Wilko Heroes

Delightful 40mm-ish charging toy soldier style plastic pound store figure from Wilko Heroes range.  

A welcome Christmas gift, two bags of Wilko Heroes, which are currently not available in (my local) store and were found recently on an online auction site.

Amongst the often strangely elongated plastic figures was an interesting charging figure which has a real old fashioned toy soldier feel to the pose.

Only about five of these charging soldiers are included per bag of fifty.

This Wilko Heroes charging figure has echoes of earlier 54mm lead toy soldiers such as this repainted Britains Japanese Infantry on the left and Johillco figure on the right. 

The strangely elongated and tall Wilko Heroes – some familiar pound store poses. All around about 35 to 40 / 45 mm. 

These are well worth picking up for the charging figures alone if you ever see them, even if you don’t keep all of the other figures.

Being ‘Made in China’ pound store figures, their supply is usually very erratic but they might return again to the shelves of a pound store somewhere.

Posted by Mark, Man of TIN on the Pound Store Plastic Warriors blog, December 2016.