tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417913956487265599.post3776342849909576369..comments2024-03-26T14:54:20.450+00:00Comments on Dear Tony Blair: Tom Loback - Thomas' Tin Soldiers - American Civil War 'Toy Soldiers'David Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13447850584097621767noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417913956487265599.post-81420255443310089142017-01-03T12:44:11.648+00:002017-01-03T12:44:11.648+00:00Thanks Francis. I was actually sent a set of Frenc...Thanks Francis. I was actually sent a set of French Foreign Legion figures just before Xmas. Once I'm up and over the usual Christmas bug I will get around to posting pics.David Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447850584097621767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417913956487265599.post-13961056789915652332016-12-31T16:57:09.357+00:002016-12-31T16:57:09.357+00:00I was one of the co-owners of Classic Toys, a toy ...I was one of the co-owners of Classic Toys, a toy store that specialized in toy soldiers and operated from 1988 to 2005 in NYC.<br /><br />We carried Tom Loback's 54mm figures and they always sold very well, especially the flag bearers, which are exquisite. We could never get enough.<br /><br />If I remember correctly, all of the production and painting was done in NYC.<br /><br />There was one very short lived additional line of figures in 54mm, a line of (I believe) French colonial figures. I remember this range as having only a handful of different sets. These had flimsy plain white boxes not the nice heavy blue boxes Tom eventually adopted for the Civil War range.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01984732007638808232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417913956487265599.post-69554135381631593952016-03-12T20:48:56.762+00:002016-03-12T20:48:56.762+00:00Thanks Joe.Thanks Joe.David Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447850584097621767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417913956487265599.post-24940854153607949852015-03-05T16:28:39.175+00:002015-03-05T16:28:39.175+00:00Dave, a nice tribute!Dave, a nice tribute!Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03185689624914391940noreply@blogger.com