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INTERESTING LINKS
WELCOME TO OUR LINKS PAGE. WE INVITE YOU TO FURTHER EXAMINE THE WORLD OF TOY SOLDIER COLLECTING THROUGH THE EYES OF OTHER TOY SOLDIER COMPANIES AND TRADE MAGAZINES!
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1. Steve Weston's Toy Soldiers
EXCELLENT U.K. DEALER ( and friend ) WHO "REPS" TSSD, DSG, REPLICANTS, GUN-HO AND MANY OTHER NAME BRANDS THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND EUROPE. WITH HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT PRODUCT LINES AND THOUSANDS OF FIGURES - OLD AND NEW - THIS IS A ONE-STOP TOY SOLDIER SHOP FOR LONDONERS! ALSO GETTING INVOLVED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF NEW PLASTIC FIGURES AND ACCESSORIES!
STEVE HAS RECENTLY BEEN BUSY MAKING HIS OWN LINE OF FIGURES BASED ON THE FILM "THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN", WITH GUNFIGHTERS, BANDITOS AND EVEN VILLAGE PEASANTS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT HE HAS PRODUCED TWO TERRIFIC WWI TANKS; ONE BRITISH AND ONE GERMAN!
LOCATED IN VISTA, CA - CRAIG ( BUBBA ) McLAIN HAS 1,000 SQUARE FEET OF HAND PAINTED METAL TOY SOLDIERS ON DISPLAY! ALL MAJOR METAL MANUFACTURERS ARE REPRESENTED - PLUS A GREAT VARIETY OF SCENICS, BUILDINGS AND ACCESSORIES!
CRAIG ALSO DEALS IN OLDER METAL AND PLASTIC FIGURE SETS AND COMPOSITION FIGURES. IN ADDITION HE FINDS TIME TO RUN "THE WEST COASTER" TOY SOLDIER SHOW IN ORANGE COUNTY, CA.
3. THE WEST COASTER - ANNUAL TOY SOLDIER SHOW
THE WEST COAST'S ANNUAL TOY SOLDIER GALA EVENT! WHERE "TSSD" ARE KNOWN AS "THE SHOW PIGS", CRAIG IS "BUBBA", AND EVERYONE HAS A GREAT TIME FOR 4 DAYS IN ORANGE COUNTY, CA - EACH MARCH!!
MANUFACTURERS OF INCREDIBLE, HAND PAINTED METAL FIGURES - FROM ANCIENTS, WESTERN, VIET NAM, CIVIL WAR, REV WAR, NAPOLEONICS - TO AN AWESOME LINE UP OF WWII FIGURES, BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES!! GO ANDY GO!!
JUST PLAIN TOY SOLDIER FUN - FUN - FUN!!!! THOR KNOWS HOW TO PLAY!
KENT SPRECHER - THE "BIG KAHUNA" OF 1/72nd TOY SOLDIERS - PLUS COLLECTIBLES AND NEW PRODUCTS. GREAT STUFF!
7. Toy Soldier & Model Figure Magazine
ONLINE VERSION OF THE UK's LEADING TOY SOLDIER & MODEL FIGURE MAGAZINE. A GREAT REFERENCE!
WHERE HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF AGAIN AND AGAIN .... A WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF U.S. CIVIL WAR SETS - AND MORE!!
9. Landers Toys
BUYING AND SELLING THOSE GREAT TOYS FROM THE 50'S AND 60'S. SPECIALIZING IN MARX PLAYSETS!!
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TOY SOLDIER GALLERY, JOHN O'BRIEN FROM FREEMANTLE, AUSTRALIA DISPLAYS HIS PERSONAL COLLECTION OF METAL FIGURES AND ACCESSORIES. VIEW HIS HAND PAINTED PRINCE AUGUST FIGURES, AMONG MANY OTHERS!
BEAU CUNNYNGHAM HAS PUT HIS LOVE OF TOY SOLDIERS INTO MOTION BY CREATING A NEW LINE OF PLASTIC FIGURES! STARTING WITH CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATES, HE HAS PLANS TO EXPAND THIS RANGE WITH A SET OF CIVIL WAR UNION INFANTRY. BEAU IS A CIVIL WAR REENACTOR AND IT SHOWS IN THE DETAIL AND ACCURACY OF HIS NEW FIGURES. TSSD IS HAPPY TO INCLUDE THIS NEW LINE OF FIGURES WHICH ARE VERY COMPATIBLE TO NEARLY ALL EXISTING LINES.
BEAU NOT ONLY MADE SOME GREAT FIGURES HIS FIRST TIME OUT, HE IS A GREAT GUY, TOO! AND INSTEAD OF SITTING BACK AND "REVIEWING" OTHER PEOPLE'S FIGURES, HE PUT HIS MONEY WHERE HIS MOUTH IS, AND MADE HIS OWN!
12. PARAGON SCENICS AND MINIATURES
LONGTIME COLLECTOR AND SCENICS MAKER GENE ABRAVAYA HAS RECENTLY ENTERED THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF TOY SOLDIER MANUFACTURING. HIS NEW RANGE OF U.S. 1870's CAVALRY AND APACHES LOOKS TO BE A TERRIFIC ADDITION TO THE "WILD WEST"!! GENE ACTUALLY DOES HIS OWN SCULPTING AND HE HAS A KEEN EYE FOR DETAIL AND ANIMATION, WHICH CLEARLY SHOWS IN HIS EARLY WORK.
IN ADDITION TO MULTIPLE SETS OF DISMOUNTED CAVALRY AND APACHES, GENE ALSO PLANS TO RELEASE SOME MOUNTED FIGURES WITH THIS RANGE.
WE WANT TO WISH BOTH GENE AND BEAU GREAT SUCCESS. THEY ARE BOTH "BRINGING IT" AT A TIME WHEN MANY MANUFACTURERS HAVE BACKED OFF.
13. PLAYSET MAGAZINE
GREAT NEW MAGAZINE COMPLETELY DEDICATED TO THE TOY SOLDIER HOBBY WITH EMPHASIS ON PLASTIC TOY SOLDIERS, MARX PLAYSETS, AND NEW PRODUCTS!! EXCELLENT COLOR PHOTOS AND DYNAMIC ARTICLES!
FROM "DOWN UNDER" AUSTRALIA COMES WAYNE STUBBINGS WITH A TERRIFIC NEW LINE OF PLASTIC ( and metal ) FIGURES.
15. ALL THE KING'S MEN TOY SOLDIERS
KEN CLIFFE'S "MAGIC" WITH CONVERSIONS AND PAINTING OF TOY SOLDIERS!! CHECK OUT HIS INCREDIBLE WORK!
PETER SHULMAN'S HUGE OUTDOOR WAR GAME OVER 60,000 HAND MADE SOLDIERS THOUSANDS OF AIRCRAFT AND VEHICLES AMAZING !
17. WOODEN WARRIORS
CHARLIE IS A DOWN IN THE DIRT OUTDOOR WAR GAMER HAVING UNIQUE AND INVENTIVE MOUNTAIN WARS. HE CREATES MUCH OF HIS EQUIPMENT FROM WOOD. A FASCINATING SITE!
CHUCK DIXON, VERY WELL KNOWN COMIC BOOK AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR, ALONG WITH GRAY KAWAPISZ, HAS A NEW SERIES COMING OUT. THEY ARE PUBLISHING A WHOLE SERIES OF GRAPHIC NOVELS ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR. ( we had something similar when we were kids! ) THESE WILL BE FULLY ILLUSTRATED CIVIL WAR STORIES IN COMIC BOOK FORMAT. CHECK OUT THEIR NEW WEBSITE ABOVE FOR SAMPLES OF THIS WORK!
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CHECK OUT CHUCK'S OTHER WEBSITES:
http://www.comicspace.com/chuckdixon/
19. Plastic Figure and Playset Collector Magazine
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS MAGAZINE CLOSED AFTER A VERY NICE RUN OF MANY YEARS. THE OWNER NEEDED SOME TIME OFF - AS WE ALL DO! BACK ISSUES MAY STILL BE AVAILABLE. PLEASE CHECK THEIR SITE FOR MORE INFO.
20. AXE AND FEATHER
HOLGER WASNER, FRIEND AND FELLOW COLLECTOR IN GERMANY WHO ENJOYS "THE WILD WEST", PAINTING AND COLLECTING. ENJOY HIS WEBSITE HERE. THANK YOU HOLGER!
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