Depending upon the order all these
'stockpiled' articles get published, you may by now have realised that I shot some
of the German plastic over the last few weeks, among which was these
intermediate scale chaps, in a sort of NATO/generic
'army man' US-G.I. style.
Eight poses including two baseless figures,
one kneeling, one prone and not much fighting being done . . . but then there's
only four M1 carbines and three [holstered] pistols between them. A sign of the
genuine unpopularity of 'war toys' in the post-war Germany; although not quite
earning - the rumoured - full ban, it was nevertheless an unpopular subject.
Sharing base designs quite similar to what
little I know of Koho's output, these
have been attributed to Manurba (so BIG-branded play sets and Wundertüten
too?), while over here, in the UK, they appeared in Tallon packaging, as a small-bagged, pocket-money, rack-toy line.
Possibly an early painted version, but I
suspect home-painting; those headphones are drawn-in too finely! Commonest in
green, the second most common are the grey ones, with other-colour versions
also out there - as seen above.
About 20% or one-in-five of all found
examples are marked 'Made in west Germany' and the lack
of marking on same-poses suggests a multiple cavity mould-tool, at least three
of each with no marked kneeling or prone figures. You can also see that while
the grey is pretty constant (there are a few darker ones) the green can vary
considerably from a yellow-olive to a dark olive-drab.
2 comments:
Welcome back Hugh. Glad you are well.
Cheers Chris
You too Chris! I meant to eMail you the other day, but have forgotten why? So I haven't! But . . . if I pull my finger out later tonight, I will be posting the H is for's tomorrow.
H
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