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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, September 19, 2021

P is for Plastoy's Polymer Pirates

The title says it all, here's three pics, next post . . . NO! I may be rattling through these easy ones but I can manage a bit of blurb! As well as two more for the small scale Papo, I got the whole set of Plastoy at some point . . . a while ago! Photo' says beginning of March?

40mm Pirates; African Pirate; Factory Painted Pirates; Fontanini Pirates; French Pirates; French Toys; International Talk Like A Pirate Day; Italian Piartes; Italian Toys; ITLAPD Talk Like A Pirate; Made In France; Made In Italy; Plastoy France; Plastoy Pirates; PVC Figurines; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com;
Same tropes as the Safari set; skeleton- check! Pirate chick - check! Treasure chest - check! Ten pieces - Check! One wonders who came first . . . I suspect these Plastoy guys, they're hard to find now, while Safari are still retail? Slightly more playful sculpts and the skeleton could just be asleep!

40mm Pirates; African Pirate; Factory Painted Pirates; Fontanini Pirates; French Pirates; French Toys; International Talk Like A Pirate Day; Italian Piartes; Italian Toys; ITLAPD Talk Like A Pirate; Made In France; Made In Italy; Plastoy France; Plastoy Pirates; PVC Figurines; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com;
Quick comparison with a couple of Fontanini who turned-up at some point, not much in it which can't be blamed on the bases of the Italians and they're all in the same semi-gloss, but the Fontanini are more serious looking!

40mm Pirates; African Pirate; Factory Painted Pirates; Fontanini Pirates; French Pirates; French Toys; International Talk Like A Pirate Day; Italian Piartes; Italian Toys; ITLAPD Talk Like A Pirate; Made In France; Made In Italy; Plastoy France; Plastoy Pirates; PVC Figurines; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com;
My favorite, an African (or Afro-Caribbean?), one foot firmly planted on a plunder box, a determined look on his face and a parrot one suspects is trained to fly at anyone who so much as looks at the box!

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