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Saturday, February 8, 2020

Q is for Question Time - Questionable 'Quatch!

Does anybody know who made this? I thought it was the Timpo orang-utan until I got a couple of them and realised this was completely different!

Abominable Snowman; Big Foot; Orang-utan; Plastic Abominable Snowman; Plastic Bigfoot Figure; Plastic Orang-utan; Plastic Sasquatch Figure; Plastic Yeti Figure; Sasquatch; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Timpo Gorilla; Timpo Orang-utan; Toy Abominable Snowman; Toy Big Foot; Toy Sasquatch; Toy Yeti; Unknown Orang-utan; Yeti;
Is he an orang-utan or is he meant to be a prehistoric hominid of some kind, or is he actually a Yeti / Abominable Snowman (and what empirical evidence is there, prey - for their abominable character?) / Big-Foot / Sasquatch type?

He's marked RD in the center of his shoulders, running down the spine; which could be an abbreviation for Registered Design, and while I thought that was stretching it a bit, there's not much else?

He's carrying two rocks, one in either hand and the impression is - he's gonna' crack some fucker's skull, gezzer, j'a-know-what-I-mean . . . 'e 'aint messin'!

Chalky 'early British' type polyethylene soft-plastic, he could be Spanish, or there's a Charbens, even Cherilea-like sculpting to him?

Abominable Snowman; Big Foot; Orang-utan; Plastic Abominable Snowman; Plastic Bigfoot Figure; Plastic Orang-utan; Plastic Sasquatch Figure; Plastic Yeti Figure; Sasquatch; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Timpo Gorilla; Timpo Orang-utan; Toy Abominable Snowman; Toy Big Foot; Toy Sasquatch; Toy Yeti; Unknown Orang-utan; Yeti;
Compared to the Timpo one, you can see he's not even that close (as I keep saying; I was late to this large-scale malarkey . . . and later-still to a Timpo orang-utan!), but in the same 54mm/1:32nd scale-range and he's a mean Mo-Fo! Can anyone help with this chap?
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4 comments:

  1. Spectrum SteveFebruary 8, 2020 at 6:23 PM

    Well I don't know who he is but my first thought on seeing an orange orang-utan was of course 'Trump?' but then I looked closer and realised my mistake....it's far too muscular and as a plastic figure infinitely more intelligent.....

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  2. Chris SmithFebruary 8, 2020 at 10:23 PM

    Hugh, pretty sure it is from(or copied) from a Charbens lead mould. Also I think Wendal had a flocked one which was very similar. Not sure on the RD mark though.

    Cheers Chris

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  3. Chris SmithFebruary 9, 2020 at 1:13 PM

    Hugh, checked the most recent PW Charbens special and he is on pages 32 and 36 in full colour glory. Looks to be the same paint job as yours.

    Cheers Chris

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  4. Hugh WalterFebruary 10, 2020 at 3:27 PM

    So I was just being an idiot . . . cheers Chris, I was tempted Steve!

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