'O' is another difficult one to come-up with! And I've already got this out on
STS the Animal collecting forum, but it's an interesting shot I took two and a half years ago and which has been sat in Picasa like a proverbial turd ever since!
A quick
Google reveals that what little there is about
Ougen is all
Elastolin related, so not premiums (as I had thought - getting mixed-up with
Onken I think!), rather the French marketing arm of
Elastolin (Germany - the old enemy!). I'm sure
Plastic Warrior has told us all about them in the past, but mine are in storage and Garrett says nothing!
Really just a packaging comparison shot, for what will have been late-1970's-mid '80's? With an
Elastolin original on the left (contents aren't original though! Or; very 'played with'!), the
Ougen item in the middle and then an 'HEIA' header-carded bag to the right, not sure if it was a brand as in
Heia, or just an abbreviation for the information in the yellow disc...
Hausser Elastolin International...Animals?
Hi Hugh, HEIA SAFARI is a Swahili term, it was the title of the marching song of the Schutztruppe Askaris in German East and West Africa (there is a tape of it on youtube). It may have been a brand or series name here but I don't think it was an abbreviation.
ReplyDeleteOugen seem to have been a general toy distributor in France, I have seen Pelham pupets badged under their name and all sorts of other things. They did make a very nice set of Normans (which included a character figure of Kirk Douglas as he appeared in the fold "The Vikings") the figures carried the Ougen trade mark under the base.
Best wishes, Brian
Hi Brian, cheers for that, I knew about the 40mm bases, but when I Googled to see if there was more all I found was Elastolin 70mm plastics and the swoppets, along with the Air France stuff and the siege engines - which seem commoner in Ougen than Elastolin boxes sometimes!
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Hi Hugh, the Ougen Normans are 54mm figures and are original sculpts not copies or rebranded figures from another maker. I only have a few damaged ones, they're very hard to find and I'd love to get more.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes, Brian