Rather than the splayed-legs and 'up the
jacksey' of a lot of these figural pencil-tops (He-Man, DC superheroes, The A-Team's BA Baracas), this one has
been given a Dalek 'skirt' to hide his modesty! And - despite being a
several-generations-down-the-line clone - you can still clearly see the Britains Herald DNA in the pose.
40mm from the bottom of the Dalek skirt to
the top of the Busby and originally manufactured in a softish PVC, which is
hardening with age.
Further to the Hilco post I found a pin and it fits, I know it looks as bit loose in
the photograph, but I can assure you it fits snuggly, like a glove, settling-in
with a nice, satisfying click! I suspect however the original was a little
longer though; this is a standard, modern seamstress's pin.
When we were kids (those of you of a
certain age will remember, but for the younger loyal readers-) there used to be
charity 'flag days', where you gave to a representative in the street with a
donation and were given a token of your gesture (a bit like WHW!), usually a flag (I remember white
ensigns for the RNLI and wings for the RAF Benevolent Fund), and they had
longer pins to deal with the paper/flag and the giver's lapel, I suspect Hilco used one of those for a slightly
more realistic length? The pinned-flags were replaced in the 1980's with
stickers, and then - in recent times - the dreaded, door-stepping 'chuggers'.
They may well have blunted the end though?
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