Just a quickie, another 'lucky bag' type thing, in the same vein as the two cornucopias we saw a while back (Christmas?), and with very similar contents of little use to military figure minded peeps such as yourselves, but, we buy this shit so you don't have to!
Courtesy of Hunter Price International, under the Toymania branding, I think I got this in The Works, it was back last August, but I think I've since seen it elsewhere as well? Asda carry Toymania, as do a couple of the Sub-Poundland discount stores.
Contents include a quite good sample of 18 standard novelties or party gifts, including light-up cars, bouncy-balls, a shaped slinky, maracas clackers/clappers, blow-ball balancer, 'helicopter', spinning tops, a couple of stretchies, a balancing bird, a disc 'baseball' firer, and two weird bookmark things? Clearly designed to keep two smaller people happy, without fighting over who has what.
The stretchy unicorn has a hole in its arse and can pass through itself?
Two-colour stretchy smiley.
The weird bookmark things? They seem to utilise memory-metal, to roll up or unroll, but why? I think I'm missing something in my old age; both space-themed, they would make useful bookmarks, but I suspect they have another function?
It's funny, but memory-metal, is a bit like 3D printing, apart from one or two esoteric medical applications, both technologies have been used primarily to make toys, novelties and other short-life, ephemeral crap! While I don't think Nano Carbon or Buckminster Fullerine have even had a decent application yet, beyond research and being talked about as the next big things . . . it's almost like we are running out of ideas, even as we keep having them, if you know what I mean, ceasing to strive for excellence and sliding back to an anti-democratic, belligerent, less enlightened 19th century mindset!
The launcher of the 'helicopter' disc, they had a period of being 'UFO's didn't they?
That't it, might keep younger kids happy for an hour or so!
5 comments:
Hugh, the red figure is by Stuart of the U.S. He was given accessories to be a pioneer, or an Indian. Go to Toy Soldier Headquarters and you will see the figure.
I do like the centipede and the yellow gumbie boy.
The book mark things that curl up I suspect are a recent type of kids toy (called a slap band?) where you slap it round your or others wrist then unslap or let it spring back it flat. Often promotional or merchandising?
https://wristbandcreation.com/the-comeback-of-the-controversial-custom-snap-bands/
I was NOT expecting four comments on that load of ephemeral shite!!!
Cheers all, Anon 1, I think your comment for for another post, but easily done, and thanks for the info, I couldn't remember the discussion in PW, even though it was recent, and couldn't find the two issues conserned, they are somewhere here, but I could only find 97, 98 and 202!
Anon 2, they are fun, and the smileys are pretty timeless now, they've been around for years!
Mark - yes, that looks like them, strange things, but then we had Furbies, called Gonks and made from lavatory-paper rolls by travellers or 'carney folk'!
H
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