P is for Puckator's Polymer Pencil Perchers!

Rather out of sequence, but the next couple of posts will reveal why, I picked these up at a garden centre over Wokingham way, somewhere near Arborfield. Those following the blog for the last few months, will have realised I've discovered garden centres to be a font of many things which have otherwise disappeared from the high-street, but then these huge 'mall' garden centres are why the 'High Street' is disappearing!

 

Pencil tops from Puckator, a name which has gone from near-generic to regular appearances here over the 18-odd years since I found the first dig-your-own-pirate crew! Two more Moomins, not long after the mini-torch, but the author's recently died, so now the money-men can really start making money for themselves rather than her, a phenomenon you often see after the death of a celebrity - capitalism stinks for the rotting carcass it's become. Note that one is an over-moulded semi-flat in relief.

 

And what is my third tree-climbing Panda, I think, and I know I've seen a couple of others? There's a single-issue collection idea there for someone with both limited space and a limited budget; you'd have to scour Alibaba and Amazon regularly!

 

Close-ups - Puckator!

 

Link - https://www.puckator.co.uk/