This is a simple one, square bases with round cartouche marking 'stamps' and with an exception (we'll look at in a day or two) proving the rule, all using a larger number than the others we will be looking at or have seen over the last few days.
Only used for these four poses (to my
knowledge), and looking similar to the firemen (base-wise) as a result, these
are probably the commonest of the Lucky civilian figures. Lucky produced lots
of garage, service station or petrol pump 'play sets' for their models, usually
the 'family cars' (although one has a police Range Rover centre-stage) often
towing a boat or caravan, along with various pit-stop sets for their
racing-cars.
Pit-stop sets however got more of the other
figures we'll be looking at, with just one or two of these guys while petrol-station
sets tended to get two or three figures taken [only] from these poses.
Turning them over reveals they are very
different from the firemen with the Lucky code literally 'writ large'! As
always; there is a 1112 version, with signs on the others of these having been
over-cut on some of the smaller lettered base marks we will see next.
I have only CAD'ed-up a few, there are many
subtle differences to be noted, especially with the damage-marks caused by
chopping-and-changing the maker marks. Note also how the eleven-twelve issues
get white and yellow plastic versions, the rest (so far) only seem to have had
pink plastic runs.
Square-based Mechanics
519 - Standing with cap (from minor US maker?)*
519 - Standing with cap (from minor US maker?)*
520 - Holding two
rags (from Dinky/Meccano)
521 - Holding Oil Can
and Oil-cloth (from Dinky/Meccano)
522 - Kneeling with
cap (from minor US maker?)*
*Deluxe Reading have similar poses, themselves based on Auburn Rubber sculpts, but they are not exactly the same.
The exception which proves the rule is that
all these poses also turns-up with the full Lucky
Horseshoe base mark, but they come later in the week!
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Because I don't want to do a 'News, Views'
in the middle of a run of Lucky posts
I'll just pop a reminder here that kick-starting the show-season for the new
year; it's the first - 'Spring' - Sandown Park show on Saturday (4th March),
often the best of the year as all the continental dealers bring their winter
acquisitions over!
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