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I’m a 60-year-old Aspergic gardening CAD-Monkey. Sardonic, cynical and with the political leanings of a social reformer, I’m also a toy and model figure collector, particularly interested in the history of plastics and plastic toys. Other interests are history, current affairs, modern art, and architecture, gardening and natural history. I love plain chocolate, fireworks and trees, but I don’t hug them, I do hug kittens. I hate ignorance, when it can be avoided, so I hate the 'educational' establishment and pity the millions they’ve failed with teaching-to-test and rote 'learning' and I hate the short-sighted stupidity of the entire ruling/industrial elite, with their planet destroying fascism and added “buy-one-get-one-free”. Likewise, I also have no time for fools and little time for the false crap we're all supposed to pretend we haven't noticed, or the games we're supposed to play. I will 'bite the hand that feeds', to remind it why it feeds.

Sunday, August 19, 2018

C is for Cloned Chinasaurs

This little lot came in from a charity shop a few weeks ago, and are interesting for two reasons, firstly, I think they are the Jaru set (one of the Jaru sets) Brian Berke has previously sent to the blog as shelfies . . .

1 #1655 #1679 Jaru Plastic Toy Dinosaurs Made In China 12 Dinos; 15 Dino's; 29275; Animal Toys; Dinosaur Model Kits; Dinosaur Models; Dinosaurs; Explore Planet Earth; Ja-Ru Toys; Jaru Toys; Plastic Animals; Plastic Dinosaurs; Plastic Figurines; Play Dinos; Polyethylene Toy Figures; Rack Toy; Rack Toy Month; RTM; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Toy Dinosaurs;
. . . namely the Explore Planet Earth 12 Dinos Play Dinos (#1679) sets. Brian has also sent us shelfies of a fifteen-piece set (#1655).

2 #1655 #1679 Jaru Plastic Toy Dinosaurs Made In China DSCN8727 12 Dinos; 15 Dino's; 29275; Animal Toys; Dinosaur Model Kits; Dinosaur Models; Dinosaurs; Explore Planet Earth; Ja-Ru Toys; Jaru Toys; Plastic Animals; Plastic Dinosaurs; Plastic Figurines; Play Dinos; Polyethylene Toy Figures; Rack Toy; Rack Toy Month; RTM; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Toy Dinosaurs;
Secondly, because while it wasn’t' clear from the shelfies, each dinosaurs appears to have been pantographed in two (or three) sizes to create family groups (if you get a large enough sample!) of indentikit Chinasaurs!

3 #1655 #1679 Jaru Plastic Toy Dinosaurs Made In China Dippy Dino's 1 12 Dinos; 15 Dino's; 29275; Animal Toys; Dinosaur Model Kits; Dinosaur Models; Dinosaurs; Explore Planet Earth; Ja-Ru Toys; Jaru Toys; Plastic Animals; Plastic Dinosaurs; Plastic Figurines; Play Dinos; Polyethylene Toy Figures; Rack Toy; Rack Toy Month; RTM; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Toy Dinosaurs;
As a fan of Dimetrodons I'm well pleased with these two fiery additions to the collection, but a further observation I think I made at the time of the original posts is that I'm pretty sure these are old 1970's 'HONG KONG' moulds dug-out and re-run with a variety of China marks?

4 #1655 #1679 Jaru Plastic Toy Dinosaurs Made In China 001 12 Dinos; 15 Dino's; 29275; Animal Toys; Dinosaur Model Kits; Dinosaur Models; Dinosaurs; Explore Planet Earth; Ja-Ru Toys; Jaru Toys; Plastic Animals; Plastic Dinosaurs; Plastic Figurines; Play Dinos; Polyethylene Toy Figures; Rack Toy; Rack Toy Month; RTM; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Toy Dinosaurs;
Three of this sample were singles but some of them can be seen in Brian's shots, in other sizes; the triceratops with lop-sided horns (in orange) for instance. Also there seems to be more paint involved in my purchase-sample than the bagged sets, particularly the 12-dino set, although the stegosauruses are the same.

Speaking of the 'Steggie', he's the one I'm sure was around when we were kids, I definitely remember that arrow-head and the way the double-row of spine-plates have been achieved by a single row bent alternately to either side, allowing for a simpler mould . . . classic rack-toys!

5 #1655 #1679 Jaru Plastic Toy Dinosaurs Made In China DSCN8734 12 Dinos; 15 Dino's; 29275; Animal Toys; Dinosaur Model Kits; Dinosaur Models; Dinosaurs; Explore Planet Earth; Ja-Ru Toys; Jaru Toys; Plastic Animals; Plastic Dinosaurs; Plastic Figurines; Play Dinos; Polyethylene Toy Figures; Rack Toy; Rack Toy Month; RTM; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Toy Dinosaurs;
The whole sample - which I'm assuming is either a near complete set or the contents of multiple sets - is of twelve dinosaurs, although the flying dino's and larger sauropods seen in the bagged-sets are missing.

There are two large, three medium-large, three medium-small and four smallies, whether all pose/sculpts come in all four size brackets remains to be seen? I suspect 3 sizes per-animal; with some starting bigger and some finishing smaller.

Prior to the last few years, I only collected smaller dinosaurs, but they will give us a clue as to whether they were HK-marked, when they turn up - I haven't seen them yet!

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