After posting about old dead stock shops yesterday I realised that I may not have ever posted my fave bit of dead stock.
Its this Combat Soldier.
A cheapo Action Man knockoff in a bag. I loved this guy when I saw him and his two buddies. They were awaiting orders on a dusty shelf in the seaside resort of Borth in North Wales way back in the summer of 2014.
It took me right back to buying toys like this as a kid in Zodiac Toys around 1967.
The old shop was called Hubbards Gift Shop. Their price tag is on the back.
I adored the header card artwork. It was like a small painting!
The rack toys were unpunched too!
Old Combat Soldier has quite a friendly face too.
Since I would never leave a man behind, I bought all three!
Also at the store I bought an old doll as well called Susie, who became a Star Maiden homage in later years and also a set of old plastic baby counting bricks by Codeg bagged with a neat header.
I can't find any pics of the Codeg toy in my archive but Susie I've blogged before and she now lives with Arto.
Alas, Combat Soldier became a victim of my compulsion to sell toys on Ebay back in 2014/15 and joined the lost boys of the everlasting knockoff war.
Have you found any old dead stock shops or dusty old fancy goods stores leftover from a bygone era readers? Maybe you don't want to say! ha ha
Hiya Woodsy, it is Susie the Star Maiden here sending her best regards! Thanks for sending me here, Helsinki Base is such a cool Swordport with friendly crewmates (they speak funny though). I even met my best pals Liz the Earth Girl and The Guard here! Heads turn when we enter the Canteen!
ReplyDeleteha ha, heads turn! I like it Arto. That Canteen full of Star Maidens sounds like THE place to be in old Helsinki Town!
DeleteThe plastic HK KO combat soldier is timeless, Woodsy. Not a barcode to be seen on the header card either :)
ReplyDeleteha ha, yep, no bar code Tone, a badge of honour among plastic vets!
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