tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post2096638612742626029..comments2024-03-19T11:21:03.595+00:00Comments on Small Scale World: C is for Charmingly Cheerfull Chaps Choon'ingHugh Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post-62724334156850693442014-09-02T19:42:43.163+01:002014-09-02T19:42:43.163+01:00That would be kind TJ, if you could save some phot...That would be kind TJ, if you could save some photographs and eMail them to me I'd happily do a post round them?<br /><br />HughHugh Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post-85108943187620007092014-09-02T19:35:37.987+01:002014-09-02T19:35:37.987+01:00I have come across five different varieties of the...I have come across five different varieties of these sets of varying size and subject matter. I am currently listing them on ebay but unsure as to the time period or how collectible these figurines are. I will post any other information I find on them.tjcollectibles535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post-35043464637310586012014-08-29T00:08:15.535+01:002014-08-29T00:08:15.535+01:00Sorry - I wasn't sure on the origin of the ani...Sorry - I wasn't sure on the origin of the animals, so they were listed as unknown and wood...<br /><br />http://smallscaleworld.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/w-is-for-wooden-wildlife.html<br /><br />Are they Indian do you think? I have picked-up a couple more since...<br /><br />HHugh Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post-49390772112296780442014-08-28T23:58:04.933+01:002014-08-28T23:58:04.933+01:00Thanks for that Yusuf...I discovered 'Channapa...Thanks for that Yusuf...I discovered 'Channapatna' toys the other day, and haven't yet researched them, would these figures be considered them, or do they have to be wooden?<br /><br />If you click on "Make; Indian" in the tag list you'll find a plastic camel and the wooden animals from your continent that have migrated to my collection!<br /><br />Cheers<br />HughHugh Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post-28360406247704206212014-08-28T15:24:35.398+01:002014-08-28T15:24:35.398+01:00These Indian soldiers, were never painted to repre...These Indian soldiers, were never painted to represent actual regiments....apart from soldiers, there were civilians too and figures in medieval Indian dress. Sadly, we dont get to see them much these days in India. Enjoy your collection !Yusuf Khannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post-82083280604402504422013-03-24T22:30:08.396+00:002013-03-24T22:30:08.396+00:00I don't think they made much in the past Ed - ...I don't think they made much in the past Ed - not in the toy line: I have a faux-ivory Camel on a faux-ebony base in a basic styrene which looks like it should be part of a desk-set or something but which is probably a tourist trinket. It has a mark which I can't remember offhand but it's something like Calcutta Industries?<br /><br />Other than that I suspect their toys where either Hugh Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post-30586498793807144862013-03-23T15:54:38.211+00:002013-03-23T15:54:38.211+00:00India - hmmmmm, an untapped source for the toy mar...India - hmmmmm, an untapped source for the toy market here Stateside. I wonder what their space toys were like? I do like the turbaned dress uniforms of these.Ed and Bettina Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14776907888776423702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post-37915256285803724152013-03-21T17:18:03.824+00:002013-03-21T17:18:03.824+00:00Thanks for that Mike,
I've never seen packagi...Thanks for that Mike,<br /><br />I've never seen packaging for these larger ones, but the smaller ones the BMSS chap was importing a while ago came in a sort of elongated matchbox or 'matchmaker' type tray, in white card, with a cellophane wrap making a window over the top of the tray.<br /><br />They are charming and someone aught to make a better study of them, as they are the sort Hugh Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post-87612591008446728322013-03-21T14:27:01.164+00:002013-03-21T14:27:01.164+00:00My dad got a set of these guys in grey uniforms, b...My dad got a set of these guys in grey uniforms, back in the 80s; he was RAF, stationed in India pre-Independence, and loved the place and people. They've passed on to me. I've tried to find more about them, with no luck. Sets appear on eBay from time to time. There doesn't appear to be any packaging involved.Mike Niedermannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post-62153529665772803182013-03-21T02:30:40.276+00:002013-03-21T02:30:40.276+00:00Arr-Ha! Another night-owl!! Thanks for dropping by...Arr-Ha! Another night-owl!! Thanks for dropping by!<br /><br />HHugh Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post-7463261057040565072013-03-21T02:27:30.598+00:002013-03-21T02:27:30.598+00:00Lovely little pieces.Lovely little pieces.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01681799401614263953noreply@blogger.com