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New toy soldier blog from Mannie Gentile!1 comment

Scott Mingus wrote 2 weeks ago: Antietam park ranger Mannie Gentile has created a new bog, Toy Soldiers Forever, devoted to one of … more »

Tags: Marx, Marx playsets, toy soldiers

The next generation of collectors is heard from!

Scott Mingus wrote 3 weeks ago: The above photo was sent in by John Wagner, a 13-year-old toy soldier collector. The figures are a … more »

Tags: Civil War wargaming, Civil War, toy soldiers

Custom-made figures by Mannie Gentile1 comment

Scott Mingus wrote 1 month ago: The 3rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry on the dusty road en route to an unknown fate at the next battl … more »

Tags: Civil War wargaming, Gettysburg, 54mm soldiers, Civil War, diorama, lead soldiers, toy soldiers

Mannie Gentile's review of plastic 54mm ACW figures

Scott Mingus wrote 1 month ago: Antietam park ranger and fellow blogger Mannie Gentile has a recent post that should interest all W … more »

Tags: Civil War, Playsets, toy soldiers

The best Civil War diorama???3 comments

Scott Mingus wrote 2 months ago: South Carolinia Confederates from Kershaw’s Brigade approach the Rose Farm at the Battle of … more »

Tags: Civil War dioramas, Gettysburg, Civil War, diorama, military diorama, Miniature wargaming, model soldiers

Lone Star figures from England

Scott Mingus wrote 2 months ago: Recently, I dragged out one of my old cardboard boxes of vintage 54mm plastic figures for my litt … more »

Tags: toy soldiers, die-cast models, die-cast figures, 54mm soldiers, Cowboys and Indians

Tommy Gilbert's Hobby Shop in Gettysburg1 comment

Scott Mingus wrote 2 months ago: Exterior of Tommy Gilbert’s Hobby Shop in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania  For any of you wargamers … more »

Tags: Gettysburg, Civil War wargaming, Wargaming in general, Civil War dioramas, Miniature wargaming, hobby shops, model railroad, toy trains

1st Annual Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show

Scott Mingus wrote 2 months ago: The toy soldier set that got me started with my love for the Civil War and miniature wargaming - th … more »

Tags: Gettysburg, Marx playsets, toy soldiers

Miniature World Maker - Ten Years Later

Scott Mingus wrote 3 months ago: Back in the late 1990s, when I still lived in the “snow belt” northeast of Cleveland, O … more »

Tags: Civil War wargaming, Product Reviews, Wargaming in general, Civil War dioramas, Wargaming, wargaming terrain, miniature terrain, Civil War miniatures

Another blast from the past!

Scott Mingus wrote 3 months ago: The Helen of Toy company widely advertised their Civil War figures (knock-offs of the Giant brand) … more »

Tags: Marx, giant, toy soldiers, HO scale army men, army men

Civil War dioramas2 comments

Scott Mingus wrote 5 months ago: Most of you know that I love miniature soldiers - whether it be hand-painted wargaming armies, 54mm … more »

Tags: Civil War dioramas

Timmee Toys3 comments

Scott Mingus wrote 5 months ago: In some previous posts, I briefly discussed my childhood fascination with 54mm plastic “army … more »

Blast from the Past - part 31 comment

Scott Mingus wrote 9 months ago: Civil War toys remain fascinating to me, perhaps because I have so many fond childhood memories wit … more »

Blast from the past - part 21 comment

Scott Mingus wrote 9 months ago: In rummaging through the vast number of toy soldiers (in a box that I had not looked at for years, … more »

A blast from the past!6 comments

Scott Mingus wrote 9 months ago: Recently, I was rummaging around in our crowded basement storage room and opened a large bin chockf … more »

The largest ACW diorama?1 comment

Scott Mingus wrote 9 months ago: I stumbled across this hobbyist’s Gettysburg diorama website on the Internet this weekend.  … more »

Tags: Civil War dioramas, Civil War wargaming


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