I'm guessing these are Spanish (so the
dismal-duo might have something to say about them!) or Portuguese, and Sobres
of some kind, but they could be bubble-gum, ice-cream or cereal premiums?
The bases are reminiscent of early Pech or Jecsan, with the irregular clipped-corner rock-look, which is not
that surprising when you realise they are near-copies of the larger Jecsan set! These are around 35mm, I
don't know how many are in the full set but I know I like them; particularly
the colours!
I would put money (not a lot, but some!) on
these being Paul Lamond, if only for
their similarities to the Pirate Ron Chiasson ID'd years ago. I have looked for
them but only a cursory look and how many potential search-terms are there from
Jungle through to Conan via
dinosaurs!
Definitely a board-game though, all the
boxes are ticked; standard colours, 40-odd millimetres, disc-base and a dense
ethylene or polypropylene, anyone got the game?
This is a real mystery, I have two or three
now (one may be lost between the coming together collections) so it can't be
that rare, each came singly, with nothing that looked like it might 'belong',
so first guess is it's from some play-set which was otherwise a big plastic
fold'y-out'y thing for die-casts?
He/she or it may be a monkey or ape, a
caveman or cave-child, a baby Wookie or a yeti in a helmet and seems to have
been designed to clip-into something and swing about? Anyone recognise the
creature? The plastic is similar to some Corgi stuff - the later, non-PVC
stuff.
Whether he/she or it's an ape, an ape-man
or a pilot in furry overalls, he/she or it was around long-enough, or was
popular-enough (as a toy) to be pirated by someone - the plastic is similar in
style/colour to Rado copies of Airfix 8th Army or Russian Infantry?
The other is more obviously a soldier or
parachutist, seems to be of a similar design or from a similar toy and is in a
hard polystyrene, over plated with a chromium-finish. There are small dinks in
either hand in-line with the 'bar', so he probably clipped into some kind of
swing, or frame that allowed for a 'swinging-action'?
2 comments:
These are also great! I love the sculpts but not so much the colours (and the fact that they are unpainted).
I cannot recognise any of them as a Spanish premium, at least not from 1986 on...
The four guys in the bright basic colours could definitely be from a board game. In that case it would also be hard to find from which one.
Cheers,
Juan
Cheers Gog - I suspect 1960's for the Spanish figures? And yes, finding a baord game (even - or especially on boardgamegeek) whithout title AND maker is a nightmare!
H
Jan - you sound impressed?!!
H
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