Lido/Tim Mee/TootsieToy// BMC vs. Classic Toy Soldiers!

I call them Tim Mee Toys but they were originally Lido Brand. Over the years they were produced by several different companies.

[@martinjones7246]

These figures would paint up well, and the advantage of doing so would be that if you just painted the weapons and webbing or boots and flesh on face and hands they would look great. However if you wanted to paint everything then that would be cool to. As they are all fairly the same in uniform you could quickly line them up and paint them factory style. For example do all boots first, then trousers (pants) webbing, jackets, weapons, flesh etc.

[@TomcatX]

Iggy, your Toy Parade and Soldier Review is my jam. I love to get Iggy with it as much as I can!

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

I'm happy you march in the soldier review and get Iggy with it! You have been doing it for awhile so you are a World War Iggy veteran!

[@TomcatX]

I am honored to be a World War Iggy veteran.

[@paulbervid1610]

Great video. Springfield and Garand were sniper rifle. Later Winchester model 70 and M14.

[@ronaldmcdonald8303]

I'm English, but I am a bit of a gun enthusiast too. So are some of my friends. Guns are only weapons in the wrong hands. Do you collect army men toys too? 😁

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

I made a glaring mistake calling these TimMe. They are LIDO! I had these as a kid too. Tootsie Toy and TimMee also made them too!

[@Skaramine]

There WERE Garand snipers, but not many. The Springfield was more common.

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

Thanks for sharing additional info about sniper rifles.

[@ericbliss9512]

I still have my soldiers that look like your tim mee. Not sure if they are Liddo, tim mee or knock offs . They are from the mid 70s. They always worked good in the sand pile.

[@user-nj8tz5en7k]

Bazooki, I think that's a Japanese Bazooka! That flash looks like when GORKS Death ray vaporizes you! there's just an outline around you until you totally disappear!

[@user-nj8tz5en7k]

Ok! We'll go to Mc D,But I'm driving the Time Machine!

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

Deal!

[@ronaldmcdonald8303]

There is supposed to be a shop a few miles from my parents home that sells soldiers, I can't remember what the village is called but a key worker at my school told me about it. I want to go there some time.

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

If you find it,and they do sell soldiers, you will be in heaven!

[@ronaldmcdonald8303]

​@@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092Yes, I would like that very much. I too want more young blood to sign up to our ranks.

[@ronaldmcdonald8303]

@@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092 I'm just having a big faff on a flag and bunting store, trying to pay but it doesn't work! I also collect flags currencies and retro games!

[@ronaldmcdonald8303]

@@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092 I received my soldiers on Thursday. I managed to get the flags I wanted, it took a while because the website wasn't letting me pay, so I did it on my phone!!!;

[@Jorpen410]

I want to make my own custom soldier minis with a paint job and place then on a different base now that I've watch this video.

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

We only need a little encouragement and a dash of inspiration to do great things!

[@carausiuscaesar5672]

Some of these Army Guys showed up in my cereal.🪖

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

For real?

[@carausiuscaesar5672]

@@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092 yup very much so.i don’t think in those far off days these plastic green always green! Army men in deadly combat poses were even wrapped.Out they came ready for real action!🪖🪖🪖I remember playing with them attacking dirt forts in the backyard.Sweet uncomplicated days!

[@ronaldmcdonald8303]

@@carausiuscaesar5672 That's so nice to hear, I grew up in the 90's and early 00's and I have some great memories. My sister had her friends round when I was,12 and we had a bit pretend gun battle with cap guns. One of my happier memories. My life took a dark turn when I was 13! I've had many years of unhappiness since unfortunately!

[@carausiuscaesar5672]

@@ronaldmcdonald8303 All the best to you sir!🪖Soldier on!

[@alcarlson3458]

Your one soldier with the different sub machine gun might be an attempt to replicate the Reising M-50 .45 cal SMG used by the USN and USMC during WW II

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

It does resemble that , but the magazine is too far forward! I never heard of an M-50 before so you have helped myself and others who may have not heard of one learn a fun cool fact!😊

[@alcarlson3458]

@@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092 Not a toy soldier collector however I do 1/35 scale soldiers. When I was a child in the 1960's we had these toy soldiers. I do not remember the brand but they seemed to have better detail then some of the newer ones. They came in a hard plastic case that was clear on the top and yellow on the bottom. Wish I could remember the brand name.

[@Skaramine]

It could possibly be a PPsH. That one has a far forward magazine. But it would be an unusual choice but WWII accurate for a Soviet soldier.

[@WarmasAsunnedcat]

Great set that! I’ve got some Hong Kong ones just like them, maybe copies?

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

So many manufacturers of these it is hard to tell!

[@foghatrocks]

I may be wrong, but I think those are Lido not Timmee.

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

You are right!. These poses by BMC have been marketed by Lido, Tim Mee and Tootsie Toys! BMC inherited them from Tim Mee, but Lido is probably the original creator.

[@JB-js4xi]

Yes. I love my Lido soldiers...and even my knock off Lidos.... they're all great poses, even screaming guy being shot. Pod feet 🥾

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

When I was a kid I had Lido infantrymen that I got for Christmas. Years later I found a package of Tootsie Toys soldiers that were the same and I was delighted to find them again. These BMC are nice to have . I wonder if they will remake the Lido Civil War soldiers? I had those as a kid too!

[@JB-js4xi]

@@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092 I would buy them if they do. I have spent several years randomly buying the new BMC/Tim Mee stuff, even the dinos and cave men, and am never disappointed and they don't stink like some originals I've gotten from eBay. I only have Hing Fat Civil War playset and some nice AiP CW soldiers.

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

Stink? Cats or smoke?