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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.

Saturday, February 22, 2020

T is for Toy Fair 2020 Reports - Zimply Kids (Simba Group)

And so to the free sachet of 'stuff' I got at Toy Fair 2020, which I'm not going to experiment with; it looks like a prime way to piss-off the water utility!

2020 Toy Fair; Animals; Arctic expedition; Dino Pack; Dinosaur Models; Fantasy Land; Fantasy Pack; free sachet; Gelli Play; Gelli Worlds; Kensington Olympia Toy Fair; London Toy Fair 2020; Simba Group; Slime Play; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Sno Play; Snoball Play; Toy Animals; Toy Dinosaurs; Toy Fair 2020; Water Into Goo; Zimply Kids;
This is Gelli Play from Zimply Kids, there is also Snoball Play (the above - colourless) and Slime Play (smooth consistency).Although, if you have kids or are looking to entertain the grandkid's on a sunny day, I recon a packet of wallpaper-paste (or bulk-gelatine for the slime) and some food dye is all you'll need, but god-help the goldfish!

2020 Toy Fair; Animals; Arctic expedition; Dino Pack; Dinosaur Models; Fantasy Land; Fantasy Pack; free sachet; Gelli Play; Gelli Worlds; Kensington Olympia Toy Fair; London Toy Fair 2020; Simba Group; Slime Play; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Sno Play; Snoball Play; Toy Animals; Toy Dinosaurs; Toy Fair 2020; Water Into Goo; Zimply Kids;
But . . . the play-sets have figurines in them which may be of interest to some readers, although I think most of them are common'ish generics, but they may be unique sub-copies? For instance, here, the polar bears are an old sculpt from the 1960's and the penguin looks like either the Henbrandt one or the D&D Distributors one?

And - although I can only see one seal, it looks like you get two-each of four animals - these shots were taken at the end of the day and a lot of play had happened in my absence, the 'other' seal may have wandered off, or been wandered!

2020 Toy Fair; Animals; Arctic expedition; Dino Pack; Dinosaur Models; Fantasy Land; Fantasy Pack; free sachet; Gelli Play; Gelli Worlds; Kensington Olympia Toy Fair; London Toy Fair 2020; Simba Group; Slime Play; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Sno Play; Snoball Play; Toy Animals; Toy Dinosaurs; Toy Fair 2020; Water Into Goo; Zimply Kids;
This is the slime gell, which as hinted at above, I suspect is a gelatine based product (which would therefore be unsuitable for vegetarians?) and again it looks like the items are paired although it's not so obvious from the pack's artwork, but artwork often differs from final contents and the pack is a Gelli pack not a slime pack!

2020 Toy Fair; Animals; Arctic expedition; Dino Pack; Dinosaur Models; Fantasy Land; Fantasy Pack; free sachet; Gelli Play; Gelli Worlds; Kensington Olympia Toy Fair; London Toy Fair 2020; Simba Group; Slime Play; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Sno Play; Snoball Play; Toy Animals; Toy Dinosaurs; Toy Fair 2020; Water Into Goo; Zimply Kids;
Here we get an extra tree in the display, but not the artwork, so overall it would seem you get 2x4 items in each of some of the larger sets, and they are reasonable figures which even if you don' go looking for them, will soon start to turn-up in mixed lots on feebleBay or in charity/thrift shops?

Mucky stuff from Zimply Kids!

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