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PostSubject: Childcraft & Marvel Trading Corp   Childcraft & Marvel Trading Corp EmptyThu Feb 17, 2022 9:40 pm

In 1968 a company called Childcraft issued 7 large hollow soft rubbery vinyl plastic wild animals. These included a Giraffe, Zebra, Asian Elephant, Lion, Polar Bear, Hippopotamus, and one of the best replicas I've ever seen of an African Black Rhinoceros. Oddly enough sometime around 1970s a company called Marvel Trading Corp. re-issued only 5 of these 7 figures in a hollow soft plastic. Both series are marked and the Childcraft editions tend to be slightly larger than those by Marvel Trading Corp. I was very fortunate to acquire the Childcraft hippo and rhino many years ago but have never seen either of them listed since by sellers and neither of these sets appear in the list of companies posted in Animal toy wiki. The individual photographs of the hippo and rhino are Childcraft and the group photograph are those made by Marvel Trading Corp and the same sculpting/pose as earlier Childcraft figures.Childcraft & Marvel Trading Corp Img_4915
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PostSubject: Re: Childcraft & Marvel Trading Corp   Childcraft & Marvel Trading Corp EmptyThu Feb 17, 2022 10:42 pm

These figures show a huge effort towards a realistic result. Rhino and hippo are very nice and I love the thin trunk of the Indian elephant.

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PostSubject: Re: Childcraft & Marvel Trading Corp   Childcraft & Marvel Trading Corp EmptyFri Feb 18, 2022 4:55 am

oh my! the elephant is sooo beautiful, with the front right foot slightly raised - what a nice little detail that is!
and I like the details of the tail on the lion! how unique. The zebra is also very interesting, the tadpole type stripes and the short neck Very Happy
thank you for sharing!

what is the scale of these ones ?
are they 1/32nd ?
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PostSubject: Re: Childcraft & Marvel Trading Corp   Childcraft & Marvel Trading Corp EmptyFri Feb 18, 2022 5:40 am

They are considerably larger than 1:32 scale. The giraffe is 14 1/2 inches (36.83cm) tall and the elephant 6 1/2 inches (16.51cm) tall.
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PostSubject: Re: Childcraft & Marvel Trading Corp   Childcraft & Marvel Trading Corp EmptyFri Feb 18, 2022 8:06 am

thank you, yes they are alot larger than 1/32nd :)
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PostSubject: Re: Childcraft & Marvel Trading Corp   Childcraft & Marvel Trading Corp EmptyFri Feb 18, 2022 8:29 am

Very interesting and very nice models, and yours are in a great condition considering their age cheers

I never heard of them before and could not find anything on google.
But there are some for sale on ebay.com.
It is often irritating that I google only searches in and near Danmark Rolling Eyes

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PostSubject: Re: Childcraft & Marvel Trading Corp   Childcraft & Marvel Trading Corp EmptyFri Feb 18, 2022 1:17 pm

Really wonderful. Cant await to see more odf your collection

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I had never heard of these before, they are beautiful! cheers
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PostSubject: Re: Childcraft & Marvel Trading Corp   Childcraft & Marvel Trading Corp EmptySat Feb 19, 2022 9:22 pm

Lovely models!

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