I fucked-up earlier; I was trying to alternate between canoe posts and other things (which happen to be Chris's posts for a few more 'moves'), but managed to post back-to back canoe posts, and not notice until a few people had seen it, at which point sliding it back into 'Edit' became not-an-option! No matter, the Japanese stuff is bookending itself now, the rules are only mine and there's no real urgency behind them, so, now, here's a quickie on more of Chris's donation!
We actually used up most of the civilian stuff with the Introductory post, so this is the rest! Of particular interest is the chap next to the Gondolier (who we've seen before), the new one seems to be in the style of those 1950's Japanese celluloid trinkets, but he's clearly more of a Mogul warrior or guard, from the Indian subcontinent?
He also seems to be polystyrene and what I though might be an incorrectly re-glued umbrella/sun-shade, is actually a moulded-in shield - he's missing his weapon (possibly a spear or lance), and is consequently; another of the 'best of donation' figures!
In the opposite corner is a waving boy, also of Asian appearance and equally unknown to me, possibly from a kit . . . did anyone do a 1:48th Saigon Embassy, Heuy kit? Is he from a sampan boat kit? The other notable is the lady in white, bottom right, next to the Frog/Krugozor lifeboatmen.
She is, in many regards, the same as those other two (possibly sculpted by CC Stadden), and would appear to be captaining a longboat? Her arm resting on where the large tiller-arm would be, her garb, very outdoor and foul weather. Did Frog do a canal boat next to the lifeboat, I can't find anything on Scalemates? So, I'm guessing, possibly a generic sold as a ship modellers 'spare part'? Merit maybe, Peco or Slaters?
Other highlights include the golfer keyring, the little chap, bottom-left, and the blow-moulded baby who will join a growing pile of unknown Hong Kong babies, who fill several bags now; smaller, larger, PVC, copies of Thomas, and copies of Britains & Mettoy hospital newborns! To which end - identification - I bought a babies bared crib/day-bed at PW's show last Saturday! I buy (or get given!) this stuff so you don't have to!
Foliage; the rather leery orange seaweed/coral will go very well with the Magic Roundabout trees, in providing alien landscapes in future photo-sessions, which had occurred to Chris when he chucked it in the box . . . something missing from the blog are the bigger set-piece shoots I did once or twice in the first year or so (the Spencer-Smith/Tudor Rose advance to contact, and a similar ACW 30 v 40mm photo-shoot), and which I hope to return too soon, I have plans for a proper photography 'station' with permanent features - but that only raises the constant dusting/maintenance problem!
The two halves of fir/pine tree don't butt-up against each-other, as they are identical mouldings with no central line of symmetry, so are probably forward facing snow-globe accessories, or from some touristy box-diorama?
The palm tree is lovely, and will need to be compared with all the others, while the separate base version of the common'ish poplar is new to me I think, and they all (there are dozens of slight variants) go back to the Lego poplar I think?
This is also interesting and will hopefully be ID'd in a vintage toy catalogue at some point, it is similar to stations in sets by Kader (before they were a major European rolling-stock contract manufacturer), Moonbow, Blue Box and others, but while their little rural/suburban stations were stand-alone, this appears to have plugged into a larger component or base board, could it be the short-lived Tomy system with Lego compatible parts?
Odds and sods, you can never have too many bits & bobs for completing sets etc . . . and while the highlight here is the Starlux Totem Pole (as issued with 20 and 30mm figures) scaled down from the 54mm range's one, there are other interesting bits, like the plug-in horses-head which I think comes from a Hong Kong (or European?) copy of Timpo teepee/tipi?
The desktop PC eraser, carries a kid's 'wants list' of toys, sweets and erasers on its screen-sticker! While the temporary-tattoo booklet of waterslide transfers will join others in the novelty/cracker-toy zone!
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