News, Views Etc...All Sorts

Since I've been diagnosed with Asperger's I am able to be both more critical of myself and more self-depreciating...while remaining arrogantly self-assured underneath!

One of my foibles is....I like order...and it was my intention to continue with the Hong Kong small scales until I'd finished the British from Britains and Crescent sculpts, then after a week or so - once everyone had seen them - was going to use the new time-of-posting change feature to stack them up in reverse order so 'Type 1' was at the top of the page with the others in numerical order below them! In the past I would have loaded them in the right order and published them all at once!

However the need to pop a panicked message up here last night re. the hacking of my eMail means that that plan is now untidy, it's not going to look right (in my head - you can only ever see one or two posts on the screen!), so I will publish a few other thing that are stuck in the queue, and return to HK Brits next week or so after I've taken a few more photographs. Having mentioned Giant at the end of the last post I know a few of the incurables will be twitching, but they'll just have to sit on their proverbial for a day or few!

In the meantime there are a few bits and bobs to clear so we'll have a quick News,Views etc...



One Inch Warrior Magazine

Paul Morehead at Plastic Warrior dropped me a line the other day pointing out that there are still a few back issues of the old small scale sister magazine; 1W.

Limited numbers of issues 3-11 are still to be had of what was (and remains) the only magazine dedicated to small scale figures. This author contributed a certain amount to the publication and I have published an index for it on here somewhere.

Anyone looking to fill their missing numbers should eMail Paul directly at; pw.editor@ntlworld.com



Plastic Warrior Magazine

I also popped round to see Paul the other day and drop off the Doctor Who kit figures I'd grabbed for him and mentioned the website wasn't working before Christmas and he pointed out it was a temporary measure in the Autumn and is now up and running again, but will eventually be dropped in favour of the combined new Facebook/Blogger platforms.

I've checked it and it is up and running again! Link is to the top right of this page.



Horrible Histories

Paul also mentioned that Peter Evans (PW's roving reporter) had dropped into the UK Toy Fair in January (I used to go and aught to start doing so again?!!) where he had seen the second tranche of HH blind Bag figures, these were said to be due to have an April release date I believe.

Yet I also believe it won't happen - The entire range was heavily discounted in the run-up to Christmas as I reported at the time in my attempts to track down the last few figures. And they were HEAVILY discounted - sets that were previously around 12-odd quid were going for £3 in Toys'R'Us as well as the Entertainer chain, while on-line everybody - including the traders on Amazon - was shifting all sets and figures for next to nothing.

Now it may be that the profit target had been met and they just wanted to clear the selves, but they were discounting the core and starter-sets as well, so I think it was 'claerance'. Equally, while they may have taken them to the show for real, I suspect it had more to do with saving face (they won an award at a previous Toy Fair) or because they had designed the stands and had nothing else to fill the gaps?

I hope they do appear; as you know, I've done what I can to promote them, they are a lovely bunch of figures, but I've heard nothing from the PR company since the late summer of last year and there's nothing happened on the website for the longest time?

What it does mean is that the new figures have been down the production line of some vast factory in China and - even if they don't see the light of day under the current marketer - will turn-up as clearance somewhere in the next two or three years for sure...lorry-loads of them.



Help Needed - I

Can anyone help identify/put a name to this company, it's a Hong Kong producer, copying German and Italian figures, tin-plate toys and animals.

Shown is my vague attempt at the logo litho-printed (tin-plate) or raised (plastic) on the toys/items produced by them...

Star Wars Names

This was passing round Facebook the other day....take the first three letters of you last name [Wal]ter and add the first two letters of your first name [Hu]gh to get your Star Wars first name.

Then take the first two letters of your mothers maiden name [Ha]ll and add the first three letters of the town or city where you were born [Ald]ershot to get you Star wars second name.

Walhu Haald is mine, what's yours?



Some Links of Interest

Jean Pierre Seguin This is a bit old hat now, and while some of the previous artists we've seen have used their imagination, this guy seems to have jumped on the bandwagon with a pixellation programme in tow...or am I being unkind?

Sd.Kfz. 8/DB 10 Rare as rocking-horse shit armoured half-track recovery and restoration.

Haribo - again! Where will the stupidity end!!



New Pages

The pages I've added so far have been up for a while now and had a few hundred hits each but little feedback - I take that as a good sign! If anybody would like me to produce other pages let me know and I will see what I can do, likewise corrections or additions are welcome and will be credidted.

Pages coming soon include; Gauge/Ratio/Scale/Size, Polymers, Other Materials, Manufacturing Terminology, Marks and Markings, Abbreviations and a 'general glossary', can anyone suggest other subjects they might like to see?



Help Needed II

Can anyone identify these....I know they were early premiums in - probably - breakfast cereal over here (UK) and always assumed they were Siku mouldings, but now I'm not so sure, can anyone tell us who made/supplied them and where else/with what else they were given away...margarine? Soap powder? There were wild animals as well and domestic/woodland types and they are a dense hard polystyrene 'Ivorene'

That's it for now, thanks for visiting, following etc...H

Animals now identified as Coleman's (the mustard people) 'Vitacup', they were also issued in Europe as Vitacup and it would seem there might have been an airbrushed 'stained' issue as well.

I is for Index and Inch - One INCH Warrior!

Had this kicking around for a while now and although I have all sorts of stuff in the queue, it's been a frantic weekend, so this will be all for now I'm afraid.

If you are one of the select few who bought all the specials and subscribed to the regular issues, you'll have 11 One Inch Warrior magazines, the little brother of Plastic Warrior, this is as complete an index of those worthy tomes as I can muster!

Note; Some of the bullet points have reproduced differently here, I'm not going to start mucking about with the HTML, so it'll have to do! If you need the original just email me and I'll send you the word.doc.

Index – One Inch Warrior: Volumes 1 – 11

[Letters] = Subject covered in correspondence in volume stated

[T&HF] = Subject covered in British International Toy and Hobby fair report in volume stated

40mm Figures. 8 [Letters]

40 Years of Roco. 8

A Call to Arms [See; What’s New]

Action - Combat Raider Tank. 7 [Letters]

Adamberry, O (Correspondent). 11

Advertisers [PW and Birmingham show-ads omitted as out-dated data]

·         Harfields. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

·         Michigan Toy Soldier Co. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

·         Spencer Smith Miniatures. 1, 3, 4, 6

Airfix

·         Airfix Box Art. 1 [Cover], 2, 3 [Cover]

·         Airfix/Marx ACW [mix-up]. 1 [Letters]

·         Airfix Re-made. 5, 6, 7

·         An Introduction to - Airfix. 1

·         Box Art. 2, 9, 10

·         Box Types. 1 [+ Cover], 2

·         Combat Group. 5

·         Commandos - Both Types. 6, 8 [Letters]

·         French Foreign Legion - Both Types. 4

·         Guards Band. 2

·         Guards Colour Party. 2

·          ‘High Chaparral’. 7

·         Interview with Brian Knight. 9, 10

·         Introduction to. 1

·         Mystery of Manalito’s Legs, the. 7

·         Robin Hood ‘Missing’ figure. 2

·         Romans. 11

·         Sea King Diver. 1, 3 [Letters]

·         US Marines - Both Types. 8

·         WWII British Infantry. 5

·         WWII German Infantry - Both Types. 5

‘Ancient Egypt’ - Book. 7

An Interview with Brian Knight. 9, 10

A Peep Over the Parapet. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Asquith, Stuart (Author, Contributor). 3

‘A-Team’ ™. 1

Atlantic - Egyptians. 2 [Letters]

Authors

·         Asquith, Stuart. 3

·         Bell, Anthony. 11

·         Boers, Jan. 1, 2

·         Cole, Peter. 1, 2

·         Cooksey, Len. 4, 10

·         Cooldrey, Geoff. 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9

·         DeSantis, Brad. 9, 11

·         Dittmann, Andreas. 3

·         Evans, Peter. 11

·         Harding, Mike. 1

·         Hunter, S. 4

·         Istine, Phil. 9

·         Jones, David. 3

·         Lane, Vernon. 9

·         Morehead, Paul. 1

·         Needham, Ashley. 5

·         Newbury, Roger. 6, 8

·         Penn, Colin. 11

·         Rudik, Victor. 1, 2, 6

·         Starr, Steve. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7

·         Sweetman, Chris. 11

·         Tapper, Will. 7, 9

·         Tawzer, Arlin. 8

·         Torres, Clive. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

·         Wade, Shamus. 3

·         Walter, Hugh. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

·         Ward, C.E. 1

·         Williams, Ben. 10, 11

·         Zatapatique, Cornelius. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Bachmann. 4

Badger, Thurston (Correspondent). 11

Barrett, Fred (Contributor, correspondent). 7

Battle of the Little Big Horn, the. 5

Battle of Trenton, the. 11

Begg, J & E (Contributors). 4, 6, 8, 11

Beginners Guide to Small Scale Converting. 9

Bell, Anthony (Author). 11

Blood, Barrie

·         Contribution/Additional Photographs. 6, 7, 10, 11

·         Correspondence. 10

Bluebird Toys, Zero Hour/Code Zero. 11

Blue Box. 6 [T&HF], 11 [+ Cover]

Blue Box or Marx? 11

Board Games. 3, 4, 5, 11 [Letters]

Boers, Jan

·         Author. 1, 2

·         Contribution/Additional Photographs. 2, 4

Boer War, the. 9 [+ Cover]

Book Reviews [See also; Video Review]

•        Ultimate Explorer - Castles. 7

•        Ultimate Explorer - Ancient Egypt. 7

Britains

•        Herald Nativity. 2

•        Lilliput Khaki Infantry. 1

•        Minisets. 11

British International Toy and Hobby Fair. 3

Brook, Jeremy (Contributor). 9, 10

Brookes, Frank (Correspondent). 5

Büm [See also; What’s New]. 7

Carrick, Brian (Contributor). 1, 2, 3, 4

‘Castles’ - Book. 7

Catlow, Paul (Correspondent). 7

Chapman, Keith S (Correspondent). 1

Christmas Crackers. 11 [Letters]

‘Code Zero’. 11

Cole, Peter (Author), 1, 2

Comansi. 7

Comics. 6 [Letters]

Contributors/Additional Photographs

·         Andreichenko, Yuri. 11

·         Asquith, Stuart. 3

•     Barrett, Fred. 7

·         Begg, J & E. 4, 6, 8, 11

·         Blood, Barrie. 6, 7, 10, 11

·         Boers, Jan. 2, 4

·         Brook, Jeremy. 9, 10

·         Carrick, Brian. 1, 2, 3, 4

·         DeSantis, Brad. 9

·         Evans, Peter. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11

·         Farmer, Bill. 5

·         Griffiths, Alan. 4

·         Knight, Brian. 9, 10

·         Knight, Steve. 7

·         McKenna, Dave. 2

·         Mordaunt-Smith, Michael. 3

·         Morehead, Paul. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

·         Sweetman, Chris. 11

·         Thair, Matt. 1, 2

·         Thaxter, Ricky. 1

·         Thomas, Alain. 5

·         Unknown (convertions). 9

·         Walter, Hugh. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11

Cooksey, Len (Author). 4, 10

Cooldrey, Geoff (Author). 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9

Corgi. 3 [Letters], 6, 11 [Letters]

Cornelius/WHC. 4, 6 [T&HF]

Coronation Coach. 7 [+ Cover]

Correspondents/Letters

·         Adamberry, O. 11

·         Badger, Thurston. 11

·         Barrett, Fred. 7

·         Blood, Barrie 10

·         Brookes, Frank. 5

·         Catlow, Paul. 7

·         Chapman, Keith S. 1

·         Cunningham, J.V. 3, 4

·         Dale, Peter. 2

·         ‘Dave’ (eMail). 5

·         Deck, Patrick W. 1

·         Dittmann, Andreas. 3

·         Dupname, May. 4

·         Evans, Paul. 11

·         Evans, Peter. 11

·         Fernando, Sanath. 2

·         Gardener, Phil. 2

·         Grant, Charles. 4

·         Hughes, Phillip. 11

·         Jones, David. 3

·         Jones, P.R. 10

·         Johnson, Peter. 3

·         Knowles, R.M. 5

·         Lane, Vernon. 4, 10

·         Martin, Charles. 7

·         Pearson, Martin. 3

·         Penn, Colin. 11

·         Pilley, Steve. 6

·         Russel, B. 6

·         Shekhovtsov, Ura. 2

·         Sprecher, Kent. 7

·         Tawzer, Arlin. 6, 8

·         Torres, Clive. 2

·         Walter, Hugh. 2, 8

Cover Photographs

•        Airfix 8^th Army Box Types. 1

•        Airfix Wild West Fort Play-set Box. 3

•        Airline Staff and Passengers (Hong Kong). 6

•        Blue Box Bedford RL/French Resistance Fighters. 11

•        Boer War Rail Halt. 9

•        Carded Coronation Set 1953. 7

•        Exin ‘Castilos’ Figures. 10

•        Giant ACW. 5

•        Giant Ancient Sets. 2

•        Haig Whiskey/Marx Highlander. 4

•        Orion Pirates. 8

Culpitts. 9, 11

Cunningham (Correspondent), J.V. 3, 4

Dale, Peter (Correspondent). 2

‘Dave’ (Correspondent). 5

David Halsall. 6 [T&HF]

Deck, Patrick W (Contributor). 1

Delta Sand. 6 [T&HF]

DeSantis, Brad

·         Author. 9, 11

·         Contribution/Additional Photographs. 9

Dickie [See; What’s New]

Dimestore Dreams

Disney ™. 11

Dittmann, Andreas (Author, contributor). 3

Dupname, May (Correspondent). 4

eBay Watch. 8

Editorial [See; News, views…]

Einco. 9

EKO. 3

EKO/Reamsa. 4 [Letters]

Elastolin. 3

Emhar [See also; What’s New]. 3 [T&HF]

Encapsulated Toys. 6 [T&HF]

Evans, Paul (Correspondent). 11

Evans, Peter

•        Author. 11

•        Contribution/Additional Photographs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11

•        Correspondence. 11

Exin. 10 [Cover]

Farmer, Bill (Contributor). 5

Fernando Enterprises - Painting Service. 2 [Letters]

Fernando, Sanath (Correspondent). 2

Figure Quality. 2 [Letters]

Focus On - The Japanese in WW2. 7

Galoob Micro-Machines [See also; What’s New]. 1 [Letters], 2, 3 [T&HF]

·         Military figures. 11

·         Star Wars figures. 10

Gardener, Phil (Correspondent). 2

General/Generic Articles

·         Beginners Guide to Converting. 9

·         Focus on the Japanese in WWII. 7

·         Internet, the. 3 [Letters]

·         ‘Never Had it so Good’

o   Availability of 18C Figures. 6

o   Availability of ACW Figures. 2

o   Availability of Ancient Figures. 7

o   Availability of Napoleonic Figures. 1

o   Availability of Wild West Figures. 3

·         Swoppets and Over-moulding. 6

Giant/Hong Kong Production. 2 [Letters], 7 [Letters], 8 [Letters], 11 [Letters]

·         ACW. 5 [+ Cover]

·         Airline Staff and Passengers. 6 [Cover]

·         Astronauts/Spacemen. 6, 9

·         Backwoodsmen. 5

·         Cowboys and Indians

o   Einco/Pony. 9

o   Figure Poses. 6

o   Horses. 8

o   WHC/Cornelius/Wavymane. 10

·         Einco. 9

·         Forts. 4

·         Guardsmen. 6

·         Horses. 8

·         Indians [See; Cowboys and Indians, above]

·         Knights/Medieval

·         LP/Spacex. 6, 9

·         Marklin Copies. 11

·         Mongols. 4

·         Napoleonics. 5

·         Romans/Greeks. 2 [+ Cover]

·         Siege Weapons. 4

·         Vikings. 4, 5

·         WHC/Cornelius. 10

Giant or What? 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10

Grant, Charles (Correspondent). 4

Great Gizmos (Dimestore Dreams). 6 [T&HF]

Griffiths, Alan (Merit) - Interview with. 4

Grossman, H. 3 [T&HF]

Gulliver Confederates. 8

Harding, Mike (Author). 1

Hät Industries [See also; What’s New]. 3 [T&HF]

·         Marching Through Time - Overview/Company Profile. 1

Ĥausser. 5

Herald [See; Britains]

[H.] Grossman. 3 [T&HF]

Hobby’s Annual. 6 [T&HF]

Hornby. 4, 6 [T&HF], 7

Hughes, Phillip (Correspondent). 11

Humor

·         Cartoon. 2, 5

·         Photo-pic. 1

Hunter, S (Author). 4

Imex [See; What’s New]

Imperial. 6

Indiana Jones ™. 11

Instant Products. 6 [T&HF]

Internet and the Collector

·         CTS, 10

·         eBay Watch. 8

·         One-Inch Wonders and the Web. 4

·         Sounding Off, Logging On. 3

Istine, Phil (Author). 9

Italeri [See also; What’s New]. 3 [T&HF]

Jan Boers Airfix Checklist. 2

Jones, David (Author, correspondent). 3

Jones, P.R (Correspondent). 10

Johnson, Peter (Correspondent). 3

Jouef. 9

Kentoys [See; What’s New]

Kibri. 6

Kinder Romans. 2, 3

Knight, Brian (Airfix)

•        Contribution/Additional Photographs. 9, 10

•        Interview with. 9, 10

Knight, Steve (Contributor). 7

Knowles, R.M (Correspondent). 5

Lane, Vernon

•        Author. 9

•        Correspondence. 4, 10

Letters [See; Readers Letters, See also; Correspondents]

Lilliput [See; Britains]

Little Big Horn, the Battle of. 5

Logging-On [See also; Internet…]

•        One Inch Wonders and the Web. 4

•        Plastic Warriors and the Web. 10

Lone Star. 1, 2 [Letters]

LP/Lucky Products. 6, 9

Majorette. 1 [Letters]

Man Who Drew Airfix, the. 9, 10

March or Die or Redesign. 4

Märklin Copies. 11

Marksmen [See also; What’s New]. 2

Martin, Charles (Correspondent). 7

Marx. 2, 3, [Letters],

·         Marx/Blue Box. 11

·         Marx Highlander. 4 [+ Cover]

·         Marx ‘Over the Top’. 6

·         Marx Troy. 11

Matchbox. 3 [T&HF]

•     1:76 Figure Sets. 1

•     1:76 Kit Figures. 1

·         Battlekings. 1, 2

·         Die-Cast Accessories. 1, 2

·         Matchbox Update. 2

·         Piracies. 1, 2

·         Small Scale Collectors Guide. 1

·         Yesteryears. 1

MB Games. 8 [Letters]

McKenna, Dave (Contributor). 2

Media Models

•        Indiana Jones ™. 11

•        Star Wars ™. 10

Meet your Maker

•        Orion. 8

•        Strelets*R/Yuri Andreichenko. 11

•        Yves Kervella. 4

Merit/Model Scene. 2 [Letters], 3, 4, 11

Micro-Bull. 9

Micro-Machines [See; Galoob]

Midland Model Products [Model Power]. 3 [T&HF]

Mikephil. 6

Military Micro-Machines. 11

Milton Bradley [See; MB Games]

Mind the Gap. 7, 9

Minisets [See; Britains]

Model Power. 1 [Letters], 8

Montaplex. 1, 9, 10 [Letters]

Mordaunt-Smith, Michael (Contributor). 3

More

•        …of Merit. 4

•        …on Montaplex. 9

Morehead, Paul

•        Author. 1

•        Contribution/Additional Photographs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Multiple Toymakers. 6

Musing on Ancient Models. 3

Musing on Models. 6

Mystery of Manalito’s Legs, the. 7

Needham, Ashley (Author). 5

Never Had It So Good. 1, 2, 6, 7

Newbury, Roger (Author). 6, 8

New Production [See; What’s New]

New Ray. 6 [T&HF]

News, Views and Other Small Scale Stuff/Small Scale News

·         Airfix Robin Hood ‘Missing’ figure. 2

·         Bachmann. 4

·         Coronation Coach. 7

·         Galoob. 2

·         Hornby. 4

·         Marx

o   Highlander. 4

o   Troy. 11

·         Micro-bull. 9

·         Revell. 4, 9

·         Toy Soldier Company. 4

·         WHC/Cornelius. 4

·         Woolworths [Actually Soma figures]. 2

Nexus. 3 [T&HF]

N.F.I.C. 11

Northern Exposure. 1, 2, 6

Novalinea. 7

Odemars [See; What’s New]

‘Ogri’™. 3 [T&HF]

OKBTI/Okbti. 2 [Letters]

Old Stalwarts. 8

Once Upon a Time in the West. 3

One for the Road. 11

Orion [See also; What’s New]. 8 [+ Cover]

Over Here. 9

‘Over-moulding’. 6

‘Over the Top’, Marx. 6 [Letters]

Pearson, Martin (Correspondent). 3

Penn, Colin (Author, correspondent). 11

 ‘Phil-istine’ (Author). 9

Pilley, Steve (Correspondent). 6

Pireme Publishing. 6 [T&HF]

Plasty. 11

Pocketbond (Emhar). 3 [T&HF]

Pocketbond (Smër/Lodê). 6 [T&HF]

Prisoner Identified. 3

Product Reviews [See; What’s New]

Purkess Britain Games. 3 [T&HF]

Racing Champions. 3 [T&HF]

Rado. 11

Readers Letters [See also; Correspondents]. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11

·         40mm Figures. 8

·         Action – Combat Raider Tank. 7

·         ACW. 2

·         Airfix Commandos. 8

·         Airfix/Marx ACW [mix-up]. 1

·         Airfix Sea King Diver. 3

·         Atlantic Egyptians. 2

·         Board Games. 11

·         Christmas Crackers. 11

·         Comics. 6

·         Corgi. 3, 11

·         EKO/Reamsa. 4

·         Fernando Enterprises – Painting Service. 2

·         Figure Quality. 2

•     Galoob. 1

·         Giant/Hong Kong. 2, 7, 8, 11

·         Internet, the. 3

·         Lone Star. 2

·         Marching Figures. 6, 8

·         Marx ‘Over the Top’. 6

•     Majorette. 1

•        MB Games. 8

·         Merit/Model Scene. 2

•     Model Power. 1

·         Montaplex. 10

·         OKBTI. 2

·         Revell Quality. 1

·         Roco-Minitanks. 2

·         Spencer Smith Miniatures. 3, 4

·         Tri-ang/Almark. 8

·         Trojan/Crescent. 2

·         TV Product Licensing. 10

·         ‘Warriors &Weapons Castle Siege Game’. 3

Readers Small Ads. 2, 3, 4

Red Box. 3 [T&HF]

Reduced Circumstance

•        Herald. 2

•        Lone Star. 1

•        Marx/Marksmen. 2

•        Reisler. 4

•        Trojan. 1

Reisler [See also; What’s New]. 4

Remember the Alamo. 10

Revell [See also; What’s New], 1, [Letters], 4, 6 [T&HF], 9

Revell (Matchbox). 3 [T&HF]

Ri-Toys. 11

Roco-Minitanks. 2 [Letters], 8 [Two separate articles; an overview and a video review]

Rospaks. 4

Royas Y Malerat. 5

Rudik, Victor (Author). 1, 2, 6

Russel, B (Correspondent). 6

S.A.E. 5

S.E.G.O.M. 2

Shekhovtsov, Ura (Correspondent). 2

Siku. 3

Simba [See; What’s New]

Small Scale Collectors Guide – Matchbox/Lesney. 1

Small Scale Product News [See also; What’s New]. 4

Smër/Lodê. 6 [T&HF]

Soma (Woolworths). 2

Soma (Titan). 3 [T&HF]

Sounding Off (Participation in the Hobby). 6

Sounding Off, Logging On. 3

Spacex [See; Tri-ang]

Spencer Smith Miniatures. 3 [+ Letters], 4

Spot-On. 11

Sprecher, Kent (Correspondent). 7

Springwood. 2

Starlux. 5

Starr, Steve (Author). 1, 2, 3, 6, 7

‘Star Wars’ ™. 10

Strelets*R [See also; What’s New]. 11

Sweetman, Chris (Author, contributor). 11

Swoppets and Overmoulding in Smaller Scales. 6

Tapper, Will (Author). 7, 9

Tawzer, Arlin

•        Author. 8

•        Correspondence. 6, 8

Thair, Matt (Contributor). 1, 2

Thaxter, Ricky (Contributor). 1

‘The Battle Game’. 3

Thomas, Alain (Contributor). 5

Titan Toys (Soma). 3 [T&HF]

 ‘Tommy Spot’. 11

Torres, Clive

•        Author. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

•        Correspondence. 2

Toy and Hobby Fair Reports. 3, 6

Toy Fair, the. 6

Toy Soldier Company. 4

Trenton, the Battle of. 11

Tri-ang - Triang

·         Board Games

o   The Battle Game. 3

o   Warpath. 4

o   Wild West Checkers. 4

·         Spacex. 6, 9

Tri-ang - Triang /Almark. 8 [Letters]

Trojan

·         Tiny Trojans. 1

·         Trojan/Crescent. 2 [Letters]

Trouble with 20’s, the. 3. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Tudor Rose (Vehicles only). 3

TV Product Licensing. 10 [Letters]

Ultimate Explorer. 7

Unknown (Contributors - conversions). 9

Video Review [See also; Book reviews]

•        Roco-Minitanks. 8

Waddingtons. 5

Wade, Shamus (Author). 3

Walter, Hugh

•                    Author. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

•                    Contribution/Additional Photographs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11

•                    Correspondence. 2, 8

Ward, C.E (Author). 1

Wargaming Articles

·         Boar War. 9

·         Napoleonic Wars. 1

·         Peep Over the Parapet

o   The Battle of Trenton. 11

o   The Trouble with 20’s. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

·         Remember The Alamo. 10

‘Warpath’. 4

‘Warriors & Weapons - Castle Siege Game’. 3 [Letters]

Waterloo Wargaming. 1

What’s New. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

·         A Call To Arms

o   ACW Confederates. 4

o   ACW Union. 5

o   Modern British Infantry. 3

o   Waterloo British Infantry. 2

o   Zulu’s. 6

·         Büm. 6

·         Dickie. 10

·         Emhar

o   British Artillery. 4

o   British Infantry and Tank Crew. 4

o   German Artillery. 4

o   German Infantry and Tank Crew. 4

·         Hät

o   Alexander’s Light Infantry. 8

o   Alexander’s Thracians. 8

o   Austrian Artillery. 7

o   Austrian Chavau-Leger. 5

o   Austrian Cuirassiers. 2

o   Austrian Line Infantry. 9

o   Bavarian Artillery. 7

o   Bavarian Cavalry. 5

o   Bavarian Infantry. 4

o   British Dragoons. 5

o   British Light Infantry. 9

o   British Rocket troop. 7

o   Brunswick Lieb Infantry. 4

o   Dutch/Belgian Light Dragoons. 5

o   Dutch Infantry. 4

o   French Horse grenadiers. 2

o   French Light Horse lancers. 2

o   French Light Infantry. 9

o   French Line Dragoons. 2

o   French Line Fusiliers. 9

o   French Line Horse Artillery. 7

o   French Young Guard. 4

o   Greek Mercenary Hoplites. 7

o   Kings German Legion Light Dragoons. 2

o   Macedonian Phalangites. 7

o   Russian Dragoons. 2

o   Russian Cossacks. 2

o   Russian Cuirassiers. 2

o   Transfers; Greek, Roman, Spartan. 10

·         Imex

o   ACW Accessories. 4

o   Battlefield Accessories. 4

o   British Redcoats. 8

o   George Washington’s Army. 8

·         Italeri

o   4/5^th Century Persian Infantry. 6

o   Celtic Cavalry (Pre-production). 7

o   French Dragoons. 2

o   French Imperial General Staff. 2

o   Macedonian Cavalry. 8

o   Persian Cavalry and Chariots. 8

o   Roman Infantry 1/2^nd Century. 5

o   Roman Cavalry (Pre-production). 7

·         Kentoys. 6

·         Marksmen. 7

·         Micro-Machines. 8

·         Odemars. 10

·         Orion

o   Chechen Rebels. 10

o   Modern Russians. 10

·         Reisler. 7

·         Revell

o   Modern British Infantry. 5

o   Modern German Panzer grenadiers. 5

o   Modern German Paratroops. 5

o   Modern US Infantry. 5

o   WWII British Infantry. 10

·         Simba. 10

·         Strelets*R - French Army Camp. 10

·         Yves Kervella [Odemars/LW]. 3

·         Zvezda

o   13/14^th Century Mongols. 5

o   Greek Infantry. 5

What’s Your Game. 3, 4, 5

WHC/Cornelius. 4, 6 [T&HF]

Where Are They Now?

·         Comansi and Novalinea

·         Rospaks. 4

·         S.E.G.O.M. 2

·         Springwood. 2

·         Starlux. 5

Who Are Montaplex. 1

‘Wild West Checkers’. 4

Williams, Ben (Author). 10, 11

Woolworths [Actually Soma figures]. 2

Wot the !&*$? [Subsequent identification in brackets], 1, 2, 3, 5, 6

·         Airfix

o   (Sea King Diver). 1

o   (Space Lizard-man). 1

·         Alien Family. 6

·         (Aurora WWI German). 5

·         (Bachmann ‘A-Team’ ™). 1

·         Balinese/Thai dancer. 1

·         (Budgie Wagon Train). 6

·         ‘Cinderella’ Coach. 6

·         Conquistadores. 4

·         (Corgi Soldier with Welding Gear). 1

·         Cowboy. 1

·         (Dunkin/Tyler’s WWII). 5

·         Fantasy Warrior. 5

·         Futuristic Infantry. 4

·         (Heller French Troops). 1

·         Huntsman. 1 [foot], 4 [mounted]

·         (Marx Babes in Toyland). 5

·         (Matchbox Sci-fi Warriors). 6

·         (MB Games Axis and Allies). 4

·         Policeman. 5

·         Sci-Fi Motorcycle. 4

·         Sci-Fi Figure. 4

·         Scots Dancer. 4

·         (Siku Indian). 1

·         (Solpa Commandos). 5

·          (Spencer Smith Miniatures Modern Infantry). 1

·         Train Guard and Passenger. 5

·         US G.I. 4

·         Yolanda Ninja Turtles. 6

Yves Kervella [Odemars/LW, See also; What’s New]. 4

Zatapatique, Cornelius (Author). 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

‘Zero Hour’. 11

Zvezda [See; What’s New]

Typos/Errata/Corrections

Volume 2 - Wot The !&_*$?

With regard to the phrase “Kolwezi era” (coined by me!), the troops (now known to be Heller French Commandos) are carrying the FAMAS a ‘Bullpup’ bodied assault rifle which didn’t enter service until shortly after the Kolwezi intervention, sadly this is now a bit of an internet myth, having been quoted about the place - without acknowledging me or PW/1W!

Volume 4 – More of merit

The boy running with a kite in his raised hand is Tri-ang Modelworld, not Merit.

Volume 6 - Giant or What? Page 5

In the key to Indians Mounted, BSIM3) should read …3a) and BSIM4b) should read …3b) in order to tie-in with the photograph.

Volume 7 - Focus On; The Japanese in WW2. Page 19

The second figure 12 in ‘NOTES’ should read 13

Volume 9 - More on Montaplex

These figures are Hobby-plast, which was a subsidiary/trade-mark of Montaplex, but they were never found in Montaplex bags. Several Spanish blogs/forums have now itemized both the ranges along with other ‘Sobres’. The middle row are the figures in item ‘o’ in the Japanese article in Volume 7.

Volume 11 - Blue Box or Marx

 On the third page, second photograph, the caption should begin ‘Second and forth…’ not; Third and fifth…