It wasn't until I was looking for the
folder for the earlier game's images that I [was] remembered I already had an 'Ariel'
on the desktop, except, I'd miss-titled a Capri
folder . . . doh! My desktop is shocking; it has 34 spaces left of a possible
126, I really must do something about it, there's stuff from Theo, Adrian, Chris
and Brain, while Jason sent a load of Highlander stuff ages ago!
At the risk of repeating myself, this year
will be a bitty-one and the keel of the good ship Small Scale World won't
be even until at least this time next year, and stuff will pile-up, but in the meantime I'll post what I
can, and here's that other Ariel Capri
Game!
I always sort of knew this existed and
found it on feebleBay once or twice, but never got around to purchasing it,
however a few months ago I saw one going cheap and popped my cash in the pot to
'tick the box' as far as the collection is concerned and with a pitiful image
count on this post, no more than tick a box here!
The reason I believed in its existence
before I know of it for sure is because I found the red arm-up guy (top left-hand corner) in the alleyway
next to my old house in North Camp, a bit smashed-up. In fact, he looked more
like a saluting Nazi from some unknown WHW
set, but I realised he must be some kind of sportsman, probably from a board
game!
There are a set of hurdles with and without
penalty forfeits attached to their cards and a high jump in card, and the
mechanism is collecting points by attempting various track & field events, aided or hindered by dice, cards and tables.
The 'high-jump' chap (bottom pose) looks like posh-guy from Scooby-doo! That's it; 12 35mm figures of sportsmen in three poses and four colours!
The box also contained a Brucie-bonus, a
flat which seems to be from a mine-related or fairground board game? Klondike Pete, golden nugget,
haunted mine, ghost train . . . something like that! Also these thick flats
need a new name, they aren't strictly flats or semi-flats, nor are they the
hollow or smooth-backed relief flats . . . coin flats, fat-flats? Token flats!
Whatever; it's another figure on the Blog!
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