Because we began as a mail order company long before there was an internet, we’ve always employed print materials to showcase our goods. We now print a short flyer every one or two months. Our latest issue is now available for viewing in pdf format. We enclose the printed version with every order. Click on the image to view the flyer in pdf format.
Visit the Resources page on our website to view other print flyers and email newsletters.
Because we began as a mail order company long before there was an internet, we’ve always employed print materials to showcase our goods. We now print a short flyer every one or two months. Our latest issue is now available for viewing in pdf format. We enclose the printed version with every order. Click on the image to view the flyer in pdf format.
Visit the Resources page on our website to view other print flyers and email newsletters.
Painted Thermopylae Playset TSCPCS03-001ee view on our website
Deluxe Painted Thermopylae Playset TSCPCS03-001ff view on our website
Super-Deluxe Painted Thermopylae Playset TSCPCS03-001gg view on our website
The Civil War began with small engagements but expanded over four years to include many of the largest land battles ever fought in the Western Hemisphere. This year, we’ve designed our Civil War playsets on our new ‘Tri-Series’ system. Each of the three playsets stands alone, combine them to create bigger and richer setups for wargaming or display.
Civil War Playset #1 – Marx Recast Early War…..$139.00
(283 pieces – Almost all Marx Recasts! A $545.41 value, you save over 74% from retail cost – with free domestic shipping)
This playset provides young collectors with the soldiers and accessories to refight such battles as First Bull Run (First Manassas), Seven Pines, Seven Days Battles, Second Bull Run, Shiloh, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. read more/purchase on website
American Civil War Playset #2 – Pickett’s Charge…..$139.00
(246 pieces. A $305.45 value, you save over 54% from retail cost – with free domestic shipping)
After 2 days of heavy fighting at Gettysburg, it was apparent that the Confederates either had to withdraw or break the Union Army. What followed has become known as “Pickett’s Charge,” a gamble by Lee to pierce the Union center and force the Yanks to retreat. read more/purchase on website
American Civil War Playset #3 – The Late War…..$139.00
(178 pieces. A $270.85 value, you save 48% from retail cost – with free domestic shipping)
This third set in our Civil War tri series includes a wide range of figures and accessories intended to recreate such late-war battles as Atlanta, Franklin, Chickamauga, The Wilderness, the 1864 Valley Campaign, New Market, Cedar Creek and the Siege of Petersburg. Like the two previous sets, it contains a unique mix of figures and accessories which only slightly replicate any items seen in the earlier two sets. read more/purchase on website
American Civil War Tri-Series Master Playset…..$369.00
(705 pieces. A $1092.11 value, you save over 64% from retail cost – with free domestic shipping)
This master set combines all three of our American Civil War Tri-Series Playsets in one package. You get the Playset #1 Early Years, Playset #2 Pickett’s Charge and Playset #3 Late War.The collection creates a broad canvas upon which you and your kids can rewrite history! read more/purchase on website
We also offer American Civil War playsets featuring painted plastic figures. View all our Civil War Playsets here.
For the 2017 holiday season we’re introducing a new Tri-Series range of French and Indian War playsets (learn more about the Tri-Series concept here).
French and Indian War Playset #1 – Defend the Fort …………….$129.00
(142 pieces. A $286.50 value, you save 55% from retail cost – with free domestic shipping)
It’s 1757 and the North American Continent is engaged in its first war. Fighting rages from Canada down through the “Old Northwest” and into the frontiers of the growing middle Atlantic colonies read more
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French and Indian War Playset #2 – Forest Ambush ……………………..$139.00
(182 pieces. A $473.36 value, you save 70% from retail cost – with free domestic shipping)
The British were unable to hold out in their fort before reinforcements could arrive. Offered honorable terms of surrender by the French, they choose to abandon the fort and march back to their territory. But as they pass through a heavily wooded valley, they are attacked from both flanks read more
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French and Indian War Playset #3 – Rangers Attack …………….$129.00
(167 pieces. A $344.34 value, you save 62% from retail cost – with free domestic shipping)
As the French and Indian War progressed, the British fielded troops to counteract the tribal warriors who fought for the French. These “Rangers” performed scouting tasks, read more
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French and Indian War – Master Playset …………..$349.00
(491 pieces. A $1056.20 value, you save 67% from retail cost – with free domestic shipping)
This master set combines all three of our French and Indian War Playsets in one package. You get the French Attack on the Fort, The Forest Ambush and The Rogers Rangers Attack on the French Encampment. By combining all three sets the resulting collection creates a broad canvas upon which you and your kids can rewrite history! Please note that the contents of each set are almost entirely different from the others in the range. When combining all three sets you will save a further 10% off the cost of the trio.
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Every year, we field calls and emails from customers eager to know the best value gift for toy soldiers. Our answer is: playsets! Purchase a plastic toy soldier playset and you provide a chance for a kid or adult enthusiast to set up and/or play a battle. Both sides in an engagement are represented, often with accessories like buildings or artillery to anchor the fun. The playsets are discounted heavily, and we ship them for free! View all our 131 playset on our website.
Back in the 1950-70s, the Sears Wish Book 
contained a range of playsets from Marx Toys. Many remember those pages fondly – and remember the excitement of finding a playset under the Christmas tree. Marx is no longer in business, but we carry recasts of their figures as well as models from many other manufacturers. Inspired by Marx, we’ve produced a huge variety of our own playsets for over thirty years. We offer painted versions of playsets in addition to unpainted ones. They don’t cost $7.95 as they did in the 1950’s, but our playsets offer great value.
Here’s a selection of our most popular playsets for 2016:
Deluxe Painted American Revolution Playset (45 pieces)…$279 view/purchase
Battle Ready WW II D-Day Playset (109 pieces)…$119 view/purchase
Deluxe Marx Recast Alamo Playset (222 pieces)…$169 view/purchase
Deluxe Pickett’s Charge Playset (392 pieces)…$299 view/purchase
Deluxe Vietnam War Jungle Battle (191 pieces)…$279 view/purchase
Each spring, we review all of our playsets – currently there are 121 – and consider whether we should update their contents to reflect the appearance of new goods in their historical period, and also determine whether everything in them is still available. Many playsets are changed little or not at all, some are re-written, some are cast aside entirely and some are replaced with new sets which contain different assortments of goods from our huge inventory. The most exciting part of our annual playset review is the opportunity to create entirely new playsets which utilize items which have just come on the market. For 2016, some of the most exciting new sets have been a late-year rush of releases devoted to 20th century conflicts, including Vietnam, The Cold War and the Korean Conflict.
Vietnam War Playsets
2016 saw the release of Vietnam War 54mm plastic toy soldiers from Toy Soldiers of San Diego and Mars of Ukraine. These emboldened us to create our very first range of Vietnam War playsets. To these new figures we have added additional figures and accessories from New Ray, Marx Recast, BMC and even a beautifully sculpted fish tank aquarium decorative sculpture to create three Vietnam War Playsets.
Although most of the French planters who once tilled the soil of their Southeast Asian colony departed when France lost its battle against the Viet Minh, a family stayed behind. Now, they are being rooted out by local Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Regular troops. The planters resist, aided by a handful of French veterans who chose to stay behind when their army returned to France. Read more…
Supreme Vietnam War Plantation Battle Playset (369 pieces) $689.00
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Regular troops face off against U.S. Marines and Infantry in a jungle battle featuring 54 authentically modelled figures. The set comes with a magnificent Southeast Asian ruined temple sculpture, an armed water craft reminiscent of a “swift boat,” an American helicopter, a surface-to-air missile launcher, a metal bridge and a jungle comprised of 45 palm trees plus much more! Read more…
Deluxe Vietnam War Jungle Battle (181 pieces) $279
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Regular troops face off against U.S. Marines and Infantry in a jungle battle featuring 32 authentically modelled figures, 18 palm trees plus much more. Read more…
Vietnam War Jungle Encounter (95 pieces) $139
You can view our entire range of Toy Soldier Company playsets here.
We have had enormous success with our painted and unpainted World War II playsets over the years. These collections of figures and accessories, which recreate a battle (such as Bastogne), a campaign (like the Pacific Theater) or even just a moment in time (such as the taking of a bridge behind the lines on D-Day), have been popular ever since we reintroduced the concept of playsets back in the 1980s. But while our playsets are evergreens, selling through the year, they can be expensive. So as a way of giving the customer a taste of what a playset might contain, or even better, giving a moment in time from the bigger themed sets, I created our range of World War II Bundles. Each of these sets generally includes a set of painted figures plus a first-rate accessory, heavily discounted to make them all the more attractive to those on a budget. Like our playsets, the bundles recreate a moment, a snapshot of soldiers in action.
Deetail WWII American Bundle #4 – Building Defense
This is a combination of a classic Form Tech multi-room ruined building (made of expanded foam resin) with a set of discontinued, fully-painted Britains Deetail U.S. Infantrymen, released for just one year back in 2003.
(Click on the picture to view on our website)
Deetail WWII Japanese Bundle #1 – Chi-Ha Attack
This grouping includes a fully painted CTS Japanese Chi-Ha tank in authentic camouflage, plus 12 currently-produced Britains Deetail fully-painted Japanese Infantry.
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Deetail WWII German Bundle #6 – Up-Armored PZ IV
We haven’t offered these discontinued, fully-painted Britains Deetail Germans, produced for just one year in 2003, in over a decade. But here we pair them with the CTS Panzer IV tank with side armor plates, painted in authentic camouflage as it would have been fielded in the Russian Campaign.
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If you’d like to look through all our World War II Bundles (currently numbering 31), just click here to see them all on our website: World War II Bundles.
Jamie shot a video after photographing the 2013 Super-Deluxe D-Day Playset. You can view the full gallery of images from the playset shoot on our website here.
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