It's a big set, in a big tub! Imported by Stevens International but clearly also
marked Hing Fat and obviously we're about
to look at the divers, but you get equal quantities of (distinctly New York
looking) police, Firefighter and Astronaut figures - all without the
chunkier accessories they otherwise come with.
We saw the older versions of the swimming
(prone) figures the other day, but I have neither of the standing poses, one of
which is harking back to the Lone Star chiseler/mine-setter, but the other - holding
a spear-gun across his chest - is all new. The underwater-camera-man is new
too, and the chap with the motor thingy, has been issued with a newer, smaller
model - reflecting real life?
Really, they are 'all new' as while they
look like all three sizes of their predecessors (at least one of which was Hing Fat - I suspect the smaller ones),
they are (unless I'm mistaken) larger figures, and newer-sculpts rather than
pantographed copies? You can also see (as Brian mentioned) the scale between
the four figure sets is not remotely constant!
Many thanks to Brian for a swift follow-up
and I received a parcel from Peter Evans yesterday, which will be the subject
of a future post, and which had a plastic diver in! But he's from the non-Lone Star origins ones with
plug-ins, which I've held back for another day.
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