Hello everybody . Just saying I would like to thank Strelets so much for the wonderful output of these little figures .which I have collected all from the beginning . We’ve all had difficult times over the years . Me I have been widowed twice and I guess a lot of you have been through hard times but through it all in the background there was always my large collection of these little men . I am not a good painter . Gave up on that now to old . Guess what I am trying to say in these difficult times it’s so good to have something good to focus on and look forward to to all the news. So once again Thank you Strelets

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!