1/32 TIMPO PLASTIC SOLID CAST TOY SOLDIERS AND FIGURES ID GUIDE
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EARLIER FACTORY PAINTED FIGURES
Earliest Timpo solid plastic igures were made from metal figure molds
VINTAGE KNIGHTS
Did Timpo have figures made in Hong Kong or are these copies? Anybody know?
Action Pack" figures factory painted
You should expect paint loss. These figures were usually sold in window box sets, although I think I remember buying some of the figures one at a time as a kid. Painted figures date to the mid 1950s to about 1970. Paint does not adhere well to polyethylene some most older figure have considerable paint loss.
CRESCENT/TIMPO HYBRID MOUNTED KNIGHTS
These were sold by TOYWAY as Timpo figures but although the horses are Timpo we think the knights are from old Crescent molds. The figure and saddle are one piece.
ACTION PACK SOLID COLOR LATER UNPAINTED FIGURES 1970s
In response to Airfix's line of boxed 1/32 unpainted figures, Timpo started selling their figures in a similar size box in the 1970s. Original boxes contained either 20 infantry figures or four mounted figures with horses. They used two different ID number systems. The first run used AP# to designate the set(AP = Action Pack). For some reason they switched to numbers in a 4000 series for the next run. The lowest box number is 4000 and the highest (for Soccer players) is 4020, but it is unsure if they made the twenty one sets these product numbers would indicate. In recent years a British company ToyWay has run many of the molds for the collector market and the figures can be found in many new colors. The REISSUE figures can be found in both a small 10 figure box or finally on a blister card. Toyway is now using a more rubbery pliable plastic.
Timpo made three different solid cast mounted and six foot knights. Mounted knights each had a separate shield. Originals were made in a gray plastic and painted. RECASTS have been made in; gold, silver and black plastic. We are unsure if they ever made it into the original larger Action Pack boxes (the Waterloo Cavalry did, four figures w/ horses per box
Original 1970s ACW Union figures were made in a dark midnight blue color.
5.00 Arab flag (paper stick on) w/ plastic pole.
