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Badger's "Brittains" thread also reminded me of Timpo soldiers. Anyone else remember them?
I used to love them as a kid, you could swap and interchage change the bodies, legs, heads, headgear and weapons, and the possibilities were almost endless. They made for hours of fun.
Eventually they all ended up in my parents' loft, where they remained for over 2 decades. Then at some point (either the very late '90s or early '00s) my mother started bending my ear to clear all my old crap out of her loft, so one time on a visit "back home" I did so. There were two large carrier bags crammed full of Timpo soldiers - plus various accessories such as wagons, canoes, wild west buildings - and I just mercilessly binned the lot.
Not long after that I discovered eBay, at which point I also discovered that Timpo soldiers were "collectors' items", some of which sold for daft money. Expensive lesson learned.
- Steve
I used to love them as a kid, you could swap and interchage change the bodies, legs, heads, headgear and weapons, and the possibilities were almost endless. They made for hours of fun.
Eventually they all ended up in my parents' loft, where they remained for over 2 decades. Then at some point (either the very late '90s or early '00s) my mother started bending my ear to clear all my old crap out of her loft, so one time on a visit "back home" I did so. There were two large carrier bags crammed full of Timpo soldiers - plus various accessories such as wagons, canoes, wild west buildings - and I just mercilessly binned the lot.
Not long after that I discovered eBay, at which point I also discovered that Timpo soldiers were "collectors' items", some of which sold for daft money. Expensive lesson learned.
- Steve
