So this is the other set I have, it's a smaller set, and has the boy again, although the girl does exist, I think we've probably seen her here, in a donation or show-plunder post in the past, but of interest is the reverse sculpt cow, flat tree and Dutch barn.
The flat tree is in the style of, but not a copy of the
Lego trees of the era, while the Dutch barn, with a stain/wash and dry-brush, would make an excellent war gaming scenic piece, albeit with a rather 1950's silo, but still, you could hide an anti-tank gun in the doorway, behind some straw, or a strategically-placed wood-pile!
The window-box and liner, I bought two by accident, so unboxed one set, after I realised I had two! As with the 'funimal' band and critters in the
Animal Fun Fair set (previous but one post), these are glued in with Hong Kong's take on what was called
Evo-Stik in the UK and over time it dries right-out and becomes brittle.
If, or when I'm replacing/restoring sets with remnants of this glue I use small spots of a modern clear contact adhesive like Bostik (yeah, they all drop the 'c'!) or UHU, which dries near invisible with the chocolate brown underneath.
One of the better B's, clearly a heavier whiteness on the right, and while it's a shit logo, I went into all that while we were still trying to promote the 'LP' red-herring, and wean people off 'ID' or 'IDL' which are both still being used on feebleBay! Now we know it's
Lik Be, we know it's an
LB!
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