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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.

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

T is for Two - Pistoleros!

Another quick box ticker, sees us down Meh'hi'co way, with a quick fly-by the Timpo and Britains Deetail Mexicans, some of whom are Banditos as well as Pistoleros! Although, it's technically T is for Three, as we're looking at two sets and a part set.

Britains Mexicans; Britains Deetail; Britains Mexicans; Britains Muchachos; Deetail Mexicans; Mariachi Mexicans; Mexican Banditos; Mexican Bandits; Mexican Gunslingers; Mexican Pistoleros; Mexicans Muchachos; Mustachioed Mexicans; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Timpo Mexicans; Timpo Muchachos;
I don't have the sixth pose, except I have, but not in a photographable state! We actually looked at the various combinations a while ago but as a headless colour-issue/batch exercise. Two of mine seem to be on cowboy legs (black and pale blue) while I don't have the darker blue Mexican trousers yet, or a pale blue jacket, but they make a decent enough bunch!

Britains Mexicans; Britains Deetail; Britains Mexicans; Britains Muchachos; Deetail Mexicans; Mariachi Mexicans; Mexican Banditos; Mexican Bandits; Mexican Gunslingers; Mexican Pistoleros; Mexicans Muchachos; Mustachioed Mexicans; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Timpo Mexicans; Timpo Muchachos;
I did spot the sixth pose in the spares bag, could have done a quick switch with one of the others, and don't know why I haven't in the past - probably just chucked him in the bag while sorting, without realising I needed him in the sample? It'll have to be next-time now as they're already back in storage, and note that only 'Mexican' bits go in the spares bag, all the 'cross-disciple' Timpo stuff (pistols, whips, knives) go elsewhere.

Britains Mexicans; Britains Deetail; Britains Mexicans; Britains Muchachos; Deetail Mexicans; Mariachi Mexicans; Mexican Banditos; Mexican Bandits; Mexican Gunslingers; Mexican Pistoleros; Mexicans Muchachos; Mustachioed Mexicans; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Timpo Mexicans; Timpo Muchachos;
Britains Deetail Mexicans consist of a set of six foot (and six mounted; I don't have!) figures, but there is a seventh pose, who ran through most iterations of the ever-changing (or seemingly ever-changing) cowboy line-up, and he's the figure in the upper shot, I have no idea how many variation of these there are, because he ran for ages, but note he's the only one painted-up with a Hispanic/equatorial skin-tone.

The lower pairs are from the Mexican set 'proper' and betray their 1970's heritage with a liberal use of purple and orange! Every generation's movies, comics and toys bare the style of the age they are produced in! The comic guys used to talk of Gold, Silver and Bronze ages . . . what do they make of the current 'dark', MU and crossover stuff? The brass, aluminium and tin ages!

Britains Mexicans; Britains Deetail; Britains Mexicans; Britains Muchachos; Deetail Mexicans; Mariachi Mexicans; Mexican Banditos; Mexican Bandits; Mexican Gunslingers; Mexican Pistoleros; Mexicans Muchachos; Mustachioed Mexicans; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Timpo Mexicans; Timpo Muchachos;
Did I say purple and orange, you can add natty yellow jump-suits to that list, these guys are so psychedelic, you think they might be a touring trick-shot troupe on the fringe at Woodstock! "Manolito and his Magnificent Musical Mexican Mustachioed Mariachi Muchachos!"

Britains Mexicans; Britains Deetail; Britains Mexicans; Britains Muchachos; Deetail Mexicans; Mariachi Mexicans; Mexican Banditos; Mexican Bandits; Mexican Gunslingers; Mexican Pistoleros; Mexicans Muchachos; Mustachioed Mexicans; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Timpo Mexicans; Timpo Muchachos;
The earlier version share the wash-style paint of the earlier cowboys and Indians, and the two on the left here are actually quite sensibly decorated! I just looked the DSG ones up on Google and they are more subdued too - a bit too much white maybe, but altogether more believable than Britains original offerings!

Anyway, that's some o'me'Mexicans! Box ticked.

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