News — Production

The new batch of BMC Toys is almost ready. We often think that plastic items like toy soldiers and tanks are churned out by machines, but there's a surprising amount handwork that often has to be done to finish the item. Here's some photos of the BMC Toys tank in production, starting with Sherman Tank bodies getting trimmed off sprues: A bin of Sherman Tank bodies ready for final assembly: Bins of German King Tiger Tank parts ready for assembly: German King Tiger Tank assembly:   Assembled and ready for final packaging:    

Here's a first look production stickers for the new batch of BMC Toys. I put a lot of research into the new sticker art to make them as historically accurate as possible, but there is some artistic license here and there as needed. Amtrac:German King Tiger Tank: Sherman Tank: Higgins Boat Landing Craft: German Pillbox Bunker: Iwo Jima Island and Bunkers:

Production of the new batch of BMC Toys is almost complete with delivery to our warehouse scheduled for late August. Here's some pics from the figure production line, starting with flash being trimmed from the D-Day GI mortar loader:  Trimming the flash from base of D-Day's Erwin Rommel: D-Day German Mortar Loader sorted and ready for final assembly and packaging:

The factory is just a few days away from completing the new batch of BMC Toys, and arrive is on track for late August. Here's some of the new D-Day Normandy, D-Day Utah Beach, and Iwo Jima playset boxes stacked in their final case quantity configurations:

Here's some photos of the new header card production. This is a big stack on the press: Master sheets with 6 different header cards after top and bottom trimming: Video of Printing Press in action: