Nah! Yer wash yer'hands in a by'son! An
oldie but goodie! And it could be a wisent!
These are funny little novelty items, I
bought a fair few about 10-15 years ago, mostly from a party shop down near
Eastbourne somewhere, but a few nearer home (somewhere in Aldershot - I
think?), there are Soldiers, footballers and tiny little sky-divers around
1:300-compatible in formations, a nice set of Arctic/Antarctic mammals
(Killer-whale, dolphins, seals, sea-lions, walruses &etc.), fish and
something else I can't remember because they are all in storage! No matter we
can look at them again one day, and in the meantime these were on Clearance at
the Toysaurus for a quid the other
day.
You can see how much the
magnification-effect is, when you release one, they are actually very small,
but equally at home with Airfix
soldiers and their ilk; here shown with Atlantic buffalo. Atlantic did two sets
of these, one set slightly smoother (illustrated) than the other, add the
bouncy-ball one and a couple of Priser's
and you've got a fine heard with few duplicates!
You can also see the layering involved in
getting the various elements in place. The skydivers I mentioned above are
palced in their pairs, or diamonds or circles around what would be the 'Tropic
of Capricorn', while below them (at the 'Tropic of Cancer') is a small disc
with an aerial photograph of a landscape 'far below'. Others have both a
whole-coloured and clear halves. While the soldiers and footballers are a
disappointment freed of the ball, as they have no base!
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