Thoughts at Summer's end

The end is near and that means OTSN.  The really cool guys now say OTS.  Anyway we do not have much to rant about until we see the new stuff (plastic) that is released there.  We are disappointed to hear that supposedly most it will be in 60mm.  Paragon we hope will stick to its sort of middle of the road scale and Barzso to 54mm if in fact he releases any figures.  TSSD, and Austin figures we hear will be big .
We also have heard  that we can thank CONTE for the large forthcoming TSSD Alamo sets.  TSSD determined that collectors want their Alamo figures in the scale of Conte's figures. We wonder how CTS feels about that.  No one even asked us but that is OK as we do not do much with that era so we could care less. 

Oh yes look for a surprise with regards to the Paragon US Cavalry Horse Holder set. 

Happy Birthday

Irony ?

Fess Parker born Aug 16th in Texas
David Crockett born Aug 17th in Tennessee

Some photos to follow ..........

Toy Hunters

It has been awhile but here goes.  Several readers of this blog keep sending me an article  from the Prince of Plastic HAHAHAH  In any case he is telling folks he will be reviewing the 3rd season of Toy Hunters and has notified them of this fact.  And he will show the truth behind what ?  This warning from a man who uses EBAY to compare prices ????

More Alamo

More Alamo.   Ok I like it but not one of my top three.  A lot of that has to do with the disappointment it ended up being thanks  to CONTE.   I had my Marx, CTS and lines I had added that fit well.  Then along came the Conte line.  Too big and he never finished it in any case.  Now TSSD is giving it a shot.  Based on their past track record of Large figures and the few pictures they have posted I think we are looking at some more BIG guys.  I for one do not need Alamo figures in two scales. I do not need more figures to sit in the dust of my basement with the TSSD Civil War Line.  Funny how most early TSSD soldiers like early Conte figures fit in pretty good with the existing lines of the time . Wonder why that was ? ?  A member tells me he asked TSSD about the size and was told in part TSSD was NOT making CTS or Marx figures......

Near the Little Big Horn

June 25th 1876 - General George A. Custer and over 260 men of the Seventh Cavalry are wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians at Little Big Horn in Montana. -

The Dance Begins.

June 22nd, 1876
General Alfred Terry sends Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer to the Rosebud and Little Bighorn rivers to search for Indian villages.

The Begining

June 1775 -The U.S. Army is founded when the Continental Congress authorizes the muster of troops. -