As it opened, and less a couple of
interesting bits which were obvious on the top! What can you spot?
Dongle-archive ready to the left and the 'Pirate Day' opening article being
finished on the screen!
First sorted into basic piles, in order to
get the box out of the way, it was animal-heavy, but I think that's Jim's main
trope as far as collecting goes, the O-gauge level crossing gates will be a
while in the spares box I fear, but it's all grist to the mill, and one day it
may be perfect as a background in a photo-shoot!
Further sorting, because all the animals
are split between the storage lot and the attic lot, and with both a bit
disorganised, for now I've just done them by type, and will sort them all again
properly later. I've already had a good look at the piggy-wigs though, and a
small post is forthcoming!
Some of the more interesting or unusual
pieces, we've already had the Lone Star
Indian and the Hing Kong blow-moulded Alienaut! An early Lego tree and flat
rubber-sheep marked Mercis TV 1977 (some
'Pugwash' type cartoon?) were
highlights along with a Lone Star
knight in an odd colour plastic.
The three I picked for the post - a
hard-styrene highlander from a hollow-cast mould, I think I may have one or two
in storage, but haven't found the highlander box yet, I'm hoping (and suspect)
mine is/are darker painting?
The Jesus/Disciple/Saint figure is also
hard styrene and a copy of a Marx
piece I think, while I got very excited about the blacksmith, thinking it might
be an unidentified Speedwell, given
its similarity in size and sculpting to those diminutive medics we looked at recently,
but a quick check on Barney Brown's site reveled it to be T... &/or B... (with tatty paint) but still; new to the
collection!
The local berserker gives an idea of
scale/size, while the highlander shields the holy man! The reason I think I may
have the odd highlander is that these three are all within the size I used to
collect-to; 50mm.
Cheers Jim, they may be your chuck-outs,
but they will prove invaluable to the Blog; piggy-wiggies in a day or two!
2 comments:
Hi there, hope this helps, the red coloured barrier gate originates from the Action Force/G.I.Joe "Checkpoint Alpha" play set.
It does Anonymous! It does; thank you very much...
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