The 8th Army is one of the most famous units of the British Army from the II World War. The 8th Army fought in the North Africa against the German Afrika Korps. Airfix This company produced 7 different figures of good quality. The poses are dynamic including a running officer. Matchbox The seven figures include […]
Category: History
This chapter includes types of soldiers that belong to units that have special history and are not related to a particular conflict. Among others it can be mentioned the Foreign Legion, Police units, Samurai warriors, etc.
Légion Étrangère The French Foreign Legion was founded in 1831 to incorporate soldiers that were not French but wanted to fight for France. They were considered “Français par le sang versé”. This troops participated in colonial wars but also in Europe during I and II World Wars. Academy 1 2 3 4 5 6 1- […]
I have figures from two series that were produced in 1987 and 1996. All figures represent Portuguese soldiers. The scale is 75mm from foot to eye, and they are made in white metal. Figures from 1987 From left: 1640 – Porta-bandeira; 1644 – Mosqueteiro; 1658 – Oficial de Cavalaria. From left: 1742 – Oficial de […]
Almirall Palou This collection of metal miniatures from this Spanish maker, included leaflets that could be grouped in four books. There are 60 miniatures of medium quality from almost every army that fought in World War II. The Portuguese version of the collection arrived in market in 1999 and was edited by RBA Lusomundo. 1 […]
Almiral Pallou This Spanish company produced a collection of metal figures from the Napoleonic Wars that unfortunately almost only represent the French Army. The quality is not very high. Each figure was sold with a leaflet describing a battle of the war. 1 – France (1808). Grenadiers of the Guard | 2 – France (1808). […]
The expansion of the United States to the west part of the American continent has been a very common theme for toy soldiers producers. There are many versions of Indians, cowboys, Mexicans and US Cavalry.
Many European countries colonized parts of other continents, mostly Africa. The resistance of local peoples to the invaders lead to wars. Soldiers from this wars have been produced by many companies. Armies in Plastic # 5489 Mounted Arab Warriors 1900 North Africa (c) 2006 This reference depicts the Tuareg tribes that fought against French occupation […]
The term “Barbarians” was the name given by Romans to all people that they consider non-civilized. Under that name we can include not only Gaul and German tribes but many other living north of Danube and in Asia. Hät 9019 – Spanish Warriors (c) 2007 The figures made by Hat represent one of the many […]
Japan fought in World War II along Germany and Italy. The Japanese Army conquest many islands in the Pacific and most of the South East Asia including the Philippines, the Malaysian peninsula and Singapore. There a few figures from this army in my collection. Airfix As usual there are seven different poses of this army […]