IHC is for Mini People Rack Toy

International Hobby Corporation was born - in part - out of the rump of AHM (Associated Hobby Manufacturers) when the later filed for bankruptcy in 1982. Where AHM imported all sorts of toys and models, IHC tend to concentrate on model railroad stuff, where they seem to be head-to-head with Model Power, at least in the 'States, but I'm no expert on that aspect of the hobby.

Item 4261 from the Mini-People line is a set of six firefighters, here seen as an assortment of four poses, but I suspect that varies from pack to pack as there are six poses to chose from and therefore no reason to duplicate

Dario from Italy picked up some unpainted tool-shots still on the runner and sent us some pictures and here you can see the fifth pose on a part-runner; a chap fighting with the fire-hose, scaled against a Quaker Gladiator, you can also tell they are sized to HO-gauge (1:87th) model railways rather than the slightly larger British outline OO (1:76th), and that the tool had many identical cavities.

The cavities have an odd distribution which continues through to the other end (?) of the runner, where here we see the other four poses but in twos, threes or fours with some together, some interspersed.

I may have a third type of these figures somewhere, either as a second branding, or different colour of unpainted plastic (white?) figures loose but I can't remember, it just means we may return to them again one day - with more of the story? Not least because these (IHC packed) will most likely be bought-in/re-badged anyway.

Speaking of Model Power - as I was a moment ago - they are in the queue too, and many thanks to Dario for the images.