This one contains a copy of a French wagon
(with yet another source of Bergan/Beton-copy
horse!), a Spanish-made Indian sculpt-copy in another scale and a boat more
like those you find carved in wood, in Germany! Other sets have Comansi copies in the style of Montaplex.
It's a pocket-money, knock-off, rack-toy
isn't it . . . if you are a six or seven-year old from Catalonia who's parents
jump every time there's a knock on the door in case it's Franco's thugs or some
Catholic church-funded goons come to 're-educate' them, this Mezquita set would be a cheap, fun way
of taking your mind off life in a fascist dictatorship for a few hours!
There's only so many ways to photograph a
sealed set in a hurry, and the first shot is it! I didn't think to take
angle-shots at the time and while I can't remember where I shot it - it was a
while ago!
The 'G'
seems to have no significance beyond Mezquita
stock/production coding of some kind; other sets having 'JP' in the same panel? The price is written in the German style
with a long-headed figure-one, maybe an export to East Germany, we know the
[Fascist] Spanish of the time had no ethical problems dealing with [the Communists in]
Cuba?
The smudge (hidden by flash-reflection in
the above-published shot) may be an artist's moniker . . . Ike, Ice, Iko, Ico
or even 'Ibo'?
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