C is for Creative Crafts

Actually 'Unknown Hong Kong' via Star Plastics Inc., of New York, but Creative Crafts made a better title! And it wouldn't be here without the act of Schell's Flowers from Pennsylvania ordering the thing into stock all those years ago and flogging it to whoever then decided never to use it!

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!