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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

W is for Wings...French Wings from the Rostebiffs

"The Wings of France" it says...on two early British-looking jets with er...British roundels!! Still the RAF did keep helping to save them in the last century so I guess it's some sort of subtle or back-handed compliment!
The maker is unknown and apart from a small 'MADE IN FRANCE' under a wing (in English) there is no clue, but clearly a company in the same mould as Pyro, Kleeware, Manurba or Osul, carding cheep toys at the pocket-money end of the 1950's (?) toy market.
I love the figures though - clearly a very French looking paratrooper with his loose-bloused trousers and a couple of matelots with their bell-bottoms!
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2 comments:

  1. Paul´s BodsSeptember 14, 2011 at 7:08 PM

    :-D are they the ones that you can lauch with an elstic band..if so I had them many moons ago.
    Cheers
    Paul

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  2. Hugh WalterSeptember 16, 2011 at 1:31 PM

    No - just little 'dime store' mouldings, and they are that very frangible early Styrene with a tendancy to break if you so much as think about taking them off the card!!!

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