There are some folders I could leave
permanently in some corner on the desktop; Daleks, motorcycles and
'poopertroopers' are three obvious candidates, but increasingly insects and
dinosaurs are appearing on a regular - if casual - rotation here, and today
we're back to 'Dinos', all these having come in since the last lot we looked at
- less the couple of specifics that appeared over Christmas!
I can't remember when I showed the first
three of these (looked it up), but they were cheap for what they are and I've been back for
two more 'sets' of three, although I think that's enough, I'm not sure I can
get another three out of the choice remaining (actually I don't think I've seen
them the last couple of visits) as I tend to avoid the pterodactyls and plesiosaurs
- all that flapping of wings and fins might be fine in the sea or the air, but
it looks dumb on a shelf or table!
Brian Berke sent these from Big Lots Stores Inc., a while ago; of
similar size to the WH Smith (Keycraft) lot above, I quite like the
look of them, they have an old-school paint style, blocks of brighter colours,
yet the set includes some less common types and seems to be modeled in scale,
where most dinosaur sets are same-size or 'box scale' - there's a particularly
small one, half-hidden by the flash in the centre of the upper deck. I love the
hedgehogosaurus, top left and the little green 'land-plesiosaur' to the
bottom-right.
We looked at the cats before Christmas I
think, and there are dogs or puppies, but today it's the day of the dinosaurs,
courtesy of Wilkinson's (Wilco) and their non-blind 'make sure
you've got all three different four's before you pay' bags!
These ARE box-scale and also roughly the
same size as various other mini-saurs we've seen here, so; when I get the old
ones out of storage we'll have a dino-fest comparing all the similar
mini-saurs!
I had more shots than needed so you get
more shots than needed . . . hey; it's Google's servers not mine!
The two main shots are also from Brian, but
he actually donated them to the blog! I haven't got them out yet as they are
leaching that PVC-residue stuff the mini lizard capsule toy is, and until I
find a better storage solution for such items I thought it best to leave them
in their blister-cave, with the backing-card soaking up the unknown solvent.
They have a finger-tip sized hollow under
the throat and can be fired with force at your enemies by pulling the tail back
(I haven't the finger-strength to get them as far as Pennsylvania, but I'm
happy to try alternative power sources!), indeed; while there is a 'choking
hazard' warning on the dual-language (Greenbrier/DTSC
- US/Canada) packs, there isn't one warning of little-brother's likely
eye-damage!
The other set appeared on Moonbase Central [link] the day after I
photographed them, but in Wilco packaging
(I think?), I shot a shelfie in The Works
as they really weren't worth a pound, being copies of piracies of copies of
piracies of copies of old US sculpts from the 1950's or 1960's, and they will
turn-up in mixed junk lots a few years hence!
These shelfies are from Brain again, and
although the colours appear brighter in the right-hand lot, I think that's down
to light-levels and they are the same products, on the left badged to Bely and on the right unbranded and
imported into the 'States by JPW.
I also can't tell if they are new sculpts
or older moldings, they have the look of vintage dinosaurs about them, also the
language on the packaging suggests the same factory - in need of a better
translator!
'Animal
series design for the children all are fangled and in the high quality welcome
you use our products'
'Collect
all the style - be more fun' and 'The
best welcome gifts for the children'
Another shelfie; I wish I'd bought it now -
as I have a thing for Dimetrodons , but I think I was
feeling particularly skint that day, they are nice-looking models, and the
already relative cheapness of the magazine makes them freer than 'free'!
All the D's - A couple of recent charity
shop buys (50p each) meet on the bedcover! The dastardly Dalek has appeared
here before I think, but I can't remember the brand - Bluw? While the Dimetrodon
dinosaur reinforces the paragraph above! Another nice sculpt from an otherwise
anonymous chinasaur manufacturer, anyone recognise the set/brand he's from?
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