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Trains and Toy Soldiers carries a wide range of figurines and collectibles, produced with a diverse range of methods. This week, we’re featuring our collection of die-cast toys and learning about the die-casting process. Peruse our die-cast vehicles and figurines on our website!Image: Clint Bowyer 2013 Hoto Stealth #15 5-Hour Energy 1:24 Nascar Die-cast. Available from Trains and Toy Soldiers.Die-casting refers to any toy or collectible model...

Children (and all people) have different styles of learning, strengths, and intelligences. Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences asserts that “human beings have a number of relatively discrete intellectual capacities” (MI Oasis), which contradicts the standard psychological view of intellect that purports that there is one single intelligence (that which can be measured by IQ tests). According to MI Oasis, there are two primary s...

Trains currently transport around 40% of the world’s cargo (Train History), not to mention their prominence in travel and commuting. Trains date back hundreds of years. There was likely a Diolkos paved trackway between 6 and 8.5km long that transported boats across the Isthmus of Corinth in Greece from around 600 BC. Wheeled vehicles pulled by people and animals ran in grooves in limestone, which provided the track element, preventing the wa...

This week in our history and product spotlight, we're focusing on Vikings.“Vikings were Scandinavians, who from the late 8th to late 11th centuries, raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of Europe, and explored westwards to Iceland, Greenland, and Vinland. The term is also commonly extended in modern English and other vernaculars to include the inhabitants of Norse home communities during what has become...

The Delhi Durbar was an Indian imperial style mass assembly organized by the British at Coronation Park, Delhi, India, to mark the succession of an Emperor or Empress of India. Also known as the Imperial Durbar, it was held three times (in 1877, 1903, and 1911) at the height of the British Empire. The last Durbar was held on December 12, 1911, to mark the coronation of King George V, and cost over £1 million.Durbar of 1877Called the "Procl...