One of the first set of toy soldiers I remember playing with as a lad was a set advertised in comic books, as above. My friend had gotten a set after responding to the ad. The ad didn't make mention of the fact that these were flats, so it was a little disappointing once received. Also, it was a strange mix - 8 officers, 8
WAVES, and 8
WACS, but only 4 tanks and 8 machine gunners. Don't remember wishing I had more Wacs when I was setting up a battle scene. But I do have fond memories of the set, and I was pleased to pick up a few at the Toy Soldier Show. Lose bag of figures for only $3. And at this point I like the facts that they did do figures of the WACS and WAVES
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| Bazooka, sharpshooters, infantry man, and officer |
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| One of the WACS (or possibly a WAVE) |
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| Battleships |
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| Battleship |
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| Truck and cannon |
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| Jeep |
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| Jet planes |
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| Tank |
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| Bazooka |
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| Machine Gunner |
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| Sailor |
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| Infantry man |
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| Officer |
Background is the headquarters building from the Marx US Army Training Center.
2 comments:
Thanks for this! I just found a bunch of old comics today 5/19/13, and found one of the ads for the roman soldier playset in the back of the comic.
I was always curious about those playlets when I was kid and never had the money or my mothers permission to send for it!
Thanks for the pics!
Great post! I too remember the ads in the comics of my youth. Great to see these photos so well done.
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