Hong Kong /Made in china copies

And soooo much moreeee...

This is amazing and very, very interesting, Willy

WILLYBACOMAN wrote:

To me it is still a riddle who made the diverse pangolins, giant anteaters and aardvarks, although they were alreade available in the early 1960's as knock-offs.

Perhaps they were first produced by Prior? That's what this website suggests:
https://planete-figurines.pagesperso-orange.fr/prior-animo-sauvages1.htm
https://planete-figurines.pagesperso-orange.fr/prior-animo-sauvages2.htm

Of course, Prior copied other companies (especially Britains), but I believe it may have produced some original figures. The figures that are not Britains copies often seem to be of interest to the Asian market such as a pangolin, an armadillo and an Asian badger. It would make some sense that Prior added them to their range because they were based in Macau. It would also explain why there are no higher-quality versions by well-known vintage brands: they never produced them. I am not sure, but it seems at least a plausible hypothesis.

I saw about 28 models which were produced by Britains Ltd first, which is logical, as the Hong-Kong, Macau and Singapore companies copied all of the stuff from the back then known companies.

rogerpgvg wrote:

WILLYBACOMAN wrote:

To me it is still a riddle who made the diverse pangolins, giant anteaters and aardvarks, although they were alreade available in the early 1960's as knock-offs.

Perhaps they were first produced by Prior? That's what this website suggests:
https://planete-figurines.pagesperso-orange.fr/prior-animo-sauvages1.htm
https://planete-figurines.pagesperso-orange.fr/prior-animo-sauvages2.htm

Of course, Prior copied other companies (especially Britains), but I believe it may have produced some original figures. The figures that are not Britains copies often seem to be of interest to the Asian market such as a pangolin, an armadillo and an Asian badger. It would make some sense that Prior added them to their range because they were based in Macau. It would also explain why there are no higher-quality versions by well-known vintage brands: they never produced them. I am not sure, but it seems at least a plausible hypothesis.

Very interesting links ! Thankyou

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