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I’m a 60-year-old Aspergic gardening CAD-Monkey. Sardonic, cynical and with the political leanings of a social reformer, I’m also a toy and model figure collector, particularly interested in the history of plastics and plastic toys. Other interests are history, current affairs, modern art, and architecture, gardening and natural history. I love plain chocolate, fireworks and trees, but I don’t hug them, I do hug kittens. I hate ignorance, when it can be avoided, so I hate the 'educational' establishment and pity the millions they’ve failed with teaching-to-test and rote 'learning' and I hate the short-sighted stupidity of the entire ruling/industrial elite, with their planet destroying fascism and added “buy-one-get-one-free”. Likewise, I also have no time for fools and little time for the false crap we're all supposed to pretend we haven't noticed, or the games we're supposed to play. I will 'bite the hand that feeds', to remind it why it feeds.

Sunday, July 25, 2021

L is for Let's Look at Some Quality Hollow-Cast!

Back to flocking flocked flockers . . . that's the de rigueur puns out of the way! I managed to pick these up a while ago, only bidder, which is good for the buyer, but slightly sad in the round?

Flocked Animals; Flocked Camel; Flocked Elephant; Flocked Llama; Flocking; Hollow Cast; Hollow Cast Elephant; Hollow-Cast; Hollow-Cast Camel; Hollow-Cast Llama; Modern Toys; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Timpo Animals; Timpo Toys; Toy Importers; Wild Animals; Zoo Animals;
Absolutely mint, they've no dirt, no bald patches, no smell of smoke or tobacco - a real treat. These are all poured-lead hollow or 'slush' cast metal animals, which have been flocked and sprayed with an airbrush or even a mouth blower? Details (eyes) pointed in with Indian ink in black or sepia and the elephant gets a couple of dibs of paint.

Flocked Animals; Flocked Camel; Flocked Elephant; Flocked Llama; Flocking; Hollow Cast; Hollow Cast Elephant; Hollow-Cast; Hollow-Cast Camel; Hollow-Cast Llama; Modern Toys; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Timpo Animals; Timpo Toys; Toy Importers; Wild Animals; Zoo Animals;
Here you can see the pink 'nose' and ivory tusks painted-in on the elephant, while the camel's halter-rope is a bit obvious 'under the skin'! The llama just looks a little tired. All three were also available without flock and - of course - would reappear in plastic. Just nice, fun things, with no guns in sight!

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