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The BMC Toys American Hero imported product line should be well stocked through most of the holiday shopping season. There is a possibility some D-Day boxed sets could run out in December or January before the next shipment arrives around February 2023. There's several projects in progress for the imported line in 2023 that I'll announce when details are further along. The Pennsylvania factory that manufactures the BMC Toys Classic product line (and now Tim Mee Toy) has been very busy over the past couple of months after moving to a larger building. Lots of popular items are back in...

The imported BMC Toys 'American Hero' shipment has arrived and includes the new WW2 Flag set, Alamo color variant, and Juno Beach restock with new English/French header card art for our Canadian friends: The 'American Hero' product line should be well-stocked into early next year, and I'm working on next production order to arrive around February 2023. New molds have been ordered for the BMC Yorktown Hessians and I'm considering a Yorktown Boxed Playset revival. The new Hessian mold will include 8 figures with duplicate kneeling and standing firing poses: Production at the new factory in Old Forge, Pennsylvania is...

We get lots of questions every month, here's some Q&A from July 2023: Q: Are there any plans in the works to resurrect the Battle of the Little Big Horn Teepees?A: There's no plans yet, but it is a project I'd like to do. Q: I've been looking to purchase some Tim Mee Toy products, but the ones in question are the color blue; I noticed that the only army men in this color are packaged with black-colored soldiers or with a tan helicopter. Is it possible that when production resumes, that 48-piece Blue Army Men packs can be sold...

We get lots of questions every month, so I thought a compilation of questions and answers might be good way to share some information and updates: Q: Hi, I'm sure you guys get tons of emails about this, but what happened to the Boley M60 tank and will it ever come back? I saw you made a newsletter for it, but I saw it's pretty old now.A: The original molds for the Boley M60 tank are not available. Making a new M60 tank toy is still a project I'd like to do, but can't provide a timeline yet. Folks can...

JoAnn Marie Ortloff, Fleet Master Chief, USN, Retired The Navy’s first female Numbered Fleet Command Master Chief when assigned to Commander, U.S. THIRD Fleet, 2009-2012. The Navy’s first female U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa Fleet Master Chief, May 2012-April 2015. The most senior enlisted active-duty female in the Navy at the time of her retirement in 2015. Branch of Service: United States Navy Rate/Rank: Fleet Master Chief, USN, Retired Dates of Service: 1982 – 2015 Birthplace: Suffern, New York Current Residence: Bullhead City, Arizona Spouse: Rich Ortloff Photos courtesy of FLTCM JoAnn Ortloff: JoAnn Marie Ortloff, Fleet Master Chief,...