I had the pleasure of handling a plastic Katana on Saturday.
For those wondering what a Katana is, its a Samurai sword.
I was obsessed with Samurai swords when I was young teenager so a plastic sword would have been an absolute boon!
The plastic Katana by Ravensden, complete with hand-guard and scabbard, was being sold in the Royal Armouries in Leeds.
Did you have any plastic swords and or armour when you were a kid readers?
No, but I've got a replica of Duncan MacLeod's katana from the Highlander tv series. Not plastic though!
ReplyDeleteWow! That's amazing Kev. Where did you get that from?
DeleteBought it years ago from a company in Spain that made them for the series! Took ages to clear customs!
ReplyDeleteIt's more or less the real thing! You've never felt the Quickening have you?
DeleteNot at my age!
ReplyDeleteI think I had either the Adam Adamant or John Steed sword-stick as a kid. I also remember different coloured little plastic cocktail swords that used to lay in a sideboard drawer. 20 odd years ago, I bought a pack of them from Safeway and tucked them away in that same sideboard drawer - just to remind me of my childhood. Still got 'em.
ReplyDeleteJust googled those two TV character sword-sticks. What amazingly non-PC toys we had back then! Superb Kid! and yes, I loved those sword cocktail sticks. I know just what you mean. Fantasticly bright colours I seem to recall and often with a glace cherry impaled on the end! Just what a glace cherry was I never knew but they weren't half tasty!
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