Fitting neatly in with my space toy collection is a sub-range of army toys. As my dad was a big fan of the Airfix and Britains military ranges, he always saw to it that I got a healthy supply of toys from both ranges. As a result, I grew up appreciating army toys as much as space.
Nowadays, Ebay allows me to plug little holes in my collections, including this rather fine model from the Britains Mini-Set range. Mini-Sets were a short lived attempt by Britains to offer a compact playset in a small scenic box. Usually including a base with detachable stands and few bits of scenery. The German Anti Tank gun is a loose copy of a PaK40 cannon, with a kneeling infantryman and a firing shell mechanism. unusually for the Min-Set range, the body of the gun is diecast, rather than the usual plastic. Mini-Set figures were 1:42 instead of the standard 1:32 scale, putting them at odds with all the other figures in the main range.
There were other military sets in the small range, but this is the only one I have. In light of this, heres some other army toys from other ranges.
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| Bluebird Zero Hour Q-Ship and Patrol Boat |
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| Matchbox 'Rolamatic' Badger |
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| Majorette Squad Forces Armoured Car and Rolamatics Weasel |
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| Mega Bloks Halo Scorpion |
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| Majorette Squad Forces APV |
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| Zero Hour Airborne Support |
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| Zero Hour Rhino and Field Gun |
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| Matchbox Rolamatic SP Gun |
Nice, I had quite a few military toys as a kid but the only survivor was my Dinky Centurion tank. I have added its transporter and several aircraft to my armed forces more recently.
ReplyDeleteMatchbox Battle Kings are a really nice, if inaccurate line. Im looking to find a nice version of the Sheridan Tank. Ill have to unearth my older army stuff, see what has survived the ravages of war.
ReplyDeletecool! i have had a Matchbox rolamatic Stoat,always the first in line of my small soldier army! ew
ReplyDeleteSome of those army vehicles are so strange they are almost science fiction pieces!
ReplyDeleteYour PAK 40 gun might also be a smaller PAK 38, judging by the curved shield (the PAK 40 was similar, but the shield was more angular).
The Scorpion Tank is pure sci-fi, as it hails from the Halo video game franchise. The rest are purely fictional. As to the PaK40, you could well be right Andy. I'm not 100% familiar with German ordnance, so I am going to defer to Hugh at Small Scale World for the ID!
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I like the Mini-Set German Pak. An unusual scale toy to have in your collection, Bill. Nice to see it here. Looks like you inherited some quality collecting trends from your dad! Thanks for posting.
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