I've been going a bit overboard with the medievals this past year or so, to the detriment of collecting other historical periods, but I haven't neglected them entirely:
When I have a little money, I buy Toy Soldiers; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes. (with apologies to:) ERASMUS
Saturday, 20 September 2025
Other plunder from the Plastic Warrior Show 2025
Sunday, 7 September 2025
Rare Sacul knights at the Plastic Warrior Show 2025
It has been three months now since the Plastic Warrior Show and we are still unearthing the goodies that emerged, here are some more:
The knight on the right has the correct Sacul shield (in plastic) which came with the original hollowcast figure, there is a spigot on the reverse which plugs into the bend in the left arm. It's curious to note that the horses are made in various colours of plastic and always appear to be factory painted in the Sacul style while the riders are made in a base body colour plastic with multi colour accoutrements in the early swoppet style, this has led us to speculate that the horses might have been produced first in the Sacul factory then sold as a job lot along with the moulds and the riders moulded at a later date.
Saturday, 21 June 2025
Lots of toy soldiers at the Plastic Warrior Show 2025
Two weeks after the event and I am just recovering from the toy soldier overload that is the annual Plastic Warrior Show, I still haven't unpacked the bags and boxes of plunder I acquired but no doubt they'll surface here sooner or later. In the meantime here are a few gratuitous pictures of plastic toy soldiers to remind those those who were there on the day and to drool over for those who were not.
Friday, 11 October 2024
Fleamarket finds from the weekend.
It always seems to be feast or famine at the local car boot sale but last weekend I managed a reasonable haul:
Wednesday, 16 August 2023
Feast and Famine.
We're already heading towards the end of the car boot season, and this year the pickings have been very thin, but last weekend there was a bumper crop:
Wednesday, 19 April 2023
Recent additions.
A couple of hollowcast lead finds from last month's show in London, the bugler with articulated arm is marked Japan, the wounded man was made in England by Crescent.
Sunday, 14 April 2019
An interlude while I do some 1:1 scale painting
Friday, 27 July 2012
There's going to be a BIG PARTY in London tonight.......
Friday, 11 May 2012
Seen at the Plastic Warrior Show - May 2012
This rather fine mounted Saracen made in France by JIM was on the stall of Belgian collector Daniel Lepers, shame about the horse's tail though.