Detlef’s Finds Part Two, Detlef Heerbrand has sent us more items from his visit to the Brussels show. The show turn up up a plethora of interesting figures. I am sure you will find them interesting.
Detlef’s Finds Part Two Photos
More Photos of Finds
We will show a few more items in part three
The german officer appear to be a copy of Gulliver revised poses of Atlantic set.
yes .. Erwin is right .. under the base is Gulliver ..
Cheers
Detlef ..
Great finds you made Detlef!! .As usual you are a great lucky hunter of shows!!.
I wish i could find that much in so few as you do .
In my opinion your best find in that show were the Spaniards brands figures.
LAFREDO under license produced using a” made for Lafredo Mold”s by TIMPO sets such Cossacks,FFL ,napoleonic ,western and medieval and are generally a bit smaller next to TIMPO but Spaniard firm used much better plastic than Fragile TIMPO used and that is reason are better conserved today than TIMPO
There is plenty documented information in spaniard books about TIMPO Lafredo business partnership .Some LS(Lone Star) sets were also copied .There is not proved partnership among LS and Lafredo so far
Lafredo did copy with minor variation ,not clone Herald brand greeks and Robin hood sets among others as well ,again made in early rubber type material .
It was LAFREDO molds the one sold to Argentina and used there in many cases as according to records of LAFREDO it did sold molds to two argentine firms .MOLD were redone and or copied by others lesser companies later in Argentina .
Best regards
The Cossack in the picture here is Timpo not Lafredo (I sold it to Detlef at the PW show)
It so looked Lafredo, but if you sold it to it must be Timpo. What I hate on the Timpo Cossacks they are so fragile. I remember getting a shoebox of them and selling them cheaply because of their fragility.
Admin there not much difference unless you have figure in hand and feel difference in so good plastic used by Lafredo versus so fragile crumble Timpo plastic used .Timpo has the brand in base while Lafredo did bellow or none .Also they painted then almost identical and just 2 /3mm difference in volume of body figure .The LAfredo have a bit more deep detail and weapons /barrel more detailed ,plus they add a revised mounted pose to the set and use LAFREDO made horses .Apparently it was LAFREDO the one making the mold not Timpo x then as i say before by mistake and that is reason of varied pose and other minor details ..I just red it in a book …
I have several Lafredo and Timpo .
I just put my extra Timpo on sale in my ebay store recently as i hate have figures so fragile that can crumble in pieces itself in storage …
Best
The Rin tin tin officer pose with pistol is by Jecsan second generation by paint .The rest are COMANSI 1st generation set (early 7 cavalry set ) but late production or mix as paint indicate it .Still very hard to find in this condition .
The RIN TIN POSE mold of Jecsan was either copy or lease to other Spaniard companies .
COMANSI South and north sets come later using 1set 7cav made using same cavalry poses painted to both side armies as most maker had done before and after.
This set is only by COMANSI made in 60/65 mm to match blend Jacsan,reamsa,PH and other spaniards brand same scale .Artist was the same from Jecsan .
Most other COMANSI figures set are 80-90 mm scale -1/24 scale and Comansi send generation set carry the distinctive more odd looking or less quality poses carving made
The tall 10/12 cm scale Comansi poses version were made to compete with LAFREDO and and other same range much later in late 70s and early 80s .
That barrel-throwing pose would look great in a Custer’s Last Stand layout.
When I spoke with people at Processed Plastic years ago I asked why they made their armymen in pink, yellow and blue in the late 1970s/80s. I was told that the toys in bright colors would stand out in a store rack display catching the eyes of children who would then ask their parent to buy them. It seems that when Atlantic switch from boxes to blister cards with the figures on display they also used bright colors in a similar sales strategy. With the Egyptian court in green, Greek Life in pink, Custer in yellow etc…. Not as popular with adult collectors today, but they were selling to children back then.