Cooey's Toy Box

I picked up a bag of rather largish 54mm Vikings from a HOng Kong company called Supreme. I'm pretty sure these are recasts but of what I have no idea. The figures are horridly painted but that doesnt matter since I'll be repainting them anyway. The details on the sculpts look rather crisp and aside from the rather Basil Rathbone-ish mustaches and beards, I figure these can be nice Norsemen. I'll be posting the painted versions soon. Enjoy!

Some of my favorite toys are my toy soldier sets with plastics dominating a large portion of my collection. Featured here are plastic recasts of the Britains Saracen Knights, also billed as Storm Knights. These 54 mm figures come with removable weapons and bases. The originals are quite rare, with mint samples reaching $70 to $100. Too bad mine are only repros, bought from a department store toy section for around $3 a bag. I still enjoy fiddling around with them immensely, with some figures receiving paint jobs and being basis for conversions. I'm currently in the process of displaying these in my hobby room and I thought I'd take a few snaps. The box art shown above is not mine though. I picked it up on the net some time ago. The pictures below can be clicked for bigger versions.

Here's another repainted Duke with some new ammo packs made in putty. This is a custom painted 1993 Battle Corps Battle Commander Duke. One of my early experiments with epoxy putty. I have another version of this figure on the workbench so expect to see it soon here too.

Dir the Young and Rorik Redaxe leap into action! These are custom painted Norvagen warriors from Mega Blok's Dragons Fire & Ice line. Dir the Young can't seem to grow a beard and is always mistaken for a youngster. Crafty and wily, he prefers to defeat his opponents with tricks, deception and guile rather than brute strength. Rorik Redaxe delights in battle though! He enjoys crushing his enemies, seeing them driven before him, and hearing the lamentation of their women.  More Dragons toys soon!

 I've been collecting these minifigures since the Dragons line first came out and here are a few shots of some custom painted warriors. More of these guys soon, together with the dragons!

OOOOH! I want these little buggers! And the playsets look awesome too! Go check them out at Forbidden Planet! And the sets here !