C is for Crimbo' Treat!

Happy Christmas all, for the purists among you, I present a real treat, not mine, and dodgy scans of old photographs in the archive, I think I know where they came from, but I'm not sure, there were five images in total, but these are the two best aspects.

 

One of only three poses, so far found, worldwide, from a total of about 8 figures, four of which are this pose I believe? The Lone Star musketeers, or at least that is what they are looking like they are, with several linked to specific characters in a movie or TV series I think, you'd have to be a subscriber to Plastic Warrior magazine to get the whole story, as it's all been revealed there.

C is for Christmas Present . . . to Myself!

Did I already have a Christmas present to myself? Well, obviously it was a good Christmas! I'm only posting these as I haven't time to post what I was going to, and the final Sandown post has been declared 'Rump Post', broken up and sent back to the mixed files by subject!

These are the Gilbert C15th Musketeers, although which is which I don't know and as they all have mustaches I can't even guess at a younger-than-the-other-three one, who might be considered to be d'Artagnan!

Other colours and clear evidence (Top left) of multiple cavities, most are missing their swords which are just stiff wire heat-stuck into the gloved hands. I will replace mine in the fullness of time ad try to get a post out of it, I even found two lengths of case-hardened, gun-blacked piano or harp wire with a light dusting of rust on, the other day; just the thing to do the job with!

Bearing in mind that the Crescent's were 'small' 54mm when we measured them a while ago, it's still fair to say the Musketeers are a 'large' 54mm, heading toward 60mm in this chaps case, with that flouncy hat-brim! Can you believe the real musketeers were 400-odd years ago? It flies-by so quick . . . anyway, that's them, box ticked!

 

Now identified by Brain Carrick as Rene Fisher (RF), not Guilbert, But I have picked-up a couple of Guilbert by accident, along with two more lots of these and a pair of Ludorev, so there'll be a 'corrections and clarifications' post in due course!