Fifteen animals and or plants! They are
similar to the Henbrandt set/s we
looked at here a while ago (and will revisit soon) and are a mix of reef and
deep ocean wildlife. However they may well be parts of two (or even three)
sets, as there are numbering clashes and one with different markings
altogether?
The set breaks down as follows, each
(excepting the squid) having a neat CHINA stamp, the three-arrow triangle
recycling sign and a single figure; between A-to-M . . .
A - Tuna
B - Ray (Manta?)
C - Ray
D - Flying Fish
E - Marlin - and
- Anemone
F - Salmon - and
- Frondy Thing
G - Pink Coral
H - Seaweed or
Coral
I - Crab
J - Lobster
K - Starfish
(Brittlestar)
L - ?
M - Sea Horse
- Squid (marked
with same recycling symbol, but no code and 'Made in China')
Undersides; I wondered if the spotted one
might be a flat fish of some kind, but I think the tail says 'ray' while the
other one is trying to be a manta-ray, I think; with those cheek protrusions?
The fish, I'm assuming from the far
left/rear; Salmon, Marlin, Tuna and Flying fish, obviously not to scale but quite
nice sculpts none the less.
With the coral-erasers from Poundworld Plus and the Henbrandt ones I'm building quite a good
reef! I'm not sure if the blue-tipped one is supposed to be coral or an anemone
and likewise the green one may be seaweed or a coral?
As two of them share letter codes with the
fish, I wonder whether there aren't more of these for two sets, one of fish and
one of reef life? I wondered the same with the initial Henbrandt purchase and it turned out there were different
sets.
To a casual observer the squid is the same
as the others, similar size, decoration and material in the same coloured
polymer, and I've put him with them for the time-being, but in a sub-bag to
remind me he's a 'question mark', as while he has the same recycling sign and is
the same plastic, he's marked MADE IN CHINA rather than the plain CHINA of the
other fourteen and carries no letter-code.
We will be looking at a larger set of these
(land animals though) with the same recycling marks and it may be that the
squid is from a different set/contract, but from the same factory/maker.
Comparison with a couple of the Henbrandt examples (on the left), they
are a standard size, but not to scale and a new word is needed for them, as
there are more and more of them, farm zoo, marine and dinosaurs, cats, dogs and
insects - MiniMals?. I supose 'Toob' or 'Tub Toys' is the word for the time
being!
I don't know if I've mentioned it before,
but I consider the container to be a tub if the height is less than twice
the width or thereabouts, a toob if the height is several
multiples of the width!
In the larger samples were a few who
wouldn't fit the other - apparent - sets, and three of them turned up in a
generic Sea Life Toob from the D&D Distributors catalogue, I've
photographed the Henbrandt penguin
with the new one (who has a wonky foot - I knew it couldn't be good carrying an
egg on it for three months in minus 20° or more), there was also a nice otter (who actually looks
like an otter - not that cartoon 'beavoter' from the chess set this morning!)
and a nice alligator - 3 down 15 to go; I love collecting polymer MiniMals!
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You have a nice collection of sea creatures here.
Cheers Jan, I'd be happier if I knew 'what' I had, if you know what I mean!
H
Loved it! Do you know where can i find it?
Not 'offhand' I'm afraid, Slivia, but in the US an eMail to D&D may get you a list of their agents or stockists/supplied stores, elsewhere it's good old feeble'Bay's your best bet!
H
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