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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.

Thursday, October 24, 2019

R is for Regular Round-Up - Divers Etc...

Time of one of the irregular 'regulars', namely; a quick look at the various novelty diver/bath toys which have come the way of the Blog since we last looked at such things.

Baking Powder Toy; Baking Soda Toy; Celluloid Acetate Figure; Celluloid Nitrate Figure; Celluloid Novelty; Celluloid Toys; Cellulose Acetate; Cellulose Nitrate; Diver Figure; Diver Figures; Diver Figurine; Diver Figurines; Diving Figurine; Fish Tank Model; Fish Tank Novelties; Fish Tank Ornament; Fish Tank Toy; Kellogg's Premiums; Kellogg's Submarines; Novelty Divers; Novelty Submarines; Submarine; Submarines; Tobar Divers; Tobar Diving Set; Tobar Toys;
Did I mention this the other day? It may have been in an eMail to someone, anyway this came back from September's Sandown Park toy fair with me, I think Adrian had put it to one-side for me, and it's a little charmer!

Baking Powder Toy; Baking Soda Toy; Celluloid Acetate Figure; Celluloid Nitrate Figure; Celluloid Novelty; Celluloid Toys; Cellulose Acetate; Cellulose Nitrate; Diver Figure; Diver Figures; Diver Figurine; Diver Figurines; Diving Figurine; Fish Tank Model; Fish Tank Novelties; Fish Tank Ornament; Fish Tank Toy; Kellogg's Premiums; Kellogg's Submarines; Novelty Divers; Novelty Submarines; Submarine; Submarines; Tobar Divers; Tobar Diving Set; Tobar Toys;
Around 25mm-compatible (allowing for an air-filled rubber suit), and blow-moulded celluloid or cellulose acetate (so probably Japanese), he is weighted in his feet and was probably one of the up-and-down with a cork's pressure type of bottle-novelties?

Baking Powder Toy; Baking Soda Toy; Celluloid Acetate Figure; Celluloid Nitrate Figure; Celluloid Novelty; Celluloid Toys; Cellulose Acetate; Cellulose Nitrate; Diver Figure; Diver Figures; Diver Figurine; Diver Figurines; Diving Figurine; Fish Tank Model; Fish Tank Novelties; Fish Tank Ornament; Fish Tank Toy; Kellogg's Premiums; Kellogg's Submarines; Novelty Divers; Novelty Submarines; Submarine; Submarines; Tobar Divers; Tobar Diving Set; Tobar Toys;
Not long after the little-one joined the  . . . skool? I think 'a skool of divers'! Brian B sent the shot on the left, his latest find in the cannon of air-hose, bath-toy, divers, here compared to the old packaging (on the right, also sent by Mr. Berke; a year or two ago) from the same Tobar stable.

Baking Powder Toy; Baking Soda Toy; Celluloid Acetate Figure; Celluloid Nitrate Figure; Celluloid Novelty; Celluloid Toys; Cellulose Acetate; Cellulose Nitrate; Diver Figure; Diver Figures; Diver Figurine; Diver Figurines; Diving Figurine; Fish Tank Model; Fish Tank Novelties; Fish Tank Ornament; Fish Tank Toy; Kellogg's Premiums; Kellogg's Submarines; Novelty Divers; Novelty Submarines; Submarine; Submarines; Tobar Divers; Tobar Diving Set; Tobar Toys;
Brian has also sent this in Support of the ITLAPD Captain Pugwash shot you may remember; he has shelf-captaincy of a right old motley crew of victorian sailors and deep-sea fish-tank ornaments!

Baking Powder Toy; Baking Soda Toy; Celluloid Acetate Figure; Celluloid Nitrate Figure; Celluloid Novelty; Celluloid Toys; Cellulose Acetate; Cellulose Nitrate; Diver Figure; Diver Figures; Diver Figurine; Diver Figurines; Diving Figurine; Fish Tank Model; Fish Tank Novelties; Fish Tank Ornament; Fish Tank Toy; Kellogg's Premiums; Kellogg's Submarines; Novelty Divers; Novelty Submarines; Submarine; Submarines; Tobar Divers; Tobar Diving Set; Tobar Toys;
Looking for something else I found this chap in with all the naval, marine and assault-boat stuff, when the divers have their own box, which we have pretty-much mined for it's goodies, over the years, so I thought I'd better shoot him now while he was here as it were!

Baking Powder Toy; Baking Soda Toy; Celluloid Acetate Figure; Celluloid Nitrate Figure; Celluloid Novelty; Celluloid Toys; Cellulose Acetate; Cellulose Nitrate; Diver Figure; Diver Figures; Diver Figurine; Diver Figurines; Diving Figurine; Fish Tank Model; Fish Tank Novelties; Fish Tank Ornament; Fish Tank Toy; Kellogg's Premiums; Kellogg's Submarines; Novelty Divers; Novelty Submarines; Submarine; Submarines; Tobar Divers; Tobar Diving Set; Tobar Toys;
'E has a long hole up 'is jacksey Pa! It's too thin for a pencil, so I suspect either a stick to anchor him into the aggregate at the bottom of a fish tank, or an aeration-hose for the same end-destination, as he is not dusty; those pale marks in the folds and crevices are limescale which didn't come-off with a cursory wash.

Baking Powder Toy; Baking Soda Toy; Celluloid Acetate Figure; Celluloid Nitrate Figure; Celluloid Novelty; Celluloid Toys; Cellulose Acetate; Cellulose Nitrate; Diver Figure; Diver Figures; Diver Figurine; Diver Figurines; Diving Figurine; Fish Tank Model; Fish Tank Novelties; Fish Tank Ornament; Fish Tank Toy; Kellogg's Premiums; Kellogg's Submarines; Novelty Divers; Novelty Submarines; Submarine; Submarines; Tobar Divers; Tobar Diving Set; Tobar Toys;
Finally; and because they have gone together in the past; and because I knew I'd find a use for that race-game central divider, I give you the gate-guardians at the Magical Museum of Multicoloured Miniature Mersibles, Sub.

One from Chris with all-four of its sticky-out bits intact, one from a job-lot, 'streamlined' for err . . . silent-running! And both - new colours!

Cheers A, B and C!

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