News, Views Etc . . . Plastic Warrior 177

A prestigious calibre and how long since issue 22! A few weeks on the mat for this one but December's issue often gets a later review (I'm much better than I used to be!), but if you've already received yours you won't be worried, and if you don't subscribe maybe this will convince you - back numbers still available - details at the end.

Articles

* The first article this month is Colin Penn's overview of Britains Hospital sets over three pages and with added helicopter!

* The third part of Peter Evan's look at Fontanini's historical military statuettes which pleases me as I have some stuff I can now put on the blog!

* An editorial covers the Lone Star Zorro and Dick Turpin figures with information and images from a number of sources.

* Gerald Edwards makes the suspected connection (first suggested here) between Taffy and Poplar Plastics with the aid of the catalogues

* Part 2 of the BR Moulds coverage begins to clear-up all sorts of mysteries and mysterious figures previously of 'unknown' attribution'

* Peter Nussbaum returns to the Bayeux Tapestry, figures which may be based upon it and other points raised in correspondence following the previous article

* 'What The !&*$?' is busy as always with an eclectic mix of figures to ID

• ·         Colin Penn is hoping readers can put a name to his dinosaur
• ·         A frogman seeks Branding
• ·         Peter Evans seeks help with a large'ish figure marked Walt Disney and possibly a Marx Swansea test shot (I thought it was a footballer!)
• ·         An African bearer also seeks information on his origins (French?)

* Eric Kemp's 'Converters Corner' applies knife, glue, Greenstuff and paint so some of Replicants ACW marines to produce Danish troops of the First Schleswig-Holstein war! They're brilliant and such an unusual subject.

* The issue also carries a rolling theme this quarter with items of an archaeological bent to the fore including

• ·         Colin Penn supplies photographs of a charming Cleopatra diorama using Cherilea figures and a possible shop-display (jewellers?) Egyptian palace with multiple-levels
• ·         Coverage of Dan Morgan's 'alternate' history of the Sussex Downs and it's archaeology - as seen at last May's Plastic Warrior show and exclusively featuring Replicants figures
• ·         More archaeological 'digging' comes from Les Collier with several dioramas of the stages of opening a tomb in the Valley of the Kings

Regular Features

* 'NEWS and VIEWS and other stuff ' covers

• ·         News from the family on The Hamilton Toy Collection
• ·         The editor muses on the possibility of changing tastes as he gets more civilian submission against toy soldier (or military?) articles?
• ·         Report of an article by Robert Crompton in The Times on the subject of plastic (as opposed to other media) toy soldiers
• ·         The Arndale Centre's Help for Heroes display is filed to PW Towers by roving reporter Chris Smith
• ·         New on the tie-in between LOD Enterprises and Ron Barzo
• ·         The regular explanation of re-subbing gets a reprise
• ·         The date of the next PW Show is confirmed as 16th May 2020
• ·         While Tiger Hobbies have news of a new relationship with AIP
• ·         Finally - the inordinate hype over 'rare Timpo' I stayed well out-of has gone to court!

• ·         In addition to all the above or below-named; Andreas Dittmann and Barney brown get credits for providing additional pictures

* 'Readers Letters' include

• ·         Feeback from John Treanor on previous outings of A Call to Arms artillery
• ·         James Delson of The Toy Soldier Company makes his position very clear!
• ·         There's still more on BR Moulds and the origins of the figure sculpts from Brian Carrick
• ·         Barry Blood also makes his position clear (on team colours) while following-up on footballers
• ·         Mike Weldon-Linne finds two more 'lefties' in a set of Marx AWI figures
• ·         Brian Carrick's a quick return; this time ID'ing Eric Critchley's Camel riders, but you need to subscribe to get the answer!
• ·         Rainer Maul follows up on old Russian flat articles, with his recent finds

* 'Book Review' has been replaced this issue by something among everything else!

* 'What's New' has two sets from Engineer Basevich, both 1918-21 Civil War cavalry;

• ·         28 - Workers Soviets' or Bolshevik Cavalry?
• ·         29 - Cossacks (or White Russians?)

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* Plus all the usual readers small-ads

* Covers - More imagery from Les Collier's dioramas

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