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Posts published by “Rob Wilson”
Fans of the Netflix series The Crown may have spotted a few toy soldiers in the final episode of Season 6, ‘Sleep Dearie Sleep’. The…
THE USE OF THE TOY SOLDIER, THE MILITARY TOY, IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MILITARIZATION OF CHILDHOOD IN THE WESTERN WORLD FROM 1870 TO 1940…
Personality figures at C&TC&T Auctions, in Kent, UK presented another interesting auction in June 2024. As well as many Lucotte figures, and Britains Paris Office…
An historically very important set of lead soldiers came up for auction in Paris earlier this year. Reputedly made for Napoleon’s son, the King of…
Background When researching my article on Renwal’s series of models of post WWII US military equipment (OTS Magazine, Vol 42, 4, pp 39-44) I came…
This is one of my favourite shows. Organised by the publishers of the Eurofigurines magazine, it takes place twice a year in March and October.…
It is a while since I managed to attend this fair in the South of England, but it rarely disappoints, and this time was no…
A few years ago, my good friend Verne Johnson was kind enough to send me some photos of a visit he had made to Miniature…
DIE ZINNLAUBE VOLUME 13 By Russ Bednarek Another volume of the highly acclaimed German toy soldier publication, Zinnlaube has been mailed out to subscribers. A…