MINIATURE HOME TOWNS WANTED

MINIATURE UNIVERSE . ORG

We are advocates for the production and sale of one-sixth representations of an earlier era for inclusion in dioramas, model railroads, and forced perspective displays

Realistic male 12-inch figures (male action figures) --- The problem with them in the past has been that either they are dressed to kill (literally) in military uniforms and battle dress OR they look like pretty-boy participants in a high-style fashion show. We’d like to see real men in work clothes or every-day street clothes.

Realistic female 11½-inch figures --- Barbie-size figures BUT not Barbie-style, who all too often have that exaggerated swan-neck, too-pink, fake look --- just what we suppose appeals as play dolls to little girls, but not what you would see on an average American street in an average American home town setting. Can anyone get this right?

Vehicles: die-cast cars, not 1:18 size, but 1:6 size

Buildings: An excellent opportunity for some artisan or manufacturer to make and sell stores, offices, apartment houses, and all the other town buildings found in the average hometown. One could even live with false front background flats.

Houses: Finally, some doll houses are being sold in 1:6 (2 inches to the foot) size. See the beautiful examples sold by Shrunken Treasures.

Clothing appropriate to the era --- what your parents and grandparents wore to go out into the street.

Furniture: Again, Shrunken Treasures seems to be featuring some attractive wooden and upholstered furniture that one is not embarrassed to place in those great Victorian and mid-20th century houses.

Model trolleys in 2-inch-to-the-foot scale --- Where are the great trolley modelers of East Penn Traction, now that we really need them?