Collecting Toy Soldiers

 The Encyclopaedia of the German Tin Toy Industry, mentioned in the post above is my go-to reference source for German toys Ostensibly tinpl...

  Strategie und Taktik des Spiels mit Bleisoldaten (Strategy and Tactics for games with lead soldiers)  Pentagon Publishing, Stuttgart, 191...

 The latest edition to my bookshelf, building dioramas has always been a prominent feature of the toy soldier collecting scene in Germany an...

An early birthday present to myself (because I'm worth it), "Les Petits Soldats de la Grande Guerre" has been out for while b...

Lou Sandbote is a well known name among toy soldier collectors, he has been editor of the Holger Eriksson Collectors Society newsletter sin...

Available at the Plastic Warrior Show a couple of weeks ago was this new book on two major French manufacturers: Cyrnos and JIM (Jouets Inc...

Just before Christmas I received a note from long time collector and toy soldier dealer George Kearton to say that his book  COLLECTORS GUI...

Toy Castles and Knights - A Guide to Toy Castles and Knights from Around the World.  Written by Joseph W. Svec III, published by Infinity P...

We have an old saying in London, "you wait ages for a bus then three come along together" and this used to be the case until the ...

As I looked around the hall at the PW Show my eye settled on a young couple struggling to get through the doors with two of the biggest suit...

Another book about toy soldiers is always welcome in my house, this one written by collector Markos Plytos covers the stories and products ...

I had intended to buy James Opie's new book " Collecting Toy Soldiers in the 21st Century" at the London Toy Soldier Show a fe...