Some of Robert Louis Stevenson's toy soldiers, from the R.L. Stevenson Museum St. Helena CA. U.S.A. - Robert Louis Stevenson Museum - a bit worse for wear I'm afraid .
These troopers earned their keep for sure! They saw many battles and endured many projectiles and tough falls! Chipped and battered, I'm certain that RLS respected and loved them dearly!
Looks like a few headless ones too. Wonderfully playworn. I like the comments by the article writer of Stevenson at Play his stepson Lloyd Osborne about the chunky (stable) cavalry that RLS clumped together to be stable against (peashooter? pop gun? or marble?) fire, as opposed to the the flimsy exaggerated posed ones that went over with a breath of wind.
I felt like that with Airfix versus the more solid metal based (expensive) Britain's Deetail figures.
These troopers earned their keep for sure! They saw many battles and endured many projectiles and tough falls! Chipped and battered, I'm certain that RLS respected and loved them dearly!
ReplyDeleteYes they have certainly seen some action .
DeleteLooks like a few headless ones too. Wonderfully playworn. I like the comments by the article writer of Stevenson at Play his stepson Lloyd Osborne about the chunky (stable) cavalry that RLS clumped together to be stable against (peashooter? pop gun? or marble?) fire, as opposed to the the flimsy exaggerated posed ones that went over with a breath of wind.
ReplyDeleteI felt like that with Airfix versus the more solid metal based (expensive) Britain's Deetail figures.
Yes no basing in those days = the domino effect .
DeleteLovely to see these.
ReplyDeleteInteresting mix of figures he had .
DeleteThanks for this, I didnt know there was a RLS museum in California.
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure , odd place for a R.L.Stevenson museum , I assume they have his collected papers etc .
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