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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, April 1, 2024

B is for Blue Shirts!

I found this cutting in the Blue Box folder, real not digital, so scanned it, then it could be in the digital folder too! Taken from issue 12 of Military Modelling magazine from 2000, I think that was when they were trying to get-out 16 issues a year, so these were probably launched in time for the Christmas market?

We've briefly looked at the knights/fantasy set, a few pirates, and was there Biker Mice from Mars, or am I thinking of something-else entirely! The figures in all sets (there was a Roman fort too) are rather juvenile in execution, but the accessories and scenics are very useful, from HO through to about 28mm.
 
Goes and looks them up, it was Teen Turtles, and possibly Playmates!
 

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