It's funny, I never ask for contributions
or donations, they get forwarded by those who are kind enough to do so (for
which I'm always very grateful), but I did - in a roundabout way - ask for the
large Award Toys set of Spirit
of '76 figures we saw here, while actually trying to find the cake
decoration ones.
I then found the 40mm set (with bases) and Mr Nevin
then sent us shots of another set of these (which were in storage!), as a
follow-up,. They looked a bit larger because they are, these are 50mm, and as I suggested last time are vinyl, quite a soft PVC, which now leaves me looking
for the set Chris Goddard originally sent to Plastic Warrior magazine, who are baseless (like these) but 45mm-up
and hard plastic (like the 2nd set to appear here), when I do; we'll look at
all four sets together!
The main difference between this set and
the other three (known sets?) is that while the others all make the boy drummer
smaller than the other two, in this set he is the same size. At the moment,
that's three down - one to go!
Further to the previous posts, the US cake
decorating market DID get blue-coat versions of the redcoats, whether this
means my fanciful scenario holds any water or not is for the birds, but I did
nearly get a set a while ago, and keep my eye out for a cheap lot.
They also have at least two versions of Betsy Ross (the
flag-lady), neither of which seems to have made it to these shores, the inference
being we got redcoats, not as a connection with the AWI, but because the HK
maker wanted to shift as much product as possible and small boys - in those
days - liked toy soldiers on their cake!
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