Quite agree, Chis. I was widowed once too, the army men are very comforting, along with church and friends. No matter what I have always had this hobby since 1958 when I got my first MPC ring hand figures!

Thank you Strelets!

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

Yes, a constant source of joy for me through good times and bad.

Regards,
Andrew

I have been down sizing for a while,as my collection has got out of hand, and space is needed for a growing family to stay (grand kids). But two things always strike me , the emotional attachment to moulded plastic, and the excuses I make to myself to hang on to stuff!. I have decided to keep most of my painted Waterloo Brits and French , my Western desert stuff ww2 NME WW2 and my Zulu War stuff , all others era`s go. On the whole that has worked, but what is on the table now Strelets Rif war and Boer war figures. I have often sat and thought why this passion for small plastic toy soldiers, and happy childhood memories and a love of military history aside it is inexplicable , but the obsession is there, I have even thought what figures do I ask the wife to sneak in to my coffin with me..!?!?. It is a source of comfort in tough times that is for sure, but why ? who knows, no doubt I will be looking foreword to Friday`s on the Strelets forum for the rest of my days though.

Concur with all that has been said, I was going to say they kept me sane and then realised the irony of such a remark. On the subject of selling them, giving them away or throwing them away - I find it really hard, even figures I've cut the heads off get put aside, just in case I can find a use for them!