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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.

Thursday, August 4, 2022

C is for Carmine-Coloured Capsule-Cats

Love these! I only have four, I think there are about 12 from Kinder? Plus some solid, single-piece ones, but as a box ticker these four will do. I love them because I loved the cartoons, they were so chic, so stylish, it's like someone in the 1950's made some colour cartoons and hid them until the 1970's!

Capsule Toy Pink Panthers; Capsule Toys; Guardsman Figurine; Kinder Figurines; Kinder Pink Panther; Kinder Prize; Kinder Suprise Toy; Kinder-egg; Nathu; Pangu; Panther Pink from Head to Toe; Paulchen Panther; Pink Guardsman; Pink Holmes; Pink Panther; Pink Panther Figures; Pink Panther Figurine; Pink Panther Novelties; Pink Policeman; Policeman; Rinky Dink Panther; Scrouge McPanther; Sherlock Holmes; Sherlock Panther; Steckbaustein; Steckfiguren;
Although two of them have an almost uniquely British theme (bobby on the investigation and ceremonial guardsman) I believe they had a pan-European issue and aren't terribly rare, but are still among the more pricey Kinder items on evilBay, due to the very small stickers they need to be found with.

Capsule Toy Pink Panthers; Capsule Toys; Guardsman Figurine; Kinder Figurines; Kinder Pink Panther; Kinder Prize; Kinder Suprise Toy; Kinder-egg; Nathu; Pangu; Panther Pink from Head to Toe; Paulchen Panther; Pink Guardsman; Pink Holmes; Pink Panther; Pink Panther Figures; Pink Panther Figurine; Pink Panther Novelties; Pink Policeman; Policeman; Rinky Dink Panther; Scrouge McPanther; Sherlock Holmes; Sherlock Panther; Steckbaustein; Steckfiguren;
They are full-on 'Steckfiguren', but with the hands, feet, head, tail and legs all identical, there's no real 'swoppet' element, more 'push' or pop-together.

I like the little toe-beans on the underside of the feet, while the very-small looking red-component for the nose is actually a [hidden] larger component, so little fingers (perhaps with a parents help) can put them together. Note also; his rife is a pop-gun with a cork!

Capsule Toy Pink Panthers; Capsule Toys; Guardsman Figurine; Kinder Figurines; Kinder Pink Panther; Kinder Prize; Kinder Suprise Toy; Kinder-egg; Nathu; Pangu; Panther Pink from Head to Toe; Paulchen Panther; Pink Guardsman; Pink Holmes; Pink Panther; Pink Panther Figures; Pink Panther Figurine; Pink Panther Novelties; Pink Policeman; Policeman; Rinky Dink Panther; Scrouge McPanther; Sherlock Holmes; Sherlock Panther; Steckbaustein; Steckfiguren;
As well as the eyes, most models also have some other stick-ons, along with a  small sticker of the model for fridge, wardrobe door or bedstead/headboard . . . parents who don't allow a sticker agglomeration area aren't proper parents! That's it; Kinder, Pink Panthers - box ticked.

2 comments:

Jan Ferris said...

nice find, although I am particle to the pink panther

Hugh Walter said...

Well here he is, the pink panther; The rinky-dink panther, isn’t he a panther ever so pink?

H