Britains fox

This 1:32nd scale fox model was only available in 1972 as part of the 'Small animals and birds' set number 2000.


Britains fox 1 by Chris*4, on Flickr


Britains fox 2 by Chris*4, on Flickr


Britains fox 3 by Chris*4, on Flickr

The next three images the fox is pictured alongside other Britains figures. Here with a farmer's dog:


Britains fox with farm dog by Chris*4, on Flickr

With a farmer:


Britains fox with farmer by Chris*4, on Flickr

And finally with the wolf from the zoo series:


Britains fox with wolf by Chris*4, on Flickr

Chris

Ohhhh ! That is the most wonderful fox

Thinking about it, - why aren` t foxes so rarely seen on other positions than just standing or walking ?

Thankyou VERY much for showing us this rarity !!!

Beautiful fox I love his smiling face

I've never seen it before, he's lovely Chris!

Is this the little Fox you are looking for Roger? No wonder it's hard to find if it was only made for a year.

Chris, that is very nice from you taking these pictures of that little and rare beauty! Nice to see its size with other figures, mainly the wolf exactly as I wanted. Your Britains have a fantastic looking and the fox looks perfect for that scale! :)
Maybe that figure will be forever in my wish list but it is nice to have something to search.
Thanks also for sharing all the information about a wonderful and remarkable brand that I was only able of knowing due to this forum and its fantastic members!

Impressive I always thought BRITAINS never made a fox and the good news is I was wrong

Left to right: the 1972 Britains plastic fox; the old Britains metal running fox; a metal fox of unknown make.


The two Britains foxes with a 54mm figure to show scale.

Sue & Lesley
castlerigg

He is very nice Chris!!! Congratulations!!!

Thankyou for the wonderful pictures, Sue and Lesley

So there are actually TWO foxes from britains
There seems to be no end to the gems that you have

That's a great little fox. It is unusual to see one not running away from the hunters.

Oh wow, I know something Sue & Leslie don't! Your unidentified metal fox I believe is by Pixieland-Kew. It's a great one I've been watching for but it tends to go at too high of a price or the paint is in too bad condition for my taste.

Thanks, Tim! We have a Kuzu catalogue but no catalogue for Pixyland/Kew. The best we can do is Norman Joplin's "Great Book of Hollowcast Figures", where this fox is pictured on the "Unidentified" page. Thanks again!!

Sue & Lesley
castlerigg

SUSANNE wrote:

Ohhhh ! That is the most wonderful fox

Thinking about it, - why aren` t foxes so rarely seen on other positions than just standing or walking ?

Thankyou VERY much for showing us this rarity !!!

You are welcome Susanne and watch this space for a fox in a very different pose!

ana wrote:

Beautiful fox I love his smiling face

Thanks Ana.

HKHollinstone wrote:

I've never seen it before, he's lovely Chris!

Is this the little Fox you are looking for Roger? No wonder it's hard to find if it was only made for a year.

Many thanks Harriet - he is cute isn't he?

Roger wrote:

Chris, that is very nice from you taking these pictures of that little and rare beauty! Nice to see its size with other figures, mainly the wolf exactly as I wanted. Your Britains have a fantastic looking and the fox looks perfect for that scale! :)
Maybe that figure will be forever in my wish list but it is nice to have something to search.
Thanks also for sharing all the information about a wonderful and remarkable brand that I was only able of knowing due to this forum and its fantastic members!

Roger, I was glad to help out here. BTW this figure wasn't expensive even if it is hard to find.

Kikimalou wrote:

Impressive I always thought BRITAINS never made a fox and the good news is I was wrong

This is the only plastic fox Britians made Christophe - they made a range of Hollow-cast poses in 54mm
and solid lead poses in 1:76th scale in their Lilliput series.

SUSANNE wrote:

Thankyou for the wonderful pictures, Sue and Lesley

So there are actually TWO foxes from britains
There seems to be no end to the gems that you have

Susanne, see my comments above. :)

Tiermann wrote:

That's a great little fox. It is unusual to see one not running away from the hunters.

Oh wow, I know something Sue & Leslie don't! Your unidentified metal fox I believe is by Pixieland-Kew. It's a great one I've been watching for but it tends to go at too high of a price or the paint is in too bad condition for my taste.

He is just sitting still having a laugh Tim - perhaps because the hounds have run off in the wrong direction!

Thanks for all your comments.

Chris

More fantastic info from you Chris.
Since a few weeks, i know about the Britains plastic fox now, as i always thought that it was a sitting farmcat in that tree with animals.
Here you can see, that i never had that trre in my hands, and must have for me!
I didn't knew about the dog to by the way...

What a lovely fox! Is he plastic or lead?

-Kristie

WILLYBACOMAN wrote:

More fantastic info from you Chris.
since a few weeks, i know about the Britains plastic fox now, as i always thought that it was a sitting farmcat in that trre with animals.
Here you can see, that i never had that trre in my hands, and must have for me!

Thank you Willy.

It is fun to share information.

I also thought it was a cat sitting in the tree!

I have never seen the full set and don't remember this set being in the shops during the 1970's.

Like you Willy I am hoping to find this tree set one day!

Chris

Kristie wrote:

What a lovely fox! Is he plastic or lead?

-Kristie

Thank you Kristie.

The fox and other animals in my pictures are all plastic.

Chris

I thought he was plastic because of the seams, but the texture of the paint almost had me doubting myself. He's great!!! :)

-Kristie

Thanks Chris.
I saw some passing by in the years, but never complete, so not even interesting for me to buy it, i always like to go the full 100%!

I have it, but in pieces. I cut it up when I was a kid.

Who want's to play with a tree containing an owl, a cat, a squirrel, two doves, rabbits, a swan, three geese and a fox up on a branch?

It's on sale on E-bay sometimes like here:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRITAINS-RARE-CARDED-SMALL-ANIMALS-AND-BIRDS-SEALED-PACKET-1972-/390418781131?pt=UK_Toys_Games_ToySoldiers_EH&hash=item5ae6c5d3cb

and I saw it at the Toy Soldier Show in London in march this year.

The animals are not very good, I think it's maybe the strangest and most poorly sculptured thing Britain's ever made.

Lennart
Stockholm

Lennart wrote:

I have it, but in pieces. I cut it up when I was a kid.

Who want's to play with a tree containing an owl, a cat, a squirrel, two doves, rabbits, a swan, three geese and a fox up on a branch?
Lennart
Stockholm

You are right!
Thanks also for the link.

I agree with you to Lennart.
A price of 30 English pound is almost harsh...
I would have done probably the same wheni had owned a tree like that, you can play with a tree full of so much different animal, and it was ment to be to take off the animals of course. :)

Here is a picture of the rest of the set - well nearly:


Britains tree with animals by Chris*4, on Flickr

This was a new addition in the Britains 1972 catalogue but it didn’t last long in the farm range!

Reference number: 2000 had 8 detachable animals from a tree plus five that were supposed to stay on the tree!

On this example I am missing two doves on the upper branch and the fox. As you know I already have the fox.

Nice pets!

This is the Original Tree in mint package:

Cool disposition!