. . . and with the exception of Marx they are all basically cake
decorations, and of course they would be; wouldn't they? What other group of
adults would regularly want a child's cake, and one re-affirming the
'legitimacy' of their 'pastime', on their birthday? Presumably with
pringle-patterned icing!
The first three are current or current'ish,
seen in the larger craft-stores and branded to Wilton's or Anniversary House,
then we have the Marx, a rarity only
in not having broken yet! The other two are or were both Culpitt's, one from Gemodels,
the other a Hong Kong/China replacement who may well have also been issued under
other brands.
There appear to be three (or at least
three) different sculpts of the Gem
golfer, numbered above; the numbers have no significance re. chronology. A
taller version (1) and shorter versions with thin legs (2) and thicker limbs
(3). From the similarities between the yellow-jersey 1 & 2 sculpts, they
are probably cavity differences on a small'ish mould tool.
A few paint variations of the recent one, I
don't think it's still current, but you may manage to find it in the older
catering shops, but most of them have closed in the last ten-years, so lucky if
you do find one.
Seen here at Small Scale World before
but re-shot for completeness; the Corgi
golfer & caddy vignette, issued as accessories with a die-cast toy car, the
trolley also in die-cast (frame and clubs) with a polyethylene whale's (marine mammals Mr
President!) penis and polyvinyl figures in a dense, stable polymer.
I shot these in a cake-decorators which was
closing, these are the current offerings from Cakeboards, although some of them had another branding on them I
think, we've seen a few of the others here already and there are more examples
and shelfies 'in the bag'! They are poured PU-resin with inset wire-club
shafts, in the same way weapons and extremities were stiffened in composition figures
100-years ago!
"Golf is a good walk spoiled."
Popularly attributed to Mark Twain, but it was first used in 1948. Twain died in 1910
Golfers; spoiling good walks, worldwide,
daily, since at least 1948!
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