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The Conte Spartans are out!  These figures, with their posable arms and interchangeable parts, set a new standard for toy soldiers. I show them here up against a bunch of Reamsa figures.

The Bronze and Silver Spartans have been released! 

The West is getting wilder again, thanks to Black Hawk Toy Soldiers!

The set Marx should have made...

I don't buy many King and Country Figures, but this one captured my imagination.

Now here's a real Hero...

One of my favorite movies is "The Horse Soldiers".  For several years I've wanted to recreate this scene.  I knew I could...it was just a matter of finding the time and the space. The Conte SOS guys helped, too. The buildings are by Allan Roberts. 

I've spent a good portion of the last week making some hedgerows.  If you want to see pictures featuring scenic pieces I've made, click on the above picture.

The King Tiger was a casualty of a previous skirmish.

The tank commander didn't get out...

These are all figures I wish Marx had made...but I had to make them myself.  They are part of my "Stuart's Raid" Dreamwish Playset.

I haven't heard much talk about the wonderful 54mm plastic Pirates Of the Caribbean Figures that are in the stores now.  I think it's great that someone is doing licensed character figures like these from current smash movies.  They even go great with the FOV pirates. 

Conte's "Sons of the South"

I have a great series of pictures of Germans armor moving through a Normandy Town at http://conteco.com/bloggermanarmor.htm

"Wagon Train" by P and P Products.

 Go to http://pandpmilitaryminiatures.com 

It's a good time to be collecting World War 2! 

Conte airborne figures...Vehicles by FOV and 21st Century, buildings from Conte and Hobby Bunker abd B and T...figures from all sorts of manufacturers...accessories from Build-a-Rama...

40 years after first dreaming of vehicles like these in 1/32nd scale...they're here!

Conte Paratroopers...way way cool!

Is it Real or is it Conte?

Conte's Bloody Omaha Sets

For more pics go to http://conteco.com/blog.htm

I invited the TSSD GIs and the single color metal versions of poses that will be in Conte's Bloody Omaha Playset 3to come play. That's about 58 poses in the picture.  It is a good time to be collecting WW2!

D Day Diorama.  I know you knew that, but I figured I'd label the picture so maybe it would show up on a Google search of "D Day Diorama." 

These are Factory Samples of the soon to be released Conte painted plastic GIs.  Way cool.

 

3/17/06 I have been very lazy with this site for quite a while now.  I'm cleaning the site up by putting a number of the series of pictures on their own pages.  Click on the links immediately below to see the whole treatment of the themes.  Below these links to pages within the site will be some links to other great Playset/Toy Soldier Related Sites.  Then the newest pictures will be posted.  At the bottom of this page will be some links to really old stuff.  I hope you enjoy your time browsing the site. Joe Baker
Painted World War Two Figures	Painted Alamo Figures
Painted Civil War Figures	Non-Painted World War Two Figures
Single Color Civil War Figures	Unpainted Alamo Figures

The above two photos are from Joe Carvalho's website, with a little imagin-action added by me.   If you like large scale battles of painted figures...you need to check out his site.  The pictures take a long time to load for some reason, but I found it worth the wait.  www.freewebs.com/joesoldiers is the url.

The Outlaw Josey Wales is my all time favorite movie.  I have 'dreamed' of  a box like this for years.  Now, thanks to Ron Lizorty, I have one...and it's a beauty!

Conte's Spartans are here!!!

I am constantly amazed at the new product that is available to collectors now.  I'm also amazed at how much space the stuff takes up.  The IMEX castle pictured here is big...But I have to take it down to make room for Conte's Alamo...which is beyond big.

You can throw quite a party with all the Western Townsfolk from P and P Products,  http://pandpmilitaryminiatures.com Christmas always makes me want to make a set up.  Click on the picture for shots of my "Turquoise" set up.

Ron Barzso  "Braddock's Defeat".

Conte's Spartacus line.

Journey back in time to my early days of playset photography...I've reposted the old "jbpics" website.  Some of the links don't work, but most do.   Click the picture above to enter.

Have you checked the Lord of the Rings page recently?  Click the picture to venture into Middle Earth.

I finally dug out my Conte Zulu playset and the figures I painted a couple of years ago but never really played with.  The Keith Rocco Rorke's Drift Metal set makes a great center of action for the set up.