I picked this up today (Wednesday) as one
of those odd things some charity shops carry from time to time; a corporate
donation of over stock, end-of-line clearance or canceled-order stuff and £3.99
is near the retail price I'd imagine, I'd seen them a few days earlier, and
they still have a few?
Desktop
Distractions from Paladone Products it's been numbered PP3481, 707804 and - most
recently - 134774, so has clearly 'done the rounds' of the retail world before
ending-up in SCOPE (the mental health charity previously called MIND) the last
numbering being added as a sticker over the previous codes and on the goal's
stand?
Goal-keeper is hand-operated from a long
stick which locates in his back so he would need a base (or a lump of Blue Tac - other proprietary blobs of
squidginess are available) to be added to any cabinet/displayed collection!
Sculpting is lacking in the facial features department, disappointing given the
size, but it's a football game rather than a 'figure toy'?
The striker is a variation of the old rack
toy one . . . one of which I think we saw here not that long ago, I seem to
remember getting one the other month and shooting it? Try the Football tag!
Anyway, press his head and either a toothed
rod running down inside his body activating a hidden cogged arc of plastic at
the top of his thigh, or - as in this case - a simple off-set hinge/rod,
similarly hidden, causes the foot to fly forward and kick the ball, a
spring-return 'resetting' the figure for another go.
With a stretch you can play it with
yourself! My 'berserker' needs to find some victims who are actually going to
quake at his toothpick of a bayonet; recently he's been going-up against some
much bigger opposition!
70mm and interestingly the packaging states
it's manufactured from PET (Poly-ethyl[ene]-terephthalate) a polyester with
similar properties to polypropylene, ie; it will take the punishment likely delivered
from excited little handipuds trying to score goals - yer' typical executive in
other words! I'll list it under PP to save having another tag; it's about
type/properties and is only a guide!
Ghosts in the machine!
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