Sometimes you get one of those vintage toys that almost leave you speechless!!
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- Unpacking some of the last online auctions hauls.
There was one set in here I was just dying to see IRL.
And it sure was amazing.
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Nice video. The hook on the Airfix jet looks to be mounted upside down.
Easily fixed…
Flight deck was an awesome toy. Wild west looks cool I would have loved that as a kid.
Fantastic video I love your excitement it's so contagious.
Thanks man. 😀
5:54 Airfix used to have a complaints slip in all their boxes, I once filled it in because the ones with the potato mashers were all missing their grenades. They sent me 3 boxes of soldiers...all missing their grenades.
Lol that’s som quality control.
Love how excited you are opening the boxes. It’s a joy to watch. Had a lot of these sets back in the day. Carry on the great work. 👍
That wonderful Wild West set was badly packed; rigid box required. As someone who also buys stuff on eBay etc that is something that always winds me up when they happily take your money for something that obviously need protecting then don't pack it properly. More so with international shipping.
lovely items :) , i have a few soldiers on my channel , i really enjoyed your video , thank you :)
I had those plastic sandbag shelters and rocks. I always thought they were shrubs! I can smell them now.
Made me chuckle seeing that large box of German soldiers.
Had a flashback to when I had airfix soldiers.
Mostly I remember bent rifles.
Wow most of them i remember but never had like the flight deck ❤❤❤
Right on the box! Bench, Goalpost. Looks like you are missing the Balls though. Took me years to find a set, paid a ridiculous amount for them. For a time I sought other figures that I felt were equally well sculpted, like Kellogg premium figures, and others I found to add. If you do a Google search for images you will see there are many nice figures. I have enough verity that I could set up a good tournament with a number of teams each having different poses. You will find the Timpo guys are just a tick taller than Airfix.
Oh ok great to know. Will probably be hard to find a set of balls for it 😆
I´m gonna have to start looking for more football players from other brands.
As a kid I remember drooling over that train, Really looking forward to seeing it set up and running.
Me too!!!! But I have to wait at least a couple of weeks to have the time 😢
As a kid, I was "drooling" over a lot of toys. I thought of all the things one could do with them. A few of them I actually got and I must say, the daydreams were always better.
@@toysoldiernostalgia I never saw that train set before. Is it really just battery powered?
Were there any Marines fighting in Birma against the Japanese? I think, they are Army-Soldiers called Merrill’s Marauders.
Very strange selection indeed!
We had a large Lionel set in the basement, so this was something I wasn't allowed to get
That´s not to shabby :)
I had a Märklin setup when I was a kid.
I had the flight deck game when I was a kid.... it was hard lol... I always wanted that train set, so am very jealous now 😅
Firstly - thank you so much for putting these videos together. Like you - I loved these items when I was a kid in the 70s and still have my 70s collection of Airfix and Marchbox 1/32 scale army men. I am VERY jealous of the collection you have put together. Have you given any thought to putting the cost of what you paid for each item that arrives ? Occasionally you will mention it on the odd item but I am interested in the cost of each. Perhaps a table at the end of the video showing cost, postage, total cost would be a neat way to manage it. Please keep putting these videos out - love your work. Greg from Australia. (PS - we only really had Airfix and Matchbox here as well. The other brands were seldom seen)
Thanks for watching 😀
That`s great idea of putting what I paid for each item at the end of the videos.
What bothers me most is that it seems that the items are always bought one by one instead of trying to obtain multiple items for the same shipping costs. A few sellers are also more inclined to give you a discount if you buy more items.
@@flitsertheo I try as much as possible to buy multiple items from the same seller but lots of time they don’t have any other items I need.
CHRISTMAS IN JULY,NOT A BAD HAUL. THOSE MARX SOLDIERS LOOKS LIKE COPIES,YOU MIGHT CHECK TO SEE IF THEY HAVE THE MARX SEAL.ALSO SOME OF THEM ARE BMC FIGURES. TAKE CARE
I had the bamboo house! -- It's the only one I have a memory of buying by myself ... so I'm guessing it was close to when I stopped playing with these.
I have such a hard time remembering which sets I got to buy I a shop and what I traded with friends.
That train Set is so great. Thanks for show in a video. I have a version for western trains from startoys and bluebox, but this one look beautiful too. Regards
Well long time no see. Ive been wandering where's those toys soldier videos? Once again you have a great collection of interesting toys. Lots of German soldiers and a box full. If i had those back in the day id be so excited as any kid when it comes to these. Some ive never seen before those rock and sandbags set is pretty cool i wood have liked that. The western train set the Aircraft with control thes are items ive never had or nee about. Lots of these i missed out on. But the collection has great items. How cool is that ? Geat video as always.👍🇭🇲🦘🐨✌️
First
No I was first. I made the video 😆
Hi Jerry, i have the Dr X set, will post some piccies up for you, (not for sale) 🙂
I´ve got one as well. found one in mint condition. Got it a few weeks after I made this video.
I was lucky enough to receive one of those Airfix Wild West train set play sets for Christmas in the early 70s (I think!). Oh for a time machine!
The ultimate christmas present.
Airfix ready to run model railways were first on sale in 1976.
I have the jungle outpost kit and think there was a series of them but I only got the one you show on the advert. I wish I had got a wild west set. I like those locos but model BR It was only years later I regretted not getting one but I found a nice O gauge one for my collection and also have a large kit I am not sure who made that AMT perhaps as it is an American one
That train set is quite cool. 🚂 I wonder if the locomotive has any commonality with similar ones from Bachmann or the others from Rivarossi/IHC since it very much brings to mind a Bachmann one I had in 1980s, especially with the sand pipe dropping straight down from sand dome and the empty headlight casing.
As I start collecting more Airfix trains I will have to look in to things like that. There`s a few books that talks a bit about the Airfix trains and sets.
Yup -- I did a little looking around online, and that is indeed the engine and cars from the Bachmann train set, though I don't think Bachmann ever did one with the "exploding" feature. I also had that one in the 1980s -- Christmas 1985, if I'm remembering correctly.
Apparently the Wild West set was the first train set they did, and the "Dr. X" set, which was slightly later, had Airfix's own trains.
@@BrooksMoses thanks for the info.
Almost certainly these were made by the same HongKong Kader toy company as Bachmann.
Just for this shared US outline locomotive and rolling stock.
All other Airfix trains after that were ordered by Airfix to UK outline trains.
The US style locomotive and set were not too popular and we're removed from the Airfix line after a year or two. Some 1980s Airfix tooling still for sale by Hornby in improved form. All UK railways designs.
Never seen those footballers, that’s something I need to get
They are pretty cool.
There are a significant number of bootlegged 1/32 scale Airfix figures out there. It's hard to tell if they are "knock offs" but they get brittle over time and are prone to breaking.
Ohh my goodness...I actually remember having that plane and joystick..can't remember what ever happened to it..I never knew it was (meant to do that) tethered in some way to the joystick on a pad so it would take off...my Uncle gave me the toy from his kids (my cousins) from what I remember.
We never had enough Germans as kids, at least not round my way. Japanese soldiers were even harder to get, they'd sometimes be very dark reddish-brown, or sometimes off-white, I seem to recall. One friend had some beige soldiers who were like action movie stars with loads of ammo belts, they'd always be our heroes.
Awesome mailcalls! Congratulations
Thanks man!
Very cool stuff 😊 Theres a guy called Iron Mike, from Holland, who makes you tube videos and when he finds something amazing he lets out a huge oooooo. You so reminded me of him looking at tht set.
Euros for something from the UK?
I have my Paypal set to euros so when I pay Ebay purchases it usually shows up as euros.
Those pink footballers look to be quite nicely sculpted, or at least they do at laptop screen resolution.
Yeah I think they look great. Only ha a quick look at them but will do a full video on them and compare them to the Airfix ones.
A friend of mine had a pirate game which had a plastic Island, as it's board, and lots of little 1/87 scale pirates as playing pieces. It was ridiculously cool. Never seen another.
Wow sounds awesome. Gonna have to look for one.
Looks like you're going to have a lot of fun with your new train set (and your new figures too, of course).
Ok will admit to watching this fairly objectively till around 6.23. :) Had one of these, fond memories tying the line to the top of my open bedroom window and setting up the landing deck in the back garden seem to remember the spool being attached to the "joystick" so you could adjust the tension just right. Not exactly microsoft flight simulator, but fun at the time 👍
I will set it up and try it pretty soon :)
@@toysoldiernostalgia Will be looking forward to you first launch and the subsequent "trap" landing. Good luck! 🛫🛬🫡
какая красотища, не описать с каким удовольствием посмотрел видео, спасибо большое и поздравляю с пополнением!!!
Some how I missed this one? Anyway buddy I gotta tell ya my FAVORITE part in your videos other than the cool playsets of course is your excitement. Trust me I'm oooooh"n" ahhhhin along with ya. And as always Love ur channel keep'em coming.
Thanks man 😃
I wish i had them.
Those are the ones I want.
oooooo the airfix wild west train set!!!!!!!! soooo cool
That train looks pretty cool
Now my younger brother loves trains and he'll probably want that.
It`s kinda hard to find but he should.
Perhaps also look for more recent improved versions of the same tooling from Bachmann. These run much better with better components
Never seen the Action Packs footballers before - rather nice! Looks like you have enough for one team, as opposed to two with Airfix. I note the team shown is Scotland, so I wonder if they produced boxes with different teams pictured…? Regarding the train, when they came out in 1977 or thereabouts there was a competition in TV Times magazine (coincided with the new Just William series) where this and the modern set were prizes. I entered but they never published the results, so for years thought it was a con until somebody on the Miniatures Page posted that he had won the Wild West set in that very competition. Too many memories on this channel. 😂
Great story thanks for sharing.
I will keep an eye out for more Timpo footballers to see if It`s just one box art or more.
I had the Airfix Dr X Adventure set (on a board kept under my bed with a Triang mains controller). A very happy Birthday morning that year. Ahh.
Wow that’s awesome. What a toy.
I about fell out of my chair, I HAVE that train set. The main box is not in as good of shape as yours but it has all the pieces and small interior boxes still, I also still have the catalog as well. It's packed away in a storage locker since I just moved and am working through all my boxes. Super cool seeing this!
Did you ever use it?
Great fun! I had a lot of those plastic 1/32 scale soldiers in the 1960's. I was located in North America, and I think most of them were manufactured by Marx. I had a large number of Germans (in grey), Japanese (in tan), Americans (in olive drab), and a few Russians (in blue), as well as medieval knights and Romans, and some Native American warriors and US Cavalry as well. That Airfix train set is really something! I never saw it before.
I realy want get more american made toy soldiers from companys like Marx. Need to learn more about the american toy soldiers.
All this toys,bring back to my childhood,i had some of sets,make my own scenes but was not enough,now its not easy to collect them again,thanks for these videos at least i can watch and enjoy it 🥰
Thanks for watching and glad I can be of help and bring some memories back. Cheers.
What a bunch of cool stuff!
thanks for a very nice video. This was a first for me. Happy that i found your channel. I love how you show everything, not only the soldiers but also the boxes. I also had lots of Airfix kits and soldiers in the 1960s. My first trip to Italy, with my parents, led me to local toy stores and they had huge , in my eyes, supplies of italian made kits and soldiers. At the cost of almost nothing.
So this is a nice addition to my videofavorites. Subscribed !
Thanks man!
I got a few sets of Atlantic 1/72 from my italian classmate. He bought them for me when he went Italy on vacation. They were sooo cheap compared to Airfix back in Sweden. But they were not that great figures. These days I love Atlantic though.
Ha det gött 😀
That Wild West playset looks awesome and I know the video of it set up will be too. Can't wait to see it (well, I can, since I have to, lol; but that'll make the moment all the better for that anticipation). And a nice little icing on the cake seeing its ad as the first thing in the catelogue.
I have more Airfix Wild West on the way so I can make a big set up with the train and more.
Best toy soldier set ever:1960’s Marx 1/72 scale colour Invasion Day set!🇨🇦with Canadians and Americans fighting Germans!Tanks jeeps trucks pillboxes obstacles even the Navy!
Sounds awesome. Will have see if I can get one.
@@toysoldiernostalgia Good luck with that!On the box is a Classic box colour cover with US Army scaling cliffs at Omaha Beach.🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧🇩🇪Very very rare to find such any where.Marx the greatest for toy soldier sets.
That train set might be the first time the contents are actually better quality than the box art, and that’s very nice box art.
Yeah I think you’re right.
I loved Flight Deck. Until the cables became tangled.
I`m thinking that it`s not gonna be a super smooth test run 😀
I had a FlightDeck toy except it was called You Fly it. I would modify my model airplanes to ride on the glide line way cooler than the GA aircraft that came with the set. I would also set up an extra long glide line in my parent's backyard to extend the aircraft glide time.
That sounds super cool. Was it like the Airfix Super Flight Deck were you could take of as well? Think there`s a video on TH-cam with Johnny Carson flying one on his show.
@@toysoldiernostalgia No, just landing the fishing line that the model slid down on was about 60+ feet long. I would just give a little tug on the control stick, and the model would release and start its descent down the line. It was really cool to fly my own hand built models.
I see you are into what I used to call army sets I begged my mother for months for a MARX Desert Fox set
and ended up getting it for my birthday around 1970 probably because she was sick of listening to me. The set was huge there were tanks, planes, jeeps, cannons, barbed wire, tents, and all kinds of cool military equipment. I played with that set on the side of the house for a long time. There are probably still parts buried in the dirt to this day.
The vast majority of US troops in the Pacific were Army.
Marines were maybe 20%.
Oh jo that`s not good. The mystery continues. What are they?
@@toysoldiernostalgia US Army. Not much of a mystery...
The old toys were the best and the most imaginative!..glad I bought a load of the stuff I grew up with aswell as stuff thats older than me..nothing in this day and age compares to the build quality of vintage stuff..it really was made to last.
I find it to a bit of both. Some of the older toys are also true crap. But a lot was very well made.
But some of todays toys are also pretty good like Nerf, Lego and Hot Wheels.
@@toysoldiernostalgia I'll admit..theres old stuff that was rubbish..but not nearly as much as there is in this day and age..not really bought nerf toys to have much of an opinion on them..I'd assume they are pretty decent..lego has declined from what it use to be..pieces bricks are more likely to split and crack/gradually appear from being connected to one another..lego too has gotten hideously expensive for what it is especially with the quality drop...when it comes to hot wheels it depends what your getting..retro entertainment/premium are very good generally...standard hot wheels..I feel some past variants have been better..last recent one I bought around five years ago..the chrome paint seem to easily come off the wheels..and that was just from handling it a few times and I've still got older ones from a few years prior to that one that have been handled numerous and the chrome is still perfect..your extremely lucky if you get something today that was made in China and is actually immaculate/perfect.
10:56 There were U.S Army Divisions fighting in the pacific next to marines. Love all the toys you have.
Fantastiskt! 🥰
Grymma grejer 😀
Your house must be HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE!!
I live in a three bedroom apartement.
@@toysoldiernostalgia Where do you put all of your goodies then, I wonder?
@@StephenLyons-tl8ie in huge piles 😀
@@toysoldiernostalgia You must have the largest collection I have ever seen. Keep up the good work!!
@@StephenLyons-tl8ie thanks man!
I love the way people are so used to emails they dont even remember how to open an envolope .
Lol I did my best.
@@toysoldiernostalgia Its kind of funny as i had my niece come over and wanted to watch one of those old disney movies peter and his dragon , so i got one of the old video tapes and the confusion it brought , and questions how it worked . priceless . And you realize you have become old .
You have instagram?