Nice podcast good to see more army men creators making podcasts I thought me and green and Jacobra were the only ones lol can't wait to see more from you guys
‘99 Baby here. I grew up with a lot of the same Imperial and Ja-Ru “team X-Treme” guys. My first set was a bag of true heroes that my dad’s coworker gave me around 2002. I had two Tim-Mee sets (The “battle mountain” set, and the massive “ultimate battle” set which my parents got me for Christmas around 2005. (Interestingly, the M48 tanks and troops included with the latter were made in China and had slight differences from normal Tim-mee troops.) Army men were by far my favorite toys until I outgrew them in my tweens. Even then, I occasionally brought them out to make rudimentary war games or set up realistic battle scenes. The 3DO army men game’s dominated my childhood and I was checking the bargain bins at GameStop for more titles from the series every time I went. Around age 15 I saw plastic apocalypse and became obsessed with making my own. Did a lot of research on vintage ones, spent hours on eBay gawking at cool vintage lots, Bought a cheap tan Boley tank and a bunch of Tim-mee reissues, but aside from a crappy 2-minute video, it never came to fruition, and life moved on. I carefully packed all my troops in the attic and forgot about them. Joined the Army, got married, bought a house, had a kid. My collecting money was spent on real Cold War militaria. Last year I was looking for some Army Men for my wife’s little cousin’s birthday. Checked all the usual stores and couldn’t find a single bag. Finally found a crappy set at hobby lobby. And then, in the course of a week, my dad cleaned out the attic and dropped my old bin of probably 3,000 troops off at my house, and an old friend started messaging me asking if I knew anything about vintage army men. (Long story, I had told him I had so many before) This was starting to peak my interest again, and then I saw a lot on Facebook marketplace for $20, including about 400 1970s Tim-Mee and MPC troops, four cargo trucks, three tanks, and some jeeps/artillery. Since then, I’ve at-least doubled my collection, and now have about 120 to-scale vehicles and over 6,000 troops. I’m mostly interested in variety, not the actual collectibility, so any excess or rarer/valuable Marx/Tim-mee stuff I end up acquiring gets sold on eBay to subsidize other purchases. My plan is to pass it down to my kids when they are old enough, because I’m worried BMC won’t be around forever and only the current horrifically bad Chinese sets will remain. Me and another Army friend are currently working on a stop motion, but we’ll see where it goes.
I grew up on Tim mee and BMC revolutionary war guys ( and civil war soldiers but unsure what the maker was, just ones I bought in bags at Gettysburg PA lol ) Growing up, they eventually got misplaced, lost, sold ( yard sales, moved a lot), or thrown away. When at around 16 my parents impressed on me that " kids toys and playing with army men and action figures is too kiddie ". But I never agreed with the sentiment, and as soon as I was financially independent I started collecting again. As the commander here says, I pretty much got into any kind. Marx is probably also my favorite, though tim mee is a close second. I did a count recently and it was somewhere around 2k , composed of about 12 different brands/types. Army men really got me into my deep interest in history, which led me into historical reenacting as a hobby for nearly a decade. Enough rambling though, i enjoyed listening to this and hope there will be more!
I really enjoyed this! I'm not a podcast guy but this right here made me understand that concept. I just wanna listen to you guys talk about army men while I do stuff and work and whatnot, hope you guys do more of these!!!!
I can remember in the 90s you could go to Walmart and one isle was full of army men buckets of different themes. Once I got the dinosaur one and my sister got the western one. I LOVED those buckets and wish I still had them
I've asked my dad to hunt out my video camera, he has a habit of throwing my stuff away. I paid £110 for it, he throws stuff away just because it's old like he did with my computer. I'm thinking of starting up my own army men channel if he hasn't throw it away. I want to joining in the fun of making videos about army men.
100% relate to your podcast, my dude. 🤌 There's really something about toy soldiers that's really timeless. It reminds you of your childhood, and you get more appreciative and immersed with all the varieties, details and stories that come with 'em. Also the toy hunt's exciting especially when you get a quality deal of figs. Just fun!
Nice podcast good to see more army men creators making podcasts I thought me and green and Jacobra were the only ones lol can't wait to see more from you guys
Well maybe we can take turns being on each others casts!
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‘99 Baby here. I grew up with a lot of the same Imperial and Ja-Ru “team X-Treme” guys. My first set was a bag of true heroes that my dad’s coworker gave me around 2002. I had two Tim-Mee sets (The “battle mountain” set, and the massive “ultimate battle” set which my parents got me for Christmas around 2005. (Interestingly, the M48 tanks and troops included with the latter were made in China and had slight differences from normal Tim-mee troops.)
Army men were by far my favorite toys until I outgrew them in my tweens. Even then, I occasionally brought them out to make rudimentary war games or set up realistic battle scenes. The 3DO army men game’s dominated my childhood and I was checking the bargain bins at GameStop for more titles from the series every time I went.
Around age 15 I saw plastic apocalypse and became obsessed with making my own. Did a lot of research on vintage ones, spent hours on eBay gawking at cool vintage lots, Bought a cheap tan Boley tank and a bunch of Tim-mee reissues, but aside from a crappy 2-minute video, it never came to fruition, and life moved on. I carefully packed all my troops in the attic and forgot about them. Joined the Army, got married, bought a house, had a kid. My collecting money was spent on real Cold War militaria.
Last year I was looking for some Army Men for my wife’s little cousin’s birthday. Checked all the usual stores and couldn’t find a single bag. Finally found a crappy set at hobby lobby. And then, in the course of a week, my dad cleaned out the attic and dropped my old bin of probably 3,000 troops off at my house, and an old friend started messaging me asking if I knew anything about vintage army men. (Long story, I had told him I had so many before) This was starting to peak my interest again, and then I saw a lot on Facebook marketplace for $20, including about 400 1970s Tim-Mee and MPC troops, four cargo trucks, three tanks, and some jeeps/artillery. Since then, I’ve at-least doubled my collection, and now have about 120 to-scale vehicles and over 6,000 troops. I’m mostly interested in variety, not the actual collectibility, so any excess or rarer/valuable Marx/Tim-mee stuff I end up acquiring gets sold on eBay to subsidize other purchases. My plan is to pass it down to my kids when they are old enough, because I’m worried BMC won’t be around forever and only the current horrifically bad Chinese sets will remain.
Me and another Army friend are currently working on a stop motion, but we’ll see where it goes.
Nice to see more podcasts of army men and get to see more about these creators, can’t wait to see the next one
I grew up on Tim mee and BMC revolutionary war guys ( and civil war soldiers but unsure what the maker was, just ones I bought in bags at Gettysburg PA lol )
Growing up, they eventually got misplaced, lost, sold ( yard sales, moved a lot), or thrown away. When at around 16 my parents impressed on me that " kids toys and playing with army men and action figures is too kiddie ". But I never agreed with the sentiment, and as soon as I was financially independent I started collecting again. As the commander here says, I pretty much got into any kind. Marx is probably also my favorite, though tim mee is a close second. I did a count recently and it was somewhere around 2k , composed of about 12 different brands/types. Army men really got me into my deep interest in history, which led me into historical reenacting as a hobby for nearly a decade. Enough rambling though, i enjoyed listening to this and hope there will be more!
Awesome story bro! Thanks for watching!
Will enjoy this! Especially because I just found your channel lol!
I really enjoyed this! I'm not a podcast guy but this right here made me understand that concept. I just wanna listen to you guys talk about army men while I do stuff and work and whatnot, hope you guys do more of these!!!!
Army men podcast collab was nothing i ever expected
If you're interested in seeing more army men podcasts I did one with green and jacober studios on my channel
@@ArmyMenInitiative11 sounds great👍🏻
I can remember in the 90s you could go to Walmart and one isle was full of army men buckets of different themes. Once I got the dinosaur one and my sister got the western one. I LOVED those buckets and wish I still had them
Plz do more podcasts I would litterly pay to listen on Spotify and I mean that!
I would love to be on your podcast good stuff guys love it
My big part of my life were the Hong Kong copies of airfix that I would find at flea markets for $1 those were cool
Toy soldiers will never be forgotten
I love army men have 5 buckets
Ahh nuts, my dad must have thrown my video camera away. I wanted it to make videos on YT about army men. He has a bad habit of chucking things away.
I am Australian
I've asked my dad to hunt out my video camera, he has a habit of throwing my stuff away. I paid £110 for it, he throws stuff away just because it's old like he did with my computer. I'm thinking of starting up my own army men channel if he hasn't throw it away. I want to joining in the fun of making videos about army men.
Can you do stop motion?
100% relate to your podcast, my dude. 🤌 There's really something about toy soldiers that's really timeless. It reminds you of your childhood, and you get more appreciative and immersed with all the varieties, details and stories that come with 'em. Also the toy hunt's exciting especially when you get a quality deal of figs. Just fun!
Very Cool... Wait Till Those Subscribers #'s Jump Even More.. Its Just An Eventuality At This Point If You Keep Going. Good Luck And Safe Travels 🦉
Fingers crossed!