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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.

Sunday, April 21, 2019

I is for 'In the Nick of Time'!

Spotted this online, on Monday (15th April), and only arriving an hour ago, I've quickly had it out, photographed it, duplicated 20-odd images for a .gif (hopefully loaded below!) and am now firing off a hurried blurb, before slotting it in somewhere, I think there's only two posts today (Thurs.) so it may be here new, or it may be added to Sunday or Monday?!!!

23-0917-DGN CH; Catering Novelties; Design No. 23-0917; Egg Soldier; Egg Soldiers; Egg-Cup; Forward Fred; Fred; Fred and Friends; G3 Assault Rifle; Gallil Assault Rifle; Genuine Fred; Herts of Stur; Hoobbe; Household Goods; Jason Pang; Kitchencraft; Lifetime Brands; Novelty Egg-Cup; Novelty Figurine; Novelty Toy; Paper Products; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Soldier Egg Cup;
As it arrived; it's tied to several brands one way or another, but more important, it credits an artist/designer, so he should get a name-check first; Jason Pang. It appears to have been designed for Fred (Forward Fred/Fred and Friends/Genuine Fred) 'a division' of Lifetime Brands' (who are also the European distributer as Kitchencraft), sub-branded to Hoobbe and manufactured in China . . . by 'DGN' (if you believe Erwin!) and I got it from Herts of Stur!

23-0917-DGN CH; Catering Novelties; Design No. 23-0917; Egg Soldier; Egg Soldiers; Egg-Cup; Forward Fred; Fred; Fred and Friends; G3 Assault Rifle; Gallil Assault Rifle; Genuine Fred; Herts of Stur; Hoobbe; Household Goods; Jason Pang; Kitchencraft; Lifetime Brands; Novelty Egg-Cup; Novelty Figurine; Novelty Toy; Paper Products; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Soldier Egg Cup;
Out of the box . . . is that a Gallil or G3 assault rifle, seems to be a bit of both?

The marking in full is exactly the same as the previous ones we looked at 23-0917-DGN [CH], which, as per last time is read backwards; it's actually China, Design No. 23-0917, there is no maker called DGN!

23-0917-DGN CH; Catering Novelties; Design No. 23-0917; Egg Soldier; Egg Soldiers; Egg-Cup; Forward Fred; Fred; Fred and Friends; G3 Assault Rifle; Gallil Assault Rifle; Genuine Fred; Herts of Stur; Hoobbe; Household Goods; Jason Pang; Kitchencraft; Lifetime Brands; Novelty Egg-Cup; Novelty Figurine; Novelty Toy; Paper Products; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Soldier Egg Cup;
If it's worked there's a [rather wobbly] .gif here of a fat-knacker getting some exercise! I should have used a tripod, but is was all a bit rushed!

23-0917-DGN CH; Catering Novelties; Design No. 23-0917; Egg Soldier; Egg Soldiers; Egg-Cup; Forward Fred; Fred; Fred and Friends; G3 Assault Rifle; Gallil Assault Rifle; Genuine Fred; Herts of Stur; Hoobbe; Household Goods; Jason Pang; Kitchencraft; Lifetime Brands; Novelty Egg-Cup; Novelty Figurine; Novelty Toy; Paper Products; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Soldier Egg Cup;
The egg is a papier-mâché addition to those we've looked at in the past at this time of year! Happy Easter all!

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