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 were not included in Collecting American Made Toy
Soldiers. The first item was discovered when the Barclay factory was emptied out.
prototype of Donald Duck riding Plutomobile
Mcloughlin Update
Here are two more items from The Ephemera Archive of Richard O’Brien, a box lid for lead soldiers
as featured in the article by Will Beierwaltes in the previous issue and an image of the McLoughlin Factory.
More Paper Soldiers
Some more images of Paper soldiers from the archive
FEIX Update
Ken Wittenrich of West Falls Toy Soldier Company NY sent in samples of Feix figures taken from the original molds in his possession. Ken also has over 200 Johillco molds, both pre and post war, many never issued. A future article in OTS will feature many of Johillco’s unissued pieces.
