This site is created for collectors of mainly composition vintage toy soldiers produced by great toy makers of the past: Elastolin, Hausser, Lineol, Durso, Kienel, Starlux, Leyla, Schusso, Armee, Trico, Duro, Durolin, NB, Triumph, GJ and many others.

Toy soldiers and real battles

Saturday, April 5, 2025

WW2 German LMG Machine Gunner from different makers 🔫🔫🔫

It was very interesting to compare these three composition figures depicting a marching German soldier with his MG 08/15. These figures from 30s were produced by (from left to right): Kienel, Elastolin (664/15) and Lineol(5/153). In my opinion, Elastolin managed to create the most interesting and detailed version.

Thursday, April 3, 2025

China during World War I 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳

From 1917 to 1918, China took part in World War I as an ally of the Entente Powers. While it did not deploy combat troops abroad, approximately 140,000 Chinese laborers, enlisted in the British Army's Chinese Labour Corps, supported both British and French forces before the war concluded. 7.5 cm Composition Chinese WW1 soldier produced by Manz(Germany) in 1914 - 1918 and the Special Gunpowder Tea.🍵🫖

Saturday, March 29, 2025

Hausser Elastolin Spielzeug Catalog 1938-39 📖 📓🧑‍🏫

The Elastolin composition soldiers have always rightly won customers hearts through their wonderful painting, through their quality and true-to-life modeling. This Hausser catalog released in 1938 contains some interesting reviews from toy experts who visited the Leipzig Trade Fair: "Hausser toys are almost no longer toys, these are already wonders of German quality work and true-to-life reproductions of their big brothers in the German Wehrmacht."

Hausser Elastolin Spielzeug Catalog 1938-39 📖 📓🧑‍🏫

Hausser Elastolin Spielzeug Catalog 1938-39 📖 📓🧑‍🏫




 


Download the Hausser Elastolin pdf catalog (12 pages, 3.9Mb ) using the following link:

Monday, March 24, 2025

Piccoli patrioti (Little patriots) 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹⚔️⚔️⚔️

Toma Gioacchino (1836 - 1891)was  an Italian painter. After 1859, he took part in revolutionary activities, fighting with Garibaldi and becoming a member of the Matese Legion in 1860. Piccoli patrioti (Little patriots (1862)).
Piccoli patrioti (Little patriots) 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹⚔️⚔️⚔️

Sunday, March 23, 2025

❄️❄️❄️🔥🔥🔥🇺🇸🇾🇪Ursula - Resisting the German advance at the Ardennes in December 1944...

The movie cast are plastic soldiers from Airfix and Mars.The filming location was actually nearby Bastogne (Belgium). The film is based on real events.The video was created with Hailuo AI. 

 #Airfix, #Ardennes, #Bastogne, #BattleoftheBulge, #eusoldatini, #Marx, #USArmy, #Heer #WorldWar2, #WW2 #AI #HailouAI #Ursula

 

Saturday, March 22, 2025

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Hausser/Elastolin Bäckereiwagen 🍞🍞🍞🥖🥖🥖🥨🥨🥨

This Hausser/Elastolin camouflaged tinplate field bakery (776/2 Bäckereiwagen)was produced for 7cm figures in 1937/38. This particular Hausser field bakery is drawn by Lineol horses.