Conte Collectibles

Conte Collectibles / Legends of the Silver Screen, Ltd. quietly commenced operation in late 1999, dedicated to bringing to our fellow collectors superbly sculpted, highly animated, beautifully painted and fairly / affordably priced military miniatures. We felt there was 'room' for a new manufacturer who was willing to push the envelope in terms of... realism, action and innovation. Like most of you , I am a life-long self-admitted 'toy soldier buff' and 'history nut". I've collected toy soldiers since the 1950's. I've been a history fan since the moment I walked out of the cinema with my Grandfather after seeing The Vikings in 1958 --still the greatest film ever made! I grew up playing with Marx Play sets , Lincoln Logs , rubber bands and dart guns and was secretly envious of other kids who owned painted metal figures. We started the business for one simple reason: I couldn't find or obtain the figures which we wanted from the 'big' toy soldier manufacturers. I wanted 'implied motion" and action and intensity and the ferocity of hand to hand combat to be realized in 1/32 scale. We had always wanted 'character' figures or historical figures who actually looked like their historical or film counterparts. We wondered why no toy soldier mfr. was doing licensed 'tie-ins' with Hollywood films. We wanted buildings, terrain pieces and ships which were in true 1/32 scale rather than artificially downsized for cost reasons. We were shocked at the high prices which mfrs. were forcing upon the collecting world. We were especially disappointed with the offerings available to plastic figure collectors & asked why plastic makers were not availing themselves of mold technology which would make their figures more life-like. The two dimensional nature of plastic figures cried out for someone to change things up. We wondered why the market had to put up with resin figures which often become fragile, break or decompose with time. We wanted to see figures on realistic 'terrain bases" which no one was doing when we started.Read More