Aside from the usual collection of stuff in the early Wotan toybox, rockets, tanks, cars and soldiers, there was always a small contingent of another classic toy, which I suspect everyone reading this will have come across at some point, either by playing with them, or standing on them barefoot in the dark!
Britains and Timpo made some wonderful toy figures in the sixties, along with Herald and Crescent. Besides the usual soldiers, my dad encouraged me to play with Cowboys and Indians. Probably predating my army toys, these few figures have survived a little better due to their lack of wear. I especially loved the interchangeable Timpo Swoppet mexicans, with their bright colours and odd poses. The indian camp would introduce me to the totem pole, something which would obsess me in later life too...
But in a knockdown, dragout fight, it would always be the aliens won out for me!
I remember collecting Timpo Knights when I was a nipper. They were a pretty good and quite well detailed for the time.
ReplyDeleteWhat I never had though was the three Timpo Captain Scarlet figures : (
Funnily enough, neither did i. My mate always insisted he had em, but i never believed him!
ReplyDeleteI''ve got a rather nice Crescent Dan Dare, though! ; )
ReplyDeleteRetired to Glenn Field!
ReplyDeleteRetired to Southport from whence he came! The Dan "Dare You Stop Playing" Retirement Home!
ReplyDeleteThe cowboys I remember the most had small plastic silver pistols which came out of their tiny holsters. What where they then? Timpo too?
Timpo Captain Scarlet repro figures galore over at the Big Red Toybox! Hope you can tell 'em from the originals or we'll be in trouble!
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Timpo ones had little silver revolvers, ive lost all mine!
ReplyDeleteBillster, the middle picture link is dead.
ReplyDeleteWho wants to play at cowboys and indians, no girls allowed!
i know - it was just a shameless ploy to get a totem pole on the blog!
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