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Johillco War Game Series (Anzio?) Circa 1950s

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    Posted 6 years ago

    fortapache
    (3423 items)

    Johillco aka John Hill and Co started in 1898 by a former employee of Britains. Their figures tended to be less expensive and often much less good. Aside from starting from Britains one of their sculptors started the company Cherilea.
    Bought this at a toy show I attended on Saturday. In the small world news I ran into one of the sellers from the show on FB yesterday and another 2 in person in Long Beach. It was a rather high end show and I was looking for bits and pieces but I did get some excellent buys and this is one of them.
    This is WWII battle scene and bit like the Marx Minatare series like the Disneykins Scenes although a bit larger. The box is 6"x 4" and the figures look to be about 45 millimeter, just a bit under 2". Someone wrote "Anzio" on the box so perhaps that was the name for this set. Looks like a pair of WWII American soldiers. One firing the Thompson submachine gun and the other tossing a grenade. Also a centerpiece with partial wall, wheel and sign I think the pieces are all plastic. I won't be removing these from the box.
    Have not found any information about this War Game series set but the company went out of business in the early 1960s. As the factory was destroying in WWII and rebuilt in 1946 somewhere in about a 15 year range.

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    Comments

    1. Toyrebel Toyrebel, 6 years ago
      Nice item, obviously somewhat obscure. I'm unfamiliar with the company and series. It would be neat to see the other dioramas or a "battlefield" of a group of them. I just loves them toy soldiers
    2. fortapache fortapache, 6 years ago
      Thank you
      clockerman
      Newfld
      fattytail
      yougottahavestuff
      Brunswick
      elanski
    3. fortapache fortapache, 6 years ago
      Thank you very much Toyrebel. I had never heard of them either. I'ld like to see the other set too. What I really want is the Marx Battlefield set.

      Thank you very much Thomas. A new one to me too.
    4. fortapache fortapache, 6 years ago
      Thank you
      vetraio50
      blunderbuss2
      purvis
      racer4four
    5. fortapache fortapache, 6 years ago
      Thank you Watchsearcher.
    6. clockerman clockerman, 6 years ago
      Very nice. I believe I saw these sets at an estate sale a few years ago. They were very interesting as almost pieces of art, alas I saw them as toys. They were much too expensive for my "toy" budget. Still a fantastic piece.
    7. fortapache fortapache, 6 years ago
      Thank you very much clockerman. This one was only $5. I would be quite happy to pick up a few more of these.

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