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I’m a 60-year-old Aspergic gardening CAD-Monkey. Sardonic, cynical and with the political leanings of a social reformer, I’m also a toy and model figure collector, particularly interested in the history of plastics and plastic toys. Other interests are history, current affairs, modern art, and architecture, gardening and natural history. I love plain chocolate, fireworks and trees, but I don’t hug them, I do hug kittens. I hate ignorance, when it can be avoided, so I hate the 'educational' establishment and pity the millions they’ve failed with teaching-to-test and rote 'learning' and I hate the short-sighted stupidity of the entire ruling/industrial elite, with their planet destroying fascism and added “buy-one-get-one-free”. Likewise, I also have no time for fools and little time for the false crap we're all supposed to pretend we haven't noticed, or the games we're supposed to play. I will 'bite the hand that feeds', to remind it why it feeds.

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

T is for Toy Fair 2019 Reports - Amerang - NJCroce Bendables

I think there will be four Amerang posts before the season's done, but as we haven't looked at NJCroce's bendable figures for a while (and they were becoming a regular here!), I thought I'd kick-off with a quick overview of what Amerang's shipping in from the 'States at the moment.

80th Year Batman; Amerang; Batman; Bendables; Bendy Man; Bendy Toys; Classic TV Series; Comic Batman; Comic Characters; DC Batman; DC Characters; DC Comics; Film Character; Green Lantern; Kennsington Olympia Toy Fair; London Toy Fair 2019; Movie Promotional; News; NJ Croce; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; The Joker; TJMaxx; TKMaxx; Toy Fair News; Toy Fair Olympia; TV And Film-Related; TV Cartoon; TV Characters; TV Related; TV Tie Ins; TV Toys; Wonder Woman;
Top left is the 'original' (actually second [TV]) Batman who was also the Blog's introduction to NJCroce when Brain Berke donated him over a couple of years ago (nearly a 'few' years ago!), he's still available, but now as a key-ring.

Next to him is the TV-version four-inch Joker. Far left gives us a box set of the 'Classic TV Series' figures with card variations on the self in front of them and a little Batmobile I got no details on!

80th Year Batman; Amerang; Batman; Bendables; Bendy Man; Bendy Toys; Classic TV Series; Comic Batman; Comic Characters; DC Batman; DC Characters; DC Comics; Film Character; Green Lantern; Kennsington Olympia Toy Fair; London Toy Fair 2019; Movie Promotional; News; NJ Croce; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; The Joker; TJMaxx; TKMaxx; Toy Fair News; Toy Fair Olympia; TV And Film-Related; TV Cartoon; TV Characters; TV Related; TV Tie Ins; TV Toys; Wonder Woman;
Animated Series Joker and a Green lantern also on the pegs, but the star of this year's line is an 80th Anniversary original comic Batman in five-inch, bendy-form!

Down the bottom are a set of 'deforms' including a generic 'Armyman' I'll look out for!

80th Year Batman; Amerang; Batman; Bendables; Bendy Man; Bendy Toys; Classic TV Series; Comic Batman; Comic Characters; DC Batman; DC Characters; DC Comics; Film Character; Green Lantern; Kennsington Olympia Toy Fair; London Toy Fair 2019; Movie Promotional; News; NJ Croce; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; The Joker; TJMaxx; TKMaxx; Toy Fair News; Toy Fair Olympia; TV And Film-Related; TV Cartoon; TV Characters; TV Related; TV Tie Ins; TV Toys; Wonder Woman;
I think this is the one I shelfied in TKMaxx just before Christmas, it's a static vehicle (wheels are fixed) aimed at adult collectors who - presumably - have been found (by some focus group?) to only want to display mint-boxed! You can just see a TV version behind it.

80th Year Batman; Amerang; Batman; Bendables; Bendy Man; Bendy Toys; Classic TV Series; Comic Batman; Comic Characters; DC Batman; DC Characters; DC Comics; Film Character; Green Lantern; Kennsington Olympia Toy Fair; London Toy Fair 2019; Movie Promotional; News; NJ Croce; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; The Joker; TJMaxx; TKMaxx; Toy Fair News; Toy Fair Olympia; TV And Film-Related; TV Cartoon; TV Characters; TV Related; TV Tie Ins; TV Toys; Wonder Woman;
This is one of the Movie beasts and again a static display model but the bendy is sculpted to a high standard. Obviously these NJCroce items will appear in TKMaxx through the year, but Amerang - as agents - will be looking for other buyers and so they should also be found in other places?

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