Plastic Army Men and others!

Defzombie · 08-13-2014, 09:23 AM

Hello everyone I'm new to the boards! I love action figures and I collect many different lines such as GIJOE, Nintendo figures, Kenner Terminator, Marvel, Lego and more! I also love vintage toys. One of my vintage collecting passions is plastic army men! Here is some of the best pics of my collection.

DFC Figures and Others.

Marx and Tim Mee Air Force

Marx Germans

Others

Is anyone else into these!?

Defzombie · 08-13-2014, 09:25 AM

cant forget one the best.
Marx Medical Team

305Batman · 08-13-2014, 09:42 AM

Amazing how such a simple thing gave us so much enjoyment,had tons of these as a kid of course,I remember later on having bigger versions,maybe 5 inches tall? My 10 yr old Godson has a ton of the army men he uses with his Godzilla.Lots of great memories!

Bradsdadg · 08-13-2014, 10:59 AM

I don't have any vintage. But I have seen some cool ones in the store now that look like fun. Something like Zombies, pirates, army men all in tubes for $5 or so...

Defzombie · 08-18-2014, 10:43 PM

Like these!
Found these at Target on friday but I didnt buy them. Kept thinking about them till today. They enticed me because of their nostalgic feel. They reminded me of monsters in my pocket. While the Soldier molds arent great, the monsters are cool. Came with 8 of each mold, 96 figures total. They also had a Ninja vs. Robot tube.

Monster Vs. Military $5

Monsters

Sharkguy

Alien

Eagleguy

One Eye

Zombie

Frankenstein

Military Figures

PGTKevin · 09-11-2014, 10:54 AM

Wow! I thought I had a lot of army men. My favorite is actually the gunman from the 1960s James Bond 007 Scalextric race set. Sorry, no pics on me at the moment.

Bradsdadg · 09-11-2014, 02:13 PM

Those are cool! I will have to check Target, as I have been looking for them lately and can only find cheaper ones at Walmart now. Ones that look like they are using about half the plastic as those. I shouldn't have passed them up when I saw them before...

Defzombie · 09-13-2014, 08:48 PM

Most of these army men were bought in the past year. A few VERY lucky thrift store finds, a few eBay and website buys, and two very awesome online forum trades.

As for the target ones, they are usually on the toy endcap facing the baby stuff.

Bradsdadg · 09-15-2014, 04:23 AM

I just found the Target ones yesterday, same as you pictured above. Thanks for the tip! There was actually a different company that made some as well, Imperial I believe. Which had Zombies vs Zombie Responders. Though they were just basic green army men. These ones I have now look to be a lot cooler. There was another container there of Robots v Ninjas. I left it for the time being, but might go back and snag it

jestermon · 09-15-2014, 02:46 PM

That Alien one is very neat.

Defzombie · 09-26-2014, 11:12 AM

Picked up the Ninja vs. Robots

Defzombie · 10-01-2014, 11:36 AM

Got these beauties from a member of another forum
Marx Warriors of the World

Defzombie · 10-01-2014, 11:48 AM

two of my favorites. Navy figures

gopalkrishnan · 10-05-2014, 10:45 PM

Hey Defzombie This is cool! How can you manage to collect so many. I am not an avid collector but are sure to inspire me to collect more of these. You have a huge collection.

Defzombie · 10-05-2014, 11:32 PM

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How can you manage to collect so many,

Some of this is childhood collection, but most of it came from the thrift store and also from fellow members of other forums who know I collect this stuff. I have also acquired some great pieces off of eBay. Most of this stuff is also vintage (pre 1980), but there is newer stuff too. It takes a lot of research to determine vintage vs 90s made in China stuff. There is some amazing plastic army men/cowboys/indians that are 40-50 years old.

Bradsdadg · 10-19-2014, 05:01 PM

Saw this pic on facebook and thought of this thread, lol.

Defzombie · 10-19-2014, 10:05 PM

Lol love it!
Got some Marx recast cowboys/miners from eBay for less than $10 shipped.

Defzombie · 01-31-2015, 12:17 PM

Been quite a dry spell lately with everything including plastic army soldiers, but this last Tuesday at the thrift store I hit the jackpot! Not as big as my score last year that the same thrift store but still awesome. Several bags of vintage, army men, cowboys and so forth. All for $15

Marx American GI's

German Light Gray WWII Soldiers

MPC German Commander with Horse crop

and best of all another Wounded soldier and carrier (New one on the right)

Defzombie · 01-31-2015, 12:18 PM

These are amazing too. Marx 6 inch Cowboys and Indians

These are remolds

Defzombie · 01-31-2015, 12:19 PM

Marx WWII Vehicles

Marx Battleground Pieces

Marx Radio Table and Medical kit

Medical kit top view

Marx 54 mm Indians

Unknown Painted cowboys

Marx Pioneers!

Marx Town Cowboys

Il Cattivo · 01-31-2015, 01:28 PM

ahh the memories... I had tons of those green army men when I was a kid.

Defzombie · 02-25-2015, 01:56 PM

found this 1950's Archer Spaceman at a local thrift store.

Defzombie · 07-02-2015, 09:35 AM

UPDATE!
I have plenty of finds to add to this thread, but I start with my most recent finds.

Zombies at War. They're army men AND they are zombies! Got these from Amazon.

Galaxy Laser Team/Space Patrol (Tim Mee Recasts)
Love the small ones I had, so naturally I had to get these recent recasts. Also from Amazon.

Modern Elite Force Bucket of Army Men from Target. These are hard to find. They are similar to old Tim Mee poses, but most are original. They look like modern soldiers with modern weapons.

Tan Soldiers

Green Soldiers

A sweet Helicopter, F-16 Jet, Abrams tanks and more.

Got some SOMA 1987 military figures from eBay. These are rubber.

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PGTKevin Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Springfield, VA Posts: 13	Wow! I thought I had a lot of army men. My favorite is actually the gunman from the 1960s James Bond 007 Scalextric race set. Sorry, no pics on me at the moment. __________________

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gopalkrishnan Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 116	Hey Defzombie This is cool! How can you manage to collect so many. I am not an avid collector but are sure to inspire me to collect more of these. You have a huge collection. __________________ Buy Toys Online - The Toy Store

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Bradsdadg Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 271	Saw this pic on facebook and thought of this thread, lol. Attached Thumbnails

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Il Cattivo Angel Eyes Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Sad Hill Cemetery Posts: 2,678	ahh the memories... I had tons of those green army men when I was a kid. __________________ Count your shots - four bullets for one man, that's a waste.

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Defzombie Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 158	UPDATE! I have plenty of finds to add to this thread, but I start with my most recent finds. Zombies at War. They're army men AND they are zombies! Got these from Amazon. Galaxy Laser Team/Space Patrol (Tim Mee Recasts) Love the small ones I had, so naturally I had to get these recent recasts. Also from Amazon. Modern Elite Force Bucket of Army Men from Target. These are hard to find. They are similar to old Tim Mee poses, but most are original. They look like modern soldiers with modern weapons. Tan Soldiers Green Soldiers A sweet Helicopter, F-16 Jet, Abrams tanks and more. Got some SOMA 1987 military figures from eBay. These are rubber. __________________ My blog RetroAction Reaction https://retroactionreaction.wordpress.com/