Toy Soldier News & Monthly Dispatches

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...

John Olson's 1968 LIFE photograph of wounded Marines on M48 tank at Hue (left) and the K&C VN179 toy soldier set sculpted from it (right)

When the Photograph Becomes the Toy Soldier: Th...

Many of K&C's Vietnam figures were sculpted from specific combat photographs. The story of John Olson and Sir Don McCullin — the photographers behind the figures.

When the Photograph Becomes the Toy Soldier: Th...

Many of K&C's Vietnam figures were sculpted from specific combat photographs. The story of John Olson and Sir Don McCullin — the photographers behind the figures.

K&C CSM Stanley Hollis VC — only Victoria Cross winner of D-Day, 6th Battalion Green Howards, British Normandy Memorial Gold Beach Collection

King & Country June 2026 Dispatch: Gold Beach, ...

Today is June 6, 2026 — the 82nd anniversary of D-Day. K&C leads its June dispatch with a new Gold Beach Collection honoring the men of the 6th Battalion Green...

King & Country June 2026 Dispatch: Gold Beach, ...

Today is June 6, 2026 — the 82nd anniversary of D-Day. K&C leads its June dispatch with a new Gold Beach Collection honoring the men of the 6th Battalion Green...