Worst Toy Soldiers I Have Ever Bought!

[@johnf3885]

When I was a kid in the early 1960s, I remember seeing these ads in American comics in the UK. I recall seeing adverts for Romans, the American Civil War, and the American Revolution. I was always quite jealous because we couldn't get any in the UK. Now, looking at these pieces of plastic, I'm glad we didn't. Give me Arfix anytime!

[@ewmhop]

TWO DIFFERENCE TOY COMPANIES IN THE COMICS BACK THEN.HAD BOTH,GIANT TOY COMPANY FIGURES WERE 1/72 SCALE AND WENT WELL WITH AIRFIX AS I HAD BOTH BACK THEN.

[@johnf3885]

@@ewmhop Thank you I didn't know that. I'll look into the Giant Toy Company.

[@caltblake6112]

Snap I was the same😂

[@leoncsorba9085]

In the words of Charlie Brown, "Oh good grief!"

[@MACEWINDULastJedi]

It looks like a kid chewed 80 packs of Bazooka Joe gum,and shaped it into toy soldiers! Oh,and the colour! You should say, The LiverWorst soldiers I've ever bought!

[@BladeStar-uq6xe]

I stuck with Timmee. You could get 98 good soldiers for a couple of bucks. It was advertised as 100 pieces, but you knew that was a flag and stand.

[@abbush2921]

A working A-bomb $1.98 !

[@johnf3885]

Really enjoyed this video, Iggy.

[@manofaction1807]

Still pretty tasty. They would make a good paint project to give them a halfway passable paint job that might give you some fun.

[@DigbyOdel-et3xx]

As a kid in the 70's I wound up with two different brands of toy soldiers. Pack A was a pack of bright green soldiers and pack B was more of a darker green. That bag was larger. But it made it easy to have two armies. I did get some vehicles too tanks, jeeps, artillery. It was a lot of fun running war battles especially out in my mom's garden.

[@Deep-Red-0]

The old "flat" figures wouldn't have been so bad if they'd all been in the same scale.

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

@deepred6041 the scale is crazy out of control mess, isn't it? Lol!

[@miked6335]

I got the Revolutionary War guys. After the initial disappointment, they were okay. Except if one guy fell over, he took out a bunch more. They were not paper thin, more like the thickness of cereal box cardboard.

[@carlclink9993]

Hey Iggy. I actually have a few of those flat figures. I have a tank ,truck and a few battleships. I always wanted the civil war play sets advertised in the comic books but never did.

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

Carl, no regrets. You have virtually everything you could have ever wanted!

[@Sammy_Boy_Smith]

I had a few dozen of those as a kid and adult collector. The 100 toy soliders for $1.00 I had, they were hard plastic and even thinner than these in the video. All Olive green color. This was out of a comic in 1984

[@michaelkibble740]

A better Charlie Brown quote is " Aaahhh"

[@bebopkirby]

Does this bring back memories, memories of a little kid now 75 years old, and the pain and the shocked disappointment I felt when my little small brown cardboard box of American Civil War soldiers arrived. There had to be a mistake, the box I was expecting had to be 10 times larger. It naturally got worse when I saw those microscopic flats inside. It was the first and last time I ordered anything from the back of a comic book. It did teach me a life long lesson, if it’s to good to be true, it probably is.

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

@bebopkirby MY brother is almost 74 and he still remembers the disappointment all these years later!

[@HistoryOnTheLoose]

If/when I was a kid, I would (still) want at least four of all of these. Toys exercise the imagination. I wasn't then, nor am I now, 57 years later, spoiled or ungrateful.

[@davidcreager1945]

That guy running with the machine gun could be using a Stinger, something the Marines cobbled together in WW2 , from downed fighters.

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

The excitement you felt waiting for your order to arrive was probably worth more to you than the actual soldiers

[@ewmhop]

STILL HAVE MOST OF THIS SET PLUS THE ROMAN SET.HELEN OF TOY COMPANY HAD THE BETTER SETS IN THE COMICS,THEY WERE BETTER QUALITY OF TOYS THEY HAD MARX MOLDS IN 1/72 SCALE.THE GIANT TOY COMPANY OF HONG KONG MADE THEM BACK THEN.GREAT TIME BACK THEN TO BE A KID.TAKE CARE

[@ronaldmcdonald8303]

Sounds like that policeman didn't want to do the paperwork!!!!

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

Maybe it was time for lunch?

[@ronaldmcdonald8303]

@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092 Probably on his way to McDonald's or something. I sometimes offer the local cops McDonald's but I don't think their allowed to accept! I went there yesterday morning and was talking to the door man and woman. I enjoy their quarter pounder meal with extra pickles.

[@georgecoventry8441]

Oh, yes, I remember those comic book ads for these cruddy "flat" soldier sets very well! It was pretty obvious from both the images shown and the very low price that those sets were total crap, with all the figures and ships, etc, being "flats" rather than 3 dimensional, so I never sent away for one. The well molded toy soldiers back then came mostly from Marx, and you could get them in your local stores at a good price. Anything that was advertised in a comic book was practically guaranteed to be absolutely lousy quality. The only thing I ever did send away for was a "live chameleon", and that turned out okay. After a few weeks a live Anole (a small lizard found commonly in Florida) arrived in a little container with air holes, and it had survived its trip in good shape. I had that lizard for the next 6 years or so, safely housed in a cage with screen on the sides, and it thrived on a diet of insects and small amounts of water sprayed on the rocks inside its cage. The toy soldiers I did have, almost all from Marx, included WWII Germans, Japanese, Russians, and Americans....Romans, "Alamo" Mexicans and Texans, a "Daniel Boone" set with settlers and Indians, and a few others along that line. Oh, also a Robin Hood set.

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

@georgecoventry8441 look up a Canadian girl named Laura Legend. She did several videos about comic book rip offs. Her videos are very good.

[@masudashizue777]

In the 60s, we were living off-base in Japan so we were unable to buy American toys at the PX like everyone else. Therefore, my friend actually ordered one of those comic book soldier sets and was extremely disappointed. The soldiers were so flat and skinny that the slightest wind would knock them down. You get what you pay for.

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

@masudashizue777 a life lesson here too.

[@caltblake6112]

Bazooka bubble gum adverts too 😊

[@georgecoventry8441]

Sounds like your childhood was a lot like mine! I also had a really rough time with the other kids at school, but had a lot of pleasant time at home playing with my toy soldiers.

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

@georgecoventry8441 kids are cruel and then they grow up to be cruel.

[@Deep-Red-0]

I wonder how big that kid's ears are now?

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

@@Deep-Red-0 probably looks like a Ferengi from Star Trek Next Generation by now.

[@paulbarbacano1109]

Thanks Iggy 👍🇺🇸

[@domdalbello1607]

My connection was slow...I didn't see pictures until after I saw the title. Was not click bait. I bought the new box a few years ago for "old time sake". Yep. Hope you are doing well, Iggy.

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

Thank you, Colonel! It is truly a vast pleasure to hear from you, Sir. I think we all got hooked by the seductive lure of nostalgia.

[@ghostbustersquickresponseu5159]

The jets and the bombers were the only things salvageable from that set back in the day.

[@carausiuscaesar5672]

I got the comic book civil war set of blue and grey. Loved it and played plenty of games usually the greys won (had a Rebel bias). Even had cannons hospital wagons and monitors.All flat of course but i did not mind that.

[@carausiuscaesar5672]

Hahar my unit’s weapons were 105 howitzers.By Gum they were heavy to carry! Later we learned you were supposed to move them towed from a truck!Sarge forgot to tell us newbies that!

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

@carausiuscaesar5672 on purpose too!

[@Angrybarberman]

My mom tried to buy me that comic book soldiers set....they took our money and never delivered anything...mom worked a long letter campaign to get our money back

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

@Angrybarberman That's actually worse than getting them!

[@carausiuscaesar5672]

All they need is a little love-Linus from Peanuts.

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

@@carausiuscaesar5672 not even snoopy's decorations could save those sad things.

[@paulbervid1610]

I hate to say this, but they would make excellent targets for those flying disc guns or those pump shot guns that shot those plastic balls pre air soft.

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

Lol! I bet a lot of them ended up that way too!

[@gunner678]

Yes i have these, not too good, but still nice to have, i remember the adds . I have them ready for my grandsons to play with, stored in an ammo box.

[@georgecoventry8441]

As for those later sets by Schilling..........they look a bit better than the "flats"....but still downright terrible! 😄

[@thebaronofbelco2615]

Oh dear…

[@joeyj6808]

What the hell is on their heads??? Towels?

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

@@joeyj6808 lol!

[@Twirlyhead]

Yes, your 3d set beats those crappy 2d sets for sure.

[@patrickharlan9586]

I bought that comic book army set was well disappointed more because of the scale than the flatness. I also bought the roman army set and did have some fun with that as long as I only looked at the battle from the side 😛

[@Ecto_Eric]

Great video Iggy 👏👏👏

[@TheYeti308]

They all bad guys .

[@iggystoyparadesoldierrevie1092]

@TheYeti308 cheap guys too!

[@phatzgunderson]

I got two sets of the flat type, did the same threw them right away

[@GreenarmymanProductions22]

False advertisement they got there

[@masudashizue777]

Whoever designed those soldiers had no knowledge of human anatomy. Goes to show you how good those old Marx soldiers were.

[@davidcreager1945]

I bought those soldiers ! They were flat ! On a base. Not like what your showing . Disappointed does not begin to cover it. That kept me from getting the roman army men.

[@SlapthePissouttayew]

Where all the WAC women at?

[@johnnyssik]

Cool👍

[@lastswordfighter]

I remember having some of these as a kid both the better quality ones and the knockoff worn out ones.