K is for Keycraft - Keycraft Global

So these have been sitting in Picasa since 2019! The 2020 one published back then, but with the question of dates, timings and alacrity having come-up in a certain spat before hatchets were buried; it's worth mentioning (as there are still many of these old folders) that nothing in this lot needed immediate journaling, and could have waited years more until they would have proven just as useful on the A-Z blogs as they will here, now.

I was interested in the robots as they are all or mostly wood, so sustainable, although with both BP and America apparently voting for annihilation in recent days/months, that's all becoming a very moot point! I don't think you can call them 'Bendys', but they do have many joints with 360º movement, so Articulated Toys will do for the Tag list! Also, I think we've shot these, or something similar, either as genrics or possibly branded to Tobar, in the now lost Hawkin's Bazaar?

Rack toy bags I'm sure we've seen before, with the four main non-military boxes ticked, Farm, Zoo, Sea Life and Dinosaurs, and if I recall correctly there was a 'Trends' post at the time, showing the dinosaurs, specifically the turquoise spotted Stegosaurus in the quite-different sets of several brands.

Bendy Smilies!

 

Bendy Cats & Dogs

 

Bendy Robots

 

Bendy Monkeys

 

Bendy Monsters!

 

There may be the illustrated yellow one underneath, I did dig for it, but only managed to dig the green and purple ones out, while ruining their display? It's funny, I posted a bendy Astronaut (also from Keycraft) the other day and within hours, one of the Paul's over at wandering planet rushed off to eBay to counter the post with what I guess he though was 'original copy', I could have countered with some of these, within minutes, but, well . . . they're here now!