Vintage plastic animal haul ..............

Recently I have had a few days holiday and what better way of spending one of those days than to find:

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Vintage plastic animal selection by Chris*4, on Flickr

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White horse by Matchbox for their King Size K18 Dodge Kew Fargo Articulated Horse Transporter introduced in 1966. Four horses were included in two different poses.

Cat group by Timpo, reference number 1090, from the mid 1950's.

Piglet is by Britains Herald, reference number H1567, and has the "Herald" symbol on the belly introduced in1956.

Pig by Timpo - reference number unknown.

Howling wolf with front leg tucked under body is by Timpo, reference number 6022, from the mid 1950's.

Two fighting bulls are by Corgi Toys and one was included with their Lamborghini Miura from the late 1960's.

In the background is a Hong Kong copy of Britains Sable Antelope. This would date from the 1960's.

BTW I obtained all of these for the princely sum of £1! How am I going to live for the rest of the month?

Nice old animals!!! Congrats Chris

The little matchbox horse i have too, with a other it was in a little car with horse trailer

Very lovely animals, I do think they were worth their super high price, haha

I think the wolf and bulls are especially nice, pose of wolf is wonderful Congratulations!

widukind wrote:

Nice old animals!!! Congrats Chris

The little matchbox horse i have too, with a other it was in a little car with horse trailer

Thank you Andreas. Matchbox did this horse pose in two different sizes. One size was for the King Size Horse trailer and the other size found their way into either an AEC Horse transporter or a Pony Trailer in the Matchbox 1-75 series.

Ana wrote:

Very lovely animals, I do think they were worth their super high price, haha

I think the wolf and bulls are especially nice, pose of wolf is wonderful Congratulations!

I think they are worth their price Anna!

The fighting bulls are fantastic poses and these were made in Hong Kong for Corgi Toys.

As for the wolf I agree it is a great pose but ...... it is hard to make it stand correctly and a slight knock of the table and it tumbles over!

What a fabulous haul

Sometimes a collector can be very lucky ..and more lucky, the more he knows

Congratulations, Chris

SUSANNE wrote:

What a fabulous haul

Sometimes a collector can be very lucky ..and more lucky, the more he knows

Congratulations, Chris

Thank you Susanne.

I had a feeling I would be lucky when I began to sort though the tray of animals on the stall. When I found the Corgi Toys fighting bull I knew it was a golden vein! :)

Chris, I really hope you can find a way to live the rest of the month after such an investment.
Congratulations for finding these great figures. I love specially fighting bulls, they have a lot of action and it is not surprising that they were made with a Lamorghini once, as you know, their symbol is a bull.
Maybe someday you can find a horse with a Ferrari, a lion with a Peugeot, an elephant with a Bugatti Royale or a Jaguar with a Jaguar!

Roger wrote:

Chris, I really hope you can find a way to live the rest of the month after such an investment.

I sure hope so Roger!

Roger wrote:

Congratulations for finding these great figures. I love specially fighting bulls, they have a lot of action and it is not surprising that they were made with a Lamorghini once, as you know, their symbol is a bull.
Maybe someday you can find a horse with a Ferrari, a lion with a Peugeot, an elephant with a Bugatti Royale or a Jaguar with a Jaguar!

Now there is an idea for a thread. Thanks Roger!

Nice group Chris! I love the bulls!!

scot(t) wrote:

Nice group Chris! I love the bulls!!

Thank you Scott - I now have three of these bulls. The first was with a Corgi Toys Lamborghini Miura set. Never thought I be able to obtain these bulls without buying the toy car!

Great batch Chris (o)):

I remember I had one of these bulls when I was young, it was one of my favorite animal then thank you for this madeleine de Proust

Kikimalou wrote:

Great batch Chris (o)):

I remember I had one of these bulls when I was young, it was one of my favorite animal then thank you for this madeleine de Proust

Thank you Christophe. Did you have to buy the Corgi Lamborghini to get the bull? I am so glad that I was able to provide you with your madeleine de Proust moment. I have to admit I had to look this term up.

yikes. I guess I won't be getting this Bull anytime soon. But there it is with the Lamborghini!

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very beautiful vintage ones Chris.

scot(t) wrote:

yikes. I guess I won't be getting this Bull anytime soon. But there it is with the Lamborghini!

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Makes for an expensive bull Scott.

This is the set I bought around thirty years ago for about £10! The box is the first issue one and hard to find nowadays.

I guess I got a bargain because each bull cost me 8p 12.5p!

sauroid wrote:

very beautiful vintage ones Chris.

Thank you sauriod.

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Kikimalou wrote:

Great batch Chris (o)):

I remember I had one of these bulls when I was young, it was one of my favorite animal then thank you for this madeleine de Proust

Thank you Christophe. Did you have to buy the Corgi Lamborghini to get the bull? I am so glad that I was able to provide you with your madeleine de Proust moment. I have to admit I had to look this term up.

I can't remember that Lamborghini... I was not car toys oriented

For the madeleine de Proust, I couldn't find an English equivalent

Another haul this time from today’s NEC Toy Fair:


Left to right: Crescent Billy Goat, Britains Zoo Keeper Leading animals (headless in this example - but there is a reason), Crescent geese family, Crescent Calf, Britains sheep grazing (ex lead mould), Britains pig (ex lead mould) and Crescent sheep.

Fabulous price! Congratulations Chris. l have that matchbox Horse too and a smaller version, HO Scale. The bulls are really nice!

It is not often than we see Crescent figures! They are great!
It is also good to know that there is always a reason to be headless!

Great new additions! I find myself picking a favorite, then looking to another figure and saying that is my favorite and... Congrats!

Very fine hauls again! (o)): (o)):

Please will you explain/elaborate the "ex lead mould" ?

Roger wrote:

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It is also good to know that there is always a reason to be headless!

Sure is

SUSANNE wrote:

Very fine hauls again! (o)): (o)):

Please will you explain/elaborate the "ex lead mould" ?

Roger wrote:

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It is also good to know that there is always a reason to be headless!

Sure is

Susanne

Ex lead mould - means the model was first issued in hollow-cast-lead. Britains then used this mould to make the plastic version.

Roger wrote:

It is not often than we see Crescent figures! They are great!
It is also good to know that there is always a reason to be headless!

Thank you Roger.

I need the base of the keeper for a version from the Chimps tea party set. The dealer gave me a cut price if I let him have the head back.