Reader’s Contributions Reader Contributions Odds Ends Part Two we have several items to share. First we have a comparsion photo of the Payton large army figure with the Marx 6 Inch Army. This photo is from Ed Borris. Peter Bergner shares photos of some the items he found at his show for himself. Rick Fisher needs a figure identified. So let’s get started.
Reader’s Contributions Reader Contributions Odds Ends Part Two Ed Borris
Several people asked how the Marx 6 Inch compared to the Payton figures. Ed was nice enough to do a comparsion for them. As you see the Payton figures will work well with them
Reader’s Contributions Reader Contributions Odds Ends Part Two Peter Bergner
Peter Bergner during his show somehow found time to find some items for his collection. He found some of Lone Star skin divers in orange. They were done in this color for James Bond movie “Thunder Ball”.
Peter found several space men. In the upper left corner is a rare Pal spaceman from Greece. To the right is the game piece based on the Archer robot. The lower row in the center has the Thomas Toy alien. The figure was also done in the UK. This one has a base.
These space men have different weapons that Peter has.
Peter was thrill to find this rare series of figures for Blueberry. Blueberry is a popular French comic book following the adventures in the old west.
According to Peter they did four figures before canceling the series. This figure is Blueberry.
Another figure of Blueberry this time on foot.
An Apache with tomahawk
A friend of Blueberry
Reader’s Contributions Reader Contributions Odds Ends Part Two Rick Fisher
Rick Fisher would like to know who made the figure circled. Do you know who made it? Let us know if you do?
The figure circled is the 2nd version of the Elastolin stage coach passenger
With all respect please.No,sorry the figure in upper right hand corner is not PH ,PH only made one single 4 poses set of spaceman in complete different design and style,that figures is belong to other brand cross my mind now .Once i get home i will pull it if have chance.I had seen from Greece as well being sold ..
I have two full PH catalog as well and can provide photos of them if wish.
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I got companies mix. It is a Pal spaceman too many companies to remember them.
that what i thought ….i do mix too many and did not remember that of course those nails in arms are typical PAL,so we both were out .lol
What scale and material are the Blueberry figures? Are they 54-60mm or larger like Papo figures? They look like they could be plastic, PVC or even painted metal.
I’m sure it would be very hard to find them, especially in North America, but those are really nice figures!
The French magazine figures tend to be either painted metal, most common, or a resin material.
The scale generally is 1:30th so around the 60 – 65mm range.
You could possibly find them on the French Ebay site where many of the other types are offered.
Pech Hermanos did a pose very close to that in their cavalry set.
Ed good observation ,yes indeed and was also copied later by Jecsan as PH pose is from 1957.
The indian pose as apache as well .
Interesting similarities.
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The spacemen (with separated bases)were done first by APS-TEXAS ,then sold as gum ball machine by two other brands,one did a set of 12 varied poses with minor changes ,other did not just copied or use same mold,entire three sets collection (TEXAS-24 poses total of aliens and men ) plus two other brands are depicted in italian books as well blogs/forum of italian brands.
There was a rare pirate maker of unknown origin that appears once while but not with bases as those.
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