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Sales list. Please note that this page works differently from most of the other sales pages!
All of the photographs show the actual items for sale, and in most cases, they are the only figures in that pose that Ponylope has available. Sorry to say, but there is no stockroom full of these old soldiers! If you would like to see another view of any figure, Ponylope can e-mail photos on request — just ask! Numbers are taken from Richard O'Brien's Collecting American Made Toy Soldiers, 3rd ed., 1997. No breaks, splits, cracks, chips, repairs, significant paint wear, or deterioration of the plastic [unless noted].
Individual Hard Plastic Figures
BT 1 Machine Gunner BT 2 Infantryman Charging
Armed forces from the War to End All Wars.
Khaki BT 1 SOLD
Brown BT 1 $4 Green base has some melted areas around the feet.
BT 2 $2 End of barrel is missing; warped base.
BT 3 Hand Grenade Thrower
Two figures in a common Bergen pose, with uncommon marbled bases. Both are khaki; color in photo is off.
BT 3A $8 Gray/blue/brown marbled base.
BT 3B $8 Green/white marbled base, with a speck or two of red.
BT 4 Munitions Carrier
Light khaki uniform color, with marbled bases.
BT 4A1 $8 Gray/blue/cream marbled base.
BT 4A2 $8 Green/cream marbled base.
BT 4A3 $8 Sky blue/cream marbled base.
BT 4 Munitions Carrier
The khaki color on these Munitions Carriers is a little darker than the ones above.
BT 4B1 $6 Dark green base.
BT 4B2 $6 Yellow base.
BT 4B3 $6 Blue base.
BT 6 Machine Gunner in Prone Shooting Position
A nice group of prone machine gunners with painted weapons. All have pink-painted faces.
BT 6A $5 With red-brown machine gun.
BT 6B $5 Black machine gun, light olive uniform.
BT 6C SOLD
BT 7 Signaller, Left Hand Down
Classic Signallers, with flags in different colors.
Brown BT 7 $4 Blue flags; base is warped and figure leans forward slightly.
Khaki BT 7 $5 Red-and-silver flags, silver helmet. Back of base has had some plastic trimmed away.
BT 9 Rifleman, Shooting Position
A dynamic pose with rifle to the shoulder.
Brown/silver BT 9 $5 Green base (not blue). Silver helmet.
Khaki/black on blue BT 9 $3 Gray-blue/orange marbled base. Excess glue on feet.
BT 9 Rifleman, Shooting Position
Two figures with weapons highlighted in color.
Khaki/red BT 9 $5 The red paint may not be original.
Khaki/brown on blue BT 9 $5 Rifle is red brown and obviously original paint.
BT 11 Infantryman with Field Glasses
Three figures in excellent condition.
BT 11A $5 Reddish khaki color, on green base. Brown field glasses.
BT 11B SOLD
BT 11C $8 Khaki/cream marbled uniform; black base with light streaks.
BT 12 Rifleman, Marching Position BT 15 Infantryman Charging
Old soldiers never die, they just get a bit scruffy.
Brown BT 12 $1 Black painted details; green base (warped). Rifle is short, and there’s flashing.
Reddish BT 12 $2 Reddish wash over khaki uniform; green base; warped rifle.
BT 15 SOLD
BT 13 Infantryman, Saluting
Here are a variety of infantrymen saluting -- diversity in the ranks!
BT 13A $4 Unusual khaki/black marbling on the uniform. Pale green base.
BT 13B $2 Base is closer to emerald green.
BT 13C $2 Base is flat, but figure leans to his left. The pocket has been painted or colored with
marker. Emerald green base.
BT 13D $2 Surface of the figure is not glossy. Khaki/black marbled base.
BT 14 Signaller, Left Hand Across Body
Two figures in the same pose, with quite different looks.
Khaki BT 14 SOLD
Dark Green BT 14 $6 Larger and thicker bodied than the khaki figure. At least some of the
pink face paint is a later addition.
BT 16 Drummer
Four drummers, but no buglers to match.
BT 16A $5 Milk chocolate brown uniform. Brown/red marbled base, slightly warped.
BT 16B $6 Green base. An interesting variation with drum, drumsticks, and other details painted black.
BT 16C $6 Pink paint on drum shows a scrape.
BT 16D $3 Warped base.
BT 17 Machine Gunner, Kneeling
Machine gunners in a typical khaki and a more rarely seen rich, dark green.
Khaki BT 17 SOLD
Dark Green BT 17 $5 Nice condition.
Hard Plastic Copies of Beton Figures
Copies by Plastic Toys, Inc.
Plastic Toys copied nine (or possibly 10) of the Beton World War I poses. How the manufacturer
referred to its figures is not known, so Ponylope has adapted the names and numbers Beton used for
its poses, substituting the prefix PT in place of BT.
PT 1 Machine Gunner
The deep red brown of the center gunner is unusual for Plastic Toys.
Khaki PT 1A $5 Has a bit of pink face paint on right lapel.
Red Brown PT 1 SOLD
Khaki PT 1B SOLD
PT 1 Machine Gunner
Three matte-finish machine gunners in olive drab.
Olive PT 1A $5
Olive PT 1B $5
Olive PT 1C $4 Front of helmet, face, and upper body are less smooth than on the other figures.
PT 1 Machine Gunner
Two high-gloss olive green soldiers in fine condition.
Olive PT 1D $5
Olive PT 1E $5
PT 3 Hand Grenade Thrower
Painted detail on these grenade throwers rivals Beton’s.
Brown PT 3A SOLD
Brown PT 3B SOLD
PT 3 Hand Grenade Thrower PT 6 Machine Gunner, Prone
The range in appearance makes these grenade throwers seem to have come from different molds entirely.
The Machine Gunner in Prone Shooting Position has been differentiated from Beton’s by the sprues on its heels
and the full, undented helmet.
Dark Olive PT 3 $5 Glossy finish; slightly larger.
Olive PT 3A $5 Matte finish.
Olive PT 3B SOLD
Olive PT 3C $7 Unusual verdigris colored helmet ; slightly smaller
Olive PT 6 $5 Glossy.
PT 8 Bugler
Brown PT 8A $5
Brown PT 8B $5
Brown PT 8C SOLD
PT 8 Bugler
Brown PT 8D SOLD
Brown PT 8E $5
PT 9 Rifleman, Shooting Position PT 17 Machine Gunner Kneeling
This khaki color has a mustard overtone
Khaki PT 9 SOLD
Khaki PT 17 SOLD
PT 10 Rifleman, Marching Position
A rank of marching troops.
Brown PT 10A $2 Arched back; pulled from the mold too soon?
Brown PT 10B $2 More pronounced arch in back.
Brown PT 10C $2 Rifle tip is misshaped.
Brown PT 10D $4 Best of group.
PT 10 Rifleman, Marching Position
Straight backs and deeper black details than the above.
Brown PT 10E $4
Brown PT 10F $4
Brown PT 10G $4
PT 10 Rifleman, Marching Position
Marching soldiers in olive drab.
Olive PT 10A $4
Olive PT 10B $4
Olive PT 10C $4
PT 17 Kneeling Machine Gunner
These pale shades of hard plastic kneeling machine gunner were of later production.
Yellow PT 17 $2 Some playwear on the edges.
Gray PT 17 $2 Mild playwear.
PT 17 Kneeling Machine Gunner PT 1 Machine Gunner
The black and pink detailing is richer than on some of the Plastic Toys poses.
Brown PT 17A $2 Will need help standing.
Brown PT 17B SOLD
Brown PT 1C SOLD
PT 17 Kneeling Machine Gunner PT 1 Machine Gunner
PT 3 Grenade Thrower PT 10 Rifleman Marching
Pictured is a matching quartet of soldiers in a beautiful khaki color with no accent paint.
Khaki PT 17 $4
Khaki PT 3 $4
Khaki PT 1 $4
Khaki PT 10 $4
Copies by Reliable Plastics Company
Reliable was a Toronto company that may have leased the rights to produce Beton figures in Canada. How
the manufacturer referred to its figures is not known, so Ponylope has adapted the names and numbers
Beton used for its poses, substituting the prefix RP in place of BT.
RP 3 Hand Grenade Thrower
The bases on Reliable figures are marked with a square enclosing the letters R and P above each other
on the diagonal, plus the words MADE IN CANADA.
RP 3A $10
RP 3B $10
RP 11 Infantryman with Field Glasses RP 5 Infantryman with Gas Mask
Two more nice Reliable poses. These are on marbled light green bases.
RP 11 SOLD
RP 5 SOLD
Individual Vinyl Figures
Beton Copies by Reliable Plastics Company
Five figures in all five poses made by Reliable of Canada.
Three come in a yellowish olive soft plastic; two in regular
olive soft plastic. See detail with company marking on back.
The Grenade Thrower and the Machine Gunner are not marked,
but are easily identifiable by the thin, oval base.
Each $8 A little played-with, but no missing parts.
Beton Sets
BT 121A Landing Barge
“No doughboy ever experienced a more dramatic moment than that fateful instant when, crouched tense below
the gunwale of a chugging cockle-shell landing craft, he felt and heard the grating of its bottom beneath his
knees and realized it was time to UP-and-AWAY . . . down the swaying ramp onto a hostile beach! This colorful Landing Barge in attractive individual carton, creates a perfect illusion, even for seasoned veterans.”
From the Beton Archives.
The accessories and packaging that Beton made have not fared well over the years. Many were made of
lightweight, printed chipboard, which easily became soiled, worn, brittle, or otherwise damaged. Pieces in
good shape are very hard to find. This barge is about average, being complete but showing its age. The
six soldiers included are all in various stages of deterioration. I do not know if they are the original
figures, nor if there were others in addition. Deploy your own as a relief party!
BT 121A Landing Barge set $25
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