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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.

Monday, October 31, 2022

D is for Dastardly Duckies!

Haahaa! I've found the missing Halloween post, so there will be one more sometime this afternoon or this evening, I got the images sorted in the early hours, but still have to do the blurb, however I have important stuff to do first! In the meantime this was the last of the pre-loaded posts . . .

A quickie, but fun, I had a Girlfriend/Lover about 20-years ago, who had a thing for Rubber Ducks and I managed to buy a shed-load for her one Christmas or Birthday which got me brownie-points! Colour Change, Glow-in-the-Dark, some character ones, possibly Hawkin's Bazaar (Tobar) as I seem to recall starting with a/the 'basic' net of five and then adding one-each from pick-bins?

Brian Berke shot these in a store a few weeks ago, and took a picture for us . . .

Arizona; AZ 85282; Bath Toy; Dastardly Duckies; FLP; Frankenstein's Monster; Frontline Products; Ghoul Essentials; Hallowee Bath Toy; Halloween Novelties; Halloween Novelty; Halloween Novelty Toy; Halloween Rubber Duck; Halloween Toys; LLC; Novelties; Novelty Bath Toy; Novelty Figurines; Novelty Toy; Pumpkins; Rubber Duckies; Rubber Ducks; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Tempe; Witch;
. . . then decided Grandson might like them in his bath so went back and purchased a few, taking more shots for the Blog!

Arizona; AZ 85282; Bath Toy; Dastardly Duckies; FLP; Frankenstein's Monster; Frontline Products; Ghoul Essentials; Hallowee Bath Toy; Halloween Novelties; Halloween Novelty; Halloween Novelty Toy; Halloween Rubber Duck; Halloween Toys; LLC; Novelties; Novelty Bath Toy; Novelty Figurines; Novelty Toy; Pumpkins; Rubber Duckies; Rubber Ducks; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Tempe; Witch;

Arizona; AZ 85282; Bath Toy; Dastardly Duckies; FLP; Frankenstein's Monster; Frontline Products; Ghoul Essentials; Hallowee Bath Toy; Halloween Novelties; Halloween Novelty; Halloween Novelty Toy; Halloween Rubber Duck; Halloween Toys; LLC; Novelties; Novelty Bath Toy; Novelty Figurines; Novelty Toy; Pumpkins; Rubber Duckies; Rubber Ducks; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Tempe; Witch;

Arizona; AZ 85282; Bath Toy; Dastardly Duckies; FLP; Frankenstein's Monster; Frontline Products; Ghoul Essentials; Hallowee Bath Toy; Halloween Novelties; Halloween Novelty; Halloween Novelty Toy; Halloween Rubber Duck; Halloween Toys; LLC; Novelties; Novelty Bath Toy; Novelty Figurines; Novelty Toy; Pumpkins; Rubber Duckies; Rubber Ducks; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Tempe; Witch;

Arizona; AZ 85282; Bath Toy; Dastardly Duckies; FLP; Frankenstein's Monster; Frontline Products; Ghoul Essentials; Hallowee Bath Toy; Halloween Novelties; Halloween Novelty; Halloween Novelty Toy; Halloween Rubber Duck; Halloween Toys; LLC; Novelties; Novelty Bath Toy; Novelty Figurines; Novelty Toy; Pumpkins; Rubber Duckies; Rubber Ducks; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Tempe; Witch;
What can I add? Supplied by FLP (Frontline Products) of Arizona, the Ghoul Essentials line of Halloween Rubber Ducks and they look to be about 60-mil by 70-mil, with paint variations - the 'Frankie' on a hook has different paint from the close-upped Frankie.

I know some people love these, they have dedicated collectors, they've been tracked across the oceans of Planet Earth, they are figural, they are Halloween related and one of the best, quirkiest Blogs I used to link to was 'Duck a Day' which showed - over time - thousands of these, and a few other non- 'rubber duckie' ducks, sadly it ran out of steam and disappeared down the link-list, before vanishing altogether, but we've got four different ones here today, so a big thanks to Brian and enjoy!

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