A reminder of Gog's set - for which he's still
after a brand or set title - they are Marx
copies of a third or fourth copy-generation I suspect. Three-colour paint on a
flat pinky-flesh polyethylene which has the tininess of 'modern' rack-toys from
the 1980's to the 2000's.
My similar samples are from three
sets/sources, with all-new poses at the top, two new poses and one duplicate (with Gog's) in
the middle row along with unpainted versions below, who are slightly larger so
probably slightly earlier.
A study of the bases above and a paint variation
of 'hairy chest' (or large mega-fauna tick?!) below; I have a whole sample of
the bare-chested chaps. Dropping the chest hair can't have been much of a
saving - cost wise - for the maker as they still have the eyes dotted-in, but
it's a hell of an improvement on the giant melanoma! Is it me or does he look
like one of the Slag Brothers in the Wacky Races . . . booggederbooggerderbooggerdah!
An earlier, better copy of the Marx chap,
also unpainted.
I suspect most of these are from the budget
end of rack-toys and/or 'toobs'/tubs with a few palnts, some wild animals or -
more likely - dinosaurs and any help tying them into set or brand names/titles
would be appreciated by Gog, me and probably; many other loyal readers!
2 comments:
Hi Hugh,
Sorry I missed the first entry with my own cavemen. I don't know how could it happen, maybe was exactly during a short trip I did last summer. I actuallz thought you might have forgotten to publish them.
Anyway, the photos look great on your blog and it is a nice set of entries about cavemen you just wrote today. The older models from entry 1 are also very cool.
Thanks for the information and for keep on trying to get the exact origin of them.
Cheers,
Juan
No worries Gog, people sometimes come back to these posts years after I post them, so you never know!
H
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