Category: Fall 2023

Volume 47 Number 3

Fall 2023 Magzine Cover

 

  • Sandown Park Toy Fair

    Harry Kemp

    Saturday 9th of September, back again at one of my favourite shows. The first show for me in ten months, following a nasty fall in November which put me out of action for a while. All the usual soldier dealers were there, Adrian Little , Andy Morant, Steve Vickers, Tom Pratchett, John Begg, Joanne Christian,… Read more

  • BRITAINS SET 19—THE WEST INDIA REGIMENT

    Bill Anderson

    Regimental Historical Background Founded in 1795, the West India Regiment were infantry units of the British Army, recruited from and stationed in the related British colonies, from 1795 until disbandment in 1927. In the 18th century, as the Empire grew, more soldiers were needed to garrison these new territories. The need was increased by the… Read more

  • AUCTION REVIEW

    Old Toy Soldier Auctions USA

    Auction #85 – THE JACK JONES COURTENAY COLLECTIONSeptember 8, 2023 AUCTION #86 – HOOKED ON SOLDIERS SEPTEMBER 9, 2023 Auction #87 – A SOLDIER SOIREE OCTOBER 6 & 7, 2023 Read more

  • WILLIAM FEIX TOY SOLDIERS: BRINGING THE EUROPEAN TRADITION TO AMERICAN-MADE TOY SOLDIERS

    William Beierwaltes and John Stew

    The toy soldier company named after its founder “William Feix” was one of the very first metal toy soldier manufacturers in the United States. Before progressing on to the history and production of this early American master, we should point out that most of the seminal research into William Feix has been done by the… Read more

  • ITALIAN SPACE TOY FIGURINES

    Luigi Toiati

    ‘Italian space figures are some of the most imaginative of the 1950s … most desirable and highly sought after for collectors’ – S. Mark Young, OTS Sci-fi movies and comics (and sporadically TV series) were very intriguing arguments in Italy to us children, relieved by the Marshall Plan, seduced by the American myth of the… Read more

  • EUROMA2023

    Francesco Marchiandi

    For another year the Hotel Parco EUR hosted the EUROMA2023 event, organized by the Alfa Model Club. As usual, this led to an excellent result, with participation by model making competitors (who are the main part) and other participants, including the Commercial Sponsors. However, it should be noted that, despite the influx of the public… Read more

  • ANOTHER AMERICAN DIMESTORE MYSTERY

    Stan Alekna

    I recently acquired the item pictured below because I knew that it was an unusual, seldom seen Dimestore figure, about which very little was known. I had no idea that gathering information about the piece would be so difficult. I have taken the liberty of assigning Bgx to the figure as the “O’Brien” reference number.… Read more

  • KINKELDEY A GERMAN-AMERICAN STORY ABOUT VERY EARLY, GERMAN-MADE, SLATE MOULDS

    Gisbert Freber

    It was at the OTS Show in Chicago in 2008 when Don Pielin approached me about some very old slate moulds from Germany that he had discovered. These were designed to produce an interesting range of flat figures and related scenes. Soon afterwards, I had the opportunity to take a closer look at them. I… Read more

  • CHICAGOLAND CORONATION FIGURES – ARTICLE UPDATE

    Will Beierwaltes

    Following up on my recent article on British Coronation figures (OTS 46(2), 2022), I had hoped that one of the modern manufacturers would produce a commemorative figure of King Charles in Coronation robes. Well, my hopes were realized by an unlikely source; the artistic couple of Benjamin Zerbib and his wife Helen, most wellknown as… Read more

  • CHICAGOLAND RISES LIKE A PHOENIX FROM THE ASHES

    Rob Wilson

    When Roger Garfield announced the sad news that the Chicago Toy Soldier Show for 2023 was to be cancelled because of the intransigence of the Hyatt hotel, where it had been held for almost 40 years, it was a body blow for all those in the hobby. Collectors looked forward to this, the most important… Read more