Now for a closer look at the figures. Any comments, identifications or ideas most welcome.
The adventures of an 18th century imagination, located in Northern Europe formerly ruled over by joint rulers Duke Karl Frederick and Duchess Liv.Not to mention the American colony of Ny Tradgardland the 17th century Colony of New Tradgardstadt and the newly restored territory of the Shetland Isles. Featuring a supporting bill of gaming in a diversity of times,places and scales.Hopefully something to interest all who pop by...
Space figures for starters
ReplyDeleteCrescent Kellogg's http://cerealoffers.com/Kelloggs/Rice_Krispies/1960s/Spacemen/spacemen.html
And Buck Rogers figure broken arm to go with spaceship diecast Corgi
http://www.toysyouhad.com/Buck.htm
I wondered if they might go with the Timee Space figures I found when she’d sorting .
DeleteLovely haul, a Plastic Warrior show in a box here, with some very gentle fragile plastic repairs required!
ReplyDeleteMany of the others you will find Identified here http://www.heraldtoysandmodels.co.uk/catalog/index.php?cPath=128 if you look through by search keyword
The bandsmen are almost crumbling when touched, especially their bases. I feel I need to stabilise them and then see what wire etc will do for them...
DeleteFinal one for the day - bottom photo African native? Lone star http://www.heraldtoysandmodels.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?&products_id=2602
ReplyDeleteInteresting, I was sure he was what I identified him as but see I was wrong. I will have a think how best to employ him.
DeleteAn interesting haul Alan! The West Point Cadet band are Timpo, the three horse/life guards with missing arms are Gemodels, and were made as cake toppers.
ReplyDeleteThe Confederate is a conversion, the blue spaceman was made by Crescent for Kellogs and came in cereal packets. The sportsmen are by Marx, the Matador is by Reamsa (Spanish).
The FFL and Arab in blue plastic are Cherilea, the three painted FFL and most of the other Arabs are Timpo, the two unpainted FFL are quite rare figures by Speedwell, the interesting Indian is an African warrior by Lone Star. Napoleon I can't quite make out.
Hope you are moving forward Brian. The cake toppers are quite charming. I still recall a sixties birthday cake with a Spanish renaissance swordsman lunging on one leg with his rapier and morion. As ever you are a fund of knowledge, thank you. I sometimes wonder if something is quite rare whether or not I should repaint convert them but I think I like the idea of them getting a game as the overriding reaction.
DeleteThe renaissance swordsmen you mentioned are probably Johilco / Cherilea / Monarch here in the Herald toys web shop archive http://www.heraldtoysandmodels.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?&products_id=3277
Deletehttp://www.heraldtoysandmodels.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?&products_id=2913
Some figures still for sale at £13: http://www.heraldtoysandmodels.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=24&products_id=3277
All sorts of good stuff - a great purchase!
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