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I got the Rev War set when I was six or so. They were blue/red soft plastic, 3d, about 1/72 scale. Used them alongside the Airfix Colonials, British and Highlanders. I loved them, artillery, Mohawks, cavalry.

Russ Heath drew the ads for the Revolutionary War and the Roman battlefield. IIRC, he received only $150 for the Roman ad. He didn't draw the ad for the one with the soldiers you shared in this video. I met Russ many times over a 20 year period and own a number of pieces of his original art. He was one of the premier artists for war and western comics for more than 50 years, highly regarded by his peers and fans.

I got scammed in the 70's with this set, my parents actually sent them back. Looking at the picture as a kid I thought I was getting a force to play with my cousin's Marx Guns of Navarone set.

Waves and Wacs were the early women's auxiliary corps of the navy (waves) and Army (Wacks)

Circa 1970, my friend from next door ordered this set. I felt like he got hosed, but he was pretty happy. He ordered two more sets, painted half the figures yellow, and made a sand table. He saw a sand table on a movie and thought it was the coolest way to envision a battle. He'd reconstruct battles from descriptions and diagrams he found in books. I don't know what happened to Kenny after his family moved, but I wouldn't be too shocked if he went on to West Point.

I remember how disappointed my older brother was when he got the Civil War set and many of the soldiers still had the excess flashing on them.

Waves and was are women soldiers and sailors. The delivery was normal back then

I always wanted these as a kid, soooo glad I did not get them. I did get the American War of Independence set and still have a few of those soldiers left somewhere, also have the Tank Trap game still in its box

78 was for 1978 you read just minutes before. Smh. Packages came in 7 to 9 days in US. Just covering their butts.

I wanted these so bad . I'm glad I never could convince anyone to order it for me. Besides I had my Star Wars , GI Joe , Flash Gordon , Buck Rogers ,Battlestar Galactica figures to keep me busy. Some how they all fit in together . I did get the Sgt Rock army figures play set in 1982. They looked like normal army men expect two figures were marked. Sgt had a Sgt stripe on his helmet and the bad guys there leader had a gold helment. I played with those for about six months. Different times for sure.

I wanted these so bad!

Look, pal you aren't even alive when these are coming out. To us 8-year-olds in the 1960s. What we got for that dollar was well worth it. Those. Flats were cool

Even as a little kid, I figured how good could these be for $1.75? I did love the art, thought. I will admit at ten years old I did want them, but figured they were junk.

We called these "Flat Stanley's".

I got suckered by this add, because of the cool illustration. I already had Marx military figures, but this foot locker of soldiers seemed like a GREAT DEAL! Ha! Yes 4-6 wks for shipping was a normal thing. It was huge disappointment when they finally showed up in my mail box. I imagine they eventually ended up in my garbage. There were many things I wish I had kept that are valuable to someone. This set, now that I see it again, brings back some nostalgia. It has a certain charm to it. If I still had it I'd display it.

They were the best bb gun targets ever made especially if you turn them sideways, and good luck repacking them. And the cardboard sub was interesting but lasted about a week and didn't look a bit like the ad. I recall order a live monkey ad never got that one.

WAC Women's Army Corp

Used to be in awe of the toys American kids could get when I read US comics in England. If only I'd known.

One word of advice my friend: manicure. 😊

damn, i remember those ads and wanting to send for those sets… glad i didn’t…

You weren't there man, you weren't there 😳

4-6 weeks, 6-8 weeks and 8-12 weeks were standard shipping times for mail order companies back then and well into the 90's

WACS are Women's Army Corps.

I ordered a set of them back in the late 70's or early 80's. I figured the army guys would be low quality, but I was hoping the foot locker would be cool. It was just a cardboard box. Super bummed.

WAVES and WACs were women's volunteer military groups that served mostly stateside during WWII. Women's Army Corps (WACs) were the Army version, while the Navy had Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES). They did mostly paper-pushing administrative duty to keep things moving stateside. While, as an adult, I think they're pretty interesting to learn about historically speaking, as an 8 year old kid, getting 16 women standing at attention (and honestly we can lump the 8 saluting officers in here) seemed like a dead-boring waste of 24 figures worth of space in that cardboard footlocker, let me tell you. A total waste of time. Oh, 4-6 weeks was completely the norm back then for mail-away. First, the mail was slower (non-computerized), then they'd have to get your order and process the check or money order (wait for it to clear) and then they'd put out in line to be picked (again, much slower since not computerized), and then shipped to you (packages always took extra time, and again, were not computerized). As a kid, anything I ever sent away for I completely forgot about by the time it actually came. I'd just get a random package in the mail one day out of the blue, and I'd have to open it to remember even ordering it to begin with. 4-6 weeks was a long time in little kid time. LOL. 6-8 weeks was the other shipping time you'd see a lot back then. Dude, that's two months. Might as well be two years to a kid.

I remember this set was excited about getting it until did lol they shipped it to New Zealand and it took forever to get here

These are called "flats" common in the 19th and early 20th century in lead sometimes pewter

Remember those ads. Back then there were Army Men type plastic figures, so kids assume they were gonna get them, but better with 3d plastic ships, planes etc. Looks like it was a 2 dimensional rip off.

The best art on those ads!

Saw this ad tons of times being a comic collector, I wanted them until I saw your review ... thanks for helping me save my $1.75 plus shipping and handling.

I ordered them😢100 toy soldiers

6:21 DUDE 4 to 6 WEEK PACKAGE DELIVERY WAS LIKE THAT UNTIL THE 90’s. NO JOKE, I remember waiting 8 WEEKS just for a response from “Topps Card Company” because we would submit our own “Garbage Pail Kids”. It took 8 weeks just for a LETTER & it was only to “New York”, which I live “right below” in Pennsylvania. Yeah looking back I think they used to take their time on purpose😡

Wacs and waves = women in the military beyond nursing, the Women's Auxillary Army Corps (WAAC) and its naval analog, the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES).

Have ye considered doing a video about the “ring” soldiers of plastic fame referring to their hands to accommodate various weapons.Also helmets. Very well known series of toy soldiers of plastic.There was a space corps series as well.Please do a review for nostalgia sake!🇨🇦

So so glad tae see ye back Plastic Commander. Love your videos and love toy soldiers.🇨🇦

I remember these toy soldier kits from 1958! Loved the set of us civil war blue/grey flat soldiers i got.Fought many satisfying battles with them.included were gunboats wagons cannons nurses wonderful stuff for a little kid like me. Where i lived at that time there were no stores offering toy soldiers. I was not disappointed at all I was really happy with them.😊

4 to 6 weeks was how it was in the 70s. I remember ordering stuff and it took so long to get to my house I forgot I ordered it !.

It's weird they said no Canadian or foreign orders because I come from the Great White North and I had these. I ordered them from the back of a comic book, and they arrived in the promised 4-6 weeks. I won't lie, I was expecting the classic 3D "army men" but after the initial disappointment wore off, I played with these for YEARS. I still have a couple of survivors on my shelf almost 50 years later. No regrets.

one of your videos just popped up on UA-cam o I checked out the channel. The camera on the astronauts is most likely based on the camera attached to many moon landing astronauts. Search for "Hasselblad astronaut" on images and you will see some photos. The box with the hose and other "cases" that the astronauts hold I image is based on the air containing units astronauts used to use once suited up and on their way to the launch pad. A for the Tim Mee Galaxy Laser Team (I never knew that was the name of the line), I had many of these s a child (still do) as a fan of that certain movie. There is a also an X-wing knockoff. Basically it looked like an F-16 but with four wings arranged in an X-shape rather than two wings. Edit that I just noticed that you showed the X-wing in the thumbnail image.

I had sea monkeys....

I bought some from the comic books , but mine were made by Giant & 3 Dimensuonal 15:36 15:39 . They were German & American soldiers. Although small I liked them as they looked like Marx figures but in 1/72 size. 😊

I only have about 350-400 mostly TimMee and BMC

Russ Heath drew the best Sgt Rock

In the Halloween set the station wagon is the government vehicle that Michael stole from Dr. Loomis and the Nurse to escape from the asylumn. With Annie on the phone she's also wearing her shirt with no pants as she took them off to put them in the wash. GREAT DETAIL!!! Young Michael was not wearing "his Pajama's" as you say, he was wearing his clown costume. Dr. Loomis was NOT wearing a lab coat, he was wearing a trench coat. Other than that great video and THANK YOU for bringing these to my attention. I may have to get these and maybe watch this company. Also I skipped your sketches for the most part. You were losing me on those. I just came for the product.

Definitely wasn't a scam but you got what you paid for. I had the Revolutionary War figures and wanted to get the Civil War but never did. I was crazy about them and they indirectly led to me manufacturing Civil War, Revolutionary War, and Mexican War figures in pewter...🤗

Flats are an old style of toy soldiers and can be very nice especially with some of the amazing paint jobs that really make them appear 3 dimensional. The ones from the comic ad were simple but decent. That said, I couldn't get interested in them.

100 army men with the Sh1ts !! @@

I got a box of these (gone) and all the mini games (still have). But at least I never got the Sea Monkeys.

Its the toy equivalent of real fake decoy tanks & dummy troops used to fool enemy scouts.

waves navy women and wac airforce women