Kioskowce were the Polish equivalent of French Bazar, German Wundertuten,
Spanish Sobres our own Lucky Bags or the very smallest size of
header-carded, bagged, rack toy.
These 'Miniatures' were issued by Andrzej Kawecki,
based in Lódź, in the 1980/90's as the Communist government first relaxed rules
on private enterprise and then disappeared into the pages of history following
the events of the Autumn of 1989.
You get a little box with a pull-off lid, which
is big enough for a small army to hide in! From the colour differences it would
seem that there were three small tools to make this set, suggesting a very-small,
possibly hand-operated injection machine, one tool for the combat figures,
another mould for the prone poses and boat crew, and the last for the boats.
The figures are obviously Airfix piracies and I'll post some
comparison shots on the relevant Airfix
Blog posts at the same time as this article. Here the 1st version US Marines have been cloned, and to be
honest; compared to the equivalent Hong Kong output as carried by Baravelli at one point, these are quite
good copies.
The combat poses are leeching the same kind
of greasy powder/film that you often see deposited on Matchbox figures.
My other set is also of Airfix piracies; the 2nd version British Infantry, a set which prior to
getting these I would have said was one of the few sets NOT to have been
copied!
I can't actually remember where I got
these, it could have been one of Andy Harfield's shows back around the turn of
the century, or even a Plastic Warrior from the Q. Charlotte Hall days, but I
suspect it was from PB Toys at
Peter's show in Herne about ten years ago? Anyway, Konrad reports that they do
come-up on Allegro
(a Polish-language feeBay/Craig's List type platform) occasionally, if you want
to find a sample yourself.
The packaging states they were made from
locally resourced/ recycled materials (the translation including the term 'Ivory'
[or bone], which may be a reference to the small 'ivories' made from scraps and off-cuts, such as the little bear we looked at here, a while back?), and in the case of both my examples that recycled-material
is a very soft PVC rubber - quite the very best thing to make a rubber-boat out
of!
Again, with 50% in 'plain chocolate' brown
and 50% in 'milk', the suggestion is that two tools were required for each set.
I would also say that the cardboard made in communist Poland was a darn-sight
better than the cardboard made in East Germany; which - in my experience - fell
apart if you looked at it harshly!
Konrad also explained how under the state
collectivism of the post-war, pre-glastnost Poland, the kiosks were
all called Ruch, now they have been re-distributed
to the private sector and are called many names and he has sent a couple of local
examples, I'm sure they will be recognisable to viewers as that
pretty-universal convenience-store known variously as corner-shops,
drug-stores, newsagents' or tobacconists - kiosko,
tabaque . . . 'Spar'!
He added that Kioskowce also included larger figures of local design; probably Centrum flats, PZG and others, without packaging. The insert slip - in one of the
otherwise identical boxes - lists other sets being available as follows:
1 - US Infantry
2 - US Marines
(above - and now here)
3 - British Infantry
(above - and now here)
4 - Japanese Infantry
5 - Medieval Knights
6 - Cowboys &
Indians
7 - Napoleonic Period
Soldiers
8 - WWI soldiers and
9 - Ancient Romans
Finally - Thanks again to Konrad for his help in the preparation of this article. I'll badger him about Spojnia next (their Napoleonics are Esci/Ertl copies) and then we'll look at their output!
21 comments:
Witam
Witam to you too Housik, glad you found us!
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IN POLAND MANY COMPANIES WERE NOT ONLY KAWECKI
1.WYTWARZANIE ARTYKULOW W ZAKRESIE PRZETWORSTWA TWORZYW SZTUCZNYCH/WYROB ZABAWEK CZESLAW KAWECKI LODZ UL.ZAJECZA 13A
JEDEN Z PIERWSZYCH CENY OD 65 ZL , PIERWSZE WERSJE TO PUDELKOWE SPRZEDAWANE W KIOSKU, POZNIEJ ZACZELI OSZCZEDZAC I BYLY SAME KARTECZKI
2.WYTWARZANIE GALANTERII Z KOSCI ROGU SUROWCOW MIEJSCOWYCH I ODPADOWYCH ANDRZEJ KAWECKI 91-347 LODZ UL.ZAJECZA 13A
PRAWDOPODOBNIE CZESLAW I ANDRZEJ TO BRACIA ALBO OJCIEC I SYN , ADRES TAKI SAM , CENY U ANDRZEJA 65 - 75 ZL
LOGO MINIATURY NAPRZEMIENNIE Z WOJCIECHEM JANIAKIEM
3.ZAKLAD TWORZYW SZTUCZNYCH EDWARD MECHANISZYN GDANSK UL.CIENISTA7
BRAK OBRAZKA , BLEDY ORTOGRAFICZNE ,BLEDNA SKALA W OPISIE
4.WYROB ART. Z TWORZYW SZTUCZNYCH LEW PROKOLIJEW TUSZYN UL.POPRZECZNA NR 3
BRAK OBRAZKA SAMA PIECZATKA NA KARTECZCE CENY 75ZL
5.WYTWARZANIE GALANTERII W ZAKRESIE PRZETWORSTWA TWORZYW SZTUCZNYCH WOJCIECH JANIAK/PPHU DELTA LODZ UL.ZAJECZA 18A
WOJCIECH JANIAK - LOGO MINIATURY CZYLI POZNIEJSZA DELTA , 5 NUMEROW DALEJ NA ULICY ZAJECZEJ WIEC MUSIELI SIE ZNAC
OKLADKI BEZ ZADNEGO LOGO LUB LOGO MINIATURY
6.SPOLDZIELNIA RZEMIESLNICZA WIELOBRANZOWA SPOJNIA/HOBBY EME GDANSK WRZESZCZ UL.KLONOWA 1
SPOJNIA CZYLI HOBBY EME - LOGO UZYWANE NA PRZEMIAN , ZESTAWY MALE 75 ZL , ZESTAWY DUZE - BITWY NAJCZESCIEJ Z JAKIMS CZOLGIEM ITP 150 ZL
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ZGIERZ CZYLI POZNIEJSZA SPOLDZIELNIA UNIWERSUM - OKLADKI ZE SKRESLONYM LOGO ZGIERZ TO JUZ SPOLDZIELNIA UNIWERSUM
8.FIRMA GLOBUS KRAKOW
PODRABIALI OKLADKI DOSC NIEUDOLNIE NP ZMIENIAJAC TYLKO NAZWE A RYSUNEK BYL Z INNEGO ZESTAWU
W ZESTAWACH BYL MIX INNYCH ZESTAWOW - TRUDNE DO IDENTYFIKACJI
9.ZABAWKARSTWO LAURA JACKOWIAK-BARANOWSKA 91-858 LODZ UL.CZYSTA NR 8
OKLADKI Z NIEBIESKIM LOGO 1/72, CENY OD 250 DO 350 ZL CZYLI KONIEC LAT 80-TYCH
BYLY TO TAK ZWANE PODROBKI TYCH ZAGRANICZNYCH NAJCZESCIEJ
ATLANTIC,AIRFIX,MATCHBOX,REVELL,ESCI,ITALIERI
POSIADAM WIELE OKŁADEK
JAK MOŻNA DODAĆ FOTO ?
I HAVE A LOT OF COVERS
HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO ADD THE PHOTO?
SCAN 8 ARMIA BRTYJSKA KAWECKI
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Hi HOUSIK, I found that last image, but it would be easier to send them directly to me as 'attachments from this computer' to my eMail;
maverickatlarge@hotmail.com
Cheers!
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Housik - A byłaby możliwość również przesłania skanów na mój adres? Mój zbiór etykiet przepadł w domu rodziców, ale próbuję go odbudować. Zebrałem już blisko 30 oryginalnych etykiet, ale wielu, które kiedyś miałem, wciąż poszukuję lub chociaż ich skanów. Mogę jakby co służyć swoim zbiorem. Mam też dużo dubli różnych żołnierzyków - może coś, czego Panu brakuje.
maciej_jasinski@vp.pl
Getting better at Google Translate . . . Maciej - Housik . . . if you can fix it between the two of you and one send me the images I would love to share them with a wider audience.
Stać się lepszym w Tłumaczu Google. . . Maciej - Housik. . . jeśli uda ci się to naprawić między wami dwojgiem a jednym, prześlij mi zdjęcia, którymi chciałbym się podzielić z szerszą publicznością.
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Done. Check Your e-mail
Nothing found?
maverickatlarge[at sign]hotmail[dot]com
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I have send it again.
OK. Please check again
Yep! Gotem! They went through fine, thanks, I'll get them written up over the weekend and on the Blog, we love this stuff at Small Scale World!
Your eMail must be blocking Hotmail for some reason? Corporate or governmental? But thanks, got them now!
Tak! Gotem! Przeszli pomyślnie, dzięki, napiszę je na weekend i na blogu uwielbiamy te rzeczy w Small Scale World!
Twój e-mail musi z jakiegoś powodu blokować Hotmail? Korporacyjne czy rządowe? Ale dzięki, mam je teraz!
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I've deleted the previous coment as I don't want anyone having it, but if you send again use that eMail, and then let me know here as it alerts the Hotmail!
Usunąłem poprzedni komentarz, ponieważ nie chcę, aby ktokolwiek go miał, ale jeśli wyślesz ponownie, użyj tego e-maila, a następnie daj mi znać tutaj, ponieważ ostrzega Hotmail!
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Great! I have send some additional photos.
Got them too Maciej - no problems! Thank you
Też mam Maciej - żadnych problemów! Dziękuję Ci
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MACIEK AND HUGH JESTEM JAK NAJBARDZIEJ ZAINTERESOWANY
CZEKAM NA KONTAKT
SPOLDZIELNIA SPOJNIA OR HOBBY EME
HOBBY EME IS EDWARD MECHANISZYN GDANSK UL.CIENISTA7
Hi Housik - My eMail is down the side of the page, you will need to eMail me, I don't know your eMail?
Yes, the Spojnia/EME connection was in more recent posts, or a forthcoming post, but a family bereavement has kept me away from the Blog.
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Mój e-mail znajduje się z boku strony, będziesz musiał wysłać mi e-mail, nie znam Twojego adresu e-mail?
Tak, związek Spojnia / EME był w nowszych postach lub w nadchodzącym poście, ale żałoba rodzinna trzymała mnie z dala od bloga.
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