La Breille les Pins, a very unusual little town!
This small town, which has a population of 600, has several unusual features. In addition, every year, on the third Sunday of August, the town organises a country festival on the edge of a large body of water where an epic 2CV race takes place! Yes, the 2CVs race on the water! And then, there is what we call "toy soldiers"...
toy soldiers and collectible figurines...
The company CBG Mignot, created in 1825, has been established in Anjou since 1994.
It perpetuates the great tradition of toy soldiers.
Indeed, each figurine is cast, assembled and painted by hand, with the meticulousness of the smallest details. Therefore, if historical accuracy is scrupulously respected, no two figurines are strictly similar!
Under these conditions, the production is rather slow, which induces rarity, to the delight of the collector!
Countless themes...
The themes represented are extremely varied.
We find, of course, military themes, from antiquity to the present day.
But there are also civil themes, including, for example, Impressionist painters, civilians under the Napoleonic Empire, the evocation of different trades, the Cadre Noir de Saumur, the Tour de France, etc...
The unusual visit of the workshop
In these conditions, a visit to the workshop is a particularly unusual moment, during which you can walk freely around the reception room and the 120 m² showroom. And considering the size of a figurine, such an exhibition area presents you many, many !
Distributors...
Of course, the Mignot company does not only sell its figurines in the small town of La Breille les Pins!
You will also find some, as far as the territory to which the "Unusual Great West" is interested is concerned, at the "Mini-Karr Collection" store, in Quimper, at "La poste du village", in Rennes, or at the "P'tit magasin bleu", in Orléans.
Finally, everyone knows that "le Grand Ouest insolite" has a big brother, namely "Grand Sud insolite" and, in the cities that it examines with a magnifying glass, we find the "Maison empereur" in Marseille, the "Sabretache" store in Toulouse, or "U Parasettu" in Monaco.
All this from a very small town in Anjou... it leaves you dreaming!
CBG Mignot
Route de Bourgueil
49390 La Breille les Pins
Tel: 02 41 38 79 77
info@cbgmignot.com
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