Atlantic toy soldiers catalogue

215 items

Atlantic Italian toy company based in Treviglio 1966-1984. Very popular in the 1970s, both in Italy and in Europe as a producer of 1:32 and HO scale toy soldiers. More

Atlantic began manufacturing toy soldiers in the late 1960s and had great popularity in the early 1970s with the H0 scale and 1:32 plastic toy soldier series "Soldati d'Italia" ("Italian Soldiers"). Building on this success, the company began publishing series from World War II and other historical periods, including the Wild West, the Roman Empire, Greeks and Ancient Egypt. The toy soldier line H0 is complemented by an extensive range of vehicles, from tanks to heavy bombers, as well as buildings (for example, a miniature Colosseum and an Egyptian temple.

Atlantic stopped creating new lines in 1978 and released cheaper reprints of its classic lines (usually in 1:32 scale) of poorer material and cheaper packaging.
In 1984 all production stopped. Reportedly, most of the Atlantic molds were sold to an Iraqi toy company and later lost or destroyed in the First Gulf War. A few models were acquired by board game and toy manufacturer Nexus Editrice, who began supplying quality reissues in 1998 (mainly for the collector's market). "Atlantic Wars" Based on Atlantic Toy Soldiers. Nexus currently owns the Atlantic brand and logo.

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Number of toy soldiers

215

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Oldest item

Sendai (1970)