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Toy Soldier Collector Casting around January 2013

Casting around

January 2013
Paul Stocker looks at the latest castings to arrive on the market

Dorset Soldiers - Various new releases

Giles Brown’s latest releases cover a typically wide range of subjects but for once they are light on military ones.
Giles has reproduced a figure of a seated carter originally produced by Hilco, which could double as almost any agricultural worker from times past. He is shown here relaxing watching some ducks, which are also new releases. He costs £3.30 as a casting (£9.50 painted gloss) and the ducks cost £1.90 each as castings (£4.00 painted gloss).

The only military, although more accurately naval, subject among the new releases is a reproduction of an Admiral once produced by Britains, a simple but rather elegant figure to add to Giles large naval range. The casting costs £3.30 (£9.50 painted gloss).

Giles reproduction of the Timpo rearing horse may stir a few memories for collectors of a certain age because Timpo used this sturdy steed a lot for their mounted Wild West characters. Very useful for replacing missing or broken originals. It would also be nice to see some of Timpo’s great Cowboys and Indians to ride on it. It comes as a two-part kit and costs £7.20 as a casting (£16.50 painted gloss).

Perhaps the most interesting and entertaining releases are a seated witch with some accessories essential to her calling. It seems a bit of a pity that Halloween is long gone. The witch casting costs £3.30, her cauldron costs £4.10, the crouching frog (or unfortunate prince), the hissing cat, her stool and herb chest cost £1.90 each and her broom costs 40p. The complete set painted gloss can be had for £39.

Giles has released some less wealthy Indian characters to add to the existing British and aristocratic Indian seated figures watching the Delhi Durbar. The castings cost £3.70 (£9.50 painted gloss) and there are more to follow because, after all, the audience for the Delhi Durbar was pretty big.

The painted snake charmer shown here is one of the seated figures with a flute and a snake made of Milliput emerging from a flower tub. The casting costs £5.60 (but you have to add your own snake) and the painted version is £15.

Giles has started to produce some of the Britains flower garden so, if you are short of a few blooms, now is the time to prepare for the Spring. Some of the flowers cast from were not perfect and what he is offering reflects this. Small flowers cost 40p each, medium size and pots cost £1.90 each and the large size cost £3.30 each. The long beds cost £4.10 and square beds cost £3.30. Painted beds and mixed displays can be had by negotiation with Giles. More items will appear depending on both demand and availability.

Giles’ new releases measure 54mm approx. Postage in the UK is an additional 10%, 18% for overseas orders with a minimum of £3.00. Giles sets a minimum value of £10.00 for all orders.

Contact:
Dorset Soldiers
48 Fortuneswell
Portland
DT51LZ
Tel: 01305 823003
www.dorsetsoldiers.com

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