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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.

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

T is for Two - B is for Big Boys & Blow-Moulds

The first of these came in from Chris Smith a while ago and have been languishing in the 'Follow-Ups' folder, an odd folder with most of Chris's-, some of Brian's- and the odd bit of my- stuff and a few screen-caps or scans! But they are worth a stand-alone post . . . 'cos they're lovely!

99p Stores; 99p Stores (PMS); 99p Stores PMS; Bagged Rack Toy; Blow Mould Figures; Blow-Moulded GI's; GI's; Kiosk Sopresas; Large Scale Toy Soldiers; Made in China; Made in Spain; Matchbox Toys; PMS; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Spanish Kiosko; Spanish Toy; Spanish Toy Soldiers; Tim Mee;
Chris thinks they may be Spanish, which might make them single purchase kiosk items (but not 'sobres' as they'd be hard to hide in a paper envelope!), and I think they are superb. Slightly generic, slightly GI, blow-moulded combat infantry types ready for beach, bath or garden!

Shared with everyone - cheers Chris!

99p Stores; 99p Stores (PMS); 99p Stores PMS; Bagged Rack Toy; Blow Mould Figures; Blow-Moulded GI's; GI's; Kiosk Sopresas; Large Scale Toy Soldiers; Made in China; Made in Spain; Matchbox Toys; PMS; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Spanish Kiosko; Spanish Toy; Spanish Toy Soldiers; Tim Mee;
These aren't blow-moulds, but they are big! From Mr. Berke; the US-packaging version of the figures we initially saw here at Small Scale World from - the now defunct - 99p Stores under the PMSlabel (firefighters as well) a couple of years ago.  4" clone-conversions of Tim Mee and Matchbox GI's, although the hidden 4th-one was a bit Airfix German, running, I seem to recall!

No brand but look for the distinctive card if you're in the 'States - cheers Brain!

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