Britains
Simple shot of Hong Kong produced Britains cowboys, showing some of the
colour/base variations in the Herald
range - note that the orange one (they all seem to be wearing mechanic's
overalls!) has only detailing three
paint colours (black, silver, flesh) while the other two poses manage four each
with the neckerchife blobbed-in, in yellow.
Charbens
Thanks to Paul Morehead at Plastic Warrior for ID'ing these for me
the other day, I'd scoured the PW 'specials' I have here and checked various
websites, but of course my Charbens
special (for that is who they are by) is the old B&W one in storage - Paul
came to the rescue the other day. From my attempts to find him I'd say he's not
too common?
Cofalux
I don't know what these Cofalux are doing in Picasa as we looked
at them before everything went into storage, I think they must be latecommers
from Samwise/Pascal? I like these French 'bazar'
figures (because they are sold in bazaars), they have something of a cross
between US production (seen in the UK through Marx or Thomas) and Hong
Kong rack toys.
Hornby-Meccano
A Hornby rail-staff figure repainted to
represent some fat, rear-echelon, staff-donkey; ready to send a
hundred-thousand lions into a hailstorm of Ruhr-moulded lead, at walking pace!
JB
Models - now Airfix
Ah, yes; "Would you like a model kit with that fresh-air, Sir?" - The other kind of 'box scale', not
an odd-scaled ship or aircraft designed to fit the box size, but a box design
resolutely happy to be filled with 5/6ths atmosphere! I don't think they were 'US'
either; it's an Australian expediency-design born pout of marrying the turrets
of retired Saladin armoured cars with M113 APC's to provide a bit of oomph in
Vietnam, which it did quite well I think, albeit while being a bit top-heavy.
Lucky-Giant-Helen
of Toy (and others!)
Scans of old photographs that never got used in One Inch Warrior magazine, one of each pose,
both colours, err . . . That's it! Comic
offers in the US, they replaced earlier flats.
Norev
Plastic fire engine (dusty) with figures,
there should be four outriders, two are missing and one was wedged in the
delicate plastic ladder and I wasn't going to force him. Also you have to ask
why they are riding outside when they have a lovely crew-cab with two bench
seats!
Italian Texas
Indian on the left
German bubble-gum premium on the right
All covered before, two random Euro-figures
closing a random figure post - call it 'magazine Sunday'! Tomorrow we start a short season.
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