7 is for . . . have a guess . . .

. . . I guess you guessed right!

So, Gina's boss had given her several out-of-area drops in Berkshire so she went to his place last, after finishing her 'phoned-in collections...like the delivery was a surprise to either of them! Day seven of twelve - Snowman seven of twelve?

Anyway, Gina stopped-on for a festive tipple and they had a good chin-wag . . .

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Ah-ha! Cupitt's at last, and a nice dense 'toy soldier' polyethylene, this is part of their current line-up and nothing to do with the old connections to Gem or Festival, being straight-shipped from China and carried by other brands!

M is for More Snowmen!

These came in about 8 weeks ago, 35p each, so just over the quid in a rummage basket in Woking - from under the nose of PW's editor . . . bwahahahahah! - To be fair I don't think he collects spike-bottomed cake decorations, he leaves that sort o'shite to me!

Three of them, in a nice metafleck finish which shimmers slightly in the light - sans spike they join the unit, in total I reckon I must have around 100 snowmen now, I should form them into an army; definitely a sub-collection!

6 is for Christmas; Day six - Snowman . . .

. . . Number six!

Bit of a struggle getting it off the truck and finding room for it on the lawn. Gina stopped for coffee again; they were getting quite friendly . . .

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A hollow styrene moulding in two parts, he needed a little mend to his broom, he looks cheap and was probably sold loose from the little bins in catering equipment shops as a generic? Just to prove me wrong he'll turn-up in a bag or blister now, you'll see! Seems to be a reversed copy of an old Gem or Festival moulding?

B is for Car, no! C is for Boat, Doh!

Looked at a while ago, and I think I published both halves, but in different posts, here they are together!

Bath-toy, carpet-toy, bath-toy, carpet-toy . . . brilliant! "Hey Kiddo, any idea why the carpet's wet?" Maker unknown, possibly US of A, dime-store type thing?

5 is for "On the fifth day of Chrissssstmaaas, His True Love Sent to Hiiiiiiimmm...."

We've got it; Snowman No. 5

He and Gina had a bit of a laugh about it over coffee; still - more time for a chat, as they'd got the unloading down to 12 minutes!

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Another Chalkware figurine

P is for Pride - The Lion

Another piece of tat I found on clearance a couple of few years ago, this is the Olympic team's mascot (as opposed to those awful abominations that represented London2012), whether it was just for those Olympics (hence a 2014 clearance) or is still the mascot I don't know, and I don't need to know - if they changed mascot for Rio, it'll turn-up as clearance tat in about 18 months time!

He certainly seems to have been designed by the same person who did the Olympic mascots, but because he's an actual lion-thing, rather than the WTF-things of London2012, he looks OK, a bit Art Deco - stylistically - but eminently more bearable than the other two!

The thing is - let's be honest - these mascots are now designed first-and-foremost to be worn as a foam-suit by some poor sweating, dehydrated, jobbing-actor who can barely see where he/she's going, while taking muttered instructions from someone with a clipboard and an earpiece!