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Thursday, July 31, 2014

B is for Bulgaria

Just a quick one today...these were purchase of the day at the Plastic Warrior show in May, although I didn't have to hunt them out as Peter Evans (PW's roving reporter) brought them to my very hands! Thank you Peter!

He was informed that they were Bulgarian, and there's definitely something 'eastern' about them, although, they are quite unique so may be from Hungary or Romania? The ties between Bulgaria and Russia were much closer than some of the other Comecon countries, and their production tends to mirror Soviet stuff, with twin factories in both nations, mould-share and mould-copy.

28-30mm, swoppet-style, Napoleonic era or (ceremonial?) troops, one with plug-in weapon, the weapon has detail on one side only, almost as if it's stamped-out of a sheet, yet the detail on the sculpted side is clearly injection moulded. I have tried to track down some more to no avail, but will soon have a spy in Sophia looking out for them!

Bases for the foot figures also have yet to be tracked down, but the horse has an integral base and ends up looking very much like (and is the same size as...) Spencer Smith, who - of course - had integral riders! There's still so much out there to be discovered...
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2 comments:

  1. DougJuly 31, 2014 at 5:22 PM

    Hugh, that horse looks like an Atlantic copy from the Wild West sets, the US 7th Cavalry set in fact.

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  2. Hugh WalterJuly 31, 2014 at 8:19 PM

    Hi Doug

    I know the figure you're thinking of and there is a similarity, but I think coincidental? Head's turned more, saddle's different...feet? But well spotted, and they would have been roughly contemporary, I think this is a bit earlier than the 7th though?

    Cheers - H (thanks for that link too)

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