We're talking princesses, and if you think
there's more than a passing resemblance between these 'generic' princesses (hey;
you get four of 'em in one place - and they become pretty generic!) and the
princesses of a certain Florida-based culture entertainment house,
you'll be on the nail!
Attractively packaged for the coming season,
the cover lifts to check the contents which pull from under the window in a
tray. The brush is a good one, not the usual stiff 'craft' effort with the same
bristles as a tooth-brush; always the biggest disappointment with this type of
thing when I was a kid - even 'household name' model manufactures used to put
shit brushes in their 'starter kits', jeeze!
Here are their Royal Highnesses; they are
in a medium-soft PVC vinyl resin, about the same consistency as bendy-toys, but
without the bend! What I consider 'standard' PVC! And they each have a name . .
. auuwh . . . bless!
From the left and moving to the right we
have; Princess Olivia of Aqualand (it's very wet), Princess Sophie of Varovia
(Russkie = fake-news central), Princess Georgina of Ratania (it's a rodent's
nest) and Princess Alice of Galantine (artist running out of ideas!) and I'm
not making this up - somebody else got paid to do that! Where do they advertise
these jobs? "Wanted, copy-writer - must
be capable of mawkish nonsense" . . . I could do that!
As you can see there is also a cardboard
backdrop, which I have to confess will feature here again from time to time,
like the little flower-meadow thing which came in one of the Insect sets (I
think?) about a year ago, and which has reappeared from time to time; so this
will prove useful with other cartoony, fantasy or girly subjects I'm sure!
The booklet that accompanies them has each
princess given a painting 'project', between which are relatively brief
versions of old fairy tales involving princesses! This illustration reminded me
of the old Ladybird Book on the Princess and the Pea, but I think it's
all new artwork.
Six water-based PVC paints are included -
mercifully full, unlike that magazine premium Tardis we looked at ages
ago, along with the useful brush, no green - you have to mix that yourself -
although, despite mixing instructions in each project for all the pinks, mauves
and purples [deemed necessary] there is no instruction for green, but let's
face it - it IS about the first thing we
ever learn . . . along with playing the triangle and spelling 'Granny'!
The Consumer Information Panel. If you're
wondering why I've said so little about the figures, it's because that's coming
later.
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