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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, October 31, 2020

H is for Halloween - Odd's and Sod's!

This is a bitty post, with everything else! Some of it came in a few days ago (thank's to Brain), some has been in Picasa since last year (and may have been seen before, some came from Peter, some from Chris (which has all got mixed-up) and I've got so confused waiting for the day I took some duplicate shots, then had to take some more a few minutes ago 'cos I hadn't done the finger puppet, so it's all a bit muddled, anyway, we'll meander through a eclectic collection of Halloween novelties:

Halloween, Odd's and Sod's, Halloween Novelties, Funworld, Charbens, Egypt, Small Scale World, Mummy, Macdonald's, PVC Substitute, Galoob Action Fleet figures, 54mm, Action-Figure, 3-Inches, 3½-Inches, 4-Inches, Ghost, Casper, Scully & Scully's, Full Moon, Bats, Owl, Crow, Good Fairy, Black Cat, Spider's Web, Witch, Crone, Skeleton, Living Tree, Ent, Ghost, Evil Gingerbread-Man, A Pile Of Pumpkins
The one we may have seen before? A couple of old header cards from the archive and branded to 'Funworld' they seems to have contained something similar to the following . . .

Halloween, Odd's and Sod's, Halloween Novelties, Funworld, Charbens, Egypt, Small Scale World, Mummy, Macdonald's, PVC Substitute, Galoob Action Fleet figures, 54mm, Action-Figure, 3-Inches, 3½-Inches, 4-Inches, Ghost, Casper, Scully & Scully's, Full Moon, Bats, Owl, Crow, Good Fairy, Black Cat, Spider's Web, Witch, Crone, Skeleton, Living Tree, Ent, Ghost, Evil Gingerbread-Man, A Pile Of Pumpkins
. . . which managed to be forgotten in the pair's post this morning (I'd accidently put them in the 'done' folder with the six images from the three collages . . . doh!) which otherwise would have T is for 8 and Four! New shelfies from Brian Berke and fortuitous I had the cards above as they made me think Where's those screamers Brian sent?! They also look like those bendies we saw a while ago, maybe the same design team?

Halloween, Odd's and Sod's, Halloween Novelties, Funworld, Charbens, Egypt, Small Scale World, Mummy, Macdonald's, PVC Substitute, Galoob Action Fleet figures, 54mm, Action-Figure, 3-Inches, 3½-Inches, 4-Inches, Ghost, Casper, Scully & Scully's, Full Moon, Bats, Owl, Crow, Good Fairy, Black Cat, Spider's Web, Witch, Crone, Skeleton, Living Tree, Ent, Ghost, Evil Gingerbread-Man, A Pile Of Pumpkins
I think these were all from Peter Evans and we'll look at the outside two in a minute, the other three are interesting, similar to the 4-4½-inch figures from Charbens, but modern and slimmer, they have quite pinched waists which suggest they may have been gripped by something or pick-up-able somehow? Anyone know what they are/where they come from?

And - more Egypt in what is definitely Egypt-year here at Small Scale World! The mummy is obvious for Halloween, the other two are more 'God & Man', and could have been blogged on another occasion, but the three definitely go together.

Halloween, Odd's and Sod's, Halloween Novelties, Funworld, Charbens, Egypt, Small Scale World, Mummy, Macdonald's, PVC Substitute, Galoob Action Fleet figures, 54mm, Action-Figure, 3-Inches, 3½-Inches, 4-Inches, Ghost, Casper, Scully & Scully's, Full Moon, Bats, Owl, Crow, Good Fairy, Black Cat, Spider's Web, Witch, Crone, Skeleton, Living Tree, Ent, Ghost, Evil Gingerbread-Man, A Pile Of Pumpkins
So, 'Bluey'; I suspect a Macdonald's or similar premium? he's a dense polypropylene and when you press down on his head his arms pop-up and he has limited articulation at the waist . . . another mummy! But still 'unknown' and clues welcome?

Halloween, Odd's and Sod's, Halloween Novelties, Funworld, Charbens, Egypt, Small Scale World, Mummy, Macdonald's, PVC Substitute, Galoob Action Fleet figures, 54mm, Action-Figure, 3-Inches, 3½-Inches, 4-Inches, Ghost, Casper, Scully & Scully's, Full Moon, Bats, Owl, Crow, Good Fairy, Black Cat, Spider's Web, Witch, Crone, Skeleton, Living Tree, Ent, Ghost, Evil Gingerbread-Man, A Pile Of Pumpkins
The other one which I think was from Peter's mixed lot, he could just be a 'phone or luggage 'dangler' who has been cut-off and knotted-back to the purple swivel, or he may have had a more significant part? He's a modern PVC substitute with articulation at the waist and shoulders only (through the neck, like Galoob Action Fleet figures), but closer to 54mm - otherwise unknown - clues welcome!

Halloween, Odd's and Sod's, Halloween Novelties, Funworld, Charbens, Egypt, Small Scale World, Mummy, Macdonald's, PVC Substitute, Galoob Action Fleet figures, 54mm, Action-Figure, 3-Inches, 3½-Inches, 4-Inches, Ghost, Casper, Scully & Scully's, Full Moon, Bats, Owl, Crow, Good Fairy, Black Cat, Spider's Web, Witch, Crone, Skeleton, Living Tree, Ent, Ghost, Evil Gingerbread-Man, A Pile Of Pumpkins
Other novelty skeletons who have come-in over the last 12 months, and this is where the order breaks down, as these would have come from all over - Chris, Peter, charity lots, possibly even one from Adrian, and I don't know where the little green skull came from, but it's a flanged-swivel, so probably from an action-figure around 3 or 3½, maybe 4-inches?

Halloween, Odd's and Sod's, Halloween Novelties, Funworld, Charbens, Egypt, Small Scale World, Mummy, Macdonald's, PVC Substitute, Galoob Action Fleet figures, 54mm, Action-Figure, 3-Inches, 3½-Inches, 4-Inches, Ghost, Casper, Scully & Scully's, Full Moon, Bats, Owl, Crow, Good Fairy, Black Cat, Spider's Web, Witch, Crone, Skeleton, Living Tree, Ent, Ghost, Evil Gingerbread-Man, A Pile Of Pumpkins
The chap with the yellow 'thing', seems to have either been attached to two sticks, or intended for one or two pencils, clearly he is supposed to do tricks, but without an instruction sheet I could only guess at the nature of the missing apparatus and or hint at the mechanism by posing him? However you can see how he should be flick'able in some fashion to maybe catch a bead in the cup or dance between two . . . something's?

Halloween, Odd's and Sod's, Halloween Novelties, Funworld, Charbens, Egypt, Small Scale World, Mummy, Macdonald's, PVC Substitute, Galoob Action Fleet figures, 54mm, Action-Figure, 3-Inches, 3½-Inches, 4-Inches, Ghost, Casper, Scully & Scully's, Full Moon, Bats, Owl, Crow, Good Fairy, Black Cat, Spider's Web, Witch, Crone, Skeleton, Living Tree, Ent, Ghost, Evil Gingerbread-Man, A Pile Of Pumpkins
Taken in the last hour to make more sense fo the next few images, these were both from the 'Interim Parcel' Chris Smith sent for ITLAPD and today! A ghost and a sort of imp/pixy finger puppet. I suspect there's a pink 'half' missing from the front of the ghost, but it's not clear and it would have needed to locate in his eye holes?

Halloween, Odd's and Sod's, Halloween Novelties, Funworld, Charbens, Egypt, Small Scale World, Mummy, Macdonald's, PVC Substitute, Galoob Action Fleet figures, 54mm, Action-Figure, 3-Inches, 3½-Inches, 4-Inches, Ghost, Casper, Scully & Scully's, Full Moon, Bats, Owl, Crow, Good Fairy, Black Cat, Spider's Web, Witch, Crone, Skeleton, Living Tree, Ent, Ghost, Evil Gingerbread-Man, A Pile Of Pumpkins
The cut-out in the 'cape' suggests a pencil top, but it's not clear, two other ghosts which I think were both from Chris include the little movie one (Casper?) on the left, and the green one which clips onto a larger toy and swivels/hinges.

Halloween, Odd's and Sod's, Halloween Novelties, Funworld, Charbens, Egypt, Small Scale World, Mummy, Macdonald's, PVC Substitute, Galoob Action Fleet figures, 54mm, Action-Figure, 3-Inches, 3½-Inches, 4-Inches, Ghost, Casper, Scully & Scully's, Full Moon, Bats, Owl, Crow, Good Fairy, Black Cat, Spider's Web, Witch, Crone, Skeleton, Living Tree, Ent, Ghost, Evil Gingerbread-Man, A Pile Of Pumpkins
A novelty ring and further comparison with some of the previous to give a sense of size across the lot! it all gets archived, it all has a place and hopefully, one day will all be properly itemised and ID'd? If you can help brand or otherwise ID any of the above you'd be helping with that 'one day'!

Halloween, Odd's and Sod's, Halloween Novelties, Funworld, Charbens, Egypt, Small Scale World, Mummy, Macdonald's, PVC Substitute, Galoob Action Fleet figures, 54mm, Action-Figure, 3-Inches, 3½-Inches, 4-Inches, Ghost, Casper, Scully & Scully's, Full Moon, Bats, Owl, Crow, Good Fairy, Black Cat, Spider's Web, Witch, Crone, Skeleton, Living Tree, Ent, Ghost, Evil Gingerbread-Man, A Pile Of Pumpkins
Brain also sent what little he found in Scully & Scully's window this holiday season and while not a lot, they are both rather nice, this is the 'box-ticker' pumpkin; there's everything in that fine etching except Dracula and a bowl of candies! A Full Moon, bats, owl, crow, good fairy, black cat, spider's web (?), witch/crone, skeleton, living tree/Ent, ghost, evil (Bavarian?) gingerbread-man and a pile of pumpkins!

Halloween, Odd's and Sod's, Halloween Novelties, Funworld, Charbens, Egypt, Small Scale World, Mummy, Macdonald's, PVC Substitute, Galoob Action Fleet figures, 54mm, Action-Figure, 3-Inches, 3½-Inches, 4-Inches, Ghost, Casper, Scully & Scully's, Full Moon, Bats, Owl, Crow, Good Fairy, Black Cat, Spider's Web, Witch, Crone, Skeleton, Living Tree, Ent, Ghost, Evil Gingerbread-Man, A Pile Of Pumpkins
Finally; another witch and her - rather sweet-looking - cat; a cottage which is probably hers and home to several ghosts; and an absolutely lovely tree, just on the turn to its autumn colours.

Many thanks to Adrian, Brian, Chris, Peter and all who send this stuff to the Blog as actual objects or images, it will all appear here in the end, even if I lose track of it on the way here!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Hugh - the creepy skeleton withe yellow lever is missing a ballpoint sized pen tube, which goes up through the yellow part and fits the greenish bit the skelly is holding as a cap. Push the tube up and skelly jumps up and down!

Hugh Walter said...

Ahhhhh! Cheers Anon., makes perfect sense, I need a slightly thinner pencil, or one without a rubber ferrule! Thank you . . .

H