About this Collection

July 4, 2026 marks 250 years since the Declaration of Independence. The official commemoration — branded America 250 — is the most significant anniversary in American history, and for collectors of Revolutionary War toy soldiers, it is a moment to look at the figures that recreate the war for independence and the men who fought it. Over more than forty years of collecting, I have watched four manufacturers emerge as the definitive sources for American Revolution figures: W. Britain, King & Country, Tradition of London, and Regal Enterprises. This page brings together their Revolutionary War work in one place — hand-picked highlights, brand-by-brand sections, featured battles, and the figures most collectors return to over the years.

  • W. Britain American Revolution

    The W. Britain American Revolution catalog covers the full arc of the war — Continental Army officers and infantry, British redcoats, Hessian troops, militia, artillery crews, and the named historical figures collectors return to year after year. George Washington alone has been produced in multiple poses across multiple periods of the war. This is the most-collected American Revolution range in the modern toy soldier hobby.

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  • King & Country American Revolution

    King & Country produces 1/30 scale (approximately 60mm) matte-painted figures in the same realist house style as W. Britain, but with a distinctively cinematic sensibility. K&C figures are designed to populate dioramas — figures in motion, figures interacting with terrain, command groups caught mid-conversation, riders mid-gallop. The American Revolution range covers Continental and British forces across the war's iconic moments, with K&C's characteristic emphasis on action, storytelling, and dramatic composition.

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  • Tradition of London American Generals

    Gloss Painted American Revolution Toy Soldiers

    For collectors who want their American Revolution display to feel like the toy soldiers they grew up looking at in books about Britains, Mignot, and Heyde — rather than figures meant to disappear into a diorama — Tradition of London or Regal Enterprises will be the right choice for you.

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Revolution toy soldier diorama scene in the woods.

Revolutionary War Terrain & Diorama Accessories

A toy soldier display is only as evocative as the ground the figures stand on. Diorama accessories transform a row of painted figures into a scene — a Continental battery taking position behind a gabion, a colour party advancing past chevaux de frise, a redoubt under assault by Hamilton's storming column. The American Revolution accessories at Breagans include the terrain pieces and battlefield obstacles that defined the war's most famous engagements.

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Why These Four Makers?

When I started thinking about how Breagans should commemorate the 250th anniversary, the first question was which makers to feature. I could have built this page around a single brand — W. Britain is the obvious choice, with the broadest catalog and the longest historical lineage. But after more than forty years of collecting, I have learned that no single maker captures the American Revolution completely. Each of the four brands on this page contributes something the others do not, and a serious Revolutionary War collection eventually includes figures from all four.

W. Britain and King & Country are the modern realist makers — 1/30 scale, matte-painted, photographically accurate. They are the figures collectors reach for when they want the war to look the way modern historical illustration shows it: uniforms muted by campaign wear, faces sculpted in fine detail, figures that disappear convincingly into a diorama. Tradition of London and Regal Enterprises are the heritage makers — 54mm, gloss-painted, hand-finished in the English style that defined toy soldiers for most of the twentieth century. Their figures are not trying to look real; they are trying to look like toy soldiers, which is its own art and its own pleasure. Both approaches are correct. Most serious collectors I know have shelves of each.

The 250th anniversary is a once-in-a-lifetime moment for American collectors. It will not happen again, and the figures these four makers have produced are themselves a record of how the war has been interpreted across the modern hobby. I am an authorized retailer for all four — W. Britain shipped from Ohio, King & Country and Regal stocked at my home in Houston, Tradition of London shipped from Sweden — and I have worked with each of them long enough to know what is in production, what has been retired, and what is worth waiting for. If you are planning a Revolutionary War display for July 4, 2026, or simply marking the anniversary with a single figure that means something to you, email me. I can help you find the right piece.

— Daniel