Toy soldiers are as much a community as a hobby. Our shared passion binds us, even if our individual interests within the field are different. The following are links to some of my favorite sites, whether manufacturers’, fellow creators’, collectors’ or wargamers’. If any of these links don’t work, please email me and I’ll update. Note that I bear no affiliation to any of these sites except the first. If you have links to add, contact me.
Be sure to scroll down for links on uniforms and battles.
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/toysoldierwargame/
The Toysoldierwargame group on Yahoo. It’s dedicated to my old Armchair Generals rules and to toy soldiers in general. Join in the fun and chat or post images of your own work.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/littlewars/?yguid=2095359
Littlewars, Ross Macfarlane’s Yahoo group. Perhaps the biggest on toy soldiers around.
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/FenianRaids/?yguid=2095359
Darryl Smith’s Yahoo group Fenian Raids, which is dedicated to everything from the War of 1812 to the Battle of Ridgeway (1866). Though not strictly a toy soldier group, this one has lots of information on the periods shown in the gallery.
http://www.michtoy.com/
Michigan Toy Soldiers. A great shop with good service.
http://www.sierratoysoldier.com/
A shop for you West Coasters.
http://www.thortrains.net/wargame/
A wargame link site with info and links to rules and other resources. Emphasis is on free resources for miniatures wargamers and military miniature collectors.
http://www.thortrains.net./armymen/
The Army Men Homepage. Everything about plastic soldiers of all scales. Fun, nostalgia, collecting info, wargames rules and loads more.
http://www.toysoldier.freeuk.com
Collecting toy soldiers. Collecting, modeling and wargaming with mostly 54mm plastic figures. Also book reviews and lots of links to other useful sites.
http://toy-soldiers-etc.com/zen/
Toy-Soldiers-Etc. A nice little site with a lot of interesting figures.
http://www.acalltoarms.co.uk/
A Call to Arms. UK 1/32 and 1/72 plastic figures.
http://www.armiesinplastic.com/
Armies in Plastic. USA 1/32 plastic soldiers manufacturer.
http://www.barzso.com/
Barzso Playsets. High-quality, original plastic figures and playsets.
http://www.toysoldiers.com/
Maitland Toy Soldier Shoppe. One of the few in Canada.
http://www.classictoysoldiers.com/map.htm
Classic Toy Soldiers. Sells original and other plastic toy soldiers.
http://www.conteco.com/
Conte Collectibles. 54mm plastic and metal figures.
http://www.elinfante-toysoldier.com
El Infante. A Spanish plastic soldiers retailer.
http://www.hat.com/
HAT. 1/32 and 1/72 plastic figures maker.
http://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk/
Irregular Miniatures. From 2mm to 54mm lead miniatures. UK manufacturer.
http://www.mmtoysoldiers.com
Minutemen Toy Soldiers. Large selection of vintage- and new-production plastic toy soldiers.
http://www.upnaway.com/~obees/soldiers
Online gallery of 54mm toy soldiers.
http://www.replastic.com/
Replicants. UK 1/32 plastic figures maker.
http://www.soldadosgalileo.com.ar/
Soldados Galileo. 54mm white metal toy soldiers manufacturer. Special orders from collectors.
http://www.toysoldierco.com/index.html
The Toy Soldier Company. Very comprehensive. Excellent reference.
http://www.angelfire.com/biz/toysoldierhq/
Toy Soldier HQ. Large selection, excellent prices.
http://www.sdsoldiers.com/
Toy Soldiers of San Diego. Very comprehensive. Many unique items.
http://www.redskorpio.com.ar
A great toy soldier dealer in South America who carries new castings from the old Britain's Detail molds, and all-new creations.
www.toysoldiers.com.ar
A new toy soldier dealer from Argentinia, South America.
Reference Material
The following pages offer plenty of useful information on painting uniforms, and on periods of history or battles that are appropos to ATKM.
http://www.military-historians.org
An older, but wondeful source on uniforms from North American wars. Try to lay your hands on the very rare books on which this site is based.
http://www.srcalifornia.com/uniforms/uindex.htm
Perhaps one of the most helpful sites I've found for getting started on the AWI.
http://www.history.army.mil/html/artphoto/pripos/amsoldier3.html
Another helpful starting place for AWI uniforms and reference.
http://www.dauphinehotel.com/uniform.htm
Fantastic for the sheer volume of basic AWI uniform info available, all in an easy-to-use format.
http://www.vondonop.org/hkuniforms.html
Like the preceding site, but Hessian- and German-specific for the AWI.
http://www.33rdfoot.org/links.html
Wow! This site is just crawling with links and info on the AWI.
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~dbertuca/g/FenianRaid.html
Ah, the Fenian Raids. This is one of the few sites you'll find that shows re-enactment images, along with helpful historical info. A "must see" for this fun period.
The figures available on this site may contain white metal and/or have sharp points or edges. They are not meant for children.
