I remembered these shots were in the
'follow-ups' folder and thought they'd make a good (the best) follow-up to the Phidal set! Courtesy of Brian B we have
the proper, pre-op' Marvel Man!
There's not much I can add Blurb-wise to Brian's mail;
"Attached are photos of only
the second Lego style figure I ever purchased.
Maker is unknown, so not a
licensed item. He's more Miricleman than Marvelman who I loved as a kid but as
there were no Marvelman figures to own unless you were adapt at Plasticine I
had to have one.
He's shown with suitable
feats of strength on Marvel Comics reprint of his adventures. The shot with
Bender gives the size with a Dinky Pillar Box for comparison."
What I would add though is that a subsequent search leads to the eBay
seller Onlinesailin (OLS) and there is one available here; 254326065503, and that
this, being such a 'professional' sort of conversion, with batch duplication,
would seem to be what the die-cast guys have been contending with for years, a
'Code
3', that is something of a factory-manufactured appearance which is
really home-made, 'garage' or after-market, yet has commercial 'legs'?
There's a mass of it going on in the Playmobile-world as well; Carthaginian
conversion kits, colonial pith-helmets, vinyl-graphic sticker sets, heat-set
transfer sheets, resin replacement parts &etc.
Footnote; most of you will know but for
those who don't; Code 1 is a/the factory product, Code 2 is a commissioned
promotional, premium or factory-sanctioned batch-conversion.
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