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…

A is for Alni or Argentina

I'm sure these have been covered in the more 'definitive' works, but they are new to me and raise an interesting question, namely; is Industria Argentina actually a company as has been claimed, (including by me) or rather a more over-arching mark like the common Empire Made or Hong Kong (now China) marks, W. Germany or even the England or Gt. Britain marks of the past?

  

Although they carry the Industria Argentina mark, it is only as a minor addendum to the larger Alni trade-mark, and with the previous set also carrying RM as a larger addition to the Industria Argentina mark, it seems that this is simply 'made in...' or 'manufactured in Argentina' and the various marks are separate concerns!

At 35 to 40-odd millimetres these figures are wholey compatible with other mid-scale brands such as Starlux, Reisler, Elastolin and Merten, although they are much cruder then all the aforementioned makes; the apparent Adrian-style firemen's helmets being in fact American M1's with netting painted silver!

 

Shots of the box and another view of the contents, there are the dried and flaked remains of a couple of motor-race type chequered 'flags' on the wings of the dingy and both the tool box and MG mounting are simply glued on, there are signs however that an earlier version of the MG mount was a plug-in one;  holes in the deck.

The missile/torpedo things are a bit of a problem to me and I think that while they may well be Alni, they were probably added to this set as a last-minute thing. The blue of the nose is not quite the same as the blue of the flag on the dingy, so not from the same batch of granules, the red tails are (like the rest of the assembly) soft ethylene plastic, while the tool box/locker in the boat is a hard styrene yet the mid-section of the weapons is the same as the oars in both shade and material.

Also the artwork is relatively true to the rest of the contents (three crew, MG, boat and oars) ignoring the ship and two planes, but there is no victim to be rescued? I've seen many of the South American toys with wacky missiles on equally wacky AFV's and my guess is that the missiles are from one of the more esoteric toys in the Alni stable and are an afterthought for added play-value.

News, Views Etc...Links

Some time ago in my late show report for Dave McKenna's Autumn show in Birmingham, I mentioned the Gloucestershire Regiment mug I bought
and how I'd lost the guy's details! Well - I've now found them and can report that he is called Tristram Carter and can be contacted by eMail here;

qmslocker@hotmail.co.uk

And there is a website here;

QM's Locker

He is very approachable and was looking for ideas that could be transferred to mug decoration, so if you have a war gaming or role-play club or society, it might be worth getting in touch with him. There is an issue with dishwashers due to the type of decoration used (some modern convergence technology - favourite word at the moment!...laser-printing?), and they probably need to be kept out of direct sunlight for prolonged periods, but the level of detail is what counts, and...Well; go and have a look for yourselves!

While I'm sorting out business cards...a chap called Kevin was asking for help at the recent Sandown Park toy fair, he's looking specifically for old fireworks, yes - you read that right; Old Fireworks, although he is obviously interested in packaging and ephemera as well, it's the fireworks he's really after, either 'live' or shop display dead'uns! Anybody who can help can eMail him here;

para.phenalia@btinternet.com

Or, I have 'phone-numbers if you think you have something that will be of interest to him.

I have a roughly 1/72 scale London bus-shaped box for Tom Smith's indoor fireworks which I have promised him, but not until I've posted it here, and despite getting it out 2 or 3 times in the last couple of years - to photograph - I keep putting it away again un-shot...doh!

Q is for Quiz

Speaking of Merit, as I hope I just have below (I'm back to pre-loading these articles at home and whacking them in under the dongle-credit wire!), Bernard Taylor who you may remember provided some very useful images of the late Merit figure sets the other month has sent me a rather intriguing composite of various figures, which I offer to you as a bit of a quiz...

I won't tell you what they are for now (there are some clues in the tag-list!), but will post the answers as a comment for those who give up! The interesting thing about them is that despite being from several sources, they are almost all from the fair hand of Charles Stadden, the master sculptor who's work weaved its way through our childhood with toy and model soldiers and civil figures in metal and plastic, and our adolescence in the various figures he made for the sports trophy manufacturers and foundries.

Me? I got one wrong!...not telling!

T is for Two - from Merit

Those of you who have followed this blog from the start, or who have gone back over some of the old posts will know I have a bit of a soft spot for Merit, which has an interesting history; he (J. Randall) being the man behind Bell who produced the box of figures we looked at a few weeks ago (more on them in a day or two), until he married and added 'R' Randall to the mix with Merit!

I posted the 'infant toy' fort some time ago and we are going to look at another infant toy today, and also a board game which has to be added to the master list...

Heeerrrrs....'Mr Bobby'! Sorry Edmonds, but originality was never your strong point and you were beaten to the post on this one by about 30 years! There's even a facial similarity, to Mr. Blobby*, not Edmonds! Dated to 1962, this is a pretty early piece of British plastic, and as a figure, in uniform; just about scrapes in under the collecting criteria wire!

The figure is fully articulated through over a dozen ball-sockets and swivel-joints, and is made from what was described - at the time - as 'hygienic' polyethylene. I'm not so sold on the multi-coloured segments - but it was designed for very young children in a quieter age, not sardonic old gits in the 21st century!

I really like this, as I hadn't seen one before, so when I saw it last weekend at the Sandown Park toy fair it was an absolute for inclusion! There is an elephant missing (probably with a grey wash, and almost certainly the same size as the other animals), the trap-door needs to be sourced and I will look out for a better box now I know what I'm looking for.

It has the same licensing date - 1966 - in the same typeface ('font' to the younger generation!) as the Airfix Tarzan set, and from the same people; Banner Productions (but Inc. not the Ltd. of the Airfix box), so ties-in to the same movie or TV series...I don't follow Tarzan so I don't know, anyone who does? The Airfix set was issued a year later though; 1968 as opposed to this games 1967.

*for non-UK followers - Mr Blobby was a televisual abomination here in the UK in the 1980's, Google him (it?) if you want to ruin your evening and lower your view of British cultural standing for all time. Sad thing is - if I see a small model of him, I'll have to add it to the collection...The Horror...The Horror...

C is for Colonial

Just a quick one - a bit of a box ticking exercise! I noticed a tub of these at a show the other day, and while my knowledge of large scale hollow-cast metal is pretty limited, even I could see they were a bit out of the ordinary, so brought them to the attention of a mate of mine who deals in this type of figure before anyone else bought them!

He had a quick look and bought the lot! It turned out they are rather uncommon; both by make and subject, being the 'colonial' painting of the Sacul Highlanders. I then grabbed these shots for the 'album' - the red one is a basic paint Britains Colonial for comparison. That's all folks!