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?)
[I think?]
* Plus all the
usual readers small-ads
* Covers - More
imagery from Les Collier's dioramas
* PW's contact details;
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