A couple of sets here which could have been part of something much bigger and more long-lived, as far as toy lines or concepts go, but which was aimed at the casual 'tourist' pound and priced way beyond true rack toys despite being 'only' rack toys, and pretty scant ones at that!
One blistered from the common Disney mall-shops, a card-back shared
with two of the other sets in this four set line, the other (the fourth) windowed
and apparently a Disney Theme Park
exclusive, I have no way of verifying that and one needs to remember that the
gift shops in those places are some of the busiest, highest turnover retail
spaces on the planet, so 'Limited Edition' it 'aint!
I got it for the motorbike! I haven't taken
a tape measure to them but they are sort of 35/40mm, not the 54mm they were
passed off as by someone a while ago, not that there are many people who would
make such a fundamental error (as fact), indeed, I can only think of two, and
it was one of them!
Not so sure about the candy-pink sand
though, especially as it doesn't match the tan bases of the other set! I think these
are the third movie's characters?
While these are from the 1st movie; Raiders
of the Lost Ark, the other two sets were single vehicles, the vaguely Blom und
Voss from 'raiders and the WWI tank from Lost Ark, with stroppy, pouting 'ex'
in tow
Basically between the four sets you have
everything you need to reproduce the two most iconic scenes from both the
'German' movies, the fight at the 'plane and the tank chase. I didn't measure them and they are back in the garage now, but they are approximately 30/35mm, not the 54mm indicated by TJF's sidekick a year or two ago!
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