Reflections — Vol. 48, Number 2, Summer 2024 — pp. 21–22
Cuthbert, Norman — Displaying Model Soldier Bands — Vol. 48, Number 4, Winter 2025 — pp. 39–44
Cuthbert, Norman — Old Soldiers Never Die — Vol. 49, Number 1, Spring 2025 — pp. 51
Dance, Stephen — The Britain Trophy — Vol. 43, Number 4, Winter 2020 — pp. 55–56
DeMarco, Joe — The Emperor of Japan’s Landau — Vol. 44, Number 1, Spring 2020 — pp. 38–41
Forrester, Richard — Hanks Brothers Toy Soldier Manufacturers — Vol. 45, Number 2, Summer 2021 — pp. 17–27
Forrester, Richard — John Hill & Company, the Early Years — Vol. 46, Number 2, Summer 2022 — pp. 11–25
Forrester, Richard — John Hill & Co — A New Discovery and Some Old Photos of the Hill Factory — Vol. 46, Number 3, Fall 2022 — pp. 13–14
Forrester, Richard — George William Wood: The Forgotten Manufacturer, Part 3 — Vol. 46, Number 4, Winter 2023 — pp. 55–64
Forrester, Richard — Naval Landing Party Gun Team: Was It Made by Reka or Not? — Vol. 47, Number 4, Winter 2024 — pp. 15–20
Forrester, Richard — Johillco in the Immediate Post-War Period — Vol. 48, Number 2, Summer 2024 — pp. 27–33
Forsey, Robin — Notes on Toys Dug on Civil War Sites — Vol. 45, Number 3, Fall 2021 — pp. 39–46
Forsey, Robin — Peter F. Pia Incorporated: The Formative Years, Part One: 1850–1866 — Vol. 46, Number 3, Fall 2022 — pp. 61–70
Forsey, Robin — The Lincoln “Mignot” Figures: A 1950s Fallacy Perpetuated by Garrett — Vol. 46, Number 4, Winter 2023 — pp. 41–43
Forsey, Robin — Peter F. Pia Incorporated: The Formative Years, Part Two: 1867–1918 — Vol. 47, Number 1, Spring 2023 — pp. 56–61
Forsey, Robin — The Autoperipatet ikos, or Walking Zouave — Vol. 47, Number 2, Summer 2023 — pp. 27–33
Forsey, Robin — The Civil War Equivalents of “G. I. Joe” — Vol. 48, Number 4, Winter 2025 — pp. 17–25
Forsey, Robin — Lincoln’s Toy Shop: The Facts Behind the Fiction — Vol. 49, Number 1, Spring 2025 — pp. 23–32
Franklin, John — Britains RFA Gun Team at the Halt Set B17 — Vol. 44, Number 1, Spring 2020 — pp. 48–50
Franklin, John — Britains Large Display Boxes — Part 1 — Vol. 44, Number 2, Summer 2020 — pp. 50–58
Franklin, John — Britains Large Display Boxes — Part 2 — Vol. 44, Number 3, Fall 2020 — pp. 41–44
Franklin, John — Britains Large Display Boxes — Part 3 — Vol. 44, Number 4, Winter 2021 — pp. 53–56
Franklin, John — Britains Aircraft — Vol. 45, Number 4, Winter 2022 — pp. 51–55
Franklin, John — Displays with Heco Models — Vol. 46, Number 1, Spring 2022 — pp. 34–35
Franklin, John — Britains Soldiers on Parade — Vol. 47, Number 1, Spring 2023 — pp. 35–41
Franklin, John — Britains 1880 Catalogue — Vol. 47, Number 4, Winter 2024 — pp. 41–48
Franklin, John — Britains Middlesex Regiments — Vol. 48, Number 3, Fall 2024 — pp. 54–60
Franklin, John — Britains Territorials for Coronations — Vol. 49, Number 2, Summer 2025 — pp. 61–65
Freber, Gisbert — Noah’s Ark — Toy Arks from the 19th and 20th Centuries from Germany — Vol. 44, Number 2, Summer 2020 — pp. 35–39
Freber, Gisbert — Kinkeldey: A German-American Story About Very Early, German-Made, Slate Moulds — Vol. 47, Number 3, Fall 2023 — pp. 27–30
Freber, Gisbert — Kinkeldey — A German-American Story About Very Early, German-Made Slate Moulds — Part 2 — Vol. 48, Number 1, Spring 2024 — pp. 7–13
Freber, Gisbert — Bavarian Kings and Prince Regents from 1864–1918 in Old Lead Soldiers — Vol. 48, Number 3, Fall 2024 — pp. 29–32
Freber, Gisbert — The Last Samurai — Vol. 49, Number 1, Spring 2025 — pp. 37–39
Freber, Gisbert — Anglo-French Sudanese Expeditions (Expédition du Soudan by Krause) — An Intriguing Find — Vol. 49, Number 2, Summer 2025 — pp. 44–50
Garfield, Jan and Roger — The Chicago Toy Soldier Show Turns 40 — Vol. 45, Number 2, Summer 2021 — pp. 65–70
Grancio, James A. — Jags Toys — Vol. 46, Number 1, Spring 2022 — pp. 37
Grein, Markus — English Royal State Coaches Made in Germany — Vol. 47, Number 2, Summer 2023 — pp. 38–41
Griffith, M. Dinorben — Toy Armies of the World 1899 — Vol. 47, Number 2, Summer 2023 — pp. 21–25
Haley, Ged — Maestro Painter’s Unique Collection of Toy Soldiers — Golden (John) Bennett! — Vol. 46, Number 4, Winter 2023 — pp. 25–30
Hanlon, Bill — March of the Wooden Soldiers — A Rare Barclays Find — Vol. 46, Number 3, Fall 2022 — pp. 9–11
Hickling, Allen — British Toy Forts of the Wild West — Vol. 44, Number 4, Winter 2021 — pp. 21–25
Holly, Brian — Ducal Traditional Military Figures — Vol. 44, Number 4, Winter 2021 — pp. 41–44
Joplin, Norman — Shamus Wade — Nostalgia’s Follow Up Line: Oojah-Cum-Pivvy — Vol. 44, Number 1, Spring 2020 — pp. 31–36
Joplin, Norman — Historical Miniatures and James Miniatures — Vol. 44, Number 3, Fall 2020 — pp. 28–33
Joplin, Norman — Carman’s Argosy Series — Vol. 44, Number 4, Winter 2021 — pp. 47–49
Joplin, Norman — The Rebranding of Johillco, circa 1952: Bryta Models (including the AZCO cards, Arbenz, Fylde Manufacturing Company, Monarch, Sovereign and Metasol series) — Vol. 46, Number 3, Fall 2022 — pp. 16–23
Joplin, Norman — George William Wood: The Forgotten Manufacturer, Part 3 — Vol. 46, Number 4, Winter 2023 — pp. 55–64
Joplin, Norman — The Coronation of King Charles III and Related Matters — Vol. 47, Number 1, Spring 2023 — pp. 27–32
Joplin, Norman — Feix and the German Connection: An Exchange of Views — Vol. 47, Number 4, Winter 2024 — pp. 27–30
Joplin, Norman — Naval Landing Party Gun Team: Was It Made by Reka or Not? — Vol. 47, Number 4, Winter 2024 — pp. 15–20
Joplin, Norman — The First Public Toy Soldier and Lead Model Figures Auction — Vol. 48, Number 1, Spring 2024 — pp. 15–22
Joplin, Norman — Johillco in the Immediate Post-War Period — Vol. 48, Number 2, Summer 2024 — pp. 27–33
Joplin, Norman — Manoil Dimestore Prototypes — Vol. 48, Number 2, Summer 2024 — pp. 62–63
Joplin, Norman — Toydel—Filling in the Line (Again) — Vol. 48, Number 2, Summer 2024 — pp. 61
Joplin, Norman — Snippets from the Richard O’Brien Ephemera Archive — Vol. 48, Number 3, Fall 2024 — pp. 51–52
Joplin, Norman — Toy Soldier and Other Treasures from the Toledo — Vol. 48, Number 4, Winter 2025 — pp. 51–55
Joplin, Norman — Britains 4.7 Inch Naval Gun — Vol. 49, Number 2, Summer 2025 — pp. 27–29
Kemp, Harry — Britains Military Moustaches — Vol. 45, Number 1, Spring 2021 — pp. 9–12
Kemp, Harry — Heyde’s Depiction of Richard Evelyn Byrd’s 1928 to 1930 Antarctic Expedition — Vol. 46, Number 4, Winter 2023 — pp. 51–53
Kimmich, Ralph — Shamus Wade — Nostalgia’s Follow Up Line: Oojah-Cum-Pivvy — Vol. 44, Number 1, Spring 2020 — pp. 31–36
Langman, Michael — A History of Paratroopers via Toy Soldiers — Vol. 44, Number 2, Summer 2020 — pp. 41–45
Little, Adrian and Jane — Pings Theatrical Figures — Vol. 45, Number 1, Spring 2021 — pp. 53–55
Marchiandi, Francesco — The Antonini Dynasty in Rome — A Story of Italian Toy Soldiers from 1911 to Nowadays — Vol. 44, Number 3, Fall 2020 — pp. 20–22
Marchiandi, Francesco — The Emperor Napoleon — A Celebration in Toy Soldiers Marking the Bicentenary of His Death (1821–2021) — Vol. 45, Number 2, Summer 2021 — pp. 51–61
Medjaoui, Nassim — “Les Petits Soldats de Plomb” — A Fascinating Pathé Film — Vol. 49, Number 2, Summer 2025 — pp. 39–42
Nahigian, Larry — Toys of the Armored Train in the Boer War — Vol. 45, Number 3, Fall 2021 — pp. 23–30
Nahigian, Larry — Article Update: An American-Made Armored Train. The Marx Trains No 5288 Thortrain — Vol. 47, Number 2, Summer 2023 — pp. 18–19
Nutting, William — F.A.O. Schwarz’s Western Fort Set — Vol. 44, Number 1, Spring 2020 — pp. 18–23
Nutting, William — Heyde Large Scale Personality Figures (One Man and His Horse) — Vol. 44, Number 1, Spring 2020 — pp. 9–11
Ph.D, James D. Spina, — A Grading Guide for Toy Soldiers — Vol. 44, Number 2, Summer 2020 — pp. 27–32
Ph.D, James D. Spina, — The Mystery Dimestore Soldier: Shot or Gassed? — Vol. 44, Number 3, Fall 2020 — pp. 26
Ph.D, James D. Spina, — Dimestore Toy Soldier Art — Vol. 44, Number 4, Winter 2021 — pp. 31–34
Poeth, Frank — Recreating the Battle at Rotha 1 May 1762 — Vol. 43, Number 4, Winter 2020 — pp. 9–13
Poole, Ed — SMS Emden and Early US Toy Soldiers — Vol. 44, Number 3, Fall 2020 — pp. 37–39
Sandbote, Lou — AHI and Swedish African Engineers (SAE): A Story of “Involuntary Sharing?” — Vol. 49, Number 2, Summer 2025 — pp. 36–37
Schabenstiel, Martin — English Royal State Coaches Made in Germany — Vol. 47, Number 2, Summer 2023 — pp. 38–41
Sofroniou, Kyriakos — Enhancements to Britains Aircraft on Iropoli(s) Toy Exhibition, Nicosia, Cyprus — Vol. 46, Number 1, Spring 2022 — pp. 23–27
Sommers, Steve — Polar Expeditions in the Playroom — Vol. 47, Number 3, Fall 2023 — pp. 7–14
Sommers, Steve — Discovering Schoolrooms — Vol. 48, Number 2, Summer 2024 — pp. 7–13
Spina, Jim — Are You Ready to Take the Dimestore Collecting Challenge? — Vol. 45, Number 1, Spring 2021 — pp. 31–34
Stewart, John — William Feix Toy Soldiers: Bringing the European Tradition to American-Made Toy Soldiers — Vol. 47, Number 3, Fall 2023 — pp. 53–60
Toiati, Luigi — William Britain, Jr. Interviews Luigi Toiati — Vol. 44, Number 4, Winter 2021 — pp. 36–38
Toiati, Luigi — Paper and Celluloid Dreams: Comics, Movies and Italian Composition Figures — Vol. 45, Number 4, Winter 2022 — pp. 9–15
Toiati, Luigi — Italian Space Toy Figurines — Vol. 47, Number 3, Fall 2023 — pp. 45–51
Wallis, Joe — A Nostalgic Account of Over 50 Years of Britains Collecting — Vol. 44, Number 2, Summer 2020 — pp. 47–50
Wallis, Joe — Britains New York State Militia — An Unusual Variation on Set #149? — Vol. 44, Number 2, Summer 2020 — pp. 11–14
Wallis, Joe — Britains in the F.A.O. Schwarz Catalogs of the 1930s — Vol. 45, Number 1, Spring 2021 — pp. 16–17
Wallis, Joe — Britains Large American Sets — Vol. 45, Number 2, Summer 2021 — pp. 9–11
Wallis, Joe — Noncatalogued Farm Set #140-F — Vol. 45, Number 3, Fall 2021 — pp. 53
Wallis, Joe — An Observation About Buck Rogers Figures — Vol. 45, Number 4, Winter 2022 — pp. 29
Wallis, Joe — Britains Quiz — Vol. 48, Number 3, Fall 2024 — pp. 33, 40–41
Wallis, Joe — Britains Quiz Part II — Vol. 48, Number 4, Winter 2025 — pp. 35, 60–61
Wallis, Joe — Cumulative Subject Index 2010–2019, Volumes 34–43 — Vol. 43, Number 4, Winter 2020 — pp. 21–28
Wallis, Joe — Articles by Volume and Issue — Vol. 43, Number 4, Winter 2020 — pp. 31–34
Wallis, Joe — Cumulative Author Index 2010–2019, Volumes 34–43 — Vol. 43, Number 4, Winter 2020 — pp. 36–42
Wilson, Rob — FAO Schwarz Timpo West Point Cadets Display Set — Vol. 44, Number 3, Fall 2020 — pp. 8–11
Wilson, Rob — West Point Revisited — Vol. 44, Number 4, Winter 2021 — pp. 27–29
Wilson, Rob — Heyde and Other Large Scale Personality Figures — Vol. 45, Number 1, Spring 2021 — pp. 57–60
Wilson, Rob — Just for the Fun of It — Vol. 45, Number 2, Summer 2021 — pp. 31–36
Wilson, Rob — Britains Largest Post-War Display Set (2081), Part 1 — Vol. 45, Number 3, Fall 2021 — pp. 9–16
Wilson, Rob — Britain’s Display Set 2081, Part 2: An Early Prototype? — Vol. 45, Number 4, Winter 2022 — pp. 43–48
Wilson, Rob — Britains Set 2081 — A Postscript — Vol. 46, Number 1, Spring 2022 — pp. 58–59
Wilson, Rob — Deborah Sampson — The USA’s First Female Soldier — Vol. 46, Number 1, Spring 2022 — pp. 9
Wilson, Rob — Britain’s Gigantic Set #131 Discovered in North Yorkshire — Vol. 46, Number 2, Summer 2022 — pp. 39–45
Wilson, Rob — Distinguishing Britains and Hanks Figures — Vol. 46, Number 2, Summer 2022 — pp. 33
Wilson, Rob — Freddie Green — The Charge of the Light Brigade — Vol. 46, Number 4, Winter 2023 — pp. 44–48
Wilson, Rob — Celebrating the Coronations of British Monarchs with Britains — Vol. 47, Number 1, Spring 2023 — pp. 43–47
Wilson, Rob — Ping’s Magna Carta — Vol. 47, Number 1, Spring 2023 — pp. 15–17
Wilson, Rob — The Joys of Collecting Britain’s B-Sized Figures — Vol. 47, Number 2, Summer 2023 — pp. 56–63
Wilson, Rob — Auction Review — The Collection of the Late John Ruddle — Vol. 47, Number 4, Winter 2024 — pp. 7–12
Wilson, Rob — Collectors and Their Collections — Charlie Sinel — Vol. 47, Number 4, Winter 2024 — pp. 33–36
Wilson, Rob — Martin Marietta 1/32 Scale Pershing Missile — Was It Renwal’s Last Military Kit? — Vol. 48, Number 1, Spring 2024 — pp. 49–51
Wilson, Rob — Miniature World — Vol. 48, Number 1, Spring 2024 — pp. 34–41
Wilson, Rob — Napoleon’s Toy Soldiers—Important Lot of Every Lead Soldiers Auctioned in Paris — Vol. 48, Number 2, Summer 2024 — pp. 57–58
Wilson, Rob — The Crown’s Funeral Procession Auctioned by Bonhams — Vol. 48, Number 2, Summer 2024 — pp. 15–17
Wilson, Rob — Sporting Figures — A Herculean Olympic Collecting Challenge — Vol. 48, Number 3, Fall 2024 — pp. 15–22
Wilson, Rob — Britains Edwardian Family — Vol. 48, Number 4, Winter 2025 — pp. 7–9
Wilson, Rob — Royal Horse Artillery: Variations on a Theme Revisited: Gun Teams by Other British Makers — Vol. 48, Number 4, Winter 2025 — pp. 11–15
Wilson, Rob — Giant Model Soldiers — Vol. 49, Number 1, Spring 2025 — pp. 20–21
Young, S. Mark — Bob Walker’s Open House, May 2022 — Vol. 46, Number 2, Summer 2022 — pp. 51

Articles by Volume and Issue Number Vol 43 No 4 – Vol 49 No 2

Volume 43, Number 4, Winter 2020
Recreating the Battle at Rotha 1 May 1762 — Colonel Frank Poeth — 9–13
Cumulative Subject Index 2010–2019, Volumes 34–43 — Joe Wallis — 21–28
Articles by Volume and Issue — Joe Wallis — 31–34
Cumulative Author Index 2010–2019, Volumes 34–43 — Joe Wallis — 36–42
The Britain Trophy — Stephen Dance — 55–56
Volume 44, Number 1, Spring 2020
Heyde Large Scale Personality Figures (One Man and His Horse) — William Nutting — 9–11
F.A.O. Schwarz’s Western Fort Set — William Nutting — 18–23
Shamus Wade — Nostalgia’s Follow Up Line: Oojah-Cum-Pivvy — Norman Joplin and Ralph Kimmich — 31–36
The Emperor of Japan’s Landau — Joe DeMarco — 38–41
Britains RFA Gun Team at the Halt Set B17 — John Franklin — 48–50
Volume 44, Number 2, Summer 2020
Britains New York State Militia — An Unusual Variation on Set #149? — Joe Wallis — 11–14
A Study of Barclay and Manoil Rarity and Value — Stan Alekna — 21–24
A Grading Guide for Toy Soldiers — James D. Spina, Ph.D. — 27–32
Noah’s Ark — Toy Arks from the 19th and 20th Centuries from Germany — Gisbert Freber — 35–39
A History of Paratroopers via Toy Soldiers — Michael Langman — 41–45
A Nostalgic Account of Over 50 Years of Britains Collecting — Joe Wallis — 47–50
Britains Large Display Boxes — Part 1 — John Franklin — 50–58
Volume 44, Number 3, Fall 2020
FAO Schwarz Timpo West Point Cadets Display Set — Rob Wilson — 8–11
The Antonini Dynasty in Rome – A Story of Italian Toy Soldiers from 1911 to Nowadays – Francesco Marchiandi — 20–22
The Mystery Dimestore Soldier: Shot or Gassed? — James D. Spina, Ph.D. — 26
Historical Miniatures and James Miniatures — Norman Joplin — 28–33
SMS Emden and Early US Toy Soldiers — Ed Poole — 37–39
Britains Large Display Boxes — Part 2 — John Franklin — 41–44
A Study of Grey Iron Rarity and Value — Stan Alekna — 46–48
Volume 44, Number 4, Winter 2021
Sentry Box Models — Will Beierwaltes — 8–16
British Toy Forts of the Wild West — Allen Hickling — 21–25
West Point Revisited — Rob Wilson — 27–29
Dimestore Toy Soldier Art — James D. Spina, Ph.D. — 31–34
William Britain, Jr. Interviews Luigi Toiati — Luigi Toiati — 36–38
Ducal Traditional Military Figures — Brian Holly — 41–44
Carman’s Argosy Series — Norman Joplin — 47–49
Britains Large Display Boxes — Part 3 — John Franklin — 53–56
Volume 45, Number 1, Spring 2021
Britains Military Moustaches — Harry Kemp — 9–12
Britains in the F.A.O. Schwarz Catalogs of the 1930s — Joe Wallis — 16–17
Toy Soldiers in the FAO Schwarz 1931 Christmas Catalog — Will Beierwaltes — 19–23
The Wings of Barclay — Stan Alekna — 25–27
Are You Ready to Take the Dimestore Collecting Challenge? — Dr. Jim Spina — 31–34
New South Wales Lancers — Bill Anderson — 41–50
Pings Theatrical Figures — Adrian and Jane Little — 53–55
Heyde and Other Large Scale Personality Figures — Rob Wilson — 57–60
Volume 45, Number 2, Summer 2021
Britains Large American Sets — Joe Wallis — 9–11
Hanks Brothers Toy Soldier Manufacturers — Richard Forrester — 17–27
Just for the Fun of It — Rob Wilson — 31–36
Howard Francis Willetts and Matchlock Military Models — Will Beierwaltes — 41–48
The Emperor Napoleon — A Celebration in Toy Soldiers Marking the Bicentenary of His Death (1821–2021) — Francesco Marchiandi — 51–61
The Chicago Toy Soldier Show Turns 40 — Jan and Roger Garfield — 65–70
Volume 45, Number 3, Fall 2021
Britains Largest Post-War Display Set (2081), Part 1 — Rob Wilson — 9–16
Toys of the Armored Train in the Boer War — Will Beierwaltes and Larry Nahigian — 23–30
Dimestore Update — Stan Alekna — 37
Notes on Toys Dug on Civil War Sites — Robin Forsey — 39–46
Noncatalogued Farm Set #140-F — Joe Wallis — 53
The Russo-Japanese War, 1904–05: History in Miniature, Part 1 — Bill Anderson — 63–69
Volume 45, Number 4, Winter 2022
Paper and Celluloid Dreams: Comics, Movies and Italian Composition Figures — Luigi Toiati — 9–15
Another Barclay Variant — Stan Alekna — 17–18
The Russo-Japanese War, 1904–05: History in Miniature, Part II — Bill Anderson — 21–24
An Observation About Buck Rogers Figures — Joe Wallis — 29
Flash Gordon Home-Cast Figures from Home Foundry Manufacturing Co. of Chicago — Will Beierwaltes — 33–37
Britain’s Display Set 2081, Part 2: An Early Prototype? — Rob Wilson — 43–48
Britains Aircraft — John Franklin — 51–55
Volume 46, Number 1, Spring 2022
Deborah Sampson — The USA’s First Female Soldier — Rob Wilson — 9
Scratch One Barclay Airplane — Stan Alekna — 11
Lone Star “Metallions?” — Will Beierwaltes — 15–20
Enhancements to Britains Aircraft on Iropoli(s) Toy Exhibition, Nicosia, Cyprus — Kyriakos Sofroniou — 23–27
Displays with Heco Models — John Franklin — 34–35
Jags Toys — James A. Grancio — 37
The South Australian Lancers — Bill Anderson — 49–54
Britains Set 2081 — A Postscript — Rob Wilson — 58–59
Volume 46, Number 2, Summer 2022
John Hill & Company, the Early Years — Richard Forrester — 11–25
South Australian Lancers as Represented by Toy Soldier Manufacturers — Bill Anderson — 27–31
Distinguishing Britains and Hanks Figures — Rob Wilson — 33
Britain’s Gigantic Set #131 Discovered in North Yorkshire — Rob Wilson — 39–45
Bob Walker’s Open House, May 2022 — S. Mark Young — 51
Queen Elizabeth as Colonel-in-Chief of the Guards; Trooping the Colour (The Sequel) — Will Beierwaltes — 53–59
Volume 46, Number 3, Fall 2022
March of the Wooden Soldiers — A Rare Barclays Find — Bill Hanlon — 9–11
John Hill & Co — A New Discovery and Some Old Photos of the Hill Factory — Richard Forrester — 13–14
The Rebranding of Johillco, circa 1952: Bryta Models (including the AZCO cards, Arbenz, Fylde Manufacturing Company, Monarch, Sovereign and Metasol series) — Norman Joplin — 16–23
Empire in El Dorado — Britain’s Argentinian and Uruguayan Troops — Bill Anderson — 27–33
American Dimestore Finn Soldiers — Stan Alekna — 37–39
Peter F. Pia Incorporated: The Formative Years, Part One: 1850–1866 — Robin Forsey — 61–70
Volume 46, Number 4, Winter 2023
Blenheim Military Models, 1973–1981 — Will Beierwaltes — 11–23
Maestro Painter’s Unique Collection of Toy Soldiers — Golden (John) Bennett! — Ged Haley — 25–30
Noris: Links to Some of the Earliest Figures Produced by C.B.G. — Francois Beaumont — 37–39
The Lincoln “Mignot” Figures: A 1950s Fallacy Perpetuated by Garrett — Robin Forsey — 41–43
Freddie Green — The Charge of the Light Brigade — Rob Wilson — 44–48
Heyde’s Depiction of Richard Evelyn Byrd’s 1928 to 1930 Antarctic Expedition — Harry Kemp — 51–53
George William Wood: The Forgotten Manufacturer, Part 3 — Norman Joplin and Richard Forrester — 55–64
Volume 47, Number 1, Spring 2023
Colour Variations of Timpo’s Hopalong Cassidy Series — John Cupman — 7–11
Ping’s Magna Carta — Rob Wilson — 15–17
The 21st Lancers — Heroes of Omdurman & Khartoum — Bill Anderson — 19–25
The Coronation of King Charles III and Related Matters — Norman Joplin — 27–32
Britains Soldiers on Parade — John Franklin — 35–41
Celebrating the Coronations of British Monarchs with Britains — Rob Wilson — 43–47
Peter F. Pia Incorporated: The Formative Years, Part Two: 1867–1918 — Robin Forsey — 56–61
Volume 47, Number 2, Summer 2023
Keymen Miniatures — John Cupman — 7–12
Article Update: An American-Made Armored Train. The Marx Trains No 5288 Thortrain — Will Beierwaltes and Larry Nahigian — 18–19
Toy Armies of the World 1899 — M. Dinorben Griffith — 21–25
The Autoperipatet ikos, or Walking Zouave — Robin Forsey — 27–33
English Royal State Coaches Made in Germany — Markus Grein and Martin Schabenstiel — 38–41
The Gurkhas: Britains’ Tribute to This Famous Regiment — Bill Anderson — 43–47
The Joys of Collecting Britain’s B-Sized Figures — Rob Wilson — 56–63
Volume 47, Number 3, Fall 2023
Polar Expeditions in the Playroom — Steve Sommers — 7–14
Another American Dimestore Mystery — Stan Alekna — 17–20
Kinkeldey: A German-American Story About Very Early, German-Made, Slate Moulds — Gisbert Freber — 27–30
Italian Space Toy Figurines — Luigi Toiati — 45–51
William Feix Toy Soldiers: Bringing the European Tradition to American-Made Toy Soldiers — Will Beierwaltes and John Stewart — 53–60
Britains Set 19 — The West India Regiment — Bill Anderson — 67–69
Volume 47, Number 4, Winter 2024
Auction Review — The Collection of the Late John Ruddle — Rob Wilson — 7–12
Naval Landing Party Gun Team: Was It Made by Reka or Not? — Richard Forrester and Norman Joplin — 15–20
U.S. Metal Toy Mfg Co. Tin-Lithographed Western Wagons — Will Beierwaltes — 23–25
Feix and the German Connection: An Exchange of Views — Will Beierwaltes and Norman Joplin — 27–30
Collectors and Their Collections — Charlie Sinel — Rob Wilson — 33–36
Britains 1880 Catalogue — John Franklin — 41–48
Britains in the Balkans — Bill Anderson — 51–55
Volume 48, Number 1, Spring 2024
Kinkeldey — A German-American Story About Very Early, German-Made Slate Moulds — Part 2 — Gisbert Freber — 7–13
The First Public Toy Soldier and Lead Model Figures Auction — Norman Joplin — 15–22
Ethiopia 1935–1936, the Unclaimed Colony — Bill Anderson — 27–31
Miniature World — Rob Wilson — 34–41
Martin Marietta 1/32 Scale Pershing Missile — Was It Renwal’s Last Military Kit? — Rob Wilson — 49–51
Volume 48, Number 2, Summer 2024
Discovering Schoolrooms — Steve Sommers — 7–13
The Crown’s Funeral Procession Auctioned by Bonhams — Rob Wilson — 15–17
Heyde Treasures: Some Personal Reflections — Norman Cuthbert — 21–22
Johillco in the Immediate Post-War Period — Richard Forrester and Norman Joplin — 27–33
Early American Metal: McLoughlin Brothers — Bill Beierwaltes — 35–39
Beau Geste, the French in North Africa: The End of Empire, 1830–1962 — Bill Anderson — 45–52
Napoleon’s Toy Soldiers—Important Lot of Every Lead Soldiers Auctioned in Paris — Rob Wilson — 57–58
Toydel—Filling in the Line (Again) — Norman Joplin — 61
Manoil Dimestore Prototypes — Norman Joplin — 62–63
Volume 48, Number 3, Fall 2024
Re-visiting the Soldiers of Hachette & Cie — Russ Bednarek — 7–13
Sporting Figures — A Herculean Olympic Collecting Challenge — Rob Wilson — 15–22
Bavarian Kings and Prince Regents from 1864–1918 in Old Lead Soldiers — Gisbert Freber — 29–32
Britains Quiz — Joe Wallis — 33, 40–41
Snippets from the Richard O’Brien Ephemera Archive — Norman Joplin — 51–52
Britains Middlesex Regiments — John Franklin — 54–60
Volume 48, Number 4, Winter 2025
Britains Edwardian Family — Rob Wilson — 7–9
Royal Horse Artillery: Variations on a Theme Revisited: Gun Teams by Other British Makers — Rob Wilson — 11–15
The Civil War Equivalents of “G. I. Joe” — Robin Forsey — 17–25
The Royal Navy: The Senior Service as Represented by Britains — Bill Anderson — 27–34
Britains Quiz Part II — Joe Wallis — 35, 60–61
Displaying Model Soldier Bands — Norman Cuthbert — 39–44
Toy Soldier and Other Treasures from the Toledo — Norman Joplin — 51–55
Volume 49, Number 1, Spring 2025
Medical-Themed Toy Soldiers of Britains Ltd. — Will Beierwaltes — 7–18
Giant Model Soldiers — Rob Wilson — 20–21
Lincoln’s Toy Shop: The Facts Behind the Fiction — Robin Forsey — 23–32
The Last Samurai — Gisbert Freber — 37–39
Miscellaneous Sports Figures — Will Beierwaltes — 43–44
American Dimestore Silent Auctions — Stan Alekna — 47–49
Old Soldiers Never Die — Norman Cuthbert — 51
Volume 49, Number 2, Summer 2025
With the Flag to Pretoria: Britains in the Boer War — Bill Anderson — 9–23
Britains 4.7 Inch Naval Gun — Norman Joplin — 27–29
Early American Toy Soldiers of the Whitney Reed Chair Company — Will Beierwaltes — 31–33
AHI and Swedish African Engineers (SAE): A Story of “Involuntary Sharing?” — Lou Sandbote — 36–37
“Les Petits Soldats de Plomb” — A Fascinating Pathé Film — Nassim Medjaoui — 39–42
Anglo-French Sudanese Expeditions (Expédition du Soudan by Krause) — An Intriguing Find — Gisbert Freber — 44–50
Britains Territorials for Coronations — John Franklin — 61–65