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I’m a 60-year-old Aspergic gardening CAD-Monkey. Sardonic, cynical and with the political leanings of a social reformer, I’m also a toy and model figure collector, particularly interested in the history of plastics and plastic toys. Other interests are history, current affairs, modern art, and architecture, gardening and natural history. I love plain chocolate, fireworks and trees, but I don’t hug them, I do hug kittens. I hate ignorance, when it can be avoided, so I hate the 'educational' establishment and pity the millions they’ve failed with teaching-to-test and rote 'learning' and I hate the short-sighted stupidity of the entire ruling/industrial elite, with their planet destroying fascism and added “buy-one-get-one-free”. Likewise, I also have no time for fools and little time for the false crap we're all supposed to pretend we haven't noticed, or the games we're supposed to play. I will 'bite the hand that feeds', to remind it why it feeds.

Saturday, October 5, 2019

News, Views Etc . . . Plastic Warrior 176

Announced a couple of weeks ago, so pretty much 'new', the latest issue of PW is a welcome addition to the miserable weather which has heralded autumn this year (I live in hope of a week's 'Indian summer; before the end of October as I haven't done the leaf-mow yet, and the grass needs doing again!), with lots of toy soldiery things to read and look at!

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Articles

* Peter Evans kicks-off the issue with part two of the Fontanini military figures and there must be a part three on the way?
* A follow-up editorial on Colin Penn's BR Moulding kit reveals more about this fascinating home-casting plastic moulding set
* 'Converter's Corner' is occupied by Les White again, with some simple but striking things to do with an Armies in Plastic (AIP) FFL running figure; providing WWI Frenchmen for several different units.
* Andreas Dittmann reveals Randa-branded Astronauts from Co-Ma, coming out of . . . if I tell you, you might not subscribe?!!
* A round-up of Airfix slot-racing figures comes in from Jeremy Brook, it looks like my Airfix figure which was and then wasn't, is again - Grandstand!
* Bill Hanlon explains all (or enough to start) on the Mack Moulding Co., of Canada . . . and New Jersey, showing rare copies along the way

* 'What The !&*$?' looks at four question-marks this quarter;
  • Barney Brown seeks more information on the larger horse I've pencilled-in as possibly the missing Charbens cake decorations
  • Eric Critchley hopes someone can name his camel; Camel McCamelface is not an option!
  • A cake-decoration footballer needs branding for Philip Alliston
  • The seen-previously and 'still unknown' cargo-loads are bumped-up the list hopefully by Mike Harding - someone must know! Tri-Ang-Mettoy, Marx Swansea?
* Steve Pugh returns to early dinosaurs from British toy soldier firms with a look at the set from Timpo, clearing up the previous issue's extra Dimetrodon (although if you follow the blog you'll know there's never too many Dimetrodons!)
* Trojan's non-plastic products are smuggled into the plastic magazine by Gerald Edwards
* A new series on Britains hospital begins whilst also closing the issue; with the early Superdeetail sets courtesy of Colin Penn

Regular Features
* 'NEWS and VIEWS and other stuff ' covers

  • News of the passing of George Falconer and Philip Hamilton (of the Hamilton Collection museum), both collectors and friends of PW
  • News on the Airfix HO-OO figures book authored by Peter Williams
  • A stockist is sought for DSG figures in the UK
  • The demolition of Woking's Toys'R'Us store is mentioned
  •  Contact details, subscription instructions and front cover caption fill the gaps

  • In addition to all the above or below-named; John Begg gets a credit for providing pictures

* 'Readers Letters' include

  • Feedback on the PW Show last May from Ashley Needham, Peter Spackman and Brian Heaps
  • Brian Berke asks on possible Speedwell Indians he may have seen, yards from the factory, at the time?
  • Peter Cole links Speedwell and Morestone with a sculptor, helped by the Ed.
  • Brian's back with memories of Kleeware toys and kits on sale in North London, too long ago!
  • Peter C also returns with a mini-report on an arts event with dioramas in Brighton earlier in the year.
  • Sad update on the state of Atlantic House from Philip Alliston, can someone not pop-down there with a step-ladder and rescue the word 'Atlantic' while it's still intact?
  • The recent call for news of Blue Box ACW packaging is nicely answered by Richard Lewis
  • Finally Eric Keggans makes some salient points on the current state and future of 3D-printing, specifically with regard to toy soldiers.

* 'Book Review' has a look at Simon Garfield's In Miniature, penned by Peter Evans

* 'What's New' has two set from Chintoys;

  • CHT17 - Knights Templar
  •  CHT18 - Knights Hospitaller

Plus all the usual readers small-ads

Covers - Front cover is a lovely Hong Kong carded set from the collection of Barry Blood, the back has more on the BR Moulds (one of which is painted to match Trojan?!!)

PW's contact details;

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eMail  - mailto:pw.editor@ntlworld.com
Website's back on the menu but won't be updated (eMail first) - www.plasticwarrior.com
Tel: 01483 722 778
Fax: 01483 722 723
Address; Mr. P. Morehead, 65 Walton Court, Woking, Surrey, GU21 5EE, UK
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