Anyone who collects a bit of everything;,
anyone who collects early-looking stuff; anyone who collects police, emergency
service or civilian themes; anyone who's spend more than an hour going through
rummage trays, bins or tubs in the last 20 or 30 years - has either got one or
two of these or seen a few! Mine's the standing red one!
Now, given the amount of mould-sharing (and
piracy) that went on back in the day, especially with Kleeware, and the fact that some US police forces had helmets like
ours for a while (I seem to remember from the old B&W silent comedies of my
youth - they were repeats all right! I'm not that old!), I wonder - given that
they also have sheriffs/deputies stars - if the original might be an American
thing?
The Kleeware
Crazy Cop Car. The box is similar to that unknown-maker, clockwork, firing
machine-gun nest we looked at a while ago, but that's where the similarities
end. Where that was made of bright lightweight polystyrene, this is a much
heavy, colder polymer, with more subdued colours; still a styrol I think, but
it could be a late, stable, phenolic resin, or - from the damage on the
foot-slots of mine - a high quality Bakelite?
The wheels are fitted to cam-equipped axles
which jump the seats up and down causing the policemen to bob about as the
vehicle moves. Additional fun can be had by piling them up using the various
slots/grooves and protrusions on both the figures and the car.
A few shots of the box sides gives a
further idea of how they stack and join-together. If you have them, you can get
them out of the 'unknown' zone and label them-up! Cheers Adrian.
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