Sold by Culpitt's in the UK, these were made in Hong Kong, first with separate bases and 8 (?) poses, then with moulded on bases and only 4 poses. The "8 (?)" is because there seems to be an Indian missing, this may be because he/she is actually an it! I.E. it may be a Tee-pee, camp fire or Totem pole. in which case it's somewhere else in the collection (I hope!), does anybody know who/what the missing 8th piece is...if it's missing.Other rows/columns are colour variants. The based ones are quite common, the older one's are getting harder to find. [These were produced/issued in Portugal in cans of Toddy chocolate powder, thanks to Jorge Freitas for that, see; Comments.]
I had some of these figures when I was a kid, in the early 1970s. Here in Portugal they came as an offer inside the cans of "Toddy", a brand of chocolate powder (to mix with milk)!
ReplyDeleteThanks for that Jorge, it's always useful to discover what they were issued with in other parts of the world.
ReplyDeleteWere yours the seperate-based set (in which case do you know if one piece is missing?!) or the moulded-on bases?
I think they were of the separated-based kind, but I am not certain. Unlike the cheap Hong Kong-made soldiers (see my comment elsewhere), no figure of this collection survived the ravage of time...
ReplyDeleteWell thanks for you comments anyway, perhaps someone else will know...pass the word!!
ReplyDeleteHi, A friend of mine sent me a link to your blog. Culpitt's cake decorations was my family business from 1921 to 1999.
ReplyDeleteMy Dad was in charge in the 1970's and I remember having some on a birthday cake when I was a kid. Dad is no longer with us, but the man who was the head of Marketing lives just up the road from me so I've sent him a link for old-time's sake! I'd never have thought someone would regard these as collectible!
Thank's, They are of importance to collectors more for their conections with UK firms like Gemodels and Festival than the HK producers, but all info. recieved add to the bigger picture. I've eMailed you seperately...
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I've found them!!
ReplyDeleteThree of these figures I thought lost for ever!
Tipically, I was searching for much different objects in my garage, when I found a box full of old miniatures and... BINGO!
They were of the separate-base type. Do you want pics of them?
Yes Jorge, I'd love to see them, eMail them to my hotmail account;
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Cheers