We've looked at these before but they are
new images, although they won't actually add anything! Britains; old to the left, young to the right, fourth figure across
is interesting as he's PVC vinyl but with the Herald base mark.
But then it gets complicated, with two
definitely Speedwell ('polo' bases
and full-colour blankets/cloaks), and two, err...not! Both the 'nots' (with red
or blue fringe on white) are in the flesh-colour associated with the UNA smallies; a very dark almost
maroon-chocolate brown - so I think it's fair to . . . yes . . . assume (!)
they are UNA until firmer evidence
comes to light.
The alternative, given they both have the Speedwell base green, is that a second
set of moulds were made by Speedwell
at some point, copied not from the Britains originals, but - as the figures are
smaller - from the already pirated first set? This seems less plausible than
the UNA route and still doesn't let
Tuesday's unknown Cowboy 'clubbing with rifle' off the hook!
From the rear, there's a marked difference
in the painting treatment of the two copies.
Heap-Bigum Pow-wow! As Little Plum might have said . . . I will re-shoot this in a
few years when hopefully not only will the red-fringed chap have rejoined the group,
but I should have picked-up a few more; these early British copies aren't that
rare, they just come in in dribs and drabs, and I think I have Michael Melnyk
to thank for the two Speedwell's coming together in a drib, or was it a drab?
2 comments:
Hugh, are the British references to confuse overseas readers?
POLO - 'The mint with the hole'.
LITTLE PLUM -'Your redskin chum'. The Beano comic western strip.
Doesn't everyone have polos? That explains Brexit, we're immunising ourselves against the cultural desert of pololessness beyond La Manche!
Heap-bigum controversial comment I should be multiply ashamed-of!
H
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