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: September 2020

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Elastolin pilot carrying a propeller

This composition Luftwaffe pilot (Maker's No 0/658/3, 26/658/3) was produced by Elastolin from 1934 till 1937.

Fröha Advertising Posters

Old Fröha posters advertising Wehrmacht composition toy soldiers.

Saturday, September 26, 2020

Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky were close both ideologically and personally during the Russian Revolution and its aftermath, and some call Trotsky its "co-leader". Trotsky was the paramount leader of the Red Army in the direct aftermath of the Revolutionary period.

Boer War Postcards

Very large numbers of anti-British postcards were produced, particularly in France and Germany.

This postcard lampoons the British forces as toy soldiers being despatched by the Boers, using their "long Toms" or long range artillery.Source (https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk)

Visiting lime kilns at Blarney castle with plastic soldiers...

Lime kilns are structures in which limestone was heated to a high temperature to produce quicklime.

My today's Lineol findings...

Some nice Lineol Wehrmacht infantry composition toy soldiers arrived today. Enjoy !

Templars in Ireland : 800th anniversary

Officially the Knights Templar arrived in Ireland in September 1220, though documents pertaining to individual Knights Templar in Ireland go back as far as 1177. The first knights may well have entered Ireland with Strongbow's Anglo-Normans. It is debatable whether this constitutes an involvement of the order or (more likely) of individual knights. These plastic knights produced by Biplant were photographed in Wicklow mountains:)

WW2 Wehrmacht Playmobil figurines from Steiner Playmo War (Spain)

These quite interesting WW2 Wehrmacht Playmobil compatible figurines are produced by Steiner Playmo War (Spain). You can find them on eBay.

Cool Toy Soldiers Review - Documentary (Science Channel)

Cool Toy Soldiers Review - Documentary film (Science Channel).

The author tells the story of the creation of soldiers from antiquity to the present day. Materials, models and collections of toy soldiers are all about this film.

Please use the link below to watch the video:

Lineol UK army soldiers

German company Lineol produced also many composition soldiers of foreign armies. These WW1 UK army soldiers were exported to the United Kingdom and the United States in 30s.