H is for How They Come In - Peter - July

Another donation to the Blog wung its way from North London and the Generous Peter Evans in late July, and while we've seen one or two bits from it already, there were some interesting single/stand-alone figures which we're looking at in a minute.

First the inevitable 'group shot', the box ended-up in such a performance it's getting its own post! The bag of horses and the motorbikes both made it into a rather interrupted Rack Toy Month, but I still managed 45 posts, so all was not lost! Not shown below are the red mechanic, a couple of Britains part-zoo-keepers, ertzgibirge cottage and a silver Timpo-clone, sub-scale knight-copy.

A bunch of five! From the left; Worlds Apart/Horrible Histories Centurion, I may paint him up so he's not the same as the original gifted by the promoter, a - probably originally - 1950's kit figure, could be from an AFV, but in silver is more likely to be from an aircraft or rocket kit?

A very interesting figure, which is of the Airfix/Aussie/NZ set of eight seen here numerous times now, but this one a home-cast (and it is technically a casting, being poured) copy from a home-made mould, by Peter, more interesting still is that it's in a material which has set-hard, but flexible, with the properties of PVC.

Then we have a Safari astronaut of the NASA type and a fine but poorly-painted artillery corporal . . . sorry; self-confirmed Emperor! I'm guessing a modern'ish tourist keepsake? Having started a tub just for Blownaparts after I Blogged my small sample, he has a home to go straight into!

This must be kinder (or similar) and is a rather nice fairy, as you can see! Rather peacock'y wings which are made of a sort of plasticised cartridge paper which is relatively indestructible and the specific hols in the base may point to some kind of larger assembly being possible, or collectable toward? [Images might belong in the August lot - publishing later today]

Speaking of kinder, the Hippo'/Rhino' (it's not clear) are definitely Kinder from the 1990's or 2010's, as I have a similar Polar Bear family somewhere, as you can see they stack like Russian Dolls! The sci-fi knight on an armoured Dinosaur is also Kinder while the two (gum-ball machine?) finger-puppets are fun - a Lion holding burning brands a tad too close to his mane for comfort and an Impish Devil who's lost a thumb I fear!

The gold paper worked better this time . . . different light conditions? 

A handful of 'Chinatroops' made up the parcel, and these are they; two iterations of the same pose from different makers, a buckshee Airfix 8th Army piracy and a similar Afrika Korps soldier - we'll return to such things later today if BT Wifi lets me get them all up later!

Many thanks to Mr Evans for another fun lot which pushes the envelope that little bit further!