I got this back in August, it's a bit big, but it's got figures, and figures have always been the driving force here, so what's not to like about a Jeep with figures! And with Pépé (Plasticos Jato), the maker, being Portuguese, another add to one of the less active Tags!
"Look out!" From either side, I should have done them the other way, facing away from each other! It's a clockwork toy, the key is missing, as is the spare wheel, but neither detract from the whole, and I may have the key somewhere, there’s a whole bunch somewhere. I know what it looks like from others on t'web, with an offset hole, so track-down-able, if I'm minded to!
The bonnet sticker has become a little worn, suggesting a lot of play at some point, and I suppose the red paint on the jerry-can, is for 'petrol, not water'. The twin machine-gun is fanciful at best, but just adds to the toy charm, redolent of the time when just about everything military was given twin guns, a radar or a searchlight!
The figures have a plug-in, revolving head, to which has been glued a white (parade? MP?) helmet, which is more motorcycle than M1, but I'd imagine Pépé made some motorcycles too, and took an existing helmet, from stock?
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