This article is a slightly revised version of Norman’s earlier article published in Volume 42, Number 2. It is reproduced here for the convenience of…
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Introduction Living in rural Southeast Wisconsin near to Lake Michigan, opportunities to research toy soldiers without using the internet are far and few between. Small…
FRIENDS CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF FREDDIE THE CLOWN One sad note at this year’s Chicagoland Show was the passing of “Freddy the Clown”. Freddy Crumley…
Barclay Update Having the pleasure of accessing the Richard O’Brien Ephemera Archive, owned by Old Toy Soldier,here are a few snippets from the files, which…
The advertisement for Toydell, in my article In OTS Volume 36, #2, in 2012, states that there were 40figures in the range. I have continued…
After the demise of the 5 and 10 cents stores the toys that were sold there became almost collectors’ items. Toy Soldiers, Figures and Vehicles,…
Barely two years after the cessation of Britains hollow cast production, what is considered to be the first public Toy Soldier and Model Figure Auction…