Toy Soldier News & Monthly Dispatches

From Photograph to Figure: Three K&C WWII Sculpts and Their Source Photographs

From Photograph to Figure: Three K&C WWII Sculp...

A companion to Olson/McCullin — three K&C WWII sculpts (Yalta, Munich, W31 staff car) and the historical photographs they were built from.

From Photograph to Figure: Three K&C WWII Sculp...

A companion to Olson/McCullin — three K&C WWII sculpts (Yalta, Munich, W31 staff car) and the historical photographs they were built from.

K&C figures of King Richard the Lionheart (left) and Sultan Saladin (right) — the two most famous commanders of the Third Crusade, 1189-1192

Real or Made-Up? The Men Behind K&C's Crusaders...

The K&C Crusaders & Saracens collection includes Barbarossa, Richard, Saladin, Robert the Bruce, and Wallace. Were they all really Crusaders? Not quite.

Real or Made-Up? The Men Behind K&C's Crusaders...

The K&C Crusaders & Saracens collection includes Barbarossa, Richard, Saladin, Robert the Bruce, and Wallace. Were they all really Crusaders? Not quite.

K&C Sherman tank "Fury" with the American Patrol — 8 U.S. GI infantry figures arrayed alongside the M4 Sherman, late-war 2nd Infantry Division

K&C August 2026 Dispatch: The Return of Fury, C...

K&C's August dispatch brings back the Fury Sherman with eight American Patrol GIs, plus Edmund Crouchback the Crusader, the Duke of Wellington, and General Santa Anna.

K&C August 2026 Dispatch: The Return of Fury, C...

K&C's August dispatch brings back the Fury Sherman with eight American Patrol GIs, plus Edmund Crouchback the Crusader, the Duke of Wellington, and General Santa Anna.

W. Britain "A Well Aimed Shot" — British 24th Foot soldier in shirtsleeves firing his Martini-Henry rifle over a mealie bag wall, Rorke's Drift 1879

W. Britain New Releases — July 2026: Rorke's Dr...

A big July wave from W. Britain — 24th Foot at Rorke's Drift, six new Great War German figures including "The Devil's Paint Brush" MG08 team, Easy Company's Sgt. Johnny...

W. Britain New Releases — July 2026: Rorke's Dr...

A big July wave from W. Britain — 24th Foot at Rorke's Drift, six new Great War German figures including "The Devil's Paint Brush" MG08 team, Easy Company's Sgt. Johnny...

Six W. Britain toy soldier figures of future U.S. Presidents who served in WWII — Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Bush

Six Future Presidents Who Served in WWII

Four consecutive Presidents — JFK, LBJ, Nixon, and Ford — served in Navy uniforms in the same war. Their stories, plus Eisenhower and Bush, and the W. Britain figures that...

Six Future Presidents Who Served in WWII

Four consecutive Presidents — JFK, LBJ, Nixon, and Ford — served in Navy uniforms in the same war. Their stories, plus Eisenhower and Bush, and the W. Britain figures that...

K&C Fighting Bishop MK249 — mounted Crusader clergyman with red and white caparison, papal keys shield, and mitre-cross helmet, inspired by Odo of Bayeux

Did Medieval Priests Really Fight? The History ...

When K&C released their Fighting Bishop and Fighting Priest figures, I was surprised — as a modern Catholic, I had no idea clergy ever fought. They did. Here is the...

Did Medieval Priests Really Fight? The History ...

When K&C released their Fighting Bishop and Fighting Priest figures, I was surprised — as a modern Catholic, I had no idea clergy ever fought. They did. Here is the...