With one of the kneeling chaps from the other day to remind,
here's the Herald standing firing
Indian, two originals to the left both with six colours, and to the right; a
simplified paint scheme from later-on - four colours). Above is a vinyl Hong
Kong produced one next to the kneeling pose.
But the two missing halves from the other
day weren't married by Benbros, or Trojan, or any of the other 'suspects',
it was Cherilea who did the dirty on Britains!
The left-hand figure in both shots is Cherilea's cut-and-shut job on Britains firing figures while the
right-hand one IS the Trojan
bandwagon figure, copied from Cherilea
. . . or was it? Lone Star made the
same figure and Plastic Warrior
believe the same sculptor (surgeon!) may have been working with/for a number of
these companies?
Hong Kong was cleared to replace the
standing pose, but the replacement with his dandily dyed suede pyjamas is a lot
easier on the eye than that awful squatting cowboy we saw the other day.
There was a darker maroon-red one (with blue feathering) I remember from
my childhood which I'm still looking out for, and it will turn-up, these aren't
uncommon, and I need two anyway - to steal a base for my mustard yellow chap!
Above him is a comparison between early
(UK) and late (HK) vinyl figure, the PVC chap is a little smaller, this could
be down to a new mould being smaller, or the shrinkage of the softer material?
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