Two other [proper!] reasons for suspecting
importation are that 1) they were also issued carded in the 'States with white
rosette-backs as lapel badges, presumably to cash-in on a US Tour?
2) They are made of a softish plastic which
could be either a polyethylene or a dense PVC, either way; it's a much better
material for making footballers than the brittle styrene Subbuteo was using at the time.
Nevertheless, they are very well-done
compared to all the other 'Beatles' cake-decorations we've looked at, although Subbuteo sold them as stand-alone
(stand- together!) figures in a window-box set. All three guitars are different
shapes, with well-registered stickers applied, and all are held in place with a
small black rubber-band on the note-forming/fret-board wrist.
The drummers stool is glued on and the
Drum-kit usually has more than just a bass-drum if I recall correctly (with a
stand of some kind?), but a slip of the scissors (you had to cut the kit out)
and you might easily end up with just the main drum! Indeed, the lack of a 'proper' drum-kit may point to the US badges coming first?
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