M3 Halftrack

Here is a shot of Classic Toy Soldiers' M3 Halftrack.

Airfix and Classic Toy Soldiers

Below are a couple little setups with pieces from my recently acquired Classic Toy Soldiers Desert Fox Playset. The figures are all Airfix, the vehicles are by CST.

Battle of the Bulge

We had some snow here yesterday, so I had to take some of my Toy Soldiers of San Diego figures outside...

German Soldier

Toy German soldier by Conte Collectibles.

Crazy Marx Army Men Poses

Inspired by the blog post The Five Worst Army of All Time [via], I took some snapshots to explain some of this to the fine folks at Metafilter.

If you've read this far, you probably already know this, but below is illustrated one of the great mysteries of my childhood, and I suspect of a few other folks.

I never knew what to do with the guy below. Weird karate dude? What's going on? I didn't have a clue.



Then there was the guy below. At least I could imagine he was flying through the air. I usually ended up hanging on some of the barb wire coils.



The light finally came on when I got the special "Battleground" edition of Plastic Figure and Playset Collector magazine:

German Soldier

Figure by Toy Soldiers of San Diego.

Point Man

Plastic toy soldier by Conte Collectibles.

Jungle War

A couple of Marx Army Men in a Marx jungle. One of my early attempts.

Night Attack!

Marx 45mm Training Center GI's with Marx Battleground accessories in the background.

Squad Leader

WWII G.I.s by Conte Collectibles.

Night Attack!

Figures and accessories by Marx Toys.

Patrol

Army Men by Conte Collectibles.

Armored Advance

Factory painted figure by Toy Soldiers of San Diego with a 21st Century Toys tank in the background.

Conte Riflemen

U.S. Army soldiers by Conte Collectibles.

Incoming!

Figure and accessories by Marx Toys.

The Sniper

German Soldier figure by Toy Soldiers of San Diego.

Russian Soldier

5" Russian figure by Marx Toys.

Jungle Attack

Marx Toys 54mm Japanese Figure.

Hit the Beach!

Conte G.I.s with Marx barb wire.

Bazooka Team

Figures by Conte Collectibles.