Sunday 8 July 2018

Elastolin figures

Last week I visited a local militaria fair. I always find such fairs curious affairs. There a lot of dealers, selling all sorts of military stuff, ranging from modern insignia and jackets to WW1 era rusty items. Occasionally there might be something older, but it's always a lot of guesswork whether the items for sale are rare, indeed worth the asking price, or simply rip-offs. And everything seems to cost 150 or 200 Euro, but everything is negotiable as well :-)

Anyway, I was looking for some decorative items for the wargames room, but given the above, combined with the fact that I'm not an expert when it comes down to judging the originality of certain kit, I sort of returned empty-handed.

However, when I see something I know something about, my interest level suddenly goes up. So I acquired these two 10.5cm Elastolin figures for the decent price of 15 euro each. A nice addition to the toy soldier collection. These figures were produced by Elastolin probably in the 20s or 30s



5 comments:

  1. Nice! I like old toy soldiers, they are a bit of history but also veterans who continue to serve.

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    1. I fully agree. Although these particular figures will never see the gaming table, they form a nostalgic link to the older days in which we imagine ourselves to be H.G.Wells, lying in the grass while playing with our little toy soldiers.

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  2. Lovely Elastolin chaps, l still treasure the Swiss ones l bought new in the late 1960s.
    Get some more and game with them.

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  3. These are the "Composition" figures made mostly of sawdust and glue? Nice aquisition - they are not common these days

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    1. Yes, these are composition figures, not metal ones. That also makes them very brittle and it's hard to find undamaged ones that don;t have small pieces chopped off or little cracks here and there.

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