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Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Fer is for Philmar Phort!

I've almost (temporarily) lost my mojo, there's still too much happening IRL (as they say on anti-social media), which means there's a ton of stuff been piling-up over the course of the year, and it's mostly going to come out piecemeal rather than as show reports or donation posts, and this is a good example, I think it was in the first/earlier Sandown park stuff back in the late summer, a purchase from Mercator, I think.
 
The Philmar 'Toyland' Fort, a simple-enough, and quite sturdy cardboard fort in a game/puzzle type box which also provides a plinth-base for the pieces to be seated in. Colourfully printed in a definite toy-town style, it would look good with some of the stylised Wend-Al or Britains toy-town figures or (because of weight), probably better, with the Marx/Wilton 'Babes in Toyland' soldiers?

The base, turned-up . . . side-down (upturned!), and the components. Only twelve pieces, but there are still some fiddly moments in the construction, which could lead to unwanted folds, creases or dog-ears, if one isn't careful, so hopefully Mum or Dad would lend a helping hand!

Completed; the luckiest aspect is that the flag hasn't been bent or torn, often with these card toys, it's the flags which go first. Plenty of flat-topped surfaces for displaying figures, and once it's together, quite robust.

Paper sheet is a single sheet, folded in half, with a rather over-enhanced 'finished item' picture on the fourth side! I - typically - didn't follow the instructions, and had to undo a large portion to get the corner-tower to sit properly!
 
A quick sizer with 60mm (Pal/Athena), 45mm (Kleeware/Tudor Rose?) and 35mm (Kinder) bits I had to hand at the time of the photo-shoot! I think 30-35mm would be the best size for actual play, German flats for instance; its walls are really too high for the Airfix guards.

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