Bank of Ireland Enterprise Exhibition in Macroom Cork with Dr Eva Orsmond & Lars Edman

With a history of growing up in Scandinavia and sharing the nordic tradition of casting in white metal, Lars Edman helps Dr Eva Orsmond cast little witches from Prince August moulds (Halloween Decorations) at the recent Bank of Ireland Enterprise Exhibition in Macroom, County Cork.

There are also other Halloween decorations available too, including a Spooky Ghost, Scary Black Cat and a Jack O' Lantern Pumpkin. Each mould can be reused hundreds of times and the figures have little loops to hang them from ribbons or chains if desired.

The Toy Soldier Factory is now the oldest factory in the area, allowing customers to cast their own Halloween figures when they visit (via seasonal workshops).

RTE Nationwide coverage of the Toy Soldier Factory and Battle of Waterloo Exhibit 14th October 2015

At the start of August 2015 RTE showed interest in including our Toy Soldier Factory in one of their upcoming Nationwide programs. Several staff were interviewed and so was André Rudolph, the creator of the huge Battle of Waterloo diorama currently on exhibit in our visitor center.

Finally on October 14th 2015, the program aired and we were shown in the second half of that episode. We are very pleased with the segment and are grateful to those involved with RTE for having shared our business with the rest of their audience.

With that in mind Prince August has cut the prices of their bargain starter kits by 50% until noon on October 21st 2015 UTC+1.

Toy Soldier Factory Halloween Family Fun Day Review

Prince August Toy Soldier Factory ran on October 31st 2010 their 2nd Family Fun Day.

Hundreds of people turned up, and many children enjoyed the Cast and Paint Workshops as well as the re-enactment battles.

I made a video of one of the battles that occured during the day. The World War 2 soldier re-enactors are showing what happened late in the war when the Germans were looking for fuel for their war effort. The British are defending a fuel dump from the German riders.

The children around me had a positive reaction to the experience, cheering and laughing and generally finding the day memorable. What more can any event hope to accomplish?

If you missed out on this event, then you may wish to sign up to the Prince August Newsletter to avoid it happening again.

Prince August also has a facebook page, so if you are into this social network craze then become a fan today.

Halloween Family Fun Day: Includes World War 2 Re-enactment Battles

Event at the Toy Soldier Factory,

Kilnamartyra, Macroom, Co. Cork.

31st October 2010: 12 to 6 p.m.

Prince August is running a special event at the end of October, which includes 2 World War II re-enactment battles. Lots of events for all ages, especially young families.

Other FREE events include:

1. Cast and paint workshops (prebook 026 40344 or email info@princeaugust.ie)
2. Fastest Machinegun Assemby Competition.
3. Under 12 Fancy Dress Competition.
4. Local Crafts.
5. Facepainting.
6. Refreshments.

We ran this event last year and it was a huge success, with hundreds of families visiting and everyone had a great time.

Not sure about what a WWII RE-Enactment battle is like. Have a look at this video of similar events.

Only 5 Euro per person at gate. Family Discounts available.

Family Fun Day in Cork a huge success.

• Did you attend?
• Did your kids enjoy the free painting and casting workshops?
• Are there still traces of face paint on your childs face?
• Did you take some wacky photos beside our new mural or with our fantastic cutouts (Orcs, Hobbits, Female warriors and Elven archers.).
• Did you talk with the Roman Legionaries and WW2 Soldier re-enactors that had attended the event?

We hope that the answers to these questions are all positive ones and that the massive crowd of children that swarmed through our little factory had bucket loads of fun.

I made a flicker photostream of most of the photos I took on the day.

If you missed it then shame on you, you lost out on a great day. But you can still visit the visitor centre any day of the week and cast and paint miniatures to your heart's content.

http://www.toysoldierfactory.ie

Family Fun Day at Toy Factory Visitor Centre.

Prince August Toy Soldier Factory is running this special event on Sunday November 1st 2009.

Free Activities include:

• Cast a free metal miniature.
• Take part in a free painting workshop. (pre-book for a place 026 40344)

Lots to see in our visitor centre:

• WW2 and Roman Soldier Reinactment actors
• Soldiers
• Lord of the Rings figures
• Chess sets
• Nativity figures
• Christmas Decorations
• NEW Fairies
• NEW Fridge Magnets

Official revealing of our new fantasy wall mural.

All activities in aid of Children's Unit Mercy Hospital.

New Prince August Factory mini-website

While Prince August has been in Cork for over 30 years, we have only had a visitor centre for about 12 of those years, and every year thousands of faithful tourists make their way to our little village of Kilnamartra ('Cill Na Martra' in irish) in County Cork in Ireland and visit our factory.

We have opened up a shop and miniature gallery and give every tourist the opportunity to see a free casting demonstration, which takes about 5 minutes. This is universally enjoyed as it is very unique and a lot of fun.

I have, on occassion, even allowed some interested customers to cast, under supervision, some miniatures themselves.

To further this experience I designed a new website, linked from Prince August's main homepage, or accessed via www.toysoldierfactory.ie domain to supply any tourists all the information they might need when deciding to visit our Factory.

If anyone has any comments on the site, please contact me using the princeaugust contact emails. The Factory Visitor Centre is open 9 to 5 weekdays and additional times during June, July and August months.