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Thursday, March 14, 2019

H is for How They Come In - Peter's Latest Parcel

I had an email from Mr. Evans not a week ago, actually . . . a week and a day ago! Saying he had sent me a little something and I should keep half-an eye out for the postman, actually . . . he didn't say it quite like that at all, but it makes for a better narrative! The next day it arrived, no . . . really, the very next day a week ago exactly (at time of writing!), I tought it would take a few days and there it was on the doorstep, and what a parcel -

Bitten; G•G; Julius Caesar; Kinder; Mixed Figures; Mixed Lot; Mixed Model Soldiers; Mixed Novelties; Mixed Playthings; Mixed Toy Soldiers; Mixed Toys; Novelty Erasers; Novelty Figurine; Novelty Figurines; Novelty Prize Toys; Novelty Toy; Old Farm Toys; Old Plastic Figures; Old Plastic Novelty; Old Plastic Toy; Old Plastic Toys; Old Toy Soldiers; Safari; Schleich; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Unga Toys; Vikky the Viking; Vintage Plastic Figures; Vintage Plastic Soldiers; Vintage Toy Figures; Vintage Toy Soldiers; Vintage Toys;
We did look at it, briefly, last Friday, but here it is, all laid-out, with the 'for September' stuff conveniently buried in the middle

As with all these parcels from other people, the aim is to get it on the Blog sooner rather than later, but some of it will be sorted into the collection, and wait maybe years to appear, however we'll look at some of the more interesting items below and a few others I can pick out above include . . .

. . . the Strawberry Group (via Tiger?)'s issue of the Toy Major knights possibly from Supreme/SP Toys at 3-O'clock, a piece of toast bendy-toy which looks a bit SpongeBob Square Pants but probably pre-dates the cartoon at 5-O'clock, two Charbens road-menders at 7-O'clock and - coming back toward the centre a Tony Tiger trainer and a polyurethane resin man-at-arms who needs his spear-tip repaired.

Up at the ten O'clock position a nice Toy Story soldier holding a tube above his head, I can't now remember what it was for (for a drinking-straw or a zip-wire toy?) but I have seen it somewhere, so the figure's advert or other details should be in the archive somewhere?

Slightly to the left of 12-noon is a row of PVC characters or caricatures with more down at 4pm, we'll look at two of them later today, with the rest being filtered into the collection, next time I have a putting-away session!

Bitten; G•G; Julius Caesar; Kinder; Mixed Figures; Mixed Lot; Mixed Model Soldiers; Mixed Novelties; Mixed Playthings; Mixed Toy Soldiers; Mixed Toys; Novelty Erasers; Novelty Figurine; Novelty Figurines; Novelty Prize Toys; Novelty Toy; Old Farm Toys; Old Plastic Figures; Old Plastic Novelty; Old Plastic Toy; Old Plastic Toys; Old Toy Soldiers; Safari; Schleich; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Unga Toys; Vikky the Viking; Vintage Plastic Figures; Vintage Plastic Soldiers; Vintage Toy Figures; Vintage Toy Soldiers; Vintage Toys;
These are very interesting as I think they are the same food-picks we saw here (got the green ones! FIGHT!) from (or branded to-) Fred & Friends on the packaging, but are here branded to 'Bitten'; on the runner. Presented like this I wonder if they weren't attached to the cover of a 'house or homes' or cookery type magazine as a 'freebie' gift?

Bitten; G•G; Julius Caesar; Kinder; Mixed Figures; Mixed Lot; Mixed Model Soldiers; Mixed Novelties; Mixed Playthings; Mixed Toy Soldiers; Mixed Toys; Novelty Erasers; Novelty Figurine; Novelty Figurines; Novelty Prize Toys; Novelty Toy; Old Farm Toys; Old Plastic Figures; Old Plastic Novelty; Old Plastic Toy; Old Plastic Toys; Old Toy Soldiers; Safari; Schleich; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Unga Toys; Vikky the Viking; Vintage Plastic Figures; Vintage Plastic Soldiers; Vintage Toy Figures; Vintage Toy Soldiers; Vintage Toys;
I had some help! "Can I eat them?"

Bitten . . . geddit!

Bitten; G•G; Julius Caesar; Kinder; Mixed Figures; Mixed Lot; Mixed Model Soldiers; Mixed Novelties; Mixed Playthings; Mixed Toy Soldiers; Mixed Toys; Novelty Erasers; Novelty Figurine; Novelty Figurines; Novelty Prize Toys; Novelty Toy; Old Farm Toys; Old Plastic Figures; Old Plastic Novelty; Old Plastic Toy; Old Plastic Toys; Old Toy Soldiers; Safari; Schleich; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Unga Toys; Vikky the Viking; Vintage Plastic Figures; Vintage Plastic Soldiers; Vintage Toy Figures; Vintage Toy Soldiers; Vintage Toys;
The resin pile grows! And Peter is responsible for a fair chunk of that pile! A rather nice guardsman credited to a G·G (there's now a Gentle Giant doing 'polystone' horror, TV/move, Star Wars stuff?) at around 85/90mm, hard to judge with a thick base and huge - but realistic - Bearskin!

Bitten; G•G; Julius Caesar; Kinder; Mixed Figures; Mixed Lot; Mixed Model Soldiers; Mixed Novelties; Mixed Playthings; Mixed Toy Soldiers; Mixed Toys; Novelty Erasers; Novelty Figurine; Novelty Figurines; Novelty Prize Toys; Novelty Toy; Old Farm Toys; Old Plastic Figures; Old Plastic Novelty; Old Plastic Toy; Old Plastic Toys; Old Toy Soldiers; Safari; Schleich; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Unga Toys; Vikky the Viking; Vintage Plastic Figures; Vintage Plastic Soldiers; Vintage Toy Figures; Vintage Toy Soldiers; Vintage Toys;
Passing back through history by a millennium and we have the other bendy toy in the parcel; Vikky the Viking from Schleich of all people, and they have what I assume is a lovely 'bendy-toy' specific logo - inset, centre, looks a bit like the 'Jamaica Ginger' dancer of my childhood! The rear-shots are before and after cleaning!

Bitten; G•G; Julius Caesar; Kinder; Mixed Figures; Mixed Lot; Mixed Model Soldiers; Mixed Novelties; Mixed Playthings; Mixed Toy Soldiers; Mixed Toys; Novelty Erasers; Novelty Figurine; Novelty Figurines; Novelty Prize Toys; Novelty Toy; Old Farm Toys; Old Plastic Figures; Old Plastic Novelty; Old Plastic Toy; Old Plastic Toys; Old Toy Soldiers; Safari; Schleich; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Unga Toys; Vikky the Viking; Vintage Plastic Figures; Vintage Plastic Soldiers; Vintage Toy Figures; Vintage Toy Soldiers; Vintage Toys;
Back another 800-odd years and we get to the Caesars and specifically THE Caesar; Julius! There is an odd & sods Safari post in the pipeline and I was going to hold him for that post, but this is so nice I thought I should record my gratitude separately. It's beautifully decorated too.

Bitten; G•G; Julius Caesar; Kinder; Mixed Figures; Mixed Lot; Mixed Model Soldiers; Mixed Novelties; Mixed Playthings; Mixed Toy Soldiers; Mixed Toys; Novelty Erasers; Novelty Figurine; Novelty Figurines; Novelty Prize Toys; Novelty Toy; Old Farm Toys; Old Plastic Figures; Old Plastic Novelty; Old Plastic Toy; Old Plastic Toys; Old Toy Soldiers; Safari; Schleich; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Unga Toys; Vikky the Viking; Vintage Plastic Figures; Vintage Plastic Soldiers; Vintage Toy Figures; Vintage Toy Soldiers; Vintage Toys;
This part set of Kinder-like or ersatz Phidal are by Unga Toys, have we had them before? I won't know until I upload the post and see whether the tag is already in the list or needs adding alongside Bitten and GG? Snow White and the two dwarves! I'll keep an eye out for the rest and may even have a few somewhere. You can see there are 15 items in a full set including a turtle, was there a turtle in the movie . . . I've never watched it?

Bitten; G•G; Julius Caesar; Kinder; Mixed Figures; Mixed Lot; Mixed Model Soldiers; Mixed Novelties; Mixed Playthings; Mixed Toy Soldiers; Mixed Toys; Novelty Erasers; Novelty Figurine; Novelty Figurines; Novelty Prize Toys; Novelty Toy; Old Farm Toys; Old Plastic Figures; Old Plastic Novelty; Old Plastic Toy; Old Plastic Toys; Old Toy Soldiers; Safari; Schleich; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Unga Toys; Vikky the Viking; Vintage Plastic Figures; Vintage Plastic Soldiers; Vintage Toy Figures; Vintage Toy Soldiers; Vintage Toys;
Finally, these are Kinder, and I hope they're duplicates as I'd hate to think the village was short-handed on my account! He also sent me the Tobar gnome we've seen here previously and various other cartoony things, but more than eight images in a post of this type and you run out of tag-limit!

There was a tiny grey rabbit character which will definitely make a post as I have a whole bunch of very small gum-ball capsule, board game and Christmas cracker rabbits (or Hares, Mad, March for the use of) somewhere, crying-out for their five-minutes in the limelight!

Thanks Peter, a really nice selection which will boost future posts for years to come.

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