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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, October 31, 2021

P is for Putrid Pirates Pal-up with Perennial Packs of Plastic Playthings

Brain again! Sent me these a couple of weeks ago, as it happened I had sourced a set on feebleBay, but didn't know if they'd get here in time (they did - just), so we'll run with Brian's for this year, and then next year maybe look at them all again, as we've had four or five iterations of these now, in four or five years.

Dolgen Corp; Dolgencorp for Dollar General; Dolgencorp Imported; Dollar General; Dollar General Pirates; Halloween Novelty; Halloween Novelty Toy; Halloween Play-Set; Halloween Playset; Halloween Toy Figures; Halloween Toys; Happy Halloween; Mummies; Mummy Army; Old East Main Co.; Plastic Skeleton Pirates; Plastic Skeletons; Plastic Toys; Skeleton Army; Skeleton Novelties; Skeletons; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Winged Skeletons; Zombie Pirate Army; Zombie Pirates;
Previously branded to Dolgen Corp. (Dollar General), this year they are credited to an Old East Main Co., but still found in Dollar General, and while for the last few years it's been two sets (mummies and skeletons), this year we have a new set, Zombie Pirate Army!

Like the other two sets a bit cartoony, but they can be used to fill the ranks of the Blue Box mob from a few years ago, being the same size and a very similar plastic colour! Eight figures in eight poses, again as the other sets, although I seem to recall one of them was ten-figures for the first couple of years . . . skeletons?

Dolgen Corp; Dolgencorp for Dollar General; Dolgencorp Imported; Dollar General; Dollar General Pirates; Halloween Novelty; Halloween Novelty Toy; Halloween Play-Set; Halloween Playset; Halloween Toy Figures; Halloween Toys; Happy Halloween; Mummies; Mummy Army; Old East Main Co.; Plastic Skeleton Pirates; Plastic Skeletons; Plastic Toys; Skeleton Army; Skeleton Novelties; Skeletons; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Winged Skeletons; Zombie Pirate Army; Zombie Pirates;
Skeleton army; seen before, so just confirmation of the new packaging variant!

Dolgen Corp; Dolgencorp for Dollar General; Dolgencorp Imported; Dollar General; Dollar General Pirates; Halloween Novelty; Halloween Novelty Toy; Halloween Play-Set; Halloween Playset; Halloween Toy Figures; Halloween Toys; Happy Halloween; Mummies; Mummy Army; Old East Main Co.; Plastic Skeleton Pirates; Plastic Skeletons; Plastic Toys; Skeleton Army; Skeleton Novelties; Skeletons; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Winged Skeletons; Zombie Pirate Army; Zombie Pirates;
Mine, like I say there have been three or four card variations now, figure-count anomalies, and this third set, so in a year or two, when there's less to post on the day, I'll try to return to them for a more comprehensive pulling-together/overview, yet we may see them again next year, as we've seen them for five-years on-the-trot now!

Many thanks to Brian for the images, I'll try to remember to open my Pirate set for next year whatever else happens!

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