Plastic Warrior Show 2014

The 29th UK Toy and Model Soldier Show, better known as the Plastic Warrior Show will be held on Saturday 24th May 2014

Please note it will be at the New Venue that we used last year.

The Harlequin Suite at the Winning Post Inn Chertsey Road, Twickenham, TW2 6LS.  Saturday 24th May 2014, doors open to General Public from 10.30 (there is no earlybird entry).  Link to website: http://www.fayre-square.com/pub/winning-post-whitton-twickenham/c0487/

Our old venue, The Queen Charlotte Hall (QCH), in Richmond is closed for redevelopment and will not reopen until September 2014.  The new venue is just a 5 minutes drive away from the QCH in Richmond.

Travel Directions.

By Car.  Same route as for the old venue at Richmond.  From Outside London take M25, M3, A316, go over one roundabout and entrance to the winning Post is after 500 metres on your left.  From Inner London, after Richmond Circus follow A316 past QCH and continue straight on over 3 roundabouts.  You will pass the Winning Post on your right.  At the next roundabout take the 4th exit and entrance to the Winning Post will be on your left after 500 metres.

FREE PARKING.  There is extensive free parking at the site and in the residential roads behind the Winning Post, The Harlequin Suite is to the right of the main building.

By Public Transport.  From Central London and the South of England by overground train (South West Trains) from Waterloo or Clapham Junction to Whitton Station.  There are 8 trains an hour and the journey time is approx. 30 minutes, this is a loop line so 4 trains an hour run from two different platforms at Waterloo Station.   From the North of England by train to London arriving at Kings Cross St. Pancras or Euston. take the London Underground Victoria line just 6 stops to Vauxhall and change for South West Trains to Whitton Station as above.   Whitton Station is just 3 minutes walk from the Winning Post - turn left out of the station past Jubilee Avenue and Pauline Crescent, the next turning on your left is the entrance to the Winning Post.

Should you wish to take the London Underground to Richmond as in previous years, the easiest thing is to change platform and take a South West Train service to Whitton Station as above (4 trains an hour from Richmond, journey time 8 minutes).  alternatively you could get a black cab or a H22 bus from the taxi rank and bus stop outside the station.

Oyster cards are accepted on all London Underground lines, buses and South West Trains to Whitton Station.

The Winning Post Inn opens from 07.00 to 11.00 serving breakfast or coffee for those who arrive early, the pub serves drinks from 11.00 and Lunches from 12.00.  There is a cashpoint on site but Whitton town center with a full range of shops and banks is just 3 minutes walk from the hall.  Within the Winning Post complex is a Premier Inn travel hotel for those who want to break their journey and stay overnight.  Link to website: http://www.premierinn.com/en/hotel/TWIWIN/twickenham-stadium

29th PW SHOW

The 29th Plastic Warrior Show will be held on Saturday 24th May 2014 at our NEW venue: The Harlequin Suite, The Winning Post, Chertsey Road, Whitton, Twickenham, TW2 6LS

PW Issue 152

The latest issue of PW is out now.

New publication

NEW!
Gemodels Special
All the known figures and scenic accessories; an interview with the founder; includes a re-print catalogue from the 1950s. (32 pages). Updated and now with full-colour photos.

PW Issue 151

The latest issue of PW is out now.

PLASTIC WARRIOR PUBLICATIONS

Plastic Warrior Publications - Fully illustrated, A4 size softback format, monochrome publications covering all aspects of collecting plastic toy soldiers and figures. New titles are being added regularly (some are now being produced in colour).
 
 NEW!
Airfix – The Early Days
Airfix was the first company to produce plastic toy soldiers in England. This publication features many of the early toys they produced; includes an interview with their first employee; trade advertising from the 1940s and photos of their early factory.  (28 pages, full colour and black-and-white photos)

BRITAINS PRODUCTS
Britains ‘Eyes Right’ Special 
A history of the range; a listing of all the parts used; illustrated with Britain’s catalogue pages; quotes from the people who made them. (16 pages)

Cole’s Encounters of the Third Kind
How Peter Cole, author of ‘Suspended Animation’, came to be working for Britains, and his continuing relationship with the firm. Plus, a review of Britains educational booklet and video. (32 pages)

 Britains Motorcycles
A special publication based on research by Colin Penn, this covers the production of Britains highly regarded motorcycle series.  (20 pages, full colour photos)

MINOR MAKERS

Speedwell Special
Until quite recently little was known of this minor British manufacturer. Now a new document has surfaced which gives us more information on their range. (20 pages)

Trojan Special
Another minor maker, very well regarded by collectors. Includes their original price lists of all products. (24 pages)

UNA & VP Special
Two minor makers of which very little is known. This is our attempt to get what is known and what is not known in print. Includes toy trade ads and ways to identify the figures. (24 pages)

Kentoys Special
All the known figures by this minor but important maker. (12 pages, full colour photos)

Cavendish Special
A minor but important maker of English plastics, sold in colourful paint styles, so they deserve to be shown in colour!  (12 pages, full colour photos)

EARLY COMPANIES
Pioneers in Plastic - The Kleeware Story
Something of a departure for Plastic Warrior as it is not about a plastic soldier manufacturer, but is the story of one of the pioneers of the plastic toy industry in England. (28 pages)

Malleable Mouldings Special
All that is known on this pioneering plastic figure maker and its history. (12 pages)

Poplar Plastics Special
Toy soldiers by this early British plastic manufactures  (20 pages)

 Timpo Solid Figures
A checklist of all the known solid plastic figures by Timpo (before they started to make swoppet and overmoulded types).  (28 pages, full colour photos)

SPECIAL INTEREST
Guide to UK Makers 
Directory listing and brief history of over 100 firms and 40-plus designers and sculptors who were involved in making plastic toy soldiers in the UK. (20 pages)

Chitson’s Chivalry 
54mm medieval wargames rules specially written for PW with plastic figures in mind. (16 pages)

The Worst of the First 
By popular demand, re-prints of feature articles from early PW magazines. Reconstituted article-type product – now with added spelling and grammar! (32 pages)

From Lead to Plastic
The transition years between hollowcast lead and plastic figures. (24 pages)

Lone Star Modern Army Vehicles
Diecast vehicles to accompany the plastic soldiers. (16 pages)

Sources
One of the questions we are asked most often is: where did they get the ideas for toy soldiers?
In this publication we attempt to answer with examples of artwork that has been the inspiration for plastic figure poses. (28 pages)

THEMATIC
Men In Tights
Robin Hood figures in plastic from around the world. (32 pages)

Circus Special
A compilation of photos and articles about circus figures in plastic from around the world. (24 pages)

March or Die!
Special publication on Foreign Legion and Arab figures in plastic by British makers. (28 pages)
　
Please contact us for current availability, prices and postage costs
Email: pw.editor@ntlworld.com
Telephone: 01483 722778.