Reply to "Need some help identifying some figures that came with a collection that I bought"

Hi Don,

Thanks for the lead.  I think you might be correct in that the figure might have come from a Bonsai plant or is a mudman piece.  I researched those two areas this morning and there are literally thousands of these type of figures, including a collector market.

Part of the fun of train collecting and buying collections is the new things that I learn.  In the original pictures I posted, I found the soldiers were from a company called Playwood and the campfires from a company called Transogram, which was a huge creator of board games.

Most of the figures appear to be from a company called Elastolin and are prewar.  There were many items for sale that were German military figures that I would consider somewhat controversial today.

Thanks for your insight.

John