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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.

Monday, November 5, 2018

F is for Foreign Fellows on Phut-phuts

Heay, I don't care - anything for an alliterative heading, me!

So soon after the last two-wheeled round-up, but I was re-jigging the garage stuff to make room and found several boxes I was happy to re-acquainted myself with, including the motorcycles box, and so we're back to them with a quick look at some of the larger ones from foreign makers.

Collecting Toy Soldiers; Early Motorbike Toys; Military Motorbike; Military Motorcycle; Motorbike; Motorcycle; Motorcycle Rider; Motorcycle Toys; Motorcycles; New Ray NR Bike; Plastic Model Motorbike; Plastic Model Motorcycles; Plastic Novelty; Reisler Army Motorbike; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Teixedo Motorbike; Vintage Plastic Figures; Vintage Plastic Soldiers; Vintage Toy Figures; Vintage Toy Soldiers; Vintage Toys; Airfix Motorbike; Airfix Toy Soldiers; Atlantic German Motorbike; Atlantic Motorcycle; BMW R75; Chinese Motorcycles; Chinese Toy Soldiers; Danish Toy Figures; Early Airfix Toys; Juguetes Teixido; Made In America; Made in China; Made in Denmark; Made in England; Made In Italy; Made in Spain; Made In The USA; Manuel Sotorres; New Ray Motorbike; New Ray Motorcycle; Pyro Motorcycle; Pyro Toys; Reisler Motorcycle; Reisler Toy Soldiers; Teixidore; Torres Maltas; Zündapp KS 750;
Across the North Sea Reisler were turning this out in various guises including civil and police colours as well as the 'Friendly' (with rider) and 'Enemy' (abandoned!) force colours seen here. Made from an early polystyrene, it has a soft, warmness to the touch and a naturally glossy finish, to which they added minimal paint-highlights.

Collecting Toy Soldiers; Early Motorbike Toys; Military Motorbike; Military Motorcycle; Motorbike; Motorcycle; Motorcycle Rider; Motorcycle Toys; Motorcycles; New Ray NR Bike; Plastic Model Motorbike; Plastic Model Motorcycles; Plastic Novelty; Reisler Army Motorbike; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Teixedo Motorbike; Vintage Plastic Figures; Vintage Plastic Soldiers; Vintage Toy Figures; Vintage Toy Soldiers; Vintage Toys; Airfix Motorbike; Airfix Toy Soldiers; Atlantic German Motorbike; Atlantic Motorcycle; BMW R75; Chinese Motorcycles; Chinese Toy Soldiers; Danish Toy Figures; Early Airfix Toys; Juguetes Teixido; Made In America; Made in China; Made in Denmark; Made in England; Made In Italy; Made in Spain; Made In The USA; Manuel Sotorres; New Ray Motorbike; New Ray Motorcycle; Pyro Motorcycle; Pyro Toys; Reisler Motorcycle; Reisler Toy Soldiers; Teixidore; Torres Maltas; Zündapp KS 750;
Some Spanish outfit - I'd better not try ID'ing them in case it says something else in TJF's bookie-wook, leading him to another on-line rage'gasm. In the shot bottom-right, you can see the holes present in all machines for a side-car, and both variants seem relatively common, sharing the swoppet elements of figures by Manuel Sotorres with the moveable arms also seen on the smaller figures from Torres Maltas, this rider though has more in common with the larger output credited to Juguetes Teixido . . . damn! Committed myself . . . helmets on!

Collecting Toy Soldiers; Early Motorbike Toys; Military Motorbike; Military Motorcycle; Motorbike; Motorcycle; Motorcycle Rider; Motorcycle Toys; Motorcycles; New Ray NR Bike; Plastic Model Motorbike; Plastic Model Motorcycles; Plastic Novelty; Reisler Army Motorbike; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Teixedo Motorbike; Vintage Plastic Figures; Vintage Plastic Soldiers; Vintage Toy Figures; Vintage Toy Soldiers; Vintage Toys; Airfix Motorbike; Airfix Toy Soldiers; Atlantic German Motorbike; Atlantic Motorcycle; BMW R75; Chinese Motorcycles; Chinese Toy Soldiers; Danish Toy Figures; Early Airfix Toys; Juguetes Teixido; Made In America; Made in China; Made in Denmark; Made in England; Made In Italy; Made in Spain; Made In The USA; Manuel Sotorres; New Ray Motorbike; New Ray Motorcycle; Pyro Motorcycle; Pyro Toys; Reisler Motorcycle; Reisler Toy Soldiers; Teixidore; Torres Maltas; Zündapp KS 750;
From the land of Uncle Sam came this rather nice machine, sans rider, a Harley' or an Indian? Milwaukee steel-horse anyway! Made by Pyro as part of their dime-store military range and also included in some of the larger 'big-box' sets, it never had a rider as far as I know and was out of scale (larger) than most of the other vehicles in the range.

Collecting Toy Soldiers; Early Motorbike Toys; Military Motorbike; Military Motorcycle; Motorbike; Motorcycle; Motorcycle Rider; Motorcycle Toys; Motorcycles; New Ray NR Bike; Plastic Model Motorbike; Plastic Model Motorcycles; Plastic Novelty; Reisler Army Motorbike; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Teixedo Motorbike; Vintage Plastic Figures; Vintage Plastic Soldiers; Vintage Toy Figures; Vintage Toy Soldiers; Vintage Toys; Airfix Motorbike; Airfix Toy Soldiers; Atlantic German Motorbike; Atlantic Motorcycle; BMW R75; Chinese Motorcycles; Chinese Toy Soldiers; Danish Toy Figures; Early Airfix Toys; Juguetes Teixido; Made In America; Made in China; Made in Denmark; Made in England; Made In Italy; Made in Spain; Made In The USA; Manuel Sotorres; New Ray Motorbike; New Ray Motorcycle; Pyro Motorcycle; Pyro Toys; Reisler Motorcycle; Reisler Toy Soldiers; Teixidore; Torres Maltas; Zündapp KS 750;
Covering Germany from Italy, comes this crude'ish sculpt which can be taken as a BMW R75 or Zündapp KS 750 due to the front forks being an accurate rendition of neither!

The Atlantic figures are stiff and the machine is chunky, and I think my back-seat may be a battlefield modification from an anti-aircraft mounting . . . you can't win 'em-all! This is a later issue in a leery colour, probably from the blister-packs with collector stickers.

Collecting Toy Soldiers; Early Motorbike Toys; Military Motorbike; Military Motorcycle; Motorbike; Motorcycle; Motorcycle Rider; Motorcycle Toys; Motorcycles; New Ray NR Bike; Plastic Model Motorbike; Plastic Model Motorcycles; Plastic Novelty; Reisler Army Motorbike; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Teixedo Motorbike; Vintage Plastic Figures; Vintage Plastic Soldiers; Vintage Toy Figures; Vintage Toy Soldiers; Vintage Toys; Airfix Motorbike; Airfix Toy Soldiers; Atlantic German Motorbike; Atlantic Motorcycle; BMW R75; Chinese Motorcycles; Chinese Toy Soldiers; Danish Toy Figures; Early Airfix Toys; Juguetes Teixido; Made In America; Made in China; Made in Denmark; Made in England; Made In Italy; Made in Spain; Made In The USA; Manuel Sotorres; New Ray Motorbike; New Ray Motorcycle; Pyro Motorcycle; Pyro Toys; Reisler Motorcycle; Reisler Toy Soldiers; Teixidore; Torres Maltas; Zündapp KS 750;
From 'Chye-Nah' as the Orange Loon refers to them; comes a modern road-bike/tourer type with 3-spoke alloy wheels, a camouflage paint-job and convoy/escort beacon. New Ray's is a lovely model but the equally well sculpted (yet rather over-burdened - given his storage pannier's size!) rider cannot be made to hold the diminutive handle-bars which is a pain and something which should have been sorted-out at the production stage; maybe he's from another machine?

Collecting Toy Soldiers; Early Motorbike Toys; Military Motorbike; Military Motorcycle; Motorbike; Motorcycle; Motorcycle Rider; Motorcycle Toys; Motorcycles; New Ray NR Bike; Plastic Model Motorbike; Plastic Model Motorcycles; Plastic Novelty; Reisler Army Motorbike; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Teixedo Motorbike; Vintage Plastic Figures; Vintage Plastic Soldiers; Vintage Toy Figures; Vintage Toy Soldiers; Vintage Toys; Airfix Motorbike; Airfix Toy Soldiers; Atlantic German Motorbike; Atlantic Motorcycle; BMW R75; Chinese Motorcycles; Chinese Toy Soldiers; Danish Toy Figures; Early Airfix Toys; Juguetes Teixido; Made In America; Made in China; Made in Denmark; Made in England; Made In Italy; Made in Spain; Made In The USA; Manuel Sotorres; New Ray Motorbike; New Ray Motorcycle; Pyro Motorcycle; Pyro Toys; Reisler Motorcycle; Reisler Toy Soldiers; Teixidore; Torres Maltas; Zündapp KS 750;
A few more shots of the New Ray pairing!

Collecting Toy Soldiers; Early Motorbike Toys; Military Motorbike; Military Motorcycle; Motorbike; Motorcycle; Motorcycle Rider; Motorcycle Toys; Motorcycles; New Ray NR Bike; Plastic Model Motorbike; Plastic Model Motorcycles; Plastic Novelty; Reisler Army Motorbike; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Teixedo Motorbike; Vintage Plastic Figures; Vintage Plastic Soldiers; Vintage Toy Figures; Vintage Toy Soldiers; Vintage Toys; Airfix Motorbike; Airfix Toy Soldiers; Atlantic German Motorbike; Atlantic Motorcycle; BMW R75; Chinese Motorcycles; Chinese Toy Soldiers; Danish Toy Figures; Early Airfix Toys; Juguetes Teixido; Made In America; Made in China; Made in Denmark; Made in England; Made In Italy; Made in Spain; Made In The USA; Manuel Sotorres; New Ray Motorbike; New Ray Motorcycle; Pyro Motorcycle; Pyro Toys; Reisler Motorcycle; Reisler Toy Soldiers; Teixidore; Torres Maltas; Zündapp KS 750;
Warh! Err . . . Well . . . , this isn't foreign, what's it doing in this post? Someone must have sneaked it in here to advertise another post? Ah! That's it; check this out . . . Airfix, don't you know!

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