| ISSUE 137 - 150th Anniversay of Custer's Last Stand |
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| WELCOME TO THE REVOLUTION PLAYSET 137 ROLLS OFF THE PRESS May 15th ISSUE 137’s 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF CUSTERS LAST STAND It’s an epic milestone for General Custer -- the 150th Anniversary of the Battle at the Little Big Horn, June 26th, 1876. I can’t remember what it was like, living as a kid just 85 years after the real event – being told about the massive rush of warriors coming up through the cervices and tall grasses surrounding Last Stand Hill; the haze of smoke reported by Weir seen from two miles away, and it was only 80 years or so after the fall of General Custer and his 7th Cavalry But I remember the dejection I felt when modern revisionists besmirched the Last Stand as an utter route – and I am not happy so many of them still insist on that version. But then, this is America and we get to say and write what we feel is right. So I am glad to pass along there is new evidence that runs very contrary to that revisionist history. Even the Custer Battlefield has a grand image of what happened… a long thin line of troopers slowly compressing onto the hill; with officers firmly in control; the massiveness of the attack becoming all too real.  That the Last stand defense was relatively orderly until the very end, when, as you would expect, when everything was lost and only dying remained to be done, the organization fell apart. Brave men made their legends that day on both sides. It is in that spirit, I think, that Marx recreated the last Stand in 1957, 1963, 1965 in HO, and 1972, and a year or so later as well. We too honor the men of the last stand and their leadership on the event of their 150th Anniversary. We’ve got our best Custer plastics & photos for a deep dive into the Last Stand; and a great Gibbs Custer story with details on that set by Craig Remington. Also here is a telling of the story from the Indian side and a wonderful 1948 pictomap of the battle. Plus an American Revolution spectacle in miniature, the 3-D printing story deepens in Part II. This issue we also honor the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution with a Marx spectacular gathering of four miniature Revolutionary War sets seen in our “2 Shot” feature, plus Custer in 60mm, We also have a nice farm pictorial outtake from American Farms, the new book being released now and actually available as of this writing. Bruce Redenour created this short “day on the farm” feature and others in the wildly colorful and vivid new book, showing and discussing in vital detail the 90 farm playsets on the pages of our newest work. You’ll see the who’s who of collectors and contributors to this work, many more than usual, since this topic is so vast and since interest is often funneled into the early sets, or the 1960 era, or the later sets. The book has them all and all are colorfully documented and photographed for your enjoyment. |
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