And now for something completely different.....

 Well a total change of tack here at McG Towers, while idly perusing ebay I stumbled across some Toy Soldiers and immediately got lost down a rabbit hole spending a good few hours on the subject!!

As a youngster the family always went down to Edinburgh on our holidays to go round all the relatives, always a good time for me as I always went to Woolworths to get some more cowboys, indians or knights to add to my collection, Woolworths always had a big selection of plastic toys on offer, great for a small boy like myself and I always had a great time picking and choosing my purchases. I t was on one of these holidays that I saw a display of shiny toy soldiers of various regiments,  I think it might have been Jenners that had the display but it was a lifetime ago so who knows!, anyway they were quite superb and such a treat for a wee boy like me but way beyond the humble means of my folks so it was look but back to Woolies for some plastic!

Anyway to take it up to the present, toy soldier were a thing I looked at but never had any intention to purchase, until now!

These are the first purchases, total including postage was just under £65 for them both, which I thought was pretty decent, they are not from the heyday of Britains but were from the 1990's and  badged as Britains, decent enough for me and wont break the bank either, so the collection will grow that's for sure, I don't intend to get too bogged down with this collection I will just pick and choose what I like and can see the collection not getting more than 20-30 sets.  

There are some lovely sets like the two I purchased from the British Army in India and I will add to this range, the other ones I will probably buy are British regiments from the late 1890's and Yeomanry cavalry, sets come in 6 for infantry and 4 for cavalry all in these lovely boxes that hark back to the glory days of Britains.

Well another rabbit hole I find myself going down, but a fun one all the same!!