Continuing the 'show and tell's' from Brian's holiday in Italy earlier this year, and we come to what he found on the retail front, or at least some of it, there's more to come! The first seven images are of the window of a toy shop in Naples, the only one Brian found, suspecting Italian kids have mostly gone on-line to find their toys?
These first three shots seem to be mostly Schliech and/or Papo types (double -checking the shots; mostly Papo), and while nothing to write home about, they make a fine, and colourful display! A mix of Romans, medievals, fantasy and a few Pirates.
The other four look to be more domestic, and a mix of resin and whitemetal, some maybe locally commissioned? Two Napoleonic Brit's looking a little out of place in Naples! I can't make out the name on the labels in the background of one of the shots, can any Italian readers help out?
The above were to be found in the gift-shop at Pompeii, where the little four-euro one would seem to be role-playing size (28/35mm), and the other four are antiqued in the style of antiquities, but not copies of them, having a modern styling/sculpture. I suspect resin for the teeny and a base metal for the four fake-bronzes?
In Brian's own words - "The [...] shot of red cardinals and chili peppers for some strange reason figure big in Amalfi Coast culture.", there are more ecclesiastic subjects to come, from the trip.
Thanks to Mr Berke as always, you can't beat a roving reporter who roves and reports! Cheers Brian!
Ha, 'chili peppers' are 'corno' 'cornichiello' - a horn to ward off evil :) Not a 'chili pepper' - very popular in Naples where toy soldiers have traditional roots :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Anon, that makes it clearer!
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This post reminds me that the toy store in Naples only had toy soldiers in the window, none in the store. Even if I had wanted to purchase any shown, they were not available for sale. Various other stores with toys for sale only had LEGO or the internationally available Star Wars or Disney ranges no toy soldiers, even Bburango were thin on the ground, mostly in tobacconists.
ReplyDeleteIt's a sad state, but it's almost universal, not just in toys, but in banking, supermarkets, house-building, house sales, fewer and fewer, larger and larger companies, desperately buying out the little guys or newbies, to grab a small-% advantage on last year's figures, or the next biggest company, where will it end? Elon owning the whole planet or fighting Zuckerberg for the bigger half of it!
ReplyDeleteBut you did get one, the black knight, who will be in a mixed post with other mediaevals, soon! Cheers Brian!
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