The bag's top right and explored below, but
among the other things was another Tula
Cartridge Works AFV, a BTR152 (I think?) 6x6 wheeled carrier, a
boat-trailer which looks very Thomas/Poplar
but still needs to be checked against the tractors and their equipment to see
if any of the wheels match, I'll also have to find the right boat and a tower!
I also picked-up a small VW-Beetle type from Hong Kong which may be Blue Box, or may be one of several imitators
- although they were all copying Matchbox
or similar. Then there's the WHS's I've already Blogged as a follow-up.
There were also a few Blue Box small scale Wild West including a wagon, less one horse, Magic Roundabout Ermentrude and
Gladiator premiums, Marx HK lifeguard,
the composition Guards and a few other things. I got the Cherilea Sheikh from Steve Vickers, I always have a look at his
table as he always has such lovely stuff, but it's often a bit beyond my budget
(high-end plastic, quality hollow-cast and the odd bit of European composition),
so I was well-pleased to find something.
My big mistake was the Xandria Holland key-ring, the seller had at least five (and they
weren't cheap!); I instantly recognised Brains clutching his model spaceship
and Lady Penelope with her mauve costume-jewellery, there was a Parker (I think
- don't remember seeing the mafia violin-case) and a darker blue Tracy boy I
thought I had, but I couldn't remember any of mine having a radio, so thought
I'd found a sixth pose and bought this one. needless to say I do have it and
then imagined I'd seen three Tracy's and left the 'wrong' one, but I think
that's wishful thinking, and the seller had the same group as me? So this one
is available with a straight swap for an equally interesting thing, if anyone
wants him!
The thing second-down from the left is a
blow-moulded chicken with tin-legs, and why not!
I bought the bag of Wild West for these
chaps; dead common in oxide brown or an off white (the two at the bottom), but
less common in these bright colours. They are good quality Hong Kong copies of
the Jean figures from Germany and I
rather like them!
The bag also contained a mix of British
plastic and Hong Kong figures, and in each shot the upper row were 'keeps', the
lower row was in the recycling by midday on the Sunday! Except the Timpo
Indians, where I decided to keep the two middle figures, until I've checked
them against my box of bits, where I may or may not have them, if I need them
I'll glue them.
I know - I've already posted a bigger shot!
But Adrian had put these to one side for me, and it was in the collageing of
these, here, that I got the idea for the other 'eye-candy' shot! All W.
Germany-marked, four with integral wheels and five with separate wheels and . .
. I can't get enough of them!
Adrian had also put the chariot aside for
me, we have looked at one, which I debagged due to its having already
broken-free, but this bag looks to be holding-up well, so will remain as a
'minter' although the bag is getting the fogging of a million micro-folds!
John Begg (PTS52 on eBay) managed to
find me the WWII leaders, not in time for the posts earlier this year, but that
was only because I'm an impatient git, there is another post on the Monogram legacy, on the way at some
point, and I'll do these closer then.
Finally and for something completely
different, with the Earth dying an'all that pink-monkey related shit, it was
nice to see the plastic cutlery being replaced by wooden alternatives - I can
report that the knife was bloody good and dealt with proper bacon - no problem
- but the fork was a bit less successful and split after the first prod! It's
probably steam-shaped and that weakens the grain?
Also - a big thanks to the management at
Sandown Park for getting back to a full breakfast with drink (tea or coffee)
for a fiver, it's been creeping up to seven or eight quid plus for the two this
last year or so, and I began to wonder if the 'Saturday crew' knew what they
were doing, let's hope it now stays back at a fiver-with-drink for a while?
So four shows, four posts, filled a weekend
if nothing else! Some of it we've already seen in close-up, some of it we won't
see again for years, like that trailer, for instance - I really will have to
find the boat and the towing vehicle before it can be Blogged properly; right
now I don't now whether to put it with the unknown boats & ships, or with
the 'Car Ferry' farm sets!
It's all grist to the mill - more tomorrow,
if I remember!
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