The upper set is apparently (a note left in
the box and sold with it) supposed to be a/the Hamley's exclusive (?), but seems to be pretty standard, while the
lower set may not have been handled by Cavendish
at all, but that's why they were attributed - by me, earlier today - to 'Hong
Kong', despite also being handled by Cavendish,
in a Cavendish box (I'm still looking
for), albeit as a four-figure set.
My Cavendish
(possibly Hamley's) blue-and-gold box
can also be found elsewhere on the internet in its complete form (mine is
missing the gold-finish, figure-retaining, card 'plinth' with the titles
printed on), while there are a fair few of the HK sets to be seen around.
Perhaps if Mr The Jabbering Fuck had done a
little Googling before his 2nd police post he could have been more sure of the
trustworthiness of the information he was quoting from here - instead of trying
to dismiss it; because I'd said it . . . Mr Stadinger though - is a very stupid
man.
Some more shots.
Note the Guard's cuffs and painted plume
If, instead of name-dropping the late Mr.
Kite in his adding-nothing to the subject 'I've got one of those too' post, TJF
had asked Mr Kite about the relationship between the UK and HK sculpts, he may
actually have had something of some actual merit to actually add . . .
actually!
And this is a criticism of the 'old guard'
in general, why did no-one ask the obvious questions? What did Mr Kite think
of, or know about the copies, why was he happy to carry copies of what had been
his figures, did he send the Musgrave (or Stadden) tool to the Colony, did he
get a cheaper unit-rate that the other tourist trade importers?
The two ends of the souvenir box.
The above is obviously not meant to be a
criticism of Mr. Kite; both Britains
and Marx ran-off to Hong Kong too (which
didn't save either of them in the long-run!) but it (the lack of the right
questions being asked) is the obvious question to ask of those who would be
'legend' but missed the open goals, which; as Mr. Stadinger's original attack
on me turns to something more insidious or ideological (with some of the 'old
guard' actively supporting the idiot's idiocy), they are worth questioning in and
of themselves.
They're the first questions I'd ask Mr.
Kite if he was still with us.
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