We saw the two current issues of 'cornucopia' back in December, and one of these in Jan., and there was another, similar beast, in the queue, until I visited Peter Evans the other day, and he gave me a second, so we're looking at them both today, the contents being quite similar to each other, suggesting a common source for the contents, if not the management/corporate origin.
To be honest, I can't remember if this was fund in
B&M,
The Works or somewhere else, maybe
The Range actually? Or when - it looks like it may have been this last January. Contents are close to those of the
Hunter Price International/
Toymania branded one, we saw in May, with the same toys, including the stretchy dinosaur-caterpillar thing, but with a 15-count, rather than the 20 in that previous sample - missing are the two maracas, the two flicky things (ID'd by Mark as 'slap-bands') and the yo-yo.
While the latest sample is another of the
Toymania ones, but now reduced by 50% to ten items, even the catersau/dinopillar has 'bought it', but, as you can see the car, spinning top and others are identical to the previous set above, so clearly they are from the same stable. As they (this and January's) are both 'Series One', it may be a price-point thing, rather than a 'shrinkflation' second tranche?
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