Another one sent to the Blog by Peter
Evans, and featuring various generic elements we've seen before under other
branding's, this set is credited to that timeless rock of the toy industry; Kingstar International! There? Do you
hear that? That's Tomy, Hasbro and Mattel quaking in their boots!
The 'bits', the flag will go to charity,
the helicopter too probably, but only because I picked a couple up a few years
ago in Fire and Police toobs from the now defunct 99p Stores (where they were branded PMS I think) but the carrier will be retained as a sample, it sort
of goes with the old Ri-Toys
warships, and the trees will go with all the other palm-trees.
These are the best bit, again we've seen
them before, both 99p and Poundland (Funrise?)
and possibly other generics? I seem to be building complete batteries of these vaguely
1:72nd scale missile launchers (and the other vehicles in the - contract
manufactured - series), but it's trying to get each in every colour
variation/camouflage which is taking the time!
Just as the Britains khaki infantry and Wild West swoppet piracies of the 60's
were copied and copied again, as the Airfix piracies of the 1970's likewise and
then the Airfix Paratrooper 'armymen' with generic helmets in the 1980/90's, so
these new generics are being copied and re-copied, compare these two and you'll
see lots of little differences, they are easy to copy as they are simple
mouldings, so pantograph well, but the red one is a poorer copy.
Wales versus Austria? I think we can all
agree who'd win, but we also know Germany would get the blame and Austria would
be let-off scot-free!
2 comments:
Interesting finds.
Peter found them Jan, I just waffled about them!
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