And more Conte

Conte ill ? Plans on hold?

Who is who

Why ask me?  But here goes for those who did ask.

Victory Buy owns BMC.   As far as I know that's it.  They also sell Tim Mee and Lido reissues.  These two brands are also sold by the Corp (Historical Toys)  that  owns them .  That is all I got.

New

New figures, new buildings and more new WW2 figures to come soon!

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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 ..........

The Begining

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

Popular Topic?

A week or two ago we posted a picture of the Dead and Falling Horses out there.  We seemed to have sparked some interest in the Marx Dead Horse as another site posted a picture and asked was it the Dead or Lying Horse.  I would have thought this "prince of Plastic" would have known that MARX referred to this in the records we have seen as PL-705 Dead Horse.  Silly Expert! LOL LOL

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Do people not comment on posts because of the silly requirements of Google/Blogger ?   Just wondering .......

2013 Texas Show

I do not do show reports etc but will pass on info from the readers of this blog.  Paragon had a new Indian War Era playset on display and it will be available at OTSN 2013 in the Fall.  Paragon site should have photos etc soon.

We are also told that Ron Barzso was at the show and stated he will do the Yorktown set but it has been delayed.  He will have prototypes etc at OTSN.  This should satisfy folks and I would think and end the flame war between PM editors and Stad. Actually it was a one sided war as the Editors of PM have way to much class to comment.

TSSD also showed an Alamo prototype figure or two and the new buildings.  All reportedly will be available at OTSN.

So it will be a long hot summer it seems with NO new items.  Looks like a great Fall.

Never Happy

Some great photos out there on various forums of the 2013 Texas show.  However that guy in PA wants sales reports, who was in attendance etc.   Just never seems to be happy. LOL LOL

We are glad no one has been reported to have any problems with the weather.  Sales and attendance were both impact by the storms we are told.

-Frank

Birthdays!!!!

Happy Birthday John

Thank you Belle
And the same to you

Toy Hunters

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Good or Bad this show seems to attract not only the intense dislike of that Stad guy but also many many others who enjoy it.

EBAY Seller RANT

While looking for a certain Atlantic set for parts I ran across a seller  offering the entire set Mint.

Mint ?  He states the box has a tear, the figures are off the runner and it is a missing 1 item.  It is actually missing 3 items!!!

This self proclaimed Toy Soldier Expert has done it again. 

Comments Various Topics

Reading some early reports on the Indy Show.  Most say attendance was down.   (as was the NJ Show a few weekends ago)  Barzso did not preview any product.  Austin Miniatures had a few more poses but still no plastic product.  They supposedly stated they would have plastic product for OTSN in the Fall   Cowboys remain popular it seems as first evidenced by the sadly (IMHO) over sized TSSD Lawmen and Cowboys last year.

Cunnyngham Collectibles has stated  "Fear Not!" their Union set will be released BEFORE the planned Marines Set.  That is good news to me.

More soon.

Update

Have not had much to say lately. Nothing much to rant about and no new  purchases to talk about....yet.

I did pick up a few things at a show in NJ last weekend. 

For those who asked the boys in the barrels are....Ron Barzso on the left and a custom one I came up with on the right.  I will have more about him in the future. 

Right now I am looking forward to releases from Ron Barzso and Paragon.   I do not plan to hold my breath waiting for Pegasus Germans.

Soon I hope to have the creative juices following.  Please stay tuned.

Scale aka Girth now ?

I got a copy of some PM reviews in which the new TSSD Cowboys were listed as a Large  64mm !!!!  Wow another item off my Want List.  Oh yes, the photo for comparison of a Marx Cowboy and a TSSD Cowboy leaning or bent over was of no use.

The review section further lists the TSSD Roman era figures at Super 60mm scale (?)  I do not care for this era at all.

A review by PM of the NEW CTS Germn sets turned up the word "Girth".  We like this application of the term.

"...they look comfortable in height with MARX, if not girth.  Perhaps its the secret formula to work with all scales ....."

Hear, Hear PM !!!!

Nope, not another

Well it looks like the X-Force figures of the ACW ( 3 of the major branches)  are NOT  for us.  Just too many objectionable details.   One individual has suggested  one could start another "World".  All well and good but we do not subscribe to this point of view.  Our Conte and TSSD ACW for the most part have been packed away.  They just do not work with what we have and we are not interested in another "scale/world".

FYI

Blogger/Google allows us to create pages that are part of the blog BUT not connected to the main page meaning you will not get notice these other pages have been updated.  They do not even Date stamp these other pages (sigh).  Please be advised we do update these pages so you may want  to scroll down to the bottom of each to see if we have entered something new from time to time.  Thanks for your support !!!!

SIlly Man

One of my Fav Fools , who has a blog reported among other things (all silly naturally) that nothing new had been reported for 2013.   Silly man.  Paragon will release their last Cavalry set in Sept 2013.  That same month Barzso will release his Yorktown items.  And of course TSSD states on their site they will have 2 figure sets released in 2013.  Although no contents are mentioned some say one will be Texas Rangers.  And those are just the new releases we can think of off the top of our head.  And as for that attempted bombing in Germany that "you were aware of" as it was not reported here.  Wrong again.  Many of us get and listen to BBC World News.   Go rest your ego.

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