I'd done all the photo's, all the image
editing and most of the blurb, when I thought "He looks familiar, but he's not quite Dinky? Hold on; I've thought that before . . .?" I
thought! Dug the old pictures out and sure enough . . . he's now in the Reisler tub!
Confirmation shot! The farm hand from Riesler was the figure used on that
magnetic rubber advertising premium we saw a while back, from a Formeta. And; while I had found several
Formeta's, none of which matched the logo, I seem to recall one or more were
from the Low Countries?
Where Reisler
clearly had contacts - if not an active sales team - providing these (not
uncommon) carded-sets for Bois Manu (a furniture and shop-fitting design house
exhibiting at the Expo '58 World's Fair in Brussels)
in Belgium. Clearly a tourist keepsake, similar to the stuff you found
in London from Timpo or Cavendish, but smaller; these are all
40mm.
From
the left
Flight attendant; traffic cop; police
detective/Gendarme (?); motorcycle patrol-man; ceremonial Guardsman and a
'Red Cross' nurse.
From the left
Belgian Bois
Manu Export figure; Danish version (both that softish but soluble polystyrene
Reisler used), then three
polyethylene (PE) figures; Danish policeman, 'Friendly Force' dispatch-rider;
'Enemy Force' dispatch rider.
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