I've rather lost all track of the 'H is for
. . .' trope, with the Autumn's chronological catch-up, usurped by some
up-to-date clearance, then another hiatus, while all, or some . . . most of the
Charity shop stuff went in one folder except the stuff which isn't while a
found objects (generated by clearing the house) folder is filling with esoteric
shite from high quality to the broken Thunderbird Two leg I found yesterday,
it's all gone a bit Pete Tong, so I'll just throw them up here regularly until
they are cleared in whatever order!
This little lot came in the other day,
courtesy of Peter Evans, and as I'd captioned it for publishing elsewhere, it
might as well be blurb-lite after the above waffle, so in short-order with
notes . . .
Unpacking; the fishy-fish will be saved for
a future round-up, in a Rack Toy Month probably, we've now seen the dino'set
and there were some blister-carded 'Army Men' (close-up below) which will also
be saved for an RTM.
Apparently someone has since ID'd these as Blue Box, they are definitely not the
quality of any Blue Box production
and while I haven't seen the comment, so won't name him, he's probably making
it up as he goes along?
'Nuff said!
(that's a bit of bubble-wrap stuck to his armpit I think?)
The relief!
Late-production Britains
swivel troops, not the best, but . . . Toy soldier! We looked at the 'chocolate
drops' here. This is the slightly more realistic colourway.
That hidden blister!
I think this is a re-issue of a Charbens piece, I have a vintage painted
white one somewhere (sans sails) which I always thought was theirs, but the Toy Soldier Co. don't list it and
they have stock of both farm and scenic reissues? Anyway, it's sort of chunky
but it's semi-flat!
Very, very small, and not clear what it is,
but certainly Hong Kong rack toy/gum-ball fodder.
Not Marx/MPC
and not Phidal, but copy of the
former and similar to the latter!
We did fishermen in a couple of posts a
year or two ago, one on mine, one on Mr Smith's, and this is a fine addition to
that sub-branch of the pile, it's a magnetic novelty, possibly a tourist thing
(destination sticker missing) or cake decoration.
A couple of new to me and newish looking
die-cast vehicle accessories.
Also new on me, but with a bit of age, not
as old as the accumulated fluff might suggest, early Safari or K&M? If not
another die-cast vehicle/play-set accessory.
Many thanks to Peter for an eclectic mix of
odd, unusual, new or fun figures. And apologies to those who saw these
elsewhere a week or so ago, but the nature of the Internet as a place of
duplication is - to a certain extent - its present I'm afraid, and yes, I know it represents a fragmenting and dilution of the canon, but that's why it will all, always come back here in the end.
2 comments:
That is the Charbens windmill, re-issue.
Cheers Paul, I was sure it was, but I couldn't find it anywhere to compare, and kept finding the hollow-cast one which is a huge, round, hollow lump of lead! My vintage one has a nail in it which may have contributed to the loss of the sails!
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