"Hoard of 250,000 soldiers up for auction" Topic
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| BattlerBritain | 27 Apr 2018 7:17 a.m. PST |
An avid collector in Bristol, UK has recently passed away leaving behind a massive collection of plastic soldiers, planes and tanks in his garage. They're all up for auction soon. Article from the beeb here:
link Oops, it's only 100,000. Thought it said 250,000 earlier. |
 Murphy  | 27 Apr 2018 7:40 a.m. PST |
This could be any of us….imagine what they would find in our garages and our lead piles… |
| Dicymick | 27 Apr 2018 7:45 a.m. PST |
Selling today and tomorrow. Mostly 54mm plastics. |
Big Red  | 27 Apr 2018 7:50 a.m. PST |
His garage/storage area looks way more organized than mine! |
| BattlerBritain | 27 Apr 2018 7:55 a.m. PST |
It is a pretty impressive collection. But yeah, when we go what will they make of our collections? I'm wondering whether to leave mine to somewhere that might make use of it. I'm think Bovvy Tank Museum or something similar. At least they could either use it or sell it. My family are certainly not interested in any of it, at the moment at least. |
| Pauls Bods | 27 Apr 2018 10:07 a.m. PST |
Oops, it's only 100,000. Thought it said 250,000 earlier. It did. It turned up here quoting 250,000 Soldiers, tanks planes etc. linkand the BBC reported the same number. 30 grad still doesnīt seem much though. Thatīd work out at less than 30 p a Piece. |
 20thmaine | 27 Apr 2018 2:45 p.m. PST |
That was exactly my thought – surely the Britains figures, and those canoes full of Native Americans must be worth a few pounds each? Did like the descriptions of the figures as "tiny" – 54mm ? They're giants ! Wait until someone finds a hoard of 100,000 2mm figures hidden away in a shoebox  |
| Asteroid X | 28 Apr 2018 9:31 p.m. PST |
It's too bad it is not going to a museum, as he wished. The importance of a Living Will. If it did, countless children could admire the figures and scenes made from them and then wonder why they can't buy toys like that in shops anymore … |
| d88mm1940 | 29 Apr 2018 3:48 p.m. PST |
I wanna be buried with mine so's I can keep playing… |
| jambo1 | 30 Apr 2018 9:06 a.m. PST |
"I wanna be buried with mine so's I can keep playing…" +1 on that! |
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finds bases at the dollar store!
