Favorite Childhood Toy.

[Rhodes]

He-man, Transformers, G.I.Joe's (the 80's ones), lego and had a few Meccano to build something more.


Eichhörnchen, recognize something here?



From my father's toy's. I did play with some, and as you said, the interchangeable pieces and the weapons that could be draw from the scarabs and holsters, was something wonderful.

[em2nought]

Even as a child I found it kind of odd that I could have hundreds of 3 inch American soldiers from Vietnam, but there were no NVA or Vietcong available EVER.

[Eichhörnchen]

Originally Posted by Rhodes

From my father's toy's. I did play with some, and as you said, the interchangeable pieces and the weapons that could be draw from the scarabs and holsters, was something wonderful.

Nice that you keep them there on the shelf, but some of those knights look like they've been through quite a few battles

I also have all of the American War of Independence figures (some are my original toys, some replacements)... including the scout with his buckskin coat, which only came in boxed sets and wasn't on sale individually, so he is more scarce. I'll take some pics later

[Eichhörnchen]

My Britains AWI toy soldiers.



There was a field gun in this series but the crew were not 'swoppet' figures, since they were one-piece one-colour mouldings and entirely painted (like most other plastic toy figures of the time)... although they were modelled to match with these more sophisticated multi-part figures

[Eichhörnchen]

Britains brought out some beautifully sculpted and animated toy figures at this time (the 1960s) like this rider from the showjumping series. He was modelled in an 'unbreakable' vinyl material, whereas the horse was in the usual polythene plastic. the reins, saddle and stirrups were also in brown vinyl plastic, which gave even more realism to their models at that time

[Eichhörnchen]

There were many variations in the parts on these: many different weapons, helmet & visor styles, armoured legs & torsos, saddle types, shield shapes, horses (shape, colour and surcoat styles)... the scope for creating your own attractive models was endless

[Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

Nice that you keep them there on the shelf, but some of those knights look like they've been through quite a few battles

Oh yes, several battles according to my father. The storage during the years was also not perfect for that kind of plastic since in a attic, very hot in summer, the temperature differences did make the plastic to became more "breaky". He did save a few that were in better shape.

[Eichhörnchen]

I read somewhere that talcum powder was sometimes added to the plastic used to produce toy figures to make them easier to remove from the moulds, and that this has led to their early deterioration

You just dare not risk anymore pulling these knights apart to swap them around... the plastic can break very easily

[Aktungbby]

MY FAVORITE TOY

[em2nought]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

 

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MY FAVORITE TOY

Damn, can't even prevent chaffing anymore.



I've never seen that toy before, it's awesome. Those sailors look too squared away though. They should have made a Soviet model with some glow in the dark plastic sailors and reactor compartment.

[Jimbuna]

James Bond Aston Martin