My Wm Hocker collection of American revolutionary war soldiers!

James Cox - 11Nov10 11:25AM

Dear Mr.Hocker & fellow collectors,
I remember as a young kid reading a comic book and coming across a splendid color advertisement in the back of the book for a 204 piece revolutionary war soldier set. That great color ad made me want that set,I could not wait to order a set! As things would go,I never did get the set,but my cousin Pat had the set. I was to spend a weekend at my cousins house,and I asked about the set,how did the soldiers look? Were they nice?,Anyway,he took the set out and we played a mock war with them for hours. The time went by fast,I was the "Red-Coats",and he was the "Blue-coats" although I wish it were the other way around! Ah the memories,those were the days,any way,years passed,and for one reason or another,I never did get one of those set`s for myself? I never forgot that add,nor did I forget that great play time I had with my cousin that day/weekend. Then sometime in the 1990`s,now in my thirties,I started to dabble in toy soldiers,I still had some plastic soldiers from my youth,and so I attended a local toy soldier show. At the show,I picked up a copy of Old toy Soldier Magazine dated,Aug.-Sept. 1996. Upon opening the magazine I saw an ad,right there on the inside front cover,the ad was for the revolutionary war soldiers of Wm Hocker. And I instantly visualized the old color add of the 204 piece rev war soldiers. From that point on,I started to collect toy soldiers again,and I have been hooked ever since. I finally did get some revolutionary war soldiers but they were metal,not plastic,and they are beautiful works of art,each one possessing it`s own individual charm,and I love the rich deep color they posses! I now have 15 set`s,and plan to buy some more. Mr.Hockers soldiers are really well done works of art,I really love `em & enjoy them!!!