L is for Late Show Report - Mr. Potato Head!

Just a quickie, pulled from another post I wasn't going to have time for tonight, and which enables me to remind everyone it's Sandown Park tomorrow, be there, or . . . err . . . miss-out! I think this was in Brian C's bag, but it might have Been Peter E's or from Adrian, and it's a ton of fun!

 

The box is actually hanging together, and will need work at some point in the future, but I propped it against itself in a way that rendered it sufficiently photogenic for the purpose! Whoever didn't have this in a 1960-80's childhood definitely missed out, unless they got to play with a friend's set! It's only Mr. Potato Head! Or, at least, a Hong Kong copy of an iconic plaything which is still with us in various forms including some big-name versions, one of which now has a pathetic plastic potato?????

It's also missing some components, but there were enough (if you can ignore the lack of hands) for a passable Great Uncle Chitty! "We were verrh-verrh-drunk!" This is one of those things which were always going to appear here one day, purely on the 'figural' rule, but which I hadn't given much thought to due to the 'infant toy' caveat, however, there are often a body-part or two, in mixed junk lots, and they have been accruing in a tub somewhere.

 

So, with this set, it behoves me to track down a few more, and get to matching up (from plastic colour, spike style and size of parts) the spares, in order to do a better overview one day, which will be fun, as you can have Mr. (or Mrs.) banana head, onion head, brinjal head, and etcetera. While eschewing the plastic body with larger fruits and veg', can produce some quite weird constructs, although none quite as weird as Republican candidate's! Actually, looking at Chitty's hair, that's debatable!

Many thanks again to Adrian Little, Barney Brown, Brian Carrick, Chris Smith, Michael Mordant-Smith, Paul Stadinger, Peter Evans and Trevor Rudkin, for contributions to this year's plunder-pile.