These are not part of the Halloween range,
and I have been studiously ignoring them in the toy section of the store since it
opened back in the spring, they are basically shite; large blobs of poorly
executed silicon rubber, vaguely representing generic species, three spiders,
two beetles and an ant, except that the ant is probably not an ant and
therefore the only really interesting item on the card.
The card claims both Toy Bank and Green Geko
[sic] Industries as
brands/brand-marks but are actually another ITP
Imports item - here in the UK at least.
The 'ant' looks like a Velvet Ant, which is
actually a wingless wasp and a worthy species to have as a model, but the
beetles are poor and while the three spiders are all different and all resemble
the outlines of real creatures, they are chunky infant toys of no real merit,
fun for five-year olds!
I would add, that while I've been ignoring
them for a month [and wouldn't have bought them if it wasn't for the fact that
over the last few weeks what was going to be multiple posts on the 31st became
an insect related set of rack-toy posts suitable for a countdown trope], I have
as yet to find the other six of the advertised "12 realistic insects for you to collect", despite checking the
toy section at least once a week. Now that I've weakened and bought these I'll
have to get the other six - if I see them!
They look better . . . dead; now that's a
proper bit of the spirit of Halloween, right there!
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